Fun time at the fest
For a first time fest it went pretty well. We had about 20 or so people (local and AKers) stagger through the Silver Moon Saturday morning. Lee was there with a Sansui AU-999 (iirc) and his fan-modded Pioneer SX-980 driving his Altecs with some classic vinyl. I had a few pieces of gear for sale but nothing outstanding. Sold some cheap guitar amps and a Superscope cassette deck.
Lee did have some technical problems. I think he might have popped something in his amp when he was plugging in a tape deck. FWIW I *never* touch anything in back (except the antenna) without turning off the gear. I blew up an HH Scott R357B receiver and my Lafayette Electrosatic headphones doing that 20 years ago.
I have to thank Janesville John for clearing out his closet of functionally challenged gear. The Carver receiver with the bad channel will become my new tuner/pre to feed my TFM-25 amp. I can't wait to try out the Sonic Holography and the tuner!
Nobody was interested in my RCA New Vista or Rec-o-kut Challenger so off to ebay they go...
On a slightly related subject, I was thinking about how this could become a big thing if we wanted to run it during the summer on Sundays instead. Y'see, in Elkhorn (just up the road) every month during the summer there is a HUGE flea market that attracts people from Mich, IL, IA and even MN. With some minimal advertising in the proper places we could get some of that crowd.
