I've been wanting to post some of the pics that I took at AK this year, but since the 'Fest I've been slammed with work commitments and family responsibilities. Despite having about a million other things that I should be doing, I will post some here, now.
This first batch is the room that I shared with PakProtector. We sort of had a concept to the room, it was to show how tubes could be accessible on a budget, with speaker choices that are commonly available. I brought a stock Foreplay 3 line stage from bottlehead.com, and a ST-35 clone built from a PCB purchased from diytube.com. PakProtector brought two neat DIY linestages, and a stunning amp of his own design. I represented what could be done with current kit builds, PP showd what was available to the advanced hobbyist. Neither of our systems were overly expensive, yet we received a few compliments on the quality of the sound.
Both of our amplifiers hovered around a dozen or so push-pull tube watts. We wanted to show how that translated to real world speaker loads, so we chose some speakers that are currently available to the average audio hobbyist. We ran Pioneer HPM-60s, Polk monitor 10s, and Klipsch Heresies for speakers. I was impressed most by the Polks, but all three sounded good.
The "guts" shot is PP's amp. It weighs a ton! But it's worth it...
This first batch is the room that I shared with PakProtector. We sort of had a concept to the room, it was to show how tubes could be accessible on a budget, with speaker choices that are commonly available. I brought a stock Foreplay 3 line stage from bottlehead.com, and a ST-35 clone built from a PCB purchased from diytube.com. PakProtector brought two neat DIY linestages, and a stunning amp of his own design. I represented what could be done with current kit builds, PP showd what was available to the advanced hobbyist. Neither of our systems were overly expensive, yet we received a few compliments on the quality of the sound.
Both of our amplifiers hovered around a dozen or so push-pull tube watts. We wanted to show how that translated to real world speaker loads, so we chose some speakers that are currently available to the average audio hobbyist. We ran Pioneer HPM-60s, Polk monitor 10s, and Klipsch Heresies for speakers. I was impressed most by the Polks, but all three sounded good.
The "guts" shot is PP's amp. It weighs a ton! But it's worth it...