Fisherdude said:
Plus, wi-fi and a coffee maker and I'm good to go.
The first room they gave me was missing a working door lock and a working phone.
The second room didn't have a couch, table, hangers in the closet, or a coffee maker. :tears:
List of local restaurants, plus a sign-up sheet so people could hook up in groups and go somewhere together. Maybe a mod for each group, plus it would help attendees who don't have their own transportation meet up with other folks and get to know each other a little better.
I think this would be a good idea too.
The idea of seminars or how-to demonstrations would be outstanding. I'm thinking of woofer refoaming, maybe some coupling cap replacements for tube gear, control cleaning, cartridge set-up, etc., would really draw some interest. Having done exactly this type of work in real life, however, I can tell you what the problem will be: Because it's close-in work, only three people will be able to see what you're doing. So, we'd need to do something like use a video
Yes, you're probably right. Although maybe some AK member is into video and would like to do this?
I know I'd be very interested in seeing some of the things that AK members have learned to do, so I think seminars are a great idea.
A handout sheet listing each room and vendor/member/gear. It would help each attendee keep track of what rooms they've seen, and which ones they haven't seen yet. And, each sheet could have a ranking or scoring column. At
I would hesitate on this one. I don't think that the Fest should become a contest. People shouldn't have to compete to have the best room.
Yes, I have definite opinions about who had the best sound, but we as a group should not be judgmental about the people who showed off their systems. They all worked really hard and were nice enough to share their systems with us.
And, we could have a "Best Vendor Room", and "Best Member Room" award.
I could go along with the Best Vendor Room since they're doing it for profit and there are lots of awards in the industry, plus recommended components lists, editor's choice, etc. We can make judgements because we do that when we decide what to buy.
Where I disagree is doing this for Member's rooms. I think everyone deserves an award just for lugging all of their stuff to the hotel and through those elevators, then manning their room all weekend while the rest of us were free to wander around.
If the relationship with the management is good, and we could somehow get one or two of the larger conference rooms, we might be able to set up a larger room for one of our more loyal vendors. That way, that vendor might get a room with a volume more conducive to letting the speakers work a little better. Downside would be that it would be on a different floor, security, loudness, etc., so might not work out in actual practice, but it's a thought.
This would be cool. Certainly those big speakers that some dealers had were too big for the rooms they were in.
Message board stationed outside the registration room, so folks could post their "so-and-so, meet me in Kegger's room at 2:00" messages and not miss each other.
A very good idea. I would have put a couple of messages up on such a board.
I'm bringing an assortment of single malts next year.
I've never really liked Scotch that much. I like Bourbon a lot though.
My wife is a Scotch drinker. She's from Venezuela and that's the only whisky they drink there. You can get plenty of different rums and also gin and vodka, but what most people prefer is Scotch. It's all blended Scotch though. They don't seem to have single malts.
The last time I visited, I brought a bottle of Glenfiddich and one of Lagavulin. Her brothers were just amazed at how they tasted and wished they could get these locally.
I also brought a bottle of Maker's Mark and that went over well too. Nobody had ever had bourbon before.
I spent a few hours last Fall in a bar in the Orlando airport with a couple of Scotsmen. They were sitting at the bar next to me and we started talking, and the conversation made it's way to Scotch.
They bought me shots of a couple Scotches (Johnny Walker and Dewar's if I remember) and I bought them shots of Maker's Mark and Knob Creek.
They suggested that I try some of the Speyside single malts since they tend to be less smoky and that's what bothers me about Scotch.
It made for an interesting afternoon.
