Rmaf 2014

[rbbert]

Unless I've missed it, there is no topic for this show less than a month away? I'm probably not going, but I assume some are? Steve, are pictures and a travelog in our future?

 

[Steve williams]

I'd like to say I am rbbert however my other knee arthroplasty is Oct 1

 

[Mosin]

Unfortunately, I'll miss this year, too. I waited too long to get a decent room, so that weekend I'm taking a turntable to the other end of the country.

Steve,
Best wishes on your surgery.

 

[slowGEEZR]

Ha, I'll be there.

 

[Bruce B]

I'll be there in room 8000

 

[MadFloyd]

I'll be there in room 8000

Paragon/Doshi again?

 

[Bruce B]

Paragon/Doshi again?

JPS Labs/Abyss Headphones

I'll have my Macbook/Audirvana playing through my Lampizator DSD into a Cavalli Liquid Gold Headphone amp and Abyss Headphones. IMO, the best headphone combo available anywhere!

Unfortunately Doshi won't be showing this year.

 

[bmoura]

JPS Labs/Abyss Headphones

I'll have my Macbook/Audirvana playing through my Lampizator DSD into a Cavalli Liquid Gold Headphone amp and Abyss Headphones. IMO, the best headphone combo available anywhere!

Unfortunately Doshi won't be showing this year.

Loved Room 8000 at RMAF last year. I'll definitely stop by!

 

[mojave]

I'm a long time JRiver Media Center user (10+ years) and beta tester. Last year after RMAF I volunteered to help JRiver host a room at RMAF 2014. They took me up on it so I will be in Room 2016. I asked Jeff Permanian of JTR Speakers to bring his new Noesis 215RT (Reference Tower) speakers. I was able to first hear them in March at a combined Noesis 215RT launch/Pono demonstration in Sacramento. I was very impressed. I've since heard them again at a friend's house in Iowa. The 215RT is a fullrange tower with a frequency response of 18-24,000 Hz.

Other than the speakers, I'm bringing all my own gear.
Media Server: Custom built server with "zero fan speed" PSU and graphics card, JRiver Media Center 20
DAC: Lynx Aurora 16-Thunderbolt
Amplifiers: Digital Amp Company Cherry MONO Plus (completely custom Class D amps with linear power supplies). Andre Marc reviewed their little brother recently in ToneAudio
Power: Torus Power RM2.5 and RM20
Room Treatments: GIK Acoustics - 10 Tri-Traps, two 224 panels, two 244 panels, 4 diffusors
Control: Gizmo, JRemote, and eos apps; phone, tablet, laptop; Linux, Mac, and Windows computers

I think we are the only room using a Thunderbolt DAC and I will have both copper and optical Thunderbolt cables available. Media storage is on a Thunderbolt drive array. With a single Thunderbolt cable from the media server, I could scale up to 288 TB of storage space!

Vapor Audio (Vapor1 at WhatsBestForum) will be right down the hall in room 2024.

Mark Seaton and Seaton Sound will also be at RMAF this year and are in room 441. I think this is Mark's first time to take his Catalyst 12C speakers to RMAF.

 

[Mark Seaton]

I'm a long time JRiver Media Center user (10+ years) and beta tester. Last year after RMAF I volunteered to help JRiver host a room at RMAF 2014. They took me up on it so I will be in Room 2016. I asked Jeff Permanian of JTR Speakers to bring his new Noesis 215RT (Reference Tower) speakers. I was able to first hear them in March at a combined Noesis 215RT launch/Pono demonstration in Sacramento. I was very impressed. I've since heard them again at a friend's house in Iowa. The 215RT is a fullrange tower with a frequency response of 18-24,000 Hz.

Other than the speakers, I'm bringing all my own gear.
Media Server: Custom built server with "zero fan speed" PSU and graphics card, JRiver Media Center 20
DAC: Lynx Aurora 16-Thunderbolt
Amplifiers: Digital Amp Company Cherry MONO Plus (completely custom Class D amps with linear power supplies). Andre Marc reviewed their little brother recently in ToneAudio
Power: Torus Power RM2.5 and RM20
Room Treatments: GIK Acoustics - 10 Tri-Traps, two 224 panels, two 244 panels, 4 diffusors
Control: Gizmo, JRemote, and eos apps; phone, tablet, laptop; Linux, Mac, and Windows computers

I think we are the only room using a Thunderbolt DAC and I will have both copper and optical Thunderbolt cables available. Media storage is on a Thunderbolt drive array. With a single Thunderbolt cable from the media server, I could scale up to 288 TB of storage space!

Vapor Audio (Vapor1 at WhatsBestForum) will be right down the hall in room 2024.

Mark Seaton and Seaton Sound will also be at RMAF this year and are in room 441. I think this is Mark's first time to take his Catalyst 12C speakers to RMAF.

Thanks Michael for the mention.

While I've been attending for years, this is my first year demonstrating. I'm keeping this show to a simple stereo setup with the Catalyst 12C's running in full range mode and the DDRC-22AD box from MiniDSP handling Dirac Live correction and D/A + Volume straight to the powered Catalysts. I'll also be running JRiver on my Baetis Audio PC I've used at the last few shows (saved me valuable time building/sorting the PC).

My intent is as much a meet & greet as it is to let some people hear what Catalyst 12Cs sound like in a more familiar setting for the RMAF crowd. Many are aware of their prowess when used in a large dedicated HT, but combined with a room correction system they can be a lot of fun in a 2ch setting.

I look forward to catching up with many I've met at past WBF dinners. Please be sure to identify yourself and say hello.