RMAF-Final Dinner Arrangements For Saturday October 13

[Steve williams]

John
I took a bunch of pix for you of the Totem room and their soon to be released new speaker.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Thx Steve! Would that be the EMBER? At the TAVE Show Vince was showing his on-wall Tribe System. Pretty nice, but not something of interest to me personally.

 

[Steve williams]

Not that one John. This was a floor stander. Not the book shelf speakers

 

[herb]

It was a great get together. Nice to put faces with names.
Members from three countries!
Thanks Bill for your kind generosity and Steve for all the organizing efforts.

Herb

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Not that one John. This was a floor stander. Not the book shelf speakers

I've not heard anything about a new floorstander, but then I've not exactly been keeping up with the goings on. Looking forward to the pics !

 

[marty]

My first post RMAF comment :
A big thank you to Steve for putting the dinner together. Like I said, it felt more like a rehearsal dinner before a wedding as we went around the room gathering comments as there so many good feelings of cheer.

 

[mep]

The dinner was great as was the camaraderie. A special thanks to Whart for his bar tab donation for the dinner. That was very thoughtful and much appreciated by all.

 

[rbbert]

I've not heard anything about a new floorstander, but then I've not exactly been keeping up with the goings on. Looking forward to the pics !

Are these new Totems?

http://www.stereophile.com/content/rogers150totem150bel-canto150well-tempered150kimber

 

[Steve williams]

Looks like them but have to check my photos tomorrow

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Are these new Totems?

http://www.stereophile.com/content/rogers150totem150bel-canto150well-tempered150kimber

Those are Totem Winds, which have been around for years. However, they were redesigned (internally) a few years back. The price also went up from about $9,000 to $15,000 pair. Glad to see that Vince isn't forgetting to showcase these wonderful speakers. Seems that in the last 2 years everything he's shown has been about the Element Line and their new Torrent driver. I've heard them in an all McIntosh system at my dealer and they are well worth giving an audition.

 

[rbbert]

There was a smaller, less expensive new floorstander there also

 

[Steve williams]

That's the one. He told us both speakers were new

 

[audioarcher]

I'm glad. I figured he's a two-fisted drinker in normal circumstances. Hope Floyd hooked up with you guys as well.
Best,
(as I live vicariously through others),
bill hart

Thanks for the drink Bill. Hope to see you there next year.

 

[MadFloyd]

I also want to thank Bill for his kind gesture. I had a yummy gin gimlet.

It was a great get together. Much thanks to Steve for organizing it!

 

[Bill Hart]

Any chance you guys took a group pic at dinner? I'm just curious to see what you all look like. The Net photo of me on my firm website is 60lbs heavier and a beard ago. Call me a narcissist.

 

[mep]

Bill-Myles took a ton of pictures and when he gets time I'm sure he will post them.

 

[Bill Hart]

thnx Mep.
were there any deals on vinyl - i had the impression that chad and crew would blow stuff out rather than reship back to kansas or whereever. probably deserves a separate thread.
The pics make it fun.
for me, i hate crowds, so the combo of listener reactions and pics is almost as good. the good part would be socializing.
when i went to the first show in 20 years in NY this year, the first people i saw when i got off the elevator were the same guys I used to see 20 years ago. funny.

 

[mep]

Bill-I don't know about 'great' deals on vinyl as I wasn't there on Sunday. I bought a bunch of vinyl on Friday and Saturday though. I brought an extra big suitcase this year after barely being able to squeeze in the vinyl I bought last year in the suitcase I brought in 2011.

 

[MylesBAstor]

thnx Mep.
were there any deals on vinyl - i had the impression that chad and crew would blow stuff out rather than reship back to kansas or whereever. probably deserves a separate thread.
The pics make it fun.
for me, i hate crowds, so the combo of listener reactions and pics is almost as good. the good part would be socializing.
when i went to the first show in 20 years in NY this year, the first people i saw when i got off the elevator were the same guys I used to see 20 years ago. funny.

You obviously don't know Chad

 

[Bill Hart]

You obviously don't know Chad

I knew him when he was unsophisticated.