LarryC Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Larry, what was track 8 on the classical CD you read us the review on then played? I gotta chase down that CD/LP. I really liked it. Any suggestions for the must have version of it?I had a couple of extra copies of the CDs there! I gave one to Marty but guess I didn't announce that I had others.The whole CD is works by Camille Saint-Saens, and Track 8 is the Bacchanale from his opera Samson et Daliala. We also played Track 9, the Marche Militaire Francaise, which is always a winner. The CD also includes his Organ symphony, No. 3. The CD is no longer available, why I felt free to burn one for folks. Mike Lindsay has one and really likes it. It would take time to pkg. and ship it, and probably cost a few $ to ship, so could I give a copy to Gary to pass on to you? Gary? Lemme know. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 OK, pics.... I didn't unlimber my camera until after Gary and Rich/RPlace had left, and we had a more meager crowd by that time. Also, apologies for some camera shake blurring in some of these -- I'm still getting used to digital photography I guess, and had left the shutter on "slow synch," which doesn't close it immediately after the flash. This one is of Marty demonstrating his downstairs equipment suite to CustomSteve01 -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Here we see the fabled Al Klappenberger (left) and JBryan. The "other" Gary (Bookman on the forum) is just out of the picture, as is his lovely wife Carol. Al brought his laptop, and showed us response and impedance graphs of various drivers driven through his network vs. Klipsch networks including the AK-4. Fascinating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 This is some of Marty's upstairs equipment setup -- the Marantz 7T and famous $50 8B, a fine-sounding Marantz CDP with Tjoeb Ah! innards, lots of blue interconnect wire courtesy of 3dzapper, and Marty's two Bogen power amps on the floor with an efficient Conrad-Johnson preamp to their left. Again, apologies for the blurring, and I'm just about completely disgusted with the aliasing (jagged lines) from my early-vintage Nikon 5000. I think I'll finally have to get a better small-size camera rather than take my D-70 to these affairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 OK, pics.... I didn't unlimber my camera until after Gary and Rich/RPlace had left, and we had a more meager crowd by that time. Also, apologies for some camera shake blurring in some of these -- I'm still getting used to digital photography I guess, and had left the shutter on "slow synch," which doesn't close it immediately after the flash. This one is of Marty demonstrating his downstairs equipment suite to CustomSteve01 -- Looks to be a nice Sansui G series receiver up on the top shelf. I bought the G-8000 brand new in 1978 while stationed in Germany and still wish I had it. I loved that receiver! Sounded much better than the Yamaha separates I replaced it with in 1982 (M4/C4/T7). Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 EDIT: I deleted this pic of one of Gary's stunning Zebrawood Heresy's because the fine grain, my camera, and possibly the forum's uploading software aren't compatible and made it look much less nice! We'll find another way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Hey Larry - got any pics of the twins? JT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I couldn't publish them in a public forum.[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 Many thanks for you very nice comments. I'm glad I can offer some smiles for my forum buddies from time-to-time. Also apologies to Bookman, for somehow confusing his handle with Boomac. Although Larry might not be pleased, I'm very much appreciate him for putting forth the effort to get these pictures of the gear and the guests up on the Forum. It was great having such nice people stop by. I hope some of the others will be chimming in with their thoughts on the gear and tunes they heard. Unfortunately only Gary, Rich and Larry got to hear the Bogen's, we had to switch them out so they could compare them to the Marantz setup before Gary and Rich had to leave. My impression of them is that while not quite up to the Marantz combination they are pretty impressive chunks of metal. For those of you who are unfamiliar with what I'm talking about, I recently took on my first restoration/rebuild project using two Bogen MO100A Public Announcement monblocks. Yup, PA amps. The power suply has been replaced, new coupling caps and various resistors changed out, converted from 8417's to EL 34's and a bunch of other stuff. Complete with very nice cherry bases built by my brother. There is not a chance I could have done this myself without the guidance and hours of assistance willingly provided by MikeBSE2A3. Now that I've been genteel enough for a few paragraphs, I can really tell you what I think about these amps: THEY WILL SEVERLY SPANK THOSE NANCYBOY VRD'S. 100 tube watts per side (actual wattage is probably about 70 per side), chock full of Holmes and Watsons. Doubled up power supply, lots of orange thingies. Also as we speak a crack team of top-flight engineers is hard at work in a secret location in the Tennesse hills busily working on additons to these babies involving cohabitation of Henries and FarrahFawcetts. When finalized these will complety b--tch slap those girly man Nosvalves whimpamps. I know Craig is out there hunkered down in his bunker shaking in his bootsies, but sooner or later he will emerge, there will be a showdown, and the loser will be wearing a skirt! THEBES-O-BOGEN'S RULE!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkBK Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 OK, pics.... I didn't unlimber my camera until after Gary and Rich/RPlace had left, and we had a more meager crowd by that time. Also, apologies for some camera shake blurring in some of these -- I'm still getting used to digital photography I guess, and had left the shutter on "slow synch," which doesn't close it immediately after the flash. This one is of Marty demonstrating his downstairs equipment suite to CustomSteve01 -- Marty, You need to buy more gear... the shelves look out of balance in a few key areas! [6] Awesome pics! Wish we could see more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 You got that right Mark! Isn't one of those shelves sagging in the middle, or is it the camera.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Basically, he is living (audio wise) a lot of our fantasies.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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