Audio Al's bake-off

[Audio Al]

I have been thinking about this for some months now

I keep seeing various bakeoffs normally up north

I have not seen any Clubs?


Would anyone from London / Essex be up for a monthly meeting at the same venue , to be arranged ,

Each member could then bring his kit along in turn , we all sit and listen ( bring some tunes with you ) maybe 2 systems per meeting

To get a decent venue with toilets and a kitchen for drinks will involve a cost so a payment per person per meeting will be required for the day

All early thought

If it happens it wont be till next year now

Anyone interested please let me know

[Macca]

I can get down to London pretty easily so I would be up for this although the more central London the venue the better.

[synsei]

Every couple of months might be a better bet Al, you'll have a more of a chance that each meeting will be busy. I found this when I ran a fantasy gaming club years ago. Initially I ran it monthly but turn out wasn't that great so I changed it to bi-monthly and attendance picked up considerably, the benefit being I was able to reduce the entrance fee

[loo]

Hi Al,
sounds like a great idea and something I would deffo be up for
Paul

[Audio Al]

I can get down to London pretty easily so I would be up for this although the more central London the venue the better.

Cheers Martin

[Audio Al]

Hi Al,
sounds like a great idea and something I would deffo be up for
Paul

OK Paul , noted

[Audio Al]

Every couple of months might be a better bet Al, you'll have a more of a chance that each meeting will be busy. I found this when I ran a fantasy gaming club years ago. Initially I ran it monthly but turn out wasn't that great so I changed it to bi-monthly and attendance picked up considerably, the benefit being I was able to reduce the entrance fee

Thanks for the suggestion Dave

[Barry]

Yes I might be interested, but there is no way I could transport a complete system. Maybe a TT/arm/cartridge or CD source, or a preamp.

[Audio Al]

Yes I might be interested, but there is no way I could transport a complete system. Maybe a TT/arm/cartridge or CD source, or a preamp.

Thats good news then Barry ,
we can sort the details when it is established we have enough interest to proceed

Allen

[Oldpinkman]

Interested in principle Al
Particularly every 2 months rather than monthly
The devil lies in 2 details - No1 where? I don't associate London with being able to park a car to unload HiFi (that may be my straw in the hair, yokel prejudices)

No2 - where. I guess there's no way round it, but the sort of systems I like (and you, and Barry) with ESL57's rarely sound any good in a hotel room. In my "Proper" PT days I did a few hotel rooms, and they were fine for beaming at the punters, and letting them put sticky paws over dem kit, but rarely (particularly Heathrow) did you get a half-decent sound. (Best I enjoyed was a hotel near West Kingsdown, with an all Linn setup including my most hated speaker the Isobarik. But that sort of swimmy lush unfocused sound was perfect for wandering round a big room picking at olives and peanuts).

But interested certainly. M25 from M1 to Dartford Tunnel would be fine.