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    Default Phonostage Bake-Off - 08/07/18 - Penkridge *NOW CONFIRMED*

    Phonostage Bakeoff at Penkridge Peace Memorial hall is now booked and CONFIRMED for 08/07/18.

    Any kit will be welcome for the afternoon session so feel free to bring ANYTHING you want to. We can cobble a few systems together and see how we get on.


    Address:-

    Peace Memorial Hall,
    Pinfold Lane
    Penkridge,
    Stafford
    ST19 5AP


    Time:-

    10:00 - 20:00


    Hotels nearby include:

    The Littleton Arms,
    St.Michaels' Square,
    Penkridge
    ST19 5AL


    Bridge House Hotel,
    Stone Cross,
    Penkridge,
    Stafford
    ST19 5AS


    Mercure,
    Pinfold Ln,
    Penkridge,
    Stafford
    ST19 5QP


    Food and Drink:-

    TOO MANY TO LIST!!!!
    There are lots of local eateries for Lunch and Dinner. Local shops and pubs. Perfectly situated a few minutes from the M6 J13. Penkridge also has a train station which is within easy walking distance of the venue. Serviced by the LNWR services from Liverpool-Stafford-Wolverhampton-Milton Keynes-London Euston and vice versa.

    In an attempt to guesstimate how many of you fine folk will be attending, Drop me a PM with what you plan to bring (if anything!) There is no requirement to bring anything and numbers won't be limited, unless we hit 100 !!

    *****This is an AOS members event and there will be a verification system in place on the day. Please have your login details available on the day *****
    Last edited by Bigman80; 16-05-2018 at 15:26.

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    Bigman80 Guest

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    Confirmed equipment list:

    Qwin - Aqvox 2Ci Phono Stage
    Firebottle - Firebottle Vivant
    Bigman80 - Wizard Phonostage
    Jimbo - Croft 25 Preamp with Phonostage
    MCRU - LDA JFET Phonostage
    Primalsea - WD Clone Phonostage
    Ali Tait - Modwright Phonostage
    Crackles - Trichord Dino II
    Blackmass - Trilogy phonostage*
    Lee Henley - Modified EAR phonostage
    Ijrussel - Trilogy 907 phonostage*


    We are still looking for the following:

    Tom Evans Mastergroove
    Paradise Phonostage
    Aurorasound VIDA

    Anything else you may have!
    Last edited by Bigman80; 25-05-2018 at 07:52.

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    Join Date: Jan 2013

    Location: Birmingham

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    I'm James.

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    Hi Oli,

    Just a thought, would it be possible to open up the day to include other equipment any AOS member wants to bring along? Might make the event even more interesting along the lines of the NEBO and WMBO events we have held in the past.

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    Absolutely Jim!

    Why not do the bakeoff in the morning and then everything else after? We do have the venue for 10 hours lol.

    Great shout.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    Hi Oli,

    Just a thought, would it be possible to open up the day to include other equipment any AOS member wants to bring along? Might make the event even more interesting along the lines of the NEBO and WMBO events we have held in the past.

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    I'm inthescottishmafia.

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    I’ll bring my OTL as well then. Only 6w/Ch though.
    “Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio”

    Hunter S Thompson

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ali Tait View Post
    I’ll bring my OTL as well then. Only 6w/Ch though.
    Yes, please do!

    I like OTL amps.

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    Location: brighton uk.

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    oli i got your pm,if i come can i bring the nakamichi pre and the john wood kt88 amp? do valve amps travel well?
    My System
    John Wood KT88 Amp.
    Paradise Phono Stage
    Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
    PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
    Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
    Sony X555ES Cd Player
    Yamaha NS1000m Speakers

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamie123 View Post
    oli i got your pm,if i come can i bring the nakamichi pre and the john wood kt88 amp? do valve amps travel well?
    Yes you can mate. Absolutely. I'd love to hear them both and finally meet you after all of our chats lol

    Valve gear travels as well as anything if you look after it.

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    When they do these types of shoot out at the various Euro Triode Festivals I've been to, they pair off the competing items, so if they had 8 to compare A would face B, C would face D, E would face F and G v H with the winner of each shoot out going through to the next round. They do it by listening to 2 x 2 minute excerpts ie A first then B, then (with a different track) B first then A and the audience raise their hands at the end to express a preference. Who preferred A? Who preferred B? It always works best when the audience can't actually see which one is playing and they do take some measurements beforehand to make sure that the outputs will be level matched at line level or the comparisons are simply misleading.

    There are pro's & cons to this approach and it can be tiring if there are too many to do. At ETF, they generally have a break for at least an hour, half way through the comparisons. And they vary the music tracks used.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pure sound View Post
    When they do these types of shoot out at the various Euro Triode Festivals I've been to, they pair off the competing items, so if they had 8 to compare A would face B, C would face D, E would face F and G v H with the winner of each shoot out going through to the next round. They do it by listening to 2 x 2 minute excerpts ie A first then B, then B first then A and the audience raise their hands at the end to express a preference. Who preferred A? Who preferred B? It always works best when the audience can't actually see which one is playing and they do take some measurements beforehand to make sure that the outputs will be level matched at line level or the comparisons are simply misleading.

    There are pro's & cons to this approach and it can be tiring if there are too many to do. At ETF, they generally have a break for at least an hour, half way through the comparisons. And they vary the music tracks used.
    Oh, I like that idea. A "knockout competition" so to speak. Also done blind?? That sounds really fair actually. I may adopt that approach. Fancy participating for fun, Guy?

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