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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2016, 03:40:21 PM »
Again, this is an a garage and is rain or shine.   9 am to...

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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2016, 08:03:43 PM »
Setup starts early Saturday or Friday as Nick noted.  I think it's going to be fun!  Some nice vintage audio equipment will be there and even better people  :laugh:  :(|) :angel:
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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2016, 10:53:31 AM »
Better people?  Who's coming?  Or who is not coming,  should I ask?   :P

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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2016, 12:05:48 PM »
I should be at my building around 730 Saturday morning for all you sellers and early birds.
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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2016, 01:32:41 PM »
I should be at my building around 730 Saturday morning for all you sellers and early birds.

See you then!   I'm hoping to actually set up a system this year.   Not that I'm complaining, but last year everything was selling so fast that I never did get to set up a demo system.   If any of you guys haven't heard Rectilinears, I want you to.   They look like noting special at all, in fact they look like they shouldn't sound good, but they do.

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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #20 on: May 28, 2016, 06:54:30 PM »
Any photos yet???  ???
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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #21 on: May 31, 2016, 06:20:03 PM »
Bump.....
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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #22 on: May 31, 2016, 09:22:38 PM »
I don't think anyone took pictures.   I didn't.

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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #23 on: June 01, 2016, 03:10:16 PM »
Pictures.  Seems like I was (AGAIN) the only one that took pictures.  Will post a few here:

I liked these EPI by Dale's table:

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And the tables were full of interesting stuff:

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The Emptek sub was there (did someone buy it?  I am keeping track of its ancestry from Raynist to me to Carl to JimP...),  and I bought that pair of VTL Compact 80 Monoblocks:

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Lots of good vinyl on the floor, great selection,  most in good condition:

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Mark's (STAL's) table (I successfully traded Mark an ipad mini and a harmony remote for a bunch of vinyl and a bad ass TOTL VCR,  not ashamed of the latter) :

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Mike's table.  I was tempted to go for that shortwave radio:

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I documented some shenanigans involving expensive power cords (tsk tsk - do not take naps at the fest!):

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I enjoyed my time there,  always good to see the usual suspects.  I understand I missed the best tape deck deals by arriving late (heard a tale that an RT701 went for 20 bucks,  and [allegedly] the ultimate hoarder [OCCD] scored several RT909s from a studio before I could weigh in.  Stuff happens,  what can you do?).

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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #24 on: June 01, 2016, 04:34:49 PM »
Nice pics.   Thanks Pepe.   I never saw a camera.

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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #25 on: June 02, 2016, 09:14:36 AM »
Looks like some nice stuff there.  One of these years I might make it.  Saturdays off are tough, holiday Saturdays are verboten!
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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #26 on: June 02, 2016, 09:37:06 AM »
Pepe, thanks for the great pics!  Looks like a good time...

Guess Tom (occd) is doing better?

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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #27 on: June 02, 2016, 10:00:05 AM »
Thanks for the pics Pepe...those EPI's look sweet! How did they sound?????
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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #28 on: June 02, 2016, 10:14:18 AM »
I thought they were a bit shrill, but my Bullnose Advents also sounded shrill to me there, so it could have been the room.   Speaker/room symbiosis is so important.

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Re: Pittsburgh Vintage Audio Fest this Saturday!!!
« Reply #29 on: June 02, 2016, 03:41:13 PM »
I thought they were a bit shrill, but my Bullnose Advents also sounded shrill to me there, so it could have been the room.   Speaker/room symbiosis is so important.

Agree, the garage's concrete floor and walls did not help the acoustics.  We should file a request with the owner to please install acoustic treatments on the walls for next year's event  >:D.   

I liked the way the EPIs sounded,  but liked the idea of them existing as a product even more.  Every time I think I have seen every vintage speaker ever, one of these unique designs comes up and quashes that theory.  Never saw that electrostat tweeter before. 

OBG