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The Great Plains Audio Fest, hosted for the past couple of years by Wayne Parham (of PiSpeakers) in Tulsa Oklahoma, is moving to Dallas. I think the Dallas Audio Club is sharing the administrative work with Wayne. Showtime is May 4, 5, and 6th. Prices are very reasonable, and yours truly will be there.I was an exhibitor there two years ago, and missed last year. Several of the exhibitors were audio club members demonstrating their artistry. Most of the speakers were fairly high efficiency types, driveable by SETs and/or OTLs.
You can find some discussion on the GPAF at audioroundtable.com.
Duke
Actually, there has been.Take a look at NY NOISE on enjoythemusic.com This was put on by Blackie Pagano and jc morrison for a few years a number of years ago, beginning in jc's loft in Hoboken, the first couple years. Later, it moved into NYC to a small club the last couple of years.
I felt honored to attend. In fact, I'm happy to say that at one particular Noise, I was able to donate an amp that I built to allow Backie and jc to break even once while in Hoboken. Every since, they've both been most grateful. Shows ya who your friends are....
Ultimately, I believe that both Blackie and jc's personal lives took they away from doing NY Noise.
And, if I'm not mistaken, this was the model for the ETF. Having seen and heard about Noise, someone in Europe said, "Say, we should do this in Europe?!" Enough people listening said, "Yea!" And, the ETF was born.
Also, Dan, aka Doc Botllehead, at Bottlehead put on a show called the Vacuum State Audio Conference (VSAC) in Washington State a number of times after having attended Noise once, the first year. The helm of this somewhat passed to Ron Welborne and this then turned in to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest.
RMAF has gone the way of commericalization in my opinion. Sort of a way for some hackers turned money making to get out there without the fees associated with CES. This aspect is great in my opinion; but, I think some, if not most, the DIY part has been lost.
Lastly, there was the Midwest Audio Fest (MAF) put on by Mike Baker in Lima, Ohio. I too attended this and helped Mike get off the ground the first year, knowing alot of people on the DIY side of things. I put on an SET amplifier clinic each year to help him out.
MAF grew on for a few years; but, ultimely, Mike had this one wacko attended, that to a small extent dissed the whole thing. This guy would walk into each room and immediately proclaim everything junk and inferior to his system. The cops had to come a remove him twice. He just wouldn't go away.
Near as I can tell, this, along with growing size and influx of commericalization, was the straw that broke the camel's back for Mike, and that was the last year for MAF.
As many of you know, or I wish you knew
, I publish an e-zine called the Ultra Fi Times. I think I'm the only one out there doing what I do and, for the most part, I've tried to pick up where Joe Roberts at Sound Practice left off. I gotta tell ya, its been tough and certainly, not without growing pains. However, I've thought of doing a Ultra Fi Fest here in Cincinnati, Ohio in conjunction with the magazine. It would most certainly focus on the DIY side.
So, I guess it's put up time...
If there's enough interest, I'll do it.
Larry
"Also, Dan, aka Doc Botllehead, at Bottlehead put on a show called the Vacuum State Audio Conference (VSAC) in Washington State a number of times after having attended Noise once, the first year. The helm of this somewhat passed to Ron Welborne and this then turned in to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest."That would have been a pretty good trick seeing as VSAC started two years before Noise. Steve Rochlin has coverage of the first NY Noise on ETM, which he has dated 1999. The first VSAC (Vacuum State *of the Art* Conference) was 1997 and the second was 1998. We also did shows in 2001 and 2003.
Ron did not take over the helm of VSAC. He worked with me at VSAC 2003 as the exhibitor and press liason, to learn the ropes and network with manufacturers before doing the same at RMAF. Unfortunately his opinions on the importance of DIY did not carry weight at RMAF and his partners have all but eliminated any DIY aspect at that show. They seem primarily concerned about the high end and exhibitor counts, and that show seems modeled much more after the S.H.O.W. than VSAC. RMAF is a great regional audio show, but it's not a DIY dance around the bonfire.
We get asked constantly to bring back VSAC. Eileen and I were talking about bringing something VSAC-like back just last night at dinner. I have to get through CES in a couple weeks before she will let me blue-sky about a new show...also need to figure out a way to do it while keeping my other businesses afloat.
Dan,Good points, poor choice of words and rapid typing on my part early in the morning while working on something else. I knew that, just didn't articulate it well.
My bad.
I think there is something to be said for something more centrally located and with a low entry cost. To me, you just don't get that in NYC, Washington, or Denver, for that matter.
As to the commercial aspect....well, it is pretty clear to me that the line between that and DIY can get pretty blurry, and I'll just let that one go.
Hey Larry, I'm in Columbus and would be happy to help in some small way. There are a number of other DIY'ers around here who might also be willing to pitch in.
And there's the geographical predicament. You must understand, Europe is smaller than Texas. These guys can load all their clobber in the trunk and drive on over in a few hours to a central European location. Yah, there will be a few Yank maniacs like Ray Koonce, but it's different there.Of course, Ray is different as well :^)
Poinz
Poinz, great point....... in addition, we'd have to paddle quite a while 'till we get to Texas........ ;)aloha,
Janos
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