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Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

KingStreet — Sun, 20 May 2007 04:55:25 GMT

j0hnbarker:
I'd come along to this and would be interested in the old vs. new kind of theme, but then I suppose that depends on how easy it would be (and how many others would be interested in) carting some of their stuff up to King Street. I love looking at older and newer B&O gear in the same place as you can really get a feel for the heritage of the company and see some of the trends coming through from generation to generation.

Perhaps a poll of what we should do is required!

John

John - there is a specific thread - with vote about interest - all about this proposed Northern Meeting, which seems to be gathering pace.

I think the first meeting will be an informal evening where Beoworld people can meet up and put faces to names, and also spend some time using the current products without restriction - maybe in future we will have a more specific agenda.

Regards

David

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

MERCATS — Sun, 20 May 2007 02:10:16 GMT

Hi there,

I have Sky HD and I can get channel M 203 Manchester. I would watch it if I was 20, no make that 30 years younger !!!!

I did manage to see your advert.

Bye the way, I live in Bedfordshire.

Regards,

MERCATS

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

j0hnbarker — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:23:48 GMT

I'd come along to this and would be interested in the old vs. new kind of theme, but then I suppose that depends on how easy it would be (and how many others would be interested in) carting some of their stuff up to King Street. I love looking at older and newer B&O gear in the same place as you can really get a feel for the heritage of the company and see some of the trends coming through from generation to generation.

Perhaps a poll of what we should do is required!

John

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

KingStreet — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:14:57 GMT

Chris/ Andy et al,

Here is confirmation.

We will gladly host the inaugural North West BeoMeet- format to be along the lines of the previous post, with a view to maybe bi-monthly or perhaps quarterly meetings to follow.

A new thread with a poll / vote would be useful to gauge interest - but I don't know how to do that !!

I agree about the dates -maybe mid July - just before the school holidays. We have in the past crammed about 120 people in,for Will Carnegie & The Stig evenings, but maybe 20 or so would be more appropriate for an informal evening as planned. Suggestions welcome.

Regards

King Street

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

Medogsfat — Fri, 18 May 2007 02:08:12 GMT

jandyt:

Wow! How decent of you to consider this.
I was going to say sorry for hijacking your thread but now, I'm glad I didn't.
Next you need to guage how many are interested. Can you do polls if not perhaps you could ask a mod to do one for you.
Hozabout it Chris?
Andy T.

Sure - if Kingstreet confirms he is willing to be host to this (which is very generous of him) then I will certainly put something on the board. Personally I think it may be worth waiting a little while as there has very recently been the Struer visit and the new site hasn't yet got the membership of the old one when the Struer trip was arranged.

Any thoughts from interested parties are very welcome.

Chris.

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

Jandyt — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:38:30 GMT

Wow! How decent of you to consider this.
I was going to say sorry for hijacking your thread but now, I'm glad I didn't.
Next you need to guage how many are interested. Can you do polls if not perhaps you could ask a mod to do one for you.
Hozabout it Chris?

Andy T.

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

KingStreet — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:27:28 GMT

Right then.......we will be honoured/proud/pleased to be the occasional hosts for a North West BeoMeeting.

Date and format TBC, venue will be here - I will probably arrange on an evening where there is also somewhere else to go later,should anyone wish ( likely to be a small jazz club I know nearby, world class musicians, nice and friendly, excellent pizza & )

Will be informal

maybe a "touch and feel" event, for some proper prolonged hands-on use of the new products,

maybe a "vintage vs new" evening,

maybe a "watch the match/film on 9 different TV's and compare them" evening ....

maybe all of the above (on different months,obviously )

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

Jandyt — Wed, 16 May 2007 13:54:12 GMT

KingStreet:

Probably....we have a reasonable sized venue, with product,and sofa's,and a fridge.
I'll give it some thought - in the meantime, suggestons welcome.

How many bedrooms do you have above the shop?

Andy T.

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

j0hnbarker — Wed, 16 May 2007 13:47:01 GMT

Never bothered with Channel M as it's too far into the twilight zone on the Sky entertainment channels. If there were a Channel L (for Super Leeds) then I might reconsider.....

If there's a northern meeting could it have some equipment theme like the speaker showdown in Newcastle or something? There's been a couple of threads talking about what's the best receiver/speakers/soldiers(I like the drummers) in the past, and it might be nice to have some of the old and new stuff together to compare and admire.

Sorry for hijacking this - just seems that the northern lot seem to have a mix of interests in the old and new B&O gear.

John

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

Medogsfat — Wed, 16 May 2007 12:45:32 GMT

KingStreet:

we have a reasonable sized venue, with product,and sofa's,and a fridge.
suggestons welcome.

Suggest you get plenty of beer in the fridge

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

Craig — Wed, 16 May 2007 12:37:44 GMT

Manchester is not too far to drive from Birmingham. Not for a meeting of Beonutters

Craig

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

KingStreet — Wed, 16 May 2007 11:45:32 GMT

Probably....we have a reasonable sized venue, with product,and sofa's,and a fridge.

I'll give it some thought - in the meantime, suggestons welcome.

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

mobeyone — Wed, 16 May 2007 11:33:36 GMT

Will check when I get in later today.

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

Wed, 16 May 2007 10:54:30 GMT

I have SKY+

I've just selected Channel M (203) succesfully.

Never watched it, probably never will.

Re: A question,if you have SKY,or live near Manchester

Jandyt — Wed, 16 May 2007 10:12:07 GMT

KingStreet:
I think we can improve on a phonebox....let me think.....somewhere central, with room, relevant to Beoaddicts.....mmm, its on the tip of my tongue.....

Is that an offer???

Andy T.