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Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

Doctor — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:09:31 GMT

I do hope the slope is actually more of a small undulation! You must be very proud of your daughter! Thank you for the support you show Beoworld and I do hope you feel better soon.

Peter

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

Dave Moulton — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:01:06 GMT

Thanks, Andy, for posting this thread again! I really enjoyed my visit to Manchester, abnd it was fun to relive it through your posts!

I've been quiet on this site for a while – there's not much to report on right now, I've had a couple of personal losses that have really bothered me, and health has begun to be an issue for me (I think it's called the "slippery slope")

Sausalito Audio is hard at work on some interesting devices (not in consumer audio) while we wait for the economy to improve to a point where we can actually make and sell our in-wall speakers. The heavy lifting for all of this is being done by my partner, Manny LaCarrubba. I'm pretty much retired, doing a little writing, studying high-performance driving, doing a little teaching, working on a couple directorships, and hanging out in my garden, which has really come out nicely.

My daughter, who was doing research in Manchester (and was the reason for my trip) has received her doctorate and is now on the faculty teaching British history at Harvard (of all places! – I do love to brag about it) in a temporary appointment.

Because of health, I've pretty much stopped traveling, but I'm still up for a visit for any BeoWorlder who finds him or herself in Boston.

That's the news . . .

Best regards, and thanks again.

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

Step1 — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 05:33:06 GMT

Thanks for the thread Andy, interesting stuff and you were all very lucky to have such an influential guest to give up his time - Would love to have been there, would have been one heck of a learning experience on everything B&O that's for sure!

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

Step1 — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 05:28:58 GMT

Nothing like snake oil to empty the pockets of the gullible. Personally, I am skeptical about speaker bed-in after refoaming, certainly can't see how short term use can make a notiicable audible difference!

As for RCA leads, bah - I bet most would struggle to hear the difference between a DIN plug and a straight gold plated RCA !?

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

Craig — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:08:16 GMT

folkdeejay:

Andy - if you ever find yourself in a UK hifi specialists, ask the about Peter Belt, Russ Andrews or the whole "mains cleaning" industry.

It's a whole new world of tweaky madness.

Some of the adiophile stuff just boggles my mind. Cable burn in services, because after you have paid at least £150 for an RCA cable. It needs burning in before it sound at it's best. Then there is the antistatic spray that needs to be sprayed in the ends of your cables every few weeks or so. Need I carry on. Don't even start me on paying £2500 for a mains lead.

Craig

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

beocool — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:16:36 GMT

Jandyt:

You'll be pleased to note, that I have re-added all my photo's to this thread.

Andy T.

Thanks, Andy

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

folkdeejay — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 04:55:44 GMT

Perhaps.

BUT....Prior to my B&O phase, I spent a decade installing mainly UK made 2 channell audio kit - primarily Linn/Naim/Rega and Arcam stuff.

Old habits die hard, and I have done countless presentations where an A/B comparison of speakers involved changing just the speakers - and using a comparator is basically illegal in that world.

As far as possible, the "signal path" had to remain unchanged whenerver anything is compared - so whilst plugging and unplugging is indeed a bit low-tech, it removes any variables that could be seen to skew the results of the comparison.

Also, in hi-fi circles, any device with three or four outputs and one input could/would be seen as a variable - ie, one output could sound "better" (different) to another.

So.....I plugged and unplugged.

Andy - if you ever find yourself in a UK hifi specialists, ask the about Peter Belt, Russ Andrews or the whole "mains cleaning" industry.

It's a whole new world of tweaky madness.

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

Craig — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 04:42:52 GMT

Thanks Andy, I remember this thread from when you originally posted it. It's been great to read through it again.

Craig

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bayerische — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:36:30 GMT

Thanks Andy!

I remember viewing this thread before, but it was great fun going through it again!

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

koning — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:46:45 GMT

After all those beers did he mention something about the 'next' beolab?

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

Jandyt — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:47:57 GMT

You'll be pleased to note, that I have re-added all my photo's to this thread.

Andy T.

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

Jandyt — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:27:03 GMT

Well, we all enjoyed our meal, though the hot and sour soup was a little too hot for me.
This is the last picture of the thread. I bet Lee would agree with me when I say I wish I was as photogenic as you, Dave.
~
I'd like to thank Dave Moulton for letting us know that he was coming to Manchester and for giving up an evening of his UK trip for us.
Dave, it was a great pleasure meeting you and hearing all your tales. I feel sure our paths will cross again on one side of the pond or other.

A big thank you goes to Dave Jennings for inviting Dave M and all the rest of us to his dealership. Thanks Ian Kinsella, Graham and Chris for making us feel welcome too.

Thanks Lee, for dragging your Mac up to Manchester and the hard work you put into doing the first Beoworld, roadshow prize draw.

Biggest thanks, as always goes to my fellow Beoworlders for following yet another of my photo' threads and putting up with my usual drivel! (I wonder what my next one will be )

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

saf — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:45:34 GMT

Jandyt:
I couldn't believe it was nearly eleven o'clock!

My goodness: good I read your comment- and clicked to enlarge the picture, Andy . I'd have sworn the guys were engaged in a game of poker. Well, they were just tired.

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

Jandyt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:02:57 GMT

Here, Dave M is taking a picture of the said head.

Re: Dave Moulton, King Street, the prize draw........and me.

Jandyt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:55:55 GMT

Lee and myself, neither of us looking at our best.
The huge, round, white thing in the foreground is Dave Jenning's head!