So yesterday we held the annual meetup together with the Vintagehifi.dk forum. It has never been a bigger event with all places booked weeks before the event. 50 attendees, some seasoned “veterans” others new faces came together at Hald Manor in Jutland to spend their entire saturday listening, talking and experiencing Vintage hifi equipment.
This year me and my friend Louis were tasked with booking and planning the three major presentations for the event. We always have some planned presentations to showcase something unique and exciting, and this year was no different.
The meetup has been a tradition for 12 years now, and while a lot of attendees haven’t been to all 12, we decided to go for something different and try to get presentation with gear a lot of us don’t know or have any experience with.
It was another very fun meetup where we most of us stayed up all night drinking and talking about our common hobby – and the manor house does provide a certain romantic setting for the old gear. A quick breakfast sunday morning before filling up the cars and heading home – now I am just dreading that it is monday tomorrow.
Captain Phoenix and Pqrannes bids everyone welcome, and Captain Phoenix goes through the agenda of the day.
Highfive from Göteborg brought a local setup and showcased music and gear, that the other Danish participants didn't know.
Highfive explains the history and connectio between the gear.
Highfive brought a homebuilt push/pull subwoofer along to the presentation - a big room with a lot of listeners is hard on a small pair of bookshelf speakers.
Attendees are examining the setup before the first presentation
An Inertia Record player with a Unipivot arm and Ortofon MC-20 cartridge.
The beautiful blue MC-20 Cartridge.
The U66 C2 pramplifier, built by Lars Mürbeck
The Oden power-amplifier, also by Lars Mürbeck
The Oden power-amplifier, also by Lars Mürbeck
The QLN1 speakers
The participants are eagerly listening to the biggest speakers of the day.
The Altec VOTT (Voice of the Theater) A7 wth a Jean Hiraga designed crossover
The (Almost) complete Le Audiophile setup (Missing a Verdier turntable)
Maj switches between telling stories and playing music on the big Alec VOTT speakers.
Maj's explains his journey and fascination (Obsession?) with Le Audiophile and Jean Hiraga which drove him in collecting an (Almost) complete system. The Altec VOTT A7 has a Jean Hiraga designed crossover installed.
Maj's Le Audiophile presentation with Le Audiophile Kaneda Preamp and Jean Hiraga Le Classe A power amplifier
Le Classe A amplifier in Maj's Lé Audiophile presentation.
The Le Audiophil Kaneda preamp
The Le Audiophil Kaneda preamp and power-supply
Big horns!
Altec 511B Horn and Altec Model 802 1" driver on top of the VOTT
The Altec Model 802 driver in the Altec VOTT (Voice of the Theater A7)
Ralph explains his gear of choice.
Hificlassic talking about the story of the FSM prior to selling them to Ralph.
Ralph and Hificlassic talking about the gear for the Tannoy shoot-out - Big boys with big toys!
Hificlassic is demoing the Tannoy RHR
The Tannoy Shoot-out featuring Tannoy FSM-clones and Tannoy RHR speakers
Ralphs Tannoy FSM'ish corner-speakers with a 15" bass driver and 15" dual concentric, biamped with electronic crossover
Both are huge, but the difference is still staggering: Tannoy FSM'ish corner-speakers with a 15" bass driver and 15" dual concentric, biamped with electronic crossover, compared to the Original Tannoy RHR speaker
HifiClassics beautiful Tannoy RHR and All original and working Quad II and Quad 22 pair
All original and working Quad II and Quad 22 pair
one of the 2 Quad II in original boxes and all litterature... (And it was for sale!)
Original Quad 22 preamp and Quad FM Tuner in original boxes and in pristine condition
Ralph's beautiful Garrard 401 with Fidelity Research FR-64S and SME 3012 tonearms and two Ortofon SPU cartridges - one for mono and one for stereo.
Ralph's beautiful Garrard 401 with Fidelity Research FR-64S and SME 3012 tonearms and two Ortofon SPU cartridges - one for mono and one for stereo.
Ralph's beautiful Garrard 401 with Fidelity Research FR-64S and SME 3012 tonearms and two Ortofon SPU cartridges - one for mono and one for stereo.
Closeup of the stereo cartridge
Closeup of the stereo cartridge
Ralph's beautiful Garrard 401 with Fidelity Research FR-64S and SME 3012 tonearms and two Ortofon SPU cartridges - one for mono and one for stereo.
Hificlassic's Sony TTS-2500 with a custom oversize bronze platter and SME 10 tonearm and Ortofon MC-30 cartridge
A pair of heavily modified Quad II's driving one of the 2 15" Tannoy drivers in Ralph's corner-speakers.
A newly renovated Altec Lansing Incremental 2200 - an ugly, big and weird power amplifier, but it performed very, very well throughout the day.
The Sony 557 ESD - a workhorse of a CD-player!
The host for the day finds a quiet spot between the big Tannoys.
The Beautiful complete Leak setup - not for sale, but a beautiful peace to behold. And the Owner eagerly answers any questions!
The Beautiful complete Leak setup - not for sale, but a beautiful peace to behold. And the Owner eagerly answers any questions!
A lot of different projects and parts for sale.
The "Free for all" room always draws a huge crowd in between presentations.
The "Free for all" room, contains things for sale and things for feeling, looking and listening. A lot of free stuff as well.
One of my friend, with his for sale booth (Just like working in the Hifi-store back in the day)
Two of the attendees are preparing the "Free for all" listening area.
The "Free for all" play area where attendees could listen to different equipment and get experiences with gear they do not know.
In the "Free for all" area, a pair of big Sansui, B&W and Marantz speaker were hooked up to different amplifiers, giving a lot of the attendees a change to experience gear not on the presentation-schedule
My PD-444 with Fidelity Research FR-64S tonearm and Quintet Black S on the worktable - the goal was to measure WOW/Flutter using the Dr. Feickert Adjust+ record and software. We started setting up the cartridge and measuring +/- 0,11%
Hi. All very interesting.
When is the next event (or diary of vents) as I may like to visit and see all.
I hope to be in Copenhagen sometime in the summer.
Henry