Our club has been invited to the brand new flagship Magnolia store (located in
Best Buy) at  17414 La Cantera Parkway (Rim Shopping Center) on Saturday 17
November 2012 at 1pm. First of all, dismiss from your mind the normal
expectation of mid fi and budget audio gear that we know Best Buy sells....this
store in a store is one of several Magnolia stores that sells McIntosh, Arcam,
Denon, B&W, Audioquest, Olive servers, Sonus Faber speakers and much more. They
have a high end stereo room and a flagship home theater as well. Our host will
be Fermin Saldana, formerly of Bjorns, and a friend of the RCAS.  I will be out
of town at the Austin F1 races but John has returned from Japan and will be
there to facilitate the meeting and announce upcoming plans. I hope everyone
will turn out for this meeting as it will be fun listening to demos on a wide
variety of gear. As always, bring interesting cd's.

Bob

Gentlemen, I recently won a fourth-generation, black, 16GB wifi-only iPad in a
raffle.

I already have an iPad, so I'm selling this one. It's still in the box with
shrinkwrap intact.

I'll sell it for $450. Feel free to call me at 210-784-7710 if you're
interested.

I might consider a trade, too.

Thanks. Gene Hopstetter, hopstetter@...

I have been advised by Fermin at Best Buy / Magnolia that they will have San
Antonio Spurs tickets for a door prize at this Saturday's RCAS meeting! Not that
any member needs additional incentives to come to a meeting, but this is great!
Please be sure to thank Fermin this Saturday for their generosity in hosting
this meeting and donating this great prize.

   Once again the meeting is this Saturday at 1pm, Magnolia/best Buy located in
the Rim shopping center, 17414 La Cantera Parkway.

Just back from Austin races and I se a note from Fermion that Matt Solario won
the tickets for the Spurs game at the meeting today!
Congrats Matt, let me know if you need a date :).
Seriously, contact Fermin or go by to get your tickets if you havent already.
Bob

I would love to go but I dont know if that is setting a good example for the
club or not. So, if anyone else would like the tickets please send in your name
tonite or tomorrow morning. If we have several Ill do a drawing with the names
and we will re-award the tickets. If nobody else wants them Ill talk to Fermin
about it.
Fair?
Bob

--- In rivercityaudiosociety@yahoogroups.com, Matt Solorio <thudeets@...> wrote:
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> Bob, sorry we weren't able to enjoy one of our chinwags yesterday.  I bet
the formula one race was awesome though.
> I did not realize until reading through Fermin's email a second time that the
tickets are for this Monday. ARG!
> While I would surely enjoy seeing a Spurs game in person, unfortunatley due
to circumstanes beyond my control it will not be possible this Monday.
> Would love to to pass these onto someone who can go and have a great time.
Bob?
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>  From: Robert <godzilla56@...>
> To: rivercityaudiosociety@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 9:06 PM
> Subject: [rivercityaudiosociety] Matt Solario wins Spurs Tickets
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> Congrats Matt, let me know if you need a date :).
> Seriously, contact Fermin or go by to get your tickets if you havent already.
> Bob
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Your welcome. It's great that you took your son to see a game!
Bob

--- In rivercityaudiosociety@yahoogroups.com, francisco licon <flicon56@...>
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> Thanks Matt and Bob, my son and I truly enjoyed the Spurs game, even though
they lost! I thanked Fermin for his hospitality to the RCA'S and the tickets
when I picked them up. See you all soon!
> Frank
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> --- On Tue, 11/20/12, Robert Guerin <godzilla56@...> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [rivercityaudiosociety] Re:  DACS & Such
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ago..... but at this years Rocky Mountain,  Jim Hall sold me a new improved
output stage tube that improves the unit quite a bit..I also upgraded the power
cord as well. I keep it in 24/96 mode as I like that sound quite a bit..
Finally, Im using a Music Fidelity async device since the music hall DAC did not
offer asynch timing. It is a bit bulky with the extra wires but sounds quite
good to me. Are you up to coming over some evening or weekend so we can "play"
with the DACs?Bob
> From: Matt Solorio <thudeets@...>
> To: "rivercityaudiosociety@yahoogroups.com"
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> To: "rivercityaudiosociety@yahoogroups.com"
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the club or not. So, if anyone else would like the tickets please send in your
name tonite or tomorrow morning. If we have several Ill do a drawing with the
names and we will re-award the tickets. If nobody else wants them Ill talk to
Fermin about it.
> Fair?
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> --- In mailto:rivercityaudiosociety%40yahoogroups.com, Matt Solorio
<thudeets@> wrote:
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> > Bob, sorry we weren't able to enjoy one of our chinwags yesterday. 
I bet the formula one race was awesome though.
> > I did not realize until reading through Fermin's email a second time that
the tickets are for this Monday. ARG!
> > While I would surely enjoy seeing a Spurs game in person,
unfortunatley due to circumstanes beyond my control it will not be
possible this Monday.
> > Would love to to pass these onto someone who can go and have a great time.
Bob?
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> >  From: Robert <godzilla56@>
> > To: mailto:rivercityaudiosociety%40yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 9:06 PM
> > Subject: [rivercityaudiosociety] Matt Solario wins Spurs Tickets
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won the tickets for the Spurs game at the meeting today!
> > Congrats Matt, let me know if you need a date :).
> > Seriously, contact Fermin or go by to get your tickets if you havent
already.
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http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/clt/3423275814.html

that's not really a Garrard Lab 80, I think, but that Ampex r2r deck looks
mighty nice.

not affiliated, yadda yadda yadda.

As some of you may know I have moved my Focal Mezzo Speakers into another
room. My main Pass amp stays with the Sonus Faber. I have tried a few amps from
friends but find they dont have the power to really make the Focals perform. My
other amps are fine for smaller speakers but not the Focals.

  Do any RCAS have an amp they would like to sell/trade? Criteria is they cant be
super heavyweight, anything over 50 pounds I cant move. Class A, AB or newer D
designs OK. Mono blocks or stereo. Must be able to audition here with the
Focals.

  No rush, but I would like to get them before the Xmas party. Ill go to audiogon
as a last resort but would rather do this as a local deal.

Thanks, Bob

Wsll, if you liked the sound of my Class D Audio amp at the previous Class D
meeting, I'd highly recommend having an amp built for you by ClassDAudio.com
using the SDS-254 boards.  Specs are 125WPC @ 8, and 250WPC @ 4ohm.  It's double
the power of the amp I brought and supposedly sounds just as good (but more
power).  Should be a hell of an amp.

Cheers,
Steven

--- In rivercityaudiosociety@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <godzilla56@...> wrote:
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>   As some of you may know I have moved my Focal Mezzo Speakers into another
room. My main Pass amp stays with the Sonus Faber. I have tried a few amps from
friends but find they dont have the power to really make the Focals perform. My
other amps are fine for smaller speakers but not the Focals.
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>  Do any RCAS have an amp they would like to sell/trade? Criteria is they cant
be super heavyweight, anything over 50 pounds I cant move. Class A, AB or newer
D designs OK. Mono blocks or stereo. Must be able to audition here with the
Focals.
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>  No rush, but I would like to get them before the Xmas party. Ill go to
audiogon as a last resort but would rather do this as a local deal.
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> Thanks, Bob
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