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Nils - Sorry to tell you this, but you missed out big-time when you didn't get to Chris's place for the demo. He had a very impressive, well-engineered setup. His speakers are capable of impressive dynamic range and transient response, but still impart a realistic, musical tone. There were...

Here is the RSVP list so far: Jonathan Atkins Nils Luehrmann Frederick Falk + wife Rich Avery Jeff Meininger Mike Frontier Chad Anson Rajiv Arora Dave Elliott Chris Lewis Julian Turner Hank Frankenberg Mark J Scott Oliver Colin Dunn Saturday lunch crowd: 10 (maybe 12)...

Dave - If you feel up to hosting, we could concentrate on the audio side of your system since I just now learned about the light-control issues in your HT. I was really looking forward to seeing your HT, given the raves I've seen about it in other threads. But if the long hours have gotten...

Is everyone who's hosting OK with me providing their addresses to people who RSVP for the meet? I was kind of wondering if someone would bring up Nils's concern - being unable to make the lunch or part of the meet. When you RSVP, if you need directions provided via E-mail instead of at the...

OK, here is the final line-up. I will bring detailed directions with house-to-house driving directions to the actual meet(s). Friday, May 16 6:00PM - Dinner (Carrabba's on 183 - northwest Austin) 7:30-8:15PM - Rich Avery (northwest Austin) 8:30-9:00PM - Jeff Meininger (Cedar Park)...

Just a *BUMP* to make sure no one forgets about this thread. Julian - if you are reading this thread, are you still willing to host? Jonathan decided not to host, so the time slot at the end of the day Saturday has opened up. Let me know if you want to host or not. If not, I will host for...

Here is the latest revision to the schedule. Hopefully this will meet everyone's needs. I've moved Rajiv Arora to Saturday afternoon and swapped Rich Avery's time in to Friday evening. And if Jonathan doesn't want to host this time around, we can reinstate Julian Turner's HT into the tour...

Julian - If Jonathan decides not to host, we could probably get to your HT Saturday evening. Rajiv - I think I'll swap your time with Rich Avery's time, if he's OK with hosting on Friday evening. That will move you to Saturday afternoon. I will post and mail out a revised schedule...

I worked up a revised schedule, and here it is. Because Julian's theater is on the opposite side of the Austin metro area of almost all the others, I think we should save his for another meet. (Maybe Julian can host a meet in June or July, or host a movie night.) This gives us nine home theaters...

Later on tonight, I'll see if I can come up with a new schedule for a Friday night / Saturday afternoon-evening meet. Hank and Nils have offered to withdraw their HTs from the list. Since I have hosted many meets as well, I could take myself off the list. That will whittle down the list from 13...

Our group is sprawled out over the entire metro area, from Bastrop to Round Rock to Lago Vista. We also got an abundance of volunteers, twice as many as we could visit in one day. Then there are a few other special considerations. Chad Anson's theater is under construction. Jeff Meininger's...

This is an overwhelming response! I count 11 13 people who have offered to throw open their home theaters for the tour. This may very well be too many to visit in a single day. I'm going to get started looking at where everyone is and come up with a tentative route plan. Do we want to...

Looks like we have a consensus for May 17. Now who wants to open up their HTs for the tour? I am willing to open up my place again, if the tour takes the group through northeast Austin. I really would like to see Jeff Meininger's and Dave Elliott's HTs (hint, hint). If I recall correctly...

With so many people unable to do a meet on May 10, I am going to reiterate my suggestion that we move the meet to May 17 or 31. Which date works best for everyone? I vote for May 17...

I still like the "HT Parade of Homes" concept. We can plan the order of visits to keep drive time/distances to a minimum. We could hit all three HTs in Northwest Austin in quick succession, then work our way across town to a couple more. This would work best showing selected demo clips, not...

Looks like the seller of that gear is getting desperate for cash. Either that, or the ad had a typo, and it was supposed to be $20K for the package...

Scott - Where is this NePlus place? Is it in Austin? I didn't think there was anyone left in Austin who would pay $5K+ per component for HT given the crappy job market here, but you never know. Or maybe the place is for people who don't have to work for a living...

Beware!!! There have been HUGE arguments on the HTF before about what makes a system a "home theater" as opposed to a "stereo" and/or a "TV." Don't make me say "In before the lock!" in this thread... :) Scott may have 2-channel sound, but I still got drawn into that excerpt from "We Were...

I like Jonathan's idea (B) - the "HT parade of homes." What's more fun than seeing everybody's home theaters all in a single day?

Looks like May 10 or June 7. I would prefer May 10, and then we could shoot for another meet after the 4th of July. Any other thoughts about topics???

We could perhaps even shoot for a May 10 meet if everything can come together by then...

Jonathan Atkins recommended some time in May for the next Austin HTF meet. Now that it's April, that means the meet is about a month away! Let's plan on having a meet some time before Memorial Day. Any topic suggestions? My suggestion: We should have another DIY meet. There's been a lot...