Cogent at RMAF

[Titanium Dome]

Here are some pictures (hosted at AudiogoN) from the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest.

I think Ian and I saw the prototype sitting in Steve Schell's back yard. Steve, any comments?

http://live.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/ces.pl?cogenttruetolif&&ManuView&&&&&&&RMF07

[louped garouv]

i am absolutly taking vacation next year to go.....

[Steve Schell]

Thanks for the mention, TD. We had a very successful show at RMAF this year and the process was easier than most. That horn system is actually the one that we took to RMAF last year and sold to our friend Chris Brady who runs Teres Audio. By the time Rich and I arrived around 5PM on Thursday the system was already set up and singing! Sure beats the usual fighting for space on overworked hotel elevators, hours of set up only to find that the sound is miserable at first, etc.

We were in a large ballroom space, and I was pleased to find that the system sounded big and effortless despite the limited power of Chris's excellent sounding 3.5 watt 75TL amplifiers. Chris had recently obtained those Dukane Ionovac plasma tweeters, and their purple glow added an interesting highlight. I noticed here as in the past that the sound of a big horn system tends to expand to fill whatever space it's in, seemingly producing more sound on less power though theory would predict otherwise. Feeding the system a world class signal from the Teres 'tables, uber arms and cartridges didn't hurt either. Not a CD player in sight; first time we have used LPs exclusively as source material.

One bit of drama- I was lending an ear to help Chris to set cartridge azimuth and VTA on Friday morning. At the very moment he had tweaked things to perfection and we agreed we were finished, his line stage preamp suddenly began making loud, horrible noises. The show was to open in an hour. Chris took the preamp out of the system and investigated its guts, finding nothing amiss. He reinstalled it and it played perfectly for the entire show. Whew.

Probably our best online writeup came from Larry Borden of the Stereo Times; here's the link (go to bottom of page):

http://www.stereotimes.com/RM2007.shtml

RMAF is a very enjoyable show that gets bigger and better every year. Another one to consider attending is the reinvigorated VSAC Conference, which will be held for the first time in five years this coming May in Vancouver, WA. Cogent will be there. The VSAC site link is below, though it seems to be down at the moment.

http://www.vsac2008.com/vsac_2008_index4.htm