Cincinnati, OH, any audiophiles?

Hey Cincinnati People,

I can't go and call myself a real "audiophile" yet, because I haven't reached the $1000 mark in total investment. That has to be a criterion, right? So I'll say I'm an appreciator of high quality sound with discerning tastes. I don't think I've ever heard a true high-end setup, but I'm really happy with what I have right now. I'm hoping someone on this thread can direct to a place local to downtown Cincy where I can hear some good equipment.

I'm 24 and I moved here about a year ago, so I'm probably not as hardcore about the Bengals, Reds, or Skyline Chili as your average Cincinnatian, but I'm learning.

Anyway, thanks for putting this thread together.

-Dusty

Jim, Dusty

Yeah..its been kind of slow to take off..but a couple of us do meet pretty regularly. Send me an email privately and I will add you to my mailing list. I am actually having 3-5 people over this weekend for a bit of listening. I've only met one of them before. Of the others, one is fomr this thread, and the other three are firnads of a friend form Dayton. Let' see who shows up for real...Not sure how many is too many yet. My listening room is large enough...but of course there is only one sweet spot! My selfish plan this weekend is to compare two transports (my old Muse 9 Signature vs the new North Star modified by Aberdeen Components), and to compare a couple of cables (Purist Dominus vs Kimber Orchid) on the North Star. However, I am sure we will end up spinning some vinyl as well...

AlexC

Dusty,
Welcome to the Queen City. Hope you find happiness and prosperity here. Earlier in the thread, people have listed the local audio shops, and the shops they are willing to drive to in Indy, Columbus, etc. I don't know of anything downtown.

I don't think the cost of your system is the measure of an "Audiophile". It is the love of music and a desire to improve the playback system to enhance your enjoyment (or something like that?).

AlexC,
Thank you for the invitation to join the mailing list. Very kind! I will forward you a private e-mail. It would be an honor to be included.

I do not have an e-mail account set up at home, just at work (the spam filters at work are very good), but will send something first thing Monday.

Hope you have a nice session this weekend!

Best Regards,
Jim S.

I'm 15 minutes North of Cincinnati. I've been building SE & PP triode based amps for a few years. I would love to participate in some listening sessions to hear other gear and let mine be heard. Any Interest??

Stuben

Stuben,

Absolutely interested. I'd like to hear the amps you are building. What kind of speakers do you use with those?

Currently I have a nice 2A3 tube amp built by a custom builder here in Cincinnati, a pair of Bottlehead 2A3 mono-blocks that I assembled, a Red Wine Audio Reali-T, which is a tri-path based class D amp, passive pre-amp and Scott Nixon DacKit all built into one tiny chassis. The Reali-T is battery powered too. It's really spooky good considering the cost.

I've got a couple of single driver speakers that I'm using at the moment. One is a DIY HempAcoustics unit reviewed here(I bought the review pair):

http://hempacoustics.com/Review.pdf

And the other is a Lowther DX3 in the Commonsense Audio/Lowther USA 2.5 mkI dual port cabinet.

We just had a small get together with several of participants from this thread. Maybe we can do it again soon.

Enjoy,

TIC
(Tom In Cincinnati)