Philadelphia area audio club?

Invitation...

Those in the Philadelphia area who have some interest in getting together informally to share some music, listen to some different equipment or listen to one another's systems, are encouraged to post here and to send an e-mail to one of us already posting here.

To get things kicked off, I have extended an open invitation to my house for Sunday afternoon, January 5, from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. So far, we have interest from two people. (Two others have other commitments but would like to come when we schedule another date -- which we will.)

If you're interested in coming over to share some music and listen to one user's system (mine), please send me an e-mail through Audiogon with your direct e-mail address, your name and your home telephone number (no cell phones, please). I'll get call you with directions.

Please DO NOT post your phone number or address in this public area.

Hi there.
Sorry I missed it, was finishing up my vacation. How was it? What did you listen to? Did you compare any gear? I offer my small place and simple system for next meeting if y'all are interested.
-Sandy

Hi again, sorry for the quick re-post. My user name on Audiogon is VerteWax, but Sounding Board Audio posted my personal introduction under TapeSonic on Harmonic Dischord. Should we all maybe copy our introductions over to this thread?

Hi, Vertewax. Sorry we missed you yesterday. We had a small, but enjoyable, informal gathering of just three of us. Several people who had wanted to come were unable to do so for one reason or another.

If you like, please e-mail me directly through Audiogon with your direct e-mail address, your name and your home telephone number (no cell phones, please), and I'll get more details to you.

As you can tell, nothing formal is established at this point -- we're just in the process of exchanging information amongst each other to find where we may have some common interests to get together. Thanks for your offer to host a meeting. I'm willing to do the same, so I'm sure we will have several of us interested in getting together again sometime in the next few weeks.

Best regards, Rushton

This is a transplant of some of my posts at harmonic discord. My name is Hugh. I got started when a high end impresario named Herb Hamburger walked into the Lafayette Radio Electronics I worked at as a teenager and began talking about Thiel, Symdex, Gale and other little known, at the time, oddities. A bit later in Boston, I spent a good amount of time in the New England Conservatory of Music's great Jordan Hall, and then did a stint at the Apt Corp. in its heyday.

This club could have informal listening sessions in people's homes, orchestrate field trips to the better local dealers by prior appointment, petition these dealers to host manufacturers' dog and pony shows that interest us, or serve as auditioning panels for members who are designing equipment. Trips to unamplified concerts would also seem logical. (This rules out Verizon Hall on some occasions, incidentally.)

Philadelphia Area Audio Group (PAAG) is the current suggestion for a name. I'd like a permission by absence of objection to send a club listing to Stereophile, at least. I'll post suggested copy here for people to comment on. Or go ahead and fashion a statement of your own in the meantime for our perusal.

As noted, "we" had our first meeting recently courtesy of Rushton's hospitality. Let's just say it was tubes and rarefied vinyl, and there were no fist-fights to get the sweet-spot. (Sometimes people don't want exact equipment details published on the net since it is the net....)

If you have any other questions or business which can be answered (or dodged), please keep the dialogue going here.