http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0900/177942306_VweUG-Ti.jpg http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/gallery/3222672_HmBvg/ 2007-07-28T09:38:19Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />The Velvet Hammer 18 speakers driven by an Assemblage EL34 push-pull amp.</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942306_VweUG" title="The Velvet Hammer 18 speakers driven by an Assemblage EL34 push-pull amp."><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0900/177942306_VweUG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The Velvet Hammer 18 speakers driven by an Assemblage EL34 push-pull amp." title="The Velvet Hammer 18 speakers driven by an Assemblage EL34 push-pull amp." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-10T14:21:38Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0900/177942306_VweUG-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />A closer view of the equipment rack. Top to bottom: Squeezebox, Onix XCD-88 CD player, Lite Audio DAC-60, Assemblage hybrid preamp, Assemblage EL-34 amp.</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942322_Cc7ym" title="A closer view of the equipment rack. Top to bottom: Squeezebox, Onix XCD-88 CD player, Lite Audio DAC-60, Assemblage hybrid preamp, Assemblage EL-34 amp."><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0901/177942322_Cc7ym-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="A closer view of the equipment rack. Top to bottom: Squeezebox, Onix XCD-88 CD player, Lite Audio DAC-60, Assemblage hybrid preamp, Assemblage EL-34 amp." title="A closer view of the equipment rack. Top to bottom: Squeezebox, Onix XCD-88 CD player, Lite Audio DAC-60, Assemblage hybrid preamp, Assemblage EL-34 amp." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-10T14:19:55Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0901/177942322_Cc7ym-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />The downstairs system included an Arcam CD player, Audio Experience preamp, Belkin power conditioner, Ella KT-88 amp.</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942347_U2p9H" title="The downstairs system included an Arcam CD player, Audio Experience preamp, Belkin power conditioner, Ella KT-88 amp."><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0902/177942347_U2p9H-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="The downstairs system included an Arcam CD player, Audio Experience preamp, Belkin power conditioner, Ella KT-88 amp." title="The downstairs system included an Arcam CD player, Audio Experience preamp, Belkin power conditioner, Ella KT-88 amp." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-10T14:21:01Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0902/177942347_U2p9H-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />Another view of the downstairs system including the Selah Audio XT-8 line arrays.</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942367_eSF3j" title="Another view of the downstairs system including the Selah Audio XT-8 line arrays."><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0903/177942367_eSF3j-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Another view of the downstairs system including the Selah Audio XT-8 line arrays." title="Another view of the downstairs system including the Selah Audio XT-8 line arrays." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-10T14:19:55Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0903/177942367_eSF3j-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />Three bottleheads listening to the Velvet Hammers.</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942423_xBcdZ" title="Three bottleheads listening to the Velvet Hammers."><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0905/177942423_xBcdZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Three bottleheads listening to the Velvet Hammers." title="Three bottleheads listening to the Velvet Hammers." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-25T08:46:51Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0905/177942423_xBcdZ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />L to R: Paul Jackson, Tom Richards, Skip Pack</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942452_Ni2bW" title="L to R: Paul Jackson, Tom Richards, Skip Pack"><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0906/177942452_Ni2bW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="L to R: Paul Jackson, Tom Richards, Skip Pack" title="L to R: Paul Jackson, Tom Richards, Skip Pack" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-25T09:05:42Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0906/177942452_Ni2bW-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />From the outside in: Jim Griffin design MLTL single driver bipoles, Studio One Pi tower, single driver speaker featuring the Pioneer 8" full range driver, the ART Arrays.</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942466_AyLEY" title="From the outside in: Jim Griffin design MLTL single driver bipoles, Studio One Pi tower, single driver speaker featuring the Pioneer 8" full range driver, the ART Arrays."><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0907/177942466_AyLEY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="From the outside in: Jim Griffin design MLTL single driver bipoles, Studio One Pi tower, single driver speaker featuring the Pioneer 8" full range driver, the ART Arrays." title="From the outside in: Jim Griffin design MLTL single driver bipoles, Studio One Pi tower, single driver speaker featuring the Pioneer 8" full range driver, the ART Arrays." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-10T14:21:05Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0907/177942466_AyLEY-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />With the ART Arrays in place, replacing the 40 watt EL34 push pull amp with the 3 watt 2A3 paramours produced a noticable improvement in the bass. Go figure!</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942499_JFbt5" title="With the ART Arrays in place, replacing the 40 watt EL34 push pull amp with the 3 watt 2A3 paramours produced a noticable improvement in the bass. Go figure!"><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0908/177942499_JFbt5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="With the ART Arrays in place, replacing the 40 watt EL34 push pull amp with the 3 watt 2A3 paramours produced a noticable improvement in the bass. Go figure!" title="With the ART Arrays in place, replacing the 40 watt EL34 push pull amp with the 3 watt 2A3 paramours produced a noticable improvement in the bass. Go figure!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-25T08:49:19Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0908/177942499_JFbt5-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />Houston Audio Society members Graham Duhamel and Dan Calhoun.</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942588_UYwAG" title="Houston Audio Society members Graham Duhamel and Dan Calhoun."><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0909/177942588_UYwAG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Houston Audio Society members Graham Duhamel and Dan Calhoun." title="Houston Audio Society members Graham Duhamel and Dan Calhoun." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-10T14:19:42Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0909/177942588_UYwAG-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />L to R: Paul Jackson, Tom Richards, and Skip Pack in the downstairs listening room.</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942663_N4D5u" title="L to R: Paul Jackson, Tom Richards, and Skip Pack in the downstairs listening room."><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0910/177942663_N4D5u-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="L to R: Paul Jackson, Tom Richards, and Skip Pack in the downstairs listening room." title="L to R: Paul Jackson, Tom Richards, and Skip Pack in the downstairs listening room." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-25T09:06:48Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0910/177942663_N4D5u-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />Dennis Deacon brought his 525w/ch (1KW/ch at 4 ohms) D-SONIC ICEpower class D amp. This amp sounds very nice with the XT-8 line arrays. The D-SONIC amps are sold on Audiogon. Dennis' compan ...</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942722_oSRtD" title="Dennis Deacon brought his 525w/ch (1KW/ch at 4 ohms) D-SONIC ICEpower class D amp. This amp sounds very nice with the XT-8 line arrays. The D-SONIC amps are sold on Audiogon. Dennis' compan ..."><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0911/177942722_oSRtD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Dennis Deacon brought his 525w/ch (1KW/ch at 4 ohms) D-SONIC ICEpower class D amp. This amp sounds very nice with the XT-8 line arrays. The D-SONIC amps are sold on Audiogon. Dennis' compan ..." title="Dennis Deacon brought his 525w/ch (1KW/ch at 4 ohms) D-SONIC ICEpower class D amp. This amp sounds very nice with the XT-8 line arrays. The D-SONIC amps are sold on Audiogon. Dennis' compan ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-25T09:33:45Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0911/177942722_oSRtD-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />Dennis Deacon listening to his amp.</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942789_q3US2" title="Dennis Deacon listening to his amp."><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0912/177942789_q3US2-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Dennis Deacon listening to his amp." title="Dennis Deacon listening to his amp." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-25T08:57:25Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0912/177942789_q3US2-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />Marcial Bacani</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942841_4QCtT" title="Marcial Bacani"><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0913/177942841_4QCtT-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Marcial Bacani" title="Marcial Bacani" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-25T09:09:34Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0913/177942841_4QCtT-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com">FredT300B</a><br />The upstairs system with the Paramours driving the ART Arrays.</p><p><a href="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/3222672_HmBvg#177942907_tXYou" title="The upstairs system with the Paramours driving the ART Arrays."><img src="http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0914/177942907_tXYou-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The upstairs system with the Paramours driving the ART Arrays." title="The upstairs system with the Paramours driving the ART Arrays." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-10T14:21:08Z FredT300B http://fredt300b.smugmug.com http://fredt300b.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Lone-Star-Bottleheads-July-28/IMG0914/177942907_tXYou-Th.jpg