Tue Club
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:21 am
“Old audiophiles never die,
. . . they just retube”
The old dinosaurs are back! Many thanks to Francis and this forum which helped spark the Philippine audio community to high gear thus resurrecting old dinosaurs like us back into the mainstream. As such, the Tue Club has been meeting quite regularly again to revive the vision it had originally planned in its conception. With the help of Wiredstate, we believe that vision can turn into reality.
Brief background of the Tuesday Club:
As a breakaway group from the bigger Phil. Audiophile Society (PAS), the Tue Club wanted to tackle other facets such as recorded music (both playback and recording), live music, acoustics, DIY, etc,
In its brief lifetime, the club was able to undertake among others the ff:
Lecture by Philips on the digital medium
Lecture by AJ Van den Hul on cables and cartridges
Lecture by the late Mang Dima on tweaks/grounding
Lecture by the Tannoy group on speakers
Lecture by DynaAudio group on speakers
Lecture by Mike Pedero on recording
Lecture by Butch Silverio on acoustics/recording
Lecture by Mike Pedero and Ponsoy Alvarez on radio programming
Introduction of the latest Krell line up by Dean Roumanis (who unfortunately passed away recently) in cooperation with The Listening Room and PAS.
Assisted in the weekly production Audiophile Jazz on Citilite 88.3
Vinyl and CD sales/swapmeets c/o “The Good Guys”
But it wasn’t only about gears and recorded music that the club focused on. We had intimate live mini-concerts for the benefit of the group and other regulars. To put an end to a debate on how bass should sound, we invited Colby de la Calzada who played a mean acoustic upright. In another session, we were awed by Joseph Esmilla’s Strad (or was it a Guarneri?). Yet in another session, we were both amused and wowed by the late Levi Celerio who played us tunes with leaves up to way past midnight.
Because of the interest in this hobby, other members started branching out complimentary services. Some went to cable and speaker dealership (WLO, Spendor). One was a silent consultant for one of our more reknowned audio shops. Another group, myself included, put up The Fat Lady Corp., exclusive Phil distributors of Rhino Records. Aside from Rhino, Fat Lady was the first to ship in Spiral Starecase, Dave Clark 5, and Joni James on CD. Since the local record distributors did not want to gamble out of the Top 40, the club, through Fat Lady decided to be the alternative. We also brought in a considerable amount of OJC Fanatasies on vinyl along with the Revolver, an entry level TT and the Record Doctor a reasonably priced manual LP vacuum cleaner.
Most importantly, I would say that the biggest achievement of the Tue Club was helping each other think out-of-the-box. We put aside HP’s Baker’s Dozen and searched for our own references. While others were grabbing the Pawnshops and McBrooms, we were slowly bulding up our 6 eyes and 9:00 AMs. We guided each other to be wary of gears considered “flavor of the month”.
But that was then - when seeing a locally manufactured amp available commercially or
having a local hi end exhibit (Nov HiFi Show) were only dreams.
The present brings us exciting times in this hobby and Wiredstate acts as the catalyst in this 3rd golden age of Phil. Audio. And since we feel that the objectives of WS and Tue Club sort of run parallel, we hope to supplement what this forum has done.
We are now finalizing plans for our first project.
stay tuned.
. . . they just retube”
The old dinosaurs are back! Many thanks to Francis and this forum which helped spark the Philippine audio community to high gear thus resurrecting old dinosaurs like us back into the mainstream. As such, the Tue Club has been meeting quite regularly again to revive the vision it had originally planned in its conception. With the help of Wiredstate, we believe that vision can turn into reality.
Brief background of the Tuesday Club:
As a breakaway group from the bigger Phil. Audiophile Society (PAS), the Tue Club wanted to tackle other facets such as recorded music (both playback and recording), live music, acoustics, DIY, etc,
In its brief lifetime, the club was able to undertake among others the ff:
Lecture by Philips on the digital medium
Lecture by AJ Van den Hul on cables and cartridges
Lecture by the late Mang Dima on tweaks/grounding
Lecture by the Tannoy group on speakers
Lecture by DynaAudio group on speakers
Lecture by Mike Pedero on recording
Lecture by Butch Silverio on acoustics/recording
Lecture by Mike Pedero and Ponsoy Alvarez on radio programming
Introduction of the latest Krell line up by Dean Roumanis (who unfortunately passed away recently) in cooperation with The Listening Room and PAS.
Assisted in the weekly production Audiophile Jazz on Citilite 88.3
Vinyl and CD sales/swapmeets c/o “The Good Guys”
But it wasn’t only about gears and recorded music that the club focused on. We had intimate live mini-concerts for the benefit of the group and other regulars. To put an end to a debate on how bass should sound, we invited Colby de la Calzada who played a mean acoustic upright. In another session, we were awed by Joseph Esmilla’s Strad (or was it a Guarneri?). Yet in another session, we were both amused and wowed by the late Levi Celerio who played us tunes with leaves up to way past midnight.
Because of the interest in this hobby, other members started branching out complimentary services. Some went to cable and speaker dealership (WLO, Spendor). One was a silent consultant for one of our more reknowned audio shops. Another group, myself included, put up The Fat Lady Corp., exclusive Phil distributors of Rhino Records. Aside from Rhino, Fat Lady was the first to ship in Spiral Starecase, Dave Clark 5, and Joni James on CD. Since the local record distributors did not want to gamble out of the Top 40, the club, through Fat Lady decided to be the alternative. We also brought in a considerable amount of OJC Fanatasies on vinyl along with the Revolver, an entry level TT and the Record Doctor a reasonably priced manual LP vacuum cleaner.
Most importantly, I would say that the biggest achievement of the Tue Club was helping each other think out-of-the-box. We put aside HP’s Baker’s Dozen and searched for our own references. While others were grabbing the Pawnshops and McBrooms, we were slowly bulding up our 6 eyes and 9:00 AMs. We guided each other to be wary of gears considered “flavor of the month”.
But that was then - when seeing a locally manufactured amp available commercially or
having a local hi end exhibit (Nov HiFi Show) were only dreams.
The present brings us exciting times in this hobby and Wiredstate acts as the catalyst in this 3rd golden age of Phil. Audio. And since we feel that the objectives of WS and Tue Club sort of run parallel, we hope to supplement what this forum has done.
We are now finalizing plans for our first project.
stay tuned.