Richie and Mrs. Richie in the
HOUSE !!! 
I thought I recognized him but the name tag gave it away.
Tomorrow, I was having trouble remembering your handle and I knew I had some sort of filthy association for it. The first thing I came up with was BF(er) but that just didn't sound right.
RJ has a much nicer ring to it.
Glad you all got together and thought enough of us to share or did I say that already?
I think everyone in attendance had a really good time. I still don't have time to post my reviews and get more photos uploaded. But I did want to put in a big plug for our sponsors...they REALLY deserve a lot of credit. We're pretty much out here in the boonies...a great vacation spot to be sure...but still the boonies. The support we received was spectacular. Joe, Dave, and I want to give one more big shout-out of appreciation and gratitude.
Audioholics Home Theater Store stepped up with major support for the GTG with their donation of the catered lunch and provided some great discounts on store equipment purchases. It surely wouldn't have been as classy an event as it was without them.
The equipment sponsors also went well beyond our imaginings with terrific equipment, donations, and support. Over the next week or so, you'll likely be seeing lots of posts about the great stuff we got to see, touch, and hear from SalkSound, SVS, RBH/EMP, AVAHifi, ModWright, Skiing Ninja, all the attendees that brought their treasured gear, and last, but certainly not least, our own Oregon audio company, Aperion. Aperion came in at the last minute with some lovely speakers, giveaways, and also popped for Sunday breakfast. On behalf of everyone at the GTG, we deeply thank the sponsors for making the experience one to thoroughly enjoy.
Glitches...we had a few. The driveway navigation saga involving Jim and Mary Salk's trailer is an interesting tale of tension. But it had a happy ending as potential disaster was averted. (Story to be told, later.) Emotiva shipped their entire pallet of gear from the RMAF show...but (!!) the shipper didn't pick it up for 3 days as it sat there at the hotel in Denver, and the equipment won't arrive until tomorrow.
(Actually, since it wasn't going to make it here on time, it was intercepted in transit and Emotiva had it turned around to go back to Tennessee.) So unfortunately, we missed their cool equipment. Von Schweikert Audio couldn't get their VR3 prototypes working properly and couldn't make the gig. We were really hoping to unveil the new model. ERA was missing in action...we missed some nice bookshelf speakers.
Otherwise, a good time was had by all. I only wish more people could have attended and enjoyed the show with us. I have to say that the people involved in our beloved hobby are first-rate folks. I enjoyed meeting everyone who came to visit. I hope we can do this again...though in a larger venue next time.
