what happened to the rave

[topround]

Does anyone remember the good ole days of the rave?

The rave was the best thing to happen to this hobby other than audio shows.

Great, gracious people opening their homes up, entertaining people for the pure joy of enjoying our hobby and each others company.

Sure we drank a lot and ate a lot but we had fun and we were all friends.
Then one day a few of us decided to get into the audio business and it all fell apart from there.

I know these words annoy the people reading it, but it is true, we were all in it for the hobby, to learn and experience, profit was not part of it.

Once you are in the business it all changes, you have to support your products, objectivity gets wiped away, the fun disappears, and we all can no longer gather to gain knowledge and experience. At least the way it used to be free and open. Now we have to be careful not to offend anyones products. True friends are able to call each other assholes, and  say their system sucks and still eat their food and drink their wine.

I remember the first day it hit me was when we where at Barry's house for a mini rave, I thought it was a mini rave but really it was designed to introduce  the new Merill amps to the club offering deep discounts to us.
That day changed it all for me, I knew it was over.

It was so much fun..........but alas those days are over except when we gather in small groups privately with no dealers, but the large scale fun is gone.

[topround]

What happened to Lonewolf leaning on speakers with beer in hand.

What happened to Buddy with his DIY projects and female singers

what happened to Levi a great host with a big heart and a big camera!

What happened to Phil , gracious host, great cook, and great guy

What happened to ed with red hair

what happened to all those empty beer and wine bottles?

you guys fill in the rest I am sure I forgot so many people

remember Marc withthe bald head...great guy

remember the ampfest at Phils house? a room filled with amps, remember his Blue Circle amp the size of a small fridge?

God so many great times

anyone else have any memories?

[ejk]

Dont forget Mr. Blue Towel

[ejk]

Yes Mike it wss over for me also when the same products showed up st everyones Rave

[Emil]

...and the Satfrat Award!   

[Emil]

and here was a thread about a Rave I gave in March 2009.

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=64533.0

16 pages of BSing and pictures and the usual smoke blowing up the hosts ass on how gracious he was and just how good his system sounded

[Emil]

Dont forget Mr. Blue Towel

Sure we remember. What is he up to these days?

[satfrat]

Does anyone remember the good ole days of the rave?

They got archived. 

[topround]

yeah ...all good things come to an end...it is evolution!

but then another good thing come along....................

[BobM]

Yeah, it blew up from 2 things, IMO

- too many people attending and nobody crazy enough to host that crowd (except you Mike, and Phil)
- too many manufacturers claiming rights to take over the system with their new component, or set up a second system to show it off

And don't forget that cleanup afterwards, and the pacification of the SO because of the crazy mess left behind.

[machinehead]

Those were the days.. So much fun!! It was about the people.... so many characters aka freaks.. Good times.

[ejk]

Reunion time

[goldlizsts]

Reunion time

Damn good thought.  'Nuf said by all!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maxamillion]

Well, I hosted one last November but only 5 or so people showed up. No manufacturers, no salesmen invited, only you guys, my stuff and Putz's turntable.

Maybe folks just don't like Raves anymore...

PS: we still had fun. And I've since built more stuff including a 32bit, DHT output DAC.

[Maxamillion]

Oh, I forgot, Carl showed up with his DIY DAC, too. In fact that inspired me to build mine!

So a productive, if sparsely attended, Rave.