Dallas (Fort Worth) Audiophile Club - we meet every month or every other month

Sorry to dig up an old thread but I am new to Dallas and looking for some recommendations on audio stores to work with in the area and this thread came up when I searched Dallas. I’m sure all are closed right now (Thanks COVID) but in particular I’m looking to get some equipment racks/shelves. Feel free to DM me to avoid hijacking this topic!

Audio Concepts, a really great local dealer, carries Quadraspire, Salamander, and HRS.
One of our members is a dealer that owns "The Audioguy" in Lewisville that I believe carries Mapleshade racks. You can certainly call him and see if he is going to be opening back up next week.
I'm sure other members will chime in with recommendations as well.
As far as the audio club itself, we have what I would consider a very active club(pre-COVID). Joey does a tremendous job organizing the group activities. The meetings I've attended have allowed me to hear some amazing systems, but more importantly the guys in the group are all outstanding individuals and are extremely helpful for us with more modest systems looking for advice.
I hope we get a chance to meet soon.
Jon S

+1 for Audio Concepts. I've purchased Magnepan and Linn gear from them. Really great customer service.

We are still alive and kicking... just no meets till we figure out this covid thing.

Another +vote for Audio Concepts. Plus, John Fort Audio.

Happy Listening!

Hi all,

I'm interested in going to a meetup whenever they resume  
I just built a Pass Amp Camp Kit 1.8 and would love to share

Hello pcchip! Our audio club hasn't been meeting for group listening sessions since the start of COVID. We do have a pretty active group and keep in close contact with each other. You may want to reach out to joey_v as he is our fearless leader and he can give you a better idea of when we might be able to meet again.
Jon

Hopefully we can start meeting again soon. 

Audio Concepts is great. I also like Vu at High End Theater and Audio. He actually focuses on music systems despite store name. He carries Solidsteel racks. 

I haven’t been to Vu’s in a while

I'll give another vote for Vu with Hi-End Theater and Audio. He has Solid Steel and I think he carries Salamander as well. Side note for everyone else, they are moving into a new facility that looks like it's going to be really cool! They have one room up and running now with more to come. I got an early look because I ordered a new record cleaner from him recently and went to pick it up in person and check out the new shop. Vu is great to work with as well. 

Audio Concepts - probably the largest in stock selection to view in person for racks... and most other things they carry. Certainly worth checking out.     

Lastly I'll add Skip with Audio Thesis as well. As far as racks go I believe he only carries Star Sound Technologies, but those racks are a really unique solution and a good solution to consider if you're shopping at that price point. He might also be worth a call in general. He has a lot of gear in and out, so you never know what he might have in stock beyond his normal brands. 

DFWAC Meet # 17:
This time we will do Zoom. 
We have a special guest (name kept private for respect of guest)

2/17/21
@6pm
Currently we have 25 signed up, at capacity. 

PM/DM me if you are interested in joining or participating for future events. 

Going to be moving to the DFW area in less than a month. I was the manufacturing engineer for 64Audio, working onna patent for a new high end earphone design and left to start my own buisness building and designing custom home theater systems. Looking forward to chatting with you all and I will be sending a PM about joining the group to stay in the loop about future meetups.

DFWAC Meet #19 aka Zoom #2:
March 15, 2021Monday
6pm
Special Guest:
Dan D’Agostino

PM me of interested in joining the group and I’ll screen you to make sure you’re a fit.

Thx
JV

Change of date to Zoom 2.

3/22/21 @6p

Special guest:  Dan D’Agostino

Yall still accepting new members? 

Yes.  I just had a conversation with a Las Vegas transplant just this week who wants to join.  He ran the Vegas club so he might have some insight for me as how to run the Dallas club. 

I’m also a newbie and would like to join.. could you please include me in communications? Thanks

I sent a msg to Joey. Would love to join I hope yall accept my unconventional ways lol

Just message me, I’ll link up with you that way @Londonerwesti got the message from @jones20992

Update:

Zoom 4 successful.
June 30 at 630p
Guest Host: John Atkinson

Hi. I’m new to the group and interested in any upcoming events you guys have planned. I’ve had all of my shots(rabies, tetanus, testosterone, COVID, etc)😊

Mark

Update:
Zoom 5 succesful
9/27 6p
Special guest:  Mat Weisfeld of VPI

PM sent

I'd be interested in attending.  Is this club still going?

Still ongoing.

A little on the downlow for now because of covid, but we will come back strong shortly.  We tried to have a live meet in September but could not push through because of covid resurgence.  Hopefully we can have live meets soon again.  

Hi.

I would like to join.

I’m in Keller.

Thx. 

I joined a while back but have never actually met any of you I don't think. 

I'm in Southlake.  When things calm down hopefully we can get things going.  COVID and work from home has resulted in a lot vintage gear and records making its way into my spare bedroom/office.  In the last 2 years I've flipped from a lot of audiophile gear to single ended gear and analog sourcing.  Vintage speakers, etc.

Love it but miss some of the qualities of the audiophile world so hope I get to listen to something different sometime in the near future.

Stay safe everyone.

TK

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Power Amps: Shindo Cortese 300B, Shindo Lafon G70 monos, Shindo Montille CV391, Line Magnetic 219ia (integrated)

Preamps: Shindo Giscours (349A), Shindo Monbrison

Analog: Girard 301 Hammertone (Plinth: Bob Cussworth), Girard 301 Cream with Shindo mods (Plinth: Russ Collinson)

Speakers: Shindo 604E Field Coil, Shindo Lansing 801 Field Coil

 

I am a home based dealer in Murphy, Texas. My current lines are Audionet, Audiovector, Antipodes Audio/Music Servers, Bel Canto, Constellation Audio, Electrocompaniet, Mola Mola, Sonner Audio, Vivid Audio, WADAX Digital, YG Acoustics, Xilica Processors, Final Audio Headphones & Earphones,  Denon, Analysis Plus, MIT Cables and Power, Kimber/Kimber Select, Elrod Cables, Artesania Racks, HRS(Harmonic Resolution Systems), Furutech, Oyaide, A/V RoomService EVP, RevoPods, Acoustic Revive and more…

Once I catch up with work, I’ll catch up here.  Thx everyone 

I am in DFW and interested!  

Hi, I am in Richardson so not far from Dallas.  When is the next meeting?  Thanks much 

Alright, I’m all caught up again with the pending requests.

 

thx

jv

Zoom 6:  3/15/2022

Special guest:  Jeff Fritz

 

Just to make things easier:

Anyone who is interested, when you DM me, send me your system information and contact information.

If I don't see any red flags, then you will get put on a temporary new member/interested member list for emails and correspondence and invites to live or zoom meetings.

Thx

Zoom 7:  4/12/22 at 615pm

Special Guest:  Cannot be disclosed but you have heard of him

 

This is an invitation to attend SpeakerFest 2022 Saturday August 27th

10am-4pm At the Fountain Hills Community Center near Phoenix.

AZAVCLUB.com for details.

Two new speaker models will be debuting there. One from Falcon Acoustics and

another from LSA. Dennis Murphy of Philharmonic and Leo of Orchard Audio will present their products.

About 20 different models to experience for $10 admission. DEAL!!

Not sure why there’s a post regarding a meet in Phoenix.

Previous meeting:

DFWAC #24 at George's on 8/20/22

Next meeting:

DFWAC #25 at Rob's on 10/22/22

Space is limited, we only have 1 or 2 spots remaining. 

 

Invite your DFW friends to join our marketplace on fb.  North Texas Oklahoma High End Marketplace.  Buy and Sell and Talk about Gear and deal somewhat local, and ditch fedex and ups...

DFWAC 26 at Al’s was a success.

12/17/22

20 members

 

Next meeting in the works.

 

Stay tuned.

Hi.  

When is the next DWFAC meeting?  I would like to come.

Happy New Year!

Sure!

let me link with you first, message me @brb1 

Good afternoon Joey_V,

I'm not sure if this will reach you, but I'll try...I think I'm interested in getting together with folks that enjoy listening to music.  (I might be considered an audiophile - someone who listens to music without multi-tasking.)  I'm in the north Collin County area & have a reasonably good 2-channel system.  (Certainly no high-brow stuff though.) Please feel free to send me an email ([email protected]), if there's a possibility that I might be able to join the group at some point in the future.  Thanks in advance!

Hi Joey_V

My name is Ari, just moved to Dallas as the director of vinyl record consignments at Heritage Auctions.

Love to join the group at your next gathering-

I have a $1M setup asking $500k for a client and I’m a collector and appraiser of the worlds rarest records.

[email protected] instagram as ihuntvinyl 

 

Best,

 

Ari-

 

 

Last meet on 2/26/23 at Porterhouse was a success, 11 members present.

Next meet on 3/28/23 - Mike Lavigne Zoom.  25 members.

Next meet on 4/26/23 - Flowers home.  25 members.

Next meet on 5/13/23 - Summers home.  15 members.

 

Many more meets will be set up for this year.

 

I'm looking for people with high end 2 channel gear, people who are into meeting up and participating.  We have a membership of around 70 members, about 40 are very active.  I need to thin out the herd over time and really start keeping those who enjoy meeting and not just the idea of meeting.

I'm interested for next coming meet 4/26. 

Would love to attend but will be in Idaho and Montana. 

@nasaman 

 

  @jeffstrick 

 

PM me so we can connect and see if we are a right fit