NY Audio Club...
 

AA Comrades,

I was thinking, as I do from time to time... Are there enough audio enthusiasts in the NY, NJ, CT area that would be interested in developing an audio club?

Such a good idea, it would be nice to compare our hifi.
Sorry for me, I'm living a long way from new york !

hope you will have success !

Greetings-
I was thinking the same thing! I'm in Binghamton NY and I know there are a lot of audiophiles here too, because it is the hometown of McIntosh. I would like to help get one going!
Let's do it!
Joe

Nice!! That sounds great!! I'm sure, however, we'll need some more takers :).

We have lots of NY members... Marco... ;)

I'm in Buffalo but would love to participate

I'm in the Rochester area and would be interested
Ed

Long Island.

I am interested.

Binghamton and I work at McIntosh.

OK, we'll still let you in. :D

:lmao:...... :banana:

YALL know I,M good for laughs...(The finest Tarpotter in the world) (Transformer and Autoformer) Probably the only one!!!

I'm in, great idea, Long Island :yes:

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I wouldn't, you might get calls around the clock. :)

There was and may still be such a club in the greater NYC area that has been around for decades. Myles might know if they are still in play.

Bump!

I'm guessing both Oklahoma and the ship are too far away........

What did you have in mind? ;)

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Where would/could we meet?

McIntosh
 

[quote=Joe;518804]Greetings-
I was thinking the same thing! I'm in Binghamton NY and I know there are a lot of audiophiles here too, because it is the hometown of McIntosh. I would like to help get one going!
Let's do it!
Joe[/quot.

Dunno if they are still around but I joined them for one or two events and have no strong motivation to do it again. Too retro for me.

You're welcome to come, but you'll have a lot of traveling to do.

I live in New paltz NY count me in

Westchester county. I'm in if it comes to fruition. Steve

Well, we have a bunch of people who are interested.

What are we going to do about it?????

Drink rum and be merry ...... :)

Is someone going to set something up?

I'm in Westchester, NY. I'm happy to front run this thing, but I wouldn't know where I start. For a first meeting, we could establish a simple meet and greet over lunch. Maybe share our system components and do a little listening at one person's home. Thoughts?

That sounds like a great start to me. :yes:

sounds good to me too.

+1

What's happening with the New York Club? :)

Although I'm far from NY, thought I'd throw out this suggestion for folks in ANY geographic area interested in starting/growing an audio club. I hope I'm not violating any Forum Rules by posting this.

Here, in the Tampa Bay area, we had a small audiophile club, founded in 1994 as the Tampa Bay Listening Society. By 2009, active membership had dwindled to <15, and the future looked bleak. One of our members suggested we look at Meetup (dot com), which was used by a Photography club he belonged to. It looked promising as a growing social website catering to LOCAL clubs/groups sharing a common interest. We renamed our club the Suncoast Audiophile Society (more descriptive) and gave Meetup a spin. Within 3 months we had doubled our active membership, as local audiophiles who previously never even knew we existed discovered us. Today, we have 87 members (~50+ active), and have grown so large that we're now looking for larger venues for our monthly meetings, as few of us can accommodate the typical 30-40+ meeting attendees in our homes.

FYI, I have no financial relationship with Meetup, but do believe their platform is ideal for developing and growing an audiophile club. As brick and mortar stores fall by the wayside, I think this approach (combined with regional audio shows) is our best hope for keeping this hobby alive.

There are other "group-centric" websites out there, but Meetup (being the first) seems to have the most users, and (at least for us) has worked exceedingly well for recruiting like-minded audio aficionados. Meetup does charge the club a modest monthly (or annual) fee, but that becomes negligible when amortized among all members.

I strongly suggest the New York (or other geographic contingents) check it out! Also, once you have a critical mass, post your audio club contact info in the Stereophile listings.

I am currently in Queens NY.

Count me in as well. I live on Long Island. I second the idea of meetup.com.

Joe

Brooklyn, NY very interested.

No city folk?
Brooklyn in da house!

Manhattan here.

Long Island