Pics and stories to follow...

Looking forward to full report

That would be awesome! I would try and fly out for that, even without boxes! BTW Mirko, what do you think of the Crown 980 compared to the 850?

That would be awesome. Pics, vids if you please gentlemen. I'm looking forward to meeting up with Sinister and Masterblaster in Concord, Cali next wednesday. Boxes, Beers and.... Any other S2Gers in the area? Isn't there one in the Bay Area?

Man, it would have been great to have had more members there today. Perfect conditions - hot sunny weather, lots of cool beers, hot dogs and burgers on the grill and of course the main ingredients: a JVC RC550, a Rising 20/20, a JVC M70, a Sharp GF777 and a GF1000!

I arrived on my bike with a rucksack on and the JVC RC550 over my shoulder to see Ralph, Felix and Andre on a road by the park with there GFs and Rising placed menacingly on a bench playing some tunes from an FM transmitter. I tuned my radio in and we had all 4 radios going. Ernesto arrived shortly afterwards and we made our way to a nice spot in the park. There is a huge bowl in the middle of the park where there was once a train-turntable, and as we walked through our boxes made themselves very well heard.

We sat down and Ralph, who came incredibly well stocked with food and beers, set about getting the grill together. We placed the boxes in a row, but our blankets down, cracked open the beers and inspected eachothers boxes.

Conversation ranged from boxes, to boxes, to more boxes and again to boxes. It was great to finally put faces to names and to enjoy sharing our boxes and our love of radios. It's bizarre to see other people manipulating their radios with the same attention as you do. Adjusting the bass a little here, the treble a little there, turning the subwoofers up or down depending on the track. It was, for me, fascinating to see other people and their radios, and to see the same respect and joy we have for this hobby. Then again, it could just be that it was fricking awesome to have 5 boomboxes next to eachother blasting out old skool tunes. Andre had some wicked mixes on his iPod that were being beamed through a transmitter, and the crowds of people that were gathereing around us seemed to dig the tracks too. I also learned that I much much much prefer the looks of the 777 to the 1000. Its simply far more stylish in my eyes and classier looking. The cassette doors, the tuner section seem to have been designed for a more refined look. I now find the GF1000, of which I have 1, to be a little more clumsy looking. I also learned that the M70 reminds me a lot of the Sharp GF9292 in the looks department and that it has a big sound. Sadly, I must say that my boombox was the best by far and the others could not keep up with the sheer size of my 10 incher... Just joking guys. You should have seen Andre's woofers going. They were going bonkers and looked like the would fire themselves out. He had turned those subs up to full and didnt care. It was great eye candy. It was a wonderful day.

Until Ralph took my bicycle and dissapeared for what seemed an age.

Suddenly, he arrived back with what can only be described as something the A-Team would have produced if locked in a small work room and told to make a Sharp GF777.

He turned his Evo III on and suddenly, what we thought had been loud music coming from the 5 boxes was instantly lost to the thunderous sound eminating from his homemade super b*stard.

This is THE most incredible boombox I have EVER EVER EVER EVER heard. We were all blown away, literally. I'm sure the others will agree that this thing completely destroyed and ripped to shreds our other boxes which now looked nothing more than toys. The people sitting around us could do nothing but stare also. This thing filled the air with sound where our boxes simply failed to make a dent.

Thanks for letting me witness this miracle Ralph, and a very nice touch with the electric antenna that retracted straight into the box! Tomorrow I start to build my own!

We ate, drank, pumped tunes and generally lay around taking in the atmosphere of this day.

Thanks for sharing it guys and I hope we can do it again. Next time maybe more members will be there too.

Pics I'm sure will follow. I had a flat battery in my camera. I know, what an idiot. But below you can see the box that made my day.

Peace and look forward to seeing some pics!!

WHAT AWESOME NEWS!

Great!

s2go seems is a nice forum to get people together "live"!!!

Indeed we look forward to see some more pictures.

The EvoIII is a monsterbox,yeah!

It get`s a place in the base-sure....!!!!!

Very nice introducion Beatbox
Here are some pic`s from our nice event...

that day was wicked!!

I think Mirko already said the important parts of the story in the best way..I only can agree and update some pictures



everyone enjoyed turning knobs :



Ralphs mindblowing EVOIII:





I think i may have some more pics tommorrow

Im still speechless and can't find the right words to say how glad i am that we had this meeting finally.

A big thank you again to Ralph for bringing the BBQ/grill-equipment beer and sausages!

im off to bed now..see ya'll later guys

Mein Gott in Himmel! Sie sind einige glücklichen Burschen!

WOW What a great event!!!
I think this marks a record for the greatest number of boombox enthusiasts in one event.
Nice pics thanks for sharing.
I love that hoodie sweat jacket !!
Is that homemade or can I get one.
LMK because I would love to have one.

it sound like you guys had such a nice day!!!, great pic, but could you put names to the faces.

[QUOTE=beatbox]You should have seen Andre's woofers going. They were going bonkers and looked like the would fire themselves out. He had turned those subs up to full and didnt care. It was great eye candy. [/QUOTE]

Was kann das muss!
and the subs wasn't turned up to full

Here we come...

You guys have set a perfect example of what we need to do here in the 'States where feasible. Awsome!

Excellent stuff, looks like a good day was had by all!

TransAM is right, the hoodie is a must! Wow, what a great looking spring day you had, and cold brews, loud boxes, that's how S2G rolls! Props guys!

some more shots of the scene:



the bench mirko described:



the arrival at the park:



the boxes:

my Rising


Ralf's 777:
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Andre's 1000:


Mirko's RC-550:


Ernesto's M70:


Another sunny shot:




Even a very short rain could not stop us:

Looks like you had a great time guys nice one, wish i could have been there, exellent stuff

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Originally posted by THAFUZZ:
That would be awesome. Pics, vids if you please gentlemen. I'm looking forward to meeting up with Sinister and Masterblaster in Concord, Cali next wednesday. Boxes, Beers and.... Any other S2Gers in the area? Isn't there one in the Bay Area?

THAFUZZ, make sure you read them their rights first

Awesome pictures - simply great!
That Blaupunkt looks CRAZY

Wow, amazing, thanks for sharing with us guys.

How was the reaction of the people walking by?

wowo, nice extra pictures, great!! do all of you live in the same city? that park looks more like a jungle I like it!! and thanks for the names, is nice to finally see and know you guys from GERMANY.

Thank you all for the nice comments guys!

Wish we could do a all S2G meeting, that would be cool

Driptip, we are from different cities.

Beatbox and ghetto68 are from Berlin.
DJYetix came from Wolfsburg and AK74 and me came from Dresden to visit berlin for the meeting.

The good point is, that germany is maybe as big as one of the us states , so it's easier for us to meet up in one city.

Berlin was about the same way for Yetix and Ak and me.

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Originally posted by peter griffin:
Wow, amazing, thanks for sharing with us guys.

How was the reaction of the people walking by?

Many people looked very interested and amazed to us and our boxes. Others took some pictures or asked us how old the BBX's are or how we managed the synchronous sound from all radios. Nobody felt disturbed obviously by our loud music.

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Originally posted by djyetix:

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Originally posted by peter griffin:
Wow, amazing, thanks for sharing with us guys.

How was the reaction of the people walking by?

Many people looked very interested and amazed to us and our boxes. Others took some pictures or asked us how old the BBX's are or how we managed the synchronous sound from all radios. Nobody felt disturbed obviously by our loud music.

Yes, it's a shame we didn't take more pics of the surrounding area. There were a lot of groups of people all around, and though our music was very loud, people continued to com and sit near us. Most of the groups were also grilling, so there was a nice smelly smoke all around. There was even a father with his very very small baby dancing to our tracks. But that's Berlin, and everybody is up for a party no matter what time of day or night!

finally i made it back on my computer!
it was as discribed by beatbox a very nice surrounding and meet/greet with all the guys.
it`s great to meet up with people you just know from web but you see they have the same feelings by looking on a bbx.

@transamguy: the hoody i got from my wife. she bought it 1 year ago here in germany. i asked everywhere maybe to get another one for you but the reply by the brand was: it`s SOLD OUT! The Brands name is Jack & Jones.I will still keep an eye on it, if i see one i will let you know.

Talking the whole time i forgot to take some pics - shame on me!!

I hope we will do it some day soon again!

cheers


ghetto68

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Originally posted by ghettoblaster68:
finally i made it back on my computer!
it was as discribed by beatbox a very nice surrounding and meet/greet with all the guys.
it`s great to meet up with people you just know from web but you see they have the same feelings by looking on a bbx.

@transamguy: the hoody i got from my wife. she bought it 1 year ago here in germany. i asked everywhere maybe to get another one for you but the reply by the brand was: it`s SOLD OUT! The Brands name is Jack & Jones.I will still keep an eye on it, if i see one i will let you know.

Talking the whole time i forgot to take some pics - shame on me!!

I hope we will do it some day soon again!

cheers


ghetto68

Thanks brother!!!

i am surprised that not many of the members have post on this topic, for me is very interesting and exiting when new members meet.

All that booming makes you hungry...

Thanks Ralf for the food and the grill equipment

@beatbox: ...your vegetarian burger's was really tasty

that is awesome......

new banner...

Wow I thank you guys for sharing these pics. Dang I would love for the how stereo3Go staff and members to meet somewhere in the United States as well it would be an honnor for me to be there .

That's an Awesome day. It's great when members can get together for sure! Thanks for sharing.

KS -- how would the 6400 sound compared to that awesome EVO ??

I love this hobby ! It's still so small and tight-knit... It's much easier to stay personal this way. Too many people leads to too many personalities which leads to too many personality disorders ! LOL

Anyway it looks like you guys had the best time ! I can't think of a better way to spend a nice afternoon then hanging with some close friends with common interest, while checking out some tunes, old boomers, chillin, grillin, and I'm sure checkin out the female eye candy that strolled through the park

Wish I were closer I would've been there in a second !

Oh and that Frankinboomer Blaupunkt is bananas !

by the way did anyone have anything rude to say about the loud music ? just curious

I agree, it's awesome when we can meet up. Unfortunately it's difficult because we are so spread out, maybe some day there will be a boombox convention.

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Originally posted by MasterBlaster84:
I agree, it's awesome when we can meet up. Unfortunately it's difficult because we are so spread out, maybe some day there will be a boombox convention.

I would gladly attend, but only if everybody is wearing the Star Wars outfits

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it's awesome when we can meet up. Unfortunately it's difficult because we are so spread out, maybe some day there will be a boombox convention

Just for the record, as soon as I hit the lottery, I'm flying all our members to Vegas for a "Brotherhod of the BoomBoxery"(Sisterhood too!) convention. My treat I'll call upon my personal friends Robin Williams and Kid Rock to entertain till the other bands get there. The Hooters girls will be door greeters. Free batteries and reel cassettes for all! Me and Frank will do burnouts in our musclecars, and I'll hold a donut eating competetion as well. I've already won my first. (6 in 60 seconds- w/o milk)

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Originally posted by THAFUZZ:

quote:

it's awesome when we can meet up. Unfortunately it's difficult because we are so spread out, maybe some day there will be a boombox convention

Just for the record, as soon as I hit the lottery, I'm flying all our members to Vegas for a "Brotherhod of the BoomBoxery"(Sisterhood too!) convention. My treat I'll call upon my personal friends Robin Williams and Kid Rock to entertain till the other bands get there. The Hooters girls will be door greeters. Free batteries and reel cassettes for all! Me and Frank will do burnouts in our musclecars, and I'll hold a donut eating competetion as well. I've already won my first. (6 in 60 seconds- w/o milk)

I'm there Adam!
I don't think I've eaten 6 donuts total in the last year.

it's awesome, feel sad that only me and arkay gathering sometime in hong kong
wish more people join us~
seems like most of the people blasting thier bbx at home only, bcoz i know there are numbers of people own a bbx(mainly 777)......
but all of them are hiding....

WOW what a gathering. Now if I could figure out where is the Greatest concentration of STG memembers here in the states we could possibly go the that center or neutral place to try to put a gathering together like this one above.

and in other news I am saving for a trip to Akihabura and HongKong later this year like the 3rd week in December 2008 sometime ... James

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and in other news I am saving for a trip to Akihabura and HongKong later this year like the 3rd week in December 2008 sometime ... James

Are you? i'm so looking forward to see you then~!!

Doesnt quite capture the sound quality as it was filmed with a mobile phone, but at least you can see we're not all cardboard cut-outs.

Video

Nice clip Beatbox!

Heck YEAH ! What's playing ? A Boogie Down Bronx remix ? I have to have that track


PLEASE ! LOL

I took a vid too but only to demonstrate a small impression of the Evo.

I walked along the other boxes too tough

another low-res vid

See Newcleus I know KS what was the other track posted by Beatbox ?

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Originally posted by beatbox:
Doesnt quite capture the sound quality as it was filmed with a mobile phone, but at least you can see we're not all cardboard cut-outs.

Video

are you guys really chatting at that moment??
it's seems like very loud~~what name is the song in the video??from mixtape or CD??

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Originally posted by henrytai:

quote:

Originally posted by beatbox:
Doesnt quite capture the sound quality as it was filmed with a mobile phone, but at least you can see we're not all cardboard cut-outs.

Video

are you guys really chatting at that moment??
it's seems like very loud~~what name is the song in the video??from mixtape or CD??

that was my mixtape

...and the name of the track is "Brothers Supreme - Cant be held back"

well heres a pic of jvc floyd the bass crazed maniac lol.so now you know what i look like too.

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Originally posted by jvc floyd:
well heres a pic of jvc floyd the bass crazed maniac lol.so now you know what i look like too.

SCARY!!!!


JUST KIDDING MAN.