Burning Amp Festival 2018 is coming to the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco on Sunday, September 30th from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 PM. New BAF’s hours have been extended due to the increased interest and popularity of DIY audio amongst music-loving enthusiasts of all ages.
Held annually in the fall since 2007, BAF has grown into a premier international event for do-it-yourself audio enthusiasts and professionals. DIY audio is the original maker movement, dating back to the 1940’s and 1950’s when HiFi was in its infancy, and a lot of great-sounding equipment was assembled at home by enthusiastic amateurs.
BAF celebrates audio technology both new and old, tube and solid state, analogue and digital. Visitors will have the opportunity to listen to hand-built audio amplifiers, speakers, and more… and you can even bring your own gear: DIY amps, speakers, turntables, DACs, servers, etc. Share ideas and learn to design and build your own equipment plus by way of encouraging people to bring their own projects for show or demonstration, there will be free admission to anyone bringing a DIY project.
There will be displays, demos, auction and raffles items and freebies, plus well-attended lectures by prominent figures in audio engineering design like Nelson Pass, Roger Modjeski and Wayne Colburn.
PRESENTATIONS:
There are three talks by the following well-known experts and will be held at the Firehouse. Check the schedule when you arrive.
There are three talks by the following well-known experts and will be held at the Firehouse. Check the schedule when you arrive.
Nelson Pass will devote most of his talk to the newer Sony VFET amplifier kits he is developing. These will be using up Nelson’s remaining Sony VFET transistors — about 400 channels worth.
Roger Modjeski, founder/director of the Berkeley HiFi School, will be speaking on tube amp design.
Wayne Colburn from Pass Labs (and who has been with Nelson Pass since the Threshold days) will talk about “Simulation vs. Reality: A line level amplifier stage with 3¢ transistors and 15¢ Fets”.
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