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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Live from Denmark : ETF 2015 - Part 17

Hi!

It's Sunday morning at the breakfast. Most cars are already loaded with the gear and people start to leave. So it is time to write the last post about this years ETF.

Above a group photo of the participants. I received some comments to previous posts complaining that I only took photos of men. And doubts had been expressed if there are any women at all. So I would like to introduce you to the ladies of ETF. I met most of them but I think I even missed some.

As you can see it is not just a guys thing and the ladies obviously had fun too. They also didn't hesitate to critique the sound if they didn't approve it:

Since the venue was close to the sea, it was worthwhile to take a walk there in the morning to catch a fresh breeze.

While walking there I discovered this grim guy:

No special event is happening on the last day, so let me post some random photos to give some more impressions about all the marvellous stuff which could be seen.

There was no shortage of measuring equipment or tools:

The amount of creativity and craftsmanship is just unbelievable

And of course tubes, tubes and more tubes:

It has been a great festival and the Danish team did a marvellous job. The venue was perfect.

Thanks a lot to Karsten, Bjorn and Soren for pulling this off and for carrying on the tradition!

Looking forward to ETF 2016 in Tisvildeleje.

Best regards

Thomas

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Live from Denmark : ETF 2015 - Part 16 : The Auction

Hi!

Another tradition of each ETF is the auction on Saturday evening. When the auction got introduced the first time Emile Sprenger was the auctioneer. His style is simply hilarious.

He did the auction for a couple of years. Then Morgan Jones took over for a few years. Since Morgan couldn't make it to some of the recent ETFs, Frank Schroder took the helm in Berlin. In Denmark we finally get the original auction champion back.

The items for the auctions are donated from participants and the proceeds are used for the next festival. All items are displayed before the auction starts.

So people can check them out:

Emile is brilliant in heating up the mood and turns everything into gold.

Here you can see how the auction kicks off:

Next he auctions some capacitors:

Everything from useful stuff for building amps, rare tubes, liquor or simply some funny items get offered:

Here he turns up the heat for some Western Electric tubes:

It is great to have you doing the auction again Emile! Thanks for the show!

Best regards

Thomas

Live from Denmark : ETF 2015 - Part 15 : Shootout finals

Hi!

Today the shootout between the line stage power supplies continued. s yesterday the 'Wall of Sound' System has been used for the contest.

The shootout was hosted by Bjorn and Karsten:

This are the contestants which made it through the first rounds:

Here a video of the introduction to the quarter finals in which they explain the procedure.

I think the spirit of the ETF is well captured in this clip and I hope it gives an impression to those who couldn't attend what kind of fun it is. Things are not taken too seriously and if something goes wrong just improvise:

I recorded the complete first round of the quarter finals, some of the following clips might be blocked in certain countries due to copyrighted music.