I just wanted to thank again everyone who made today's event possible... jbauer for setting it up, the generous folks from Rio/SonicBlue for donating all manner of stuff from shirts to hardware, everyone from Empeg/UK who made it across the pond, also to the staff at Boulevard (except that having both the main bathrooms down was a bit of an annoyance )... So when are we doing this again? D

Damn, he beat me by half an hour! hehe. But, i second that. Thanks so much for coming to the empeg/Rio staff and for the shirts (Great surprise!) and hats etc. It was great to finally meet everyone and connect faces with names (which i'm sure i'll soon forget.) We should do it again soon! Off to play with my new Rio!!


|| loren.cox || 080000446 ||

So? where's the report on what took place for the rest of us?:)
-mark

...proud to have owned an Empeg since 00287

I'd also like to thank everyone for turning out and making this a great meet. Special thanks are due to Jon Bauer for taking the plunge and organising the event.

Rob

Stay tuned to the Rio Car website. We'll be getting info and images posted there soon. Given the quantity of attendees (52 last I heard) and the number of digital cameras flashing about there will probably be other sites with images too. Spoilers include: Introductions, sound/show off, lunch, prizes, the infamous "How well do you know empeg?" quiz, question & answer time.

Thanks again to everyone who showed up (and especially to Jon Bauer) because you are the ones who made this possible!

I'd like to keep in touch with those of you I met (and those I didn't get a chance to talk to) and would really appreciate it if you could drop me a line (time@riohome.com) and share your thoughts for the future. What works for you and what doesn't? I'm working on gleaning what I can from here, but as you know there is quite a bit of information to work through.

Best regards,
Tim

Awwwwwwww! T-shirts? I would have made the 3000 mile journey if I had known there were free T-shirts involved!

And hats?!?!? AARGH we need an East Coast meet.

-Tony
MkII #554

Definately, I second that also (original aren't I? :). That was a lot better than I thought it would be, and a LOT of fun. Great turn out, nice to see what's coming in 1.1 and free stuff is always good. Thanks again from me to everyone that was there, and to Rio/Empeg! Can't wait to get the Rio in the mail.

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Donato
MkII/Blue/40GB/080000565

Tim,

you may also want to open this up to others, who couldn't make it (like me!) due to geographical restrictions.

I'm sure that there are people in Europe who would love to get input into this.

Cheers,

Paul.

Paul Haigh, Reg. 4120
(mk1) 6GB, Blue, 00254
(mk2) 12GB, Red, 00357

Alright, you guys are killing me - what freebies did you get?

Paul.

Paul Haigh, Reg. 4120
(mk1) 6GB, Blue, 00254
(mk2) 12GB, Red, 00357

Here's the freebie rundown that I remember (and this is pretty cruel to those folks who couldn't make it :-):

SonicBlue Polo shirts
SonicBlue Tshirts (I didn't see one of these)
Empeg "first USA owners meet" Tshirts (also has "RioCar" on it)
Rio baseball caps (very nice quality)
a large bag of Rob's knobs

Rio600's for the SQ/IQ tests contest winners (of which there were 5 (3way tie, 2way tie))
A Nike player for the quiz winner (of which there was one, 16pts to 15pts)

Let's just start saying it now, so that it's accepted when the time comes:

"The next North American meet WILL be on the EAST coast."

Right, guys?

-jim <MkII:080000260 18G blue>

....And DAMN that was a BIG tree... Almost forgot to mention that

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Donato
MkII/Blue/40GB/080000565

Yeah, that tree is pretty amazingly huge. Just did a Yahoo search on "Methuselah Skyline" and it came up with a lot of interesting stuff. Try it!

- Jon

Absolutely! I would welcome input from anyone and everyone on their thoughts for the future and directions for the product line. While this forum is a nice place to capture it, email would probably work the best--less chance of me (publicly) committing to the impossible that way :-)

Spoilers include: Introductions, sound/show off, lunch, prizes, the infamous "How well do you know empeg?" quiz, question & answer time.

The sound/show off part was really nice. Being able to see the empeg in so many cars, plus seeing how everyone did on their stereo system in general. One day when I don't have to worry about way too high insurance, I really want to find my player a nice home like so many others have.

Lunch probably would have been better had I been hungry. Ever since last Thursday I have been feeling like crap.

The prizes were definitly nice. And I found it really cool that even with ties on the sound and install quality contests, all the winners are getting the same Rio 600.

The quiz was entertaining. Suprisingly enough, Tony didn't win. He had a total of 15 points, while someone else ended up with 16. I was suprisied with my total of 13, as some of those questions were rather odd.

QnA was nice for seeing 1.1, and questions on whats beyond. 1.1 simply looks awesome. It seems that it's actually adding more features then the beta5c-1.02 run. Emplode is completly rewritten, and has some very nice functions to work with the music collection now. And 1.1 will definitly make the new remote something to own, with all it's press and hold functions. As long as the power off works correctly .

And 1.1 will definitly make the new remote something to own, with all it's press and hold functions. As long as the power off works correctly .

Another inside meet joke. I just can't help but tell it to everybody else.

You can turn the player off by holding a button on the new remote. It works, after a fashion. The player stays off while you are holding the button down but comes right back on when you release it. This bug was filed under "amusing", apparently.

Borislav

The meet was great. Thank you so much John for putting it all together.

Thanks Rob, Hugo & Claire for flying over.

Thanks everybody who turned up, it was great to meet you all (or most of you anyway).

I'm surprised nobody mentionned the free tuner modules that were given away .

-D


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