It's always a great evening of fun & games when Stephaen Harrell (6Moons) and Pete Riggle (Pete Riggle Audio Engineering) host the Annual ANVIL Awards celebration, and the fun continued in 2015!
In case you’ve never heard of the the ANVIL Award, it’s the ultimate annual audio award for the Audiophile Not Very Intelligent Lately, and is a just for fun audio equivalent of the cherished Ig Nobel Prize in the scientific community. Yes, we take ourselves very seriously!
Left to right: Ron, Leslie, Pete, Leslie's friend, Kent, Joe, and Julie.
That's our host, Pete Riggle, in the red t-shirt in the photo above.
L to R: Leslie, Kent, Gloria, and Pete.
Many thanks to Pete & Gloria (above right) for hosting the Awards this year out on their beautiful deck!
Stephaen on right, blue shirt.
In the photo above, that's Stephaen on the right in the blue shirt, executing some cool dance moves! Yes, alcohol was involved!
In the photo below, second from left, is "My Last Pair of Speakers" Harry, last year's ANVIL Award winner. Every six months or so, Harry gets a new pair of loudspeakers, and it's always "My Last Pair of Speakers". Go, Harry, go!
That's Harry, second from left.
In the photo below, Ron (left) and Joe (right) serenaded us with some great music over the evening, and were joined by many of us singing along! You were awesome guys!
In the video below, you can hear a snippet of Ron, Kent, and Joe having a ball playing music!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBKHi5kw-g
The ANVIL is a fun time for all!
In the photo below, that's David, the very first ANVIL recipient - The Great ANVIL - doing a great & hilarious job in the MC role, and passing along the ANVIL Award to 2015's winner!
L to R: David, Kara, Bill, Steve, and Stephaen!
That's David below showing everyone the esteemed ANVIL Award!
David Rives with the ANVIL Award!
The ANVIL Award!
This year's victim ... er ... recipient, was "Still Crazy After All These Years" Ron Barbee!
David presenting Ron the ANVIL!
Ron's a massively talented guy, a life-long audio nut, a musician, and as you know if you've been following along here at Jeff's Place, an expert on vintage gear, and a god with a soldering iron!
Ron has many rooms of fine listening systems set up at home and a bunch in storage too. Yes, he's got it bad! Kudos to Ron-san!
Ron in awe of the honor of the ANVIL Award!
Ron delighted the ANVIL crowd with a hilarious series of one liners!
Ron-san doing stand up comedy!
Ron hamming it up for the crowd!
Ron and the ANVIL Award, relaxing with a glass of good French wine.
It was a fun evening of friends, music, great food, plenty of fine beverages, with a little audio mixed in, at the 2015 Annual ANVIL Awards celebration - a great time was had by all!
May your music be merry, your gatherings joyful, and laughter & song be on your lips!
Thanks to everyone for a wonderful evening!
