This was an absolutely superb day weatherwise. Check out that view of the cooling towers from the social club across the bowling green. This picture by Tony Moore perfectly captures the atmosphere of the day, warm bright and friendly. We had high hopes for this day but approached it with some trepidation. Those who attended the second Eggfest had not been impressed by the acoustics of the cavernous main room, which it had been thought had not given anyone’s system a chance to even sound remotely good. Steve Shiels, the event organiser had booked a smaller room off the main bar area in the hope that it would give some of the systems a chance to show what they could really do. Colin Topps in particular had been disappointed with the sound of his electrostatics in the main room and was desperately hoping the smaller room would allow his new stacked pair to show just what they could do. There now follows a list of the equipment provided by some of the contributors. Apologies to anyone I have missed out. Small Room Colin Topps was showing his tall stacked electrostatics and Nottingham Analogue SpaceDeck TT. Steve Shiels had his huge Lowther horns ensconced in the corner of the small room with his latest DHT 25 amplifier driving them. Will Cowen, Neal Gibbons, and Ed Swift completed the line-up in there showing Fostex bass reflex speakers, a 4W Tim de Paravicini designed WAD single-ended 6AS7 amplifier and single ended EL34 power amp respectively. Main Room Those brave men taking on the main room included James D showing his Quasar transparent dipole speakers, Greg with his push pull 300B WAD clone, Garrard 401 TT and KLS3 louspeakers, Andrew with his cascode document tray phono stage through Greg’s system’ Paul Barker with his Garrard 301 idler drive turntable with Slate Audio plinth and heavily modded Mayware Formula IV pickup with Denon DL103 cartridge, Richard with his “25 Quid” GL75 turntable with unipivot arm made from apple wood, “Bizzie” alias Alec with a fascinating system fronted by Goldring GL99 turntable and a super collection of ‘50s R&B 78s, Neal G with another Goldring GL99 this time with Hadcock arm and Ortofon Kontrapunt Blue cartridge, Andrew Ivimey with his “Tractor” GM70 experimental power amp complete with blue LEDs and perspex; far out man, Myself with single ended EL34 power amp, 6SN7 plate follower preamp, JVC QL-Y3F direct drive TT and my “Metronome” tapered quarter wave tube speakers with Fostex FE 108 Sigma 4” full-range drivers. The day would not have been complete without Nick Gorham who brought another experimental GM70 rig, plus his phono stage, 45 driver module and 211 breadboard. He was to use his driver and phono stages extensively throughout the day lending support to both James D and Andrew Ivimey in the main room and Colin Topps in the small room. He then used his rig in its own right in the final demonstration of the day; a comparison of modern Chinese 211 transmitter triodes with old classics from General Electric and a super rare Western Electric 211 brought in by who else but Paul Barker. There was another fascinating experiment afoot. Paul and Nick had arranged with Colin to see whether a stereo pair of Russian GM70 transmitter triodes in single-ended mode were man enough for his stacked electrostatic loudspeakers. What would it take to find the limits? Had we finally reached the outer edge of the lunatic fringe with this caper? Anyone for Tesla coils next time? Thus the scene was set for either a superb day or a disaster of unequalled proportions. Read on to find out what transpired