[Barry]

Hey youse guys. That was fun. Rarely do a group of relative strangers get together like this and share good will so well. As for myself, this meet will likely cost me some money. I was very impressed with the K-1000 attached to my Cayin amp. Impressed enough that I may just have to buy a pair. Some were for sale, now gone so drop me a line if you know of one for sale at a reasonable price.

Also, another high point of the meet was the new amp from Head-Direct. Hooked up to Sennheiser 580 and Fang's wire and Meridian CD player, it punched waaaay above its class. Very transparent very musical. Could you tell that I liked it? Slick looks as well.

Whiplash set up some AB tests with wire and if I was a sceptic before (and I am not sure that I qualify) I am convinced that good wire makes good music. The biggest difference to my ears is the size of the soundstage and what I call flow of the music.

The last highlight that comes to mind, besides the Stax headphones - for me especially the Lamda Pros and O2s, was the analog. Now there was a time when all music reproduction was analog. Now I know that you kids find that amazing, but it is true. And I missed it. Not hearing analog for awhile meant that I had forgotten the sound and thought that digital was music. Well it sort of is and sort of not. Hearing the great turntable setups just ruined it for me. I have to forget it all over again, or else resign myself to getting up every 20 minutes to change record sides. And of course I still have all my records and a lovely Pink Triangle turntable in storage. Sigh.

Every conversation and every audition had some interest, but these are the highlights that come to mind. I hope to see you all again.

Thanks to Larry and John and well, thanks to everybody for making this so much fun and so interesting.

TTFN (points if you know what that means)