Wow! That was one hell of a first headphone event to attend. I know what I was expecting, but this went well beyond all of my expectations on the shear size and scope of equipment to see and hear.
The Vendors that sponsored the event, brought their wares, and donated to the raffle were awesome. They really helped to elevate it to a huge scale. Between Headroom, TTVJ, Whiplash, ALO, Focus, RSA, UE, Head-Direct, just to name a few, it was a headphone listener’s paradise. And regarding the raffle, damn there were some really nice prizes (I think upwards of $17,000 worth). I think a few of the members really scored, winning like 5 or 6 prizes each!
Anyway, I went there looking to hear the differences between the W5000’s and the D7000’s in order to determine which closed phone I preferred. In the process I got to listen to a number of phones I had never even seen in person including PS1000’s, HD800’s, ED9’s, ED8’s, AD2000’s, R-10’s, HF-2’s, GS1000’s, L3000’s, UE11’s, UE10’s, D5000’s, HD-650’s, DX1000’s, etc. along with a multitude of high quality headphone amps and cabling. To all the Head-Fi members that brought their personal equipment and were so generous in letting attendees listen, compare and experience it, thank you so much for your generosity.
I’d like to personally thank the organizing committee and volunteers for making this happen on such a grand scale. Booking the venue, contacting suppliers, printing/designing handouts/posters/badges, soliciting raffle prizes, coordinating equipment setup, determining display room logistics, organizing guest speakers, signing people in, etc., etc., etc. I’m sure the list goes on and on and on. I can only imagine the number of hours that were freely put into getting this thing off the ground.
909 (David)
Edwood (Edwin)
Iron_Dreamer (Peter)
jp18801 (John)
Jasper994 (Aaron)
LFF (Luis)
Velogreg (Greg)
You guys ROCK!
I’ve gushing about this to friends and co-workers since Sunday but nobody seems to understand
