CanJam 08: Team Florida Invites All Their Friends...

[bozebuttons]

Who won the UE11 raffle? I have not seen it posted anywhere.

[Voltron]

Originally Posted by bozebuttons

Who won the UE11 raffle? I have not seen it posted anywhere.

They were going to do the drawing this week at UE and then notify me, er, I mean, the winner, by email. There were going to be a few Triple Fis in the raffle too. I also assume that they will post something up eventually.

[immtbiker]

Originally Posted by grawk

Could it have been bigger? Of course. The big meets in NY and Cali right before didn't help attendance, I'd guess.

I've heard this before and I just don't get the equation.

First of all, this year, approx 80% of the NYC meet was noobs and first timers (honestly, I can show you the attendee list...the Manhattanites didn't even come). The NY contingent was quite scarce being that Easter fell out the 3rd week in March which took everyone by surprise.

Second of all, I don't know about the Cali folks, but anyone that is dedicated enough and can afford an airline ticket, would not, in my opinion, allow a local meet to dissuade them from coming to what is known as "the most funnest time that an audio lover could ever have".

Third of all, for the past 6 years, NYC has always had a local meet in late March early April.

The reason why I dated the first National Meet the weekend of April 18/19th 2006, was so that everyone could receive their tax money back and I gave everyone 9 months notice so they could save up and there couldn't be any legitimate excuses to not come.

If someone is going to go, they are going to go.

IMNSHO!

[lan]

BTW when did Ultimate Ears leave? I was looking forward to trying out all the IEMs but didn't get a chance to check them out.

[guzziguy]

Originally Posted by lan

BTW when did Ultimate Ears leave? I was looking forward to trying out all the IEMs but didn't get a chance to check them out.

UE left late Sunday morning. They had an early afternoon flight to catch.

[agile_one]

Originally Posted by boomana

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Purk had sent a box that we somehow missed at the opening of the meet. Mike brought it out mid-day on Sunday. We thought it was L3000s (which I don't recall seeing elsewhere), and didn't even open it because we were fried It turns out that he'd sent nikongod's modded D5000s, my one gear request, and I missed it. The box went back unopened.

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Not so fast, woman! Purks box with the modded Denon D5000s did get opened and used, and here's the story.

At one point in Sunday's proceedings, Jack Wu asked if there were a pair of Leatherheads in the house as he had never heard them, and would love to do so from his amps. I set about searching for a pair, asked you if you had seen any, at which point you pointed me to Purk's box with a "Purk sent his down, the box is over there."

I snagged the box, took it over to Jack, and said "Here you go, man, your wish is our command." I then went on to other things, feeling quite smug in pulling that off so easily. About two hours later, I checked back with Jack to see if the L3000s were all that. Only at that point did I learn that brother Purk had sent us the lovely nikongod modded D5000s. I apologized to Jack for being misinformed, blamed the whole mess on you, and sheepishly walked away.

Oh, how were the modded D5000s? Excellent from the new Wu two box 6. Far better than I remember my stock pair being ... bass more controlled and proportional to other freqs, sweet, sweet mids, and no loss of sparkle up top. I still have issues with build quality, but handled gently, they can make many happy.

[Asr]

Originally Posted by immtbiker

I vote for keeping meet impression pictures full size (800 X 600 maximum)...I don't really like this new trend of thumbnails that need to be opened one by one to see what they are.
I would rather scroll through dozens of pics that I can glance at, than see a bunch of teeny tiny mystery pics that the photograper took a lot of time and effort to shoot.

Ok mister, I went and updated all my thumbnails to 150% original size at 240x180, hope that makes you a little happier.

[purk]

Originally Posted by agile_one

Not so fast, woman! Purks box with the modded Denon D5000s did get opened and used, and here's the story.

At one point in Sunday's proceedings, Jack Wu asked if there were a pair of Leatherheads in the house as he had never heard them, and would love to do so from his amps. I set about searching for a pair, asked you if you had seen any, at which point you pointed me to Purk's box with a "Purk sent his down, the box is over there."

I snagged the box, took it over to Jack, and said "Here you go, man, your wish is our command." I then went on to other things, feeling quite smug in pulling that off so easily. About two hours later, I checked back with Jack to see if the L3000s were all that. Only at that point did I learn that brother Purk had sent us the lovely nikongod modded D5000s. I apologized to Jack for being misinformed, blamed the whole mess on you, and sheepishly walked away.

Oh, how were the modded D5000s? Excellent from the new Wu two box 6. Far better than I remember my stock pair being ... bass more controlled and proportional to other freqs, sweet, sweet mids, and no loss of sparkle up top. I still have issues with build quality, but handled gently, they can make many happy.

Well...why would I sent the L3000 when you have them Gene? Anyway, I hope you guy get a chance to spend more time with the Nikongod D5000. Beside the recessed midrange and abeit cold presentation, I think it is a better headphone than the stock D5000. Is it as good as the R10, nope. Hope you guy didn't ship it back as of yet, b/c I want you guys to spend more time with it.

[Voltron]

Originally Posted by grawk

I don't know how many people attended, but I enjoyed the people that did, and it seemed like it worked out pretty well. Could it have been bigger? Of course. The big meets in NY and Cali right before didn't help attendance, I'd guess.

Originally Posted by immtbiker

I've heard this before and I just don't get the equation.

First of all, this year, approx 80% of the NYC meet was noobs and first timers (honestly, I can show you the attendee list...the Manhattanites didn't even come). The NY contingent was quite scarce being that Easter fell out the 3rd week in March which took everyone by surprise.

Second of all, I don't know about the Cali folks, but anyone that is dedicated enough and can afford an airline ticket, would not, in my opinion, allow a local meet to dissuade them from coming to what is known as "the most funnest time that an audio lover could ever have".

Third of all, for the past 6 years, NYC has always had a local meet in late March early April.

The reason why I dated the first National Meet the weekend of April 18/19th 2006, was so that everyone could receive their tax money back and I gave everyone 9 months notice so they could save up and there couldn't be any legitimate excuses to not come.

If someone is going to go, they are going to go.

IMNSHO!

I agree with grawk more than immtbiker on this one, but do not agree that the California meet at my house had a detrimental impact on CanJam. My MOA meet was on Feb. 1 -- 90 days before CJ -- for that very reason. We also said that vendors were not part of the meet, per se, and invited them to come as Head-Fi members with a single, personal rig. Craig Uthus is the only one who came and he spent most of the time listening to other member rigs, and did not "sell" his gear at that meet. Also, 11 or 12 people from that meet went to CJ, including all of the members who traveled to be at MOA. Lastly, when some people suggested they would have to choose between MOA and CJ, I unequivocally told them they had to pick CJ. Not being defensive here, I just thought a lot about this issue in planning that meet.

As for the New York meet, I respectfully disagree with Aaron because I think both the 2nd and 3rd national meets were affected to an extent by New York meets in close proximity. I know Aaron went earlier this year to make more room for CJ, but it was still close enough to have an impact. Maybe lots of noobs went to the meet, but certainly some of them and a number of others would have been more likely to make the trip without having the opportunity to see many vendors and members right before. People will not likely state such a choice up front but I think it is a fact of life that a local/regional meet option close in time to a national that requires travel will have the effect of making people less inclined to go to the extra effort for traveling to the national.

This is not a personal attack on anyone or an attempt to blame anyone. I think we had great 2nd and 3rd national meets but I want to make the next ones even better. One consequence of setting the 1st national meet at the same time as the NYC spring meet of years before might mean that NYC should consider reseting its schedule. On the other hand, at least two of the [crazy] individuals thinking about picking up the torch for 2009 are thinking about trying an early summer date to include more of the university/school age folks. We might as well see if some/all of the people who complain about finals being the reason they cannot make it will actually attend without that excuse!

[Todd]

Hi All,

CanJam was a great event and I had a great time in Florida. Thanks to all who put it together. Your efforts made all of the difference - the show went smoothly and it was obvious to me that a good time was had by all.

Thanks to all of you who came by our room and said hi. Tats from Yamas Enterprises (Stax USA) was a great roommate for the show.

The Head-Fi community once again has shown itself to be a great place to meet people and a bunch of great people to hang out with. It was a pleasure to participate and to see all of you there. I can't wait until next year.

Todd