CanJam Newbie Notes

[tyrion]

I was at first against this for the reasons jp mentioned in addition to the cost involved with the dollar being so weak. However, I hope to be in Croatia next year. I say CanJam Dubrovnik '09!

[crappyjones123]

or hungary? i have a few contacts at the hungarian academy of science that i may be able to call upon. nothing serious but perhaps just space to hold the meet which by itself is maybe 5% of planning the whole thing. not saying id be able to be the forerunner but just throwing out suggestions like everyone else

being in the heart of budapest, it may not be as conducive to partying as amsterdam perhaps but its an amazing place nonetheless.

[wavoman]

After a night out in Amsterdam, you hear music in your head without any phones, for sure. See lights, too.

Apologies to krmathis, I was indeed insensitive to travel costs for many people not on the East Coast. Point well taken!

Amsterdam is THE convention spot for the whole of the EU, so if there is to be a Can Jam Europe, why not? Cheap flights from Newark, so I'm there!

[bozebuttons]

wavoman,

Did you decide to go dynamic or electrostatic?
If so who are the front runners.

[wavoman]

Hi bozeb., thanks 4 asking, makes me feel welcome, just like u did at the hotel. And as riceboy says, this is going to hurt the wallet.

Electrostatic for classical: Stax solid state amp 727II with 007 MK2 open backs (and maybe a 4070 closed back too, since the amp supports two phones, me and a bud, tho' worried about sensitivity difference, but 2 open backs might not make sense).

Dynamic for rock: Senn 600 (not 650) with balanced cable (Equinox or Cardas or Silver Dragon v2 -- any advice?, I couldn't hear any difference) with a balanced headphone amp - here's the problem, choosing between Headroom Max Balanced and Ray Samuels Apache. I think the nod goes to Ray Samuels, not sure how to refine this decision. Singlepower had a solid state balanced amp in the room, but it is not on their web site which scares me -- a custom one-off, etc. As a second dynamic phone, Grado GS 1000 ? Dunno ... Ultrasone and AKG hurt my head, Beyer 880 felt and sounded great, but have been warned against long-term listening with them, still might be OK for the occasional visitor (who cannot touch my Senns). 2nd phone would have to be modded for balanced op, since cable can't be switched like on the Senns. That tilts to Grado, since the factory does the mod (with Equinox I believe, thru TTVJ ??).

This still leaves me with the USB DAC problem, and if I go Benchmark I get yet another headphone AMP, especially when modded by Steve Nugent at Empirical Audio. Too many decisions to make! I am paralyzed. And I need the PC-based music server, looking at Hush from Germany, dead silent, no fans. [Jude said he hadn't heard of these; I would have thought audiophiles would have flocked to them].

Worse still -- do you think Smyth will force you to buy Stax phones and amp as part of the package later this year? And the low-end ones to boot? They've got to let you upgrade to the better Stax? But I wanted to give the Stax order to TTVJ for being so nice!

[My ground rules are all digital source, all solid state electronics ... I know you disagree with both of these!]. TTFN, when is the next NY meet?

[cyberspyder]

What about Toronto?

[bozebuttons]

Originally Posted by wavoman

TTFN, when is the next NY meet?

Sometime in November.Check the meetings thread around Sept for info.
Drew from Moon audio & the Stax rep showed interest in attending the Next NY meet.
Almost Forgot,
Welcome to Head-Fi Sorry for your Wallet.

[qib]

Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam! (in a movie-like supporting chant) But seriously though, that would be a good cheap option for europeans and Americans alike.

[wavoman]

Ya gotta post at the CanJam 09 thread where they are getting serious about the city choice. U go 1st, I'll support u on Amsterdam, maybe krmathis joins in too

[grawk]

For an international meet ot happen in europe, you guys need to pull off a larger local meet first, I think