Makes me popular with the utility company, probably. :wink: But, seriously, whatever impact May has on my power usage is a tiny fraction of air conditioning in Arizona. On the flip side, I pay next to nothing for heating / gas. Either way it's all factored into the operating costs of "living...

I agree with @DJJEZ--just play music, and reserve judgment for maybe 1-200 hours. My personal attitude is that it isn't worth any anxiety or second-guessing about burn-in other than to be aware that it may be a thing and after a period of time it no longer matters whether it was ever real. I...

Hard to say since I never turn mine off. :wink: Since resistance changes with temperature, and I believe May is doing some kind of correction to the ladder to reach the accuracy levels it hits, I do believe it's necessary to let it warm up / hit equilibrium to settle into "final form" sound...

Yes! Apparently I'm still recovering from travels, lol. I was gone for the first 2/3 of March, and have been catching up on work since I got back. Still super busy, but took a moment to check in to see what was happening with the new meet, and saw I missed a few things. I've been to so many...

Haha. All of those things. :-) I'm very reluctant to extract May from its place in my home theater since it's at the bottom of a rack, pretty well wired-in, and challenging to transport. But I can bring my Ferrum stack to the next meet. That's my daily driver setup.

Update: I did pick up the Tube Mini base at the show. Also, Susvara on 465 remains mind-bendingly good. I'm hearing mine is on track for end-of-March completion. Will bring it to next meet.

Speaking of the Tube Mini, Woo has formally announced the base for sale. I'm hoping to pick one up in NYC. Otherwise will order one. It's a bit pricy, but includes a battery, which explains the very clean, silent performance compared to direct phone connection...

I will also be there, but unsure of availability of RAAL stuff for demo / tour (I can inquire).

Haha, you and me both! My phone is full of pics of me invading various local businesses with good head-fi to show them what they're lacking. OK, maybe Petco isn't part of the problem. 😂 Anyway, DM incoming about some kind of meetup, possibly.

You're not old, you're NOS. ;-)

Sorry, never saw the Head-Fi notice. That's a custom job by Double Helix Cables.

I think that will remain a popular item to share for some time to come. I believe Ryan has taken a batch or two of public orders now, but I think the wait might be 6 months? In any case, they're getting out into the wild, but they might be hard to come by for a while yet. I'm looking forward...

Oh, I thought this thread was closed to responses? I neglected to post thoughts right after the meet and by the time I recalled I thought it was too late. But let's see if it allows me to share my modest setup. I brought my Modhouse Tungsten DS and a little rig to demo it, consisting of...

I got my custom case from MyCaseBuilder, and the printing is phenomenal! The fit ended up perfect, too--the outer radius of the headband fits snugly in the cutout, which is just how I wanted it--nothing moves around in transit. As much as I liked all of the designs I came up with before, I...

I've ordered my custom case + foam for 1266 (design to be revealed later). Manufacturing estimate is 12-15 business days. Once that comes in (and I get my 1266 back from Abyss) I can do the all-important test fit and make sure the cutouts work. If anything is off, I can respin the design...