CanJam 2009 Impressions - Page 9  

There is that Blue Hawaiian - Wow! what an experience that is huh?

Wow, nice pics. I'm still waiting on impressions of the Audeze Orthodynamics. Is everybody still crowded around the Stax and HD800 table? Can't believe I'm missing all of this...

Ha ha ha. I also liked the Audiotechnica AD2000. They sound great. They sounded to me even more detailed than the DT880's. I had never listened to Grado's before. The (GS1000) I think it was was bright and clear, not harsh at all, contrasting nicely with the deep lows.
By the way, I listened to DT880s 250 vs 600 and to my ears the difference was not worth the price differential.
Is my first time at a meet. Next time I am going to take notes and pics. Otherwise it becomes difficult to remember everything. I do know that nothing beat the Stax, not even the HD8000 or GS1000. Next time I buy headphones it will be Stax. Problem is I have 2 kids in college and one in high school. (very expensive!)

Heavily ABed HD800s in both the Headroom and TTVJ rooms. They will be grail to some people, but I would not consider them delivering everything possible in a headphone. For instance they are not as bloomy as the top end Grados (PS1000 or GS1000 for that matter). They do present a stage and a "3D" presentation to me no other headphone can touch or really even comes close to. Things are bigger, fuller, but still very focused with a lot of detail. Not an easy feet. What also impressed me was that they are able to portray frequency extremes with far more range. Meaning that a bright CD is bright and a non bright CD is not, same with the bass. Hence you will here that HD800s are bright, not bright, not bassy, too bassy compared to xyz. It will depend on your system and music. Some people I guess call this "transparent"; or at least it is a form of it.

PS1000s, had them compared to the GS1000s and HD800s. I will say these are a less bright and much fuller version of the GS1000 sound. Everything the GS1000 needs I guess. Heavy though. If your tastes are to the Grado sound these can trump the HD800s (which my friend thought they did). Still compared to the HD800 the overall sound is not quite as refined to me. I can still hear the peaky edges of vocals that appear on PS1000 (and especially in the GS1000) that do not appear on the HD800s.

Those are the main things I wanted to cover going to Canjam. May try back tomorrow and listen to a few more things.

Which has the bigger soundstage, the ps1000 or the hd800?

The Hd800's have a very airy sound, big soundstage. I think more than Grado's. And they are so clear. After listening to them, the HD650's don't sound good at all to my ears. It is true the Grados sounded bright and detailed, perhaps at times harsh, but they were almost as nice as the HD800's. I could be happy with either. By the way, Headroom's HD800 were balanced. (not all).

We're having beer, pizza and cigars out on the patio - good times! Thanks for arranging the pizza, Andy! I'll get you some cash tonight or tomorrow.

HD800s has "better" stage. HD800s have a stage that can place instruments all around your head giving more impression of depth. In comparison, PS1000s still only creates a wall of sound (relatively speaking). The HD800 head stage experinece is different than any headphone I've heard.

Can't wait hear HD800.

Well - long day for me today! I didn't listen to much at the meet but I do have some good news to report!

1) I won a Heed Canamp in the raffle and (THANKS Blackbird Audio and Profundo Audio!)
2) I have a new pair of HF-2's to listen to tonight courtesy of Billy.

I will report more soon....

Did anyone at CanJam have a pair of the Stax 404 LE?

Thanks for the impressions and keep 'em rolling!

Congratulations from Bob Clarke (Profundo) and Dan Muzquiz (Blackbird Audio) on winning the CanAmp!... Enjoy it!

Dan

Anyone have impressions of the Balancing Act?