December 5 - Fall/Winter DC-area meet, Arlington VA

Hey guys,

We're on for December 5 at Myer-Emco at 2800 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington VA from 12-5pm. It should be a great time with a gracious host, an excellent group of Head-Fi-ers, and what's shaping up to be a top-notch set of gear.

If you're planning on attending, post the gear you're bringing in this thread or PM me and I'll update here.


IEMs / Portables:
Klipsch Image X10 (AmanGeorge)
Shure SE530 (markmaxx)
Sennheiser PX100 (markmaxx)
Etymotic ER-4P (ricksome)
Altec-Lansing im716 (DoomzDayz)
Shure E4C (DoomzDayz)

Headphones:
2x AKG K701 (AmanGeorge, Helios - recabled)
Recabled Sony MDR-CD3000 (AmanGeorge)
3x Sennheiser HD800 (balanced - 4N6, markmaxx, stock - ctemkin)
Sony MDR-CD3000 (balanced - 4N6)
Sony MDR-SA5000 (balanced - 4N6)
3x Sennheiser HD650 (markmaxx - balanced, Helios - recabled, Boom Shaka Laka)
Grado HF-1 (Boom Shaka Laka)
Grado SR225 (m1abrams)
Audio-Technica A900 (m1abrams)
2x Beyerdynamic DT880 (Byrnie, DoomzDayz)
Sennheiser HD-25II w/ HD650 cable (DoomzDayz)
Alessandro MS-1000 (Drewfus420)
Grado SR-60 (z28dreams)
Stax SR-5 (DoomzDayz)
Various electrostats (mypasswordis - if he can make it)
Various orthos (scompton)

Sources:
PS Audio Digital Link III (AmanGeorge)
HRT MusicStreamer+ (AmanGeorge)
Meridian 808.2 CDP (4N6)
Meridian GO8 (markmaxx)
Headroom Ultra Micro DAC (markmaxx)
Gamma 1 DAC (m1abrams)
Gamma 2 DAC (m1abrams)
2x emu0404 USB (scompton, DoomzDayz)
Yulong DAH-1 DAC/Amp (Helios)
Styleaudio Carat-Emerald DAC-Amp (Helios)
Sony SACD 9000ES (Boom Shaka Laka)
Marantz SA-7S1 (ctemkin)
HotAudio USB1 DAC/Amp (z28dreams)


Amplification:
Rethm Gaanam (AmanGeorge - will likely bring this)
SPL Auditor (AmanGeorge)
McCormack Headphone Amp + Custom power supply (AmanGeorge - may bring this)
TTVJ Millett 307A headphone amp (4N6)
Singlepower Supra Balanced (markmaxx)
Headroom Ultra Micro amp (markmaxx)
M3 + Sigma11 (m1abrams)
Stax SRM-1/MkII B (mypasswordis - if he can make it)
2x SOHA II (scompton, DoomzDayz)
exStata (scompton)
Stax SRD-6B (DoomzDayz)
Singlepower MPX3 w/ Slam (Boom Shaka Laka)
Antique Sound Labs OTL II (Boom Shaka Laka)
RSA Apache (ctemkin)
iBasso P3 Heron (AmanGeorge)
Headroom Total Bithead (markmaxx)
AMB mini3 (m1abrams)

Where is the rest of the DC crew?

Looks like December 5/6 is pulling away with a massive 5 votes.... anyone else?

Okay, I'm going to try and get something together somewhere for December 5/6 - will report back.

While I look into booking space somewhere, is there anyone in the area who might be interested in hosting in your house or office?

I'm in the process of doing a little research, but wanted to run some ideas by the group, and specifically ask if folks would be willing to chip in for some of the pay options. There are a few options available to us:

-Public library, like our last meet. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be any meeting rooms available at any of the libraries in our area - they all seem to be booked for the near future.

-Hotel conference room - I'm waiting to hear back from a few hotels, but so far the one I've managed to nail down is the Courtyard Marriott in Rosslyn. They have a 650 sq-ft rm that they'd be willing to rent to us for $350. To me this seems reasonable, but I will continue to shop around.

-Partnering with a local retailer - I have gotten in touch with a local HiFi store (JS Audio) as well as Myer-Emco to see if they would be willing to host us. JS Audio is going to get back to me but their space may not be well set up for us on a weekend. The manager I spoke with at Myer-Emco sounded interested and asked me to forward him details - I'd imagine we would have an area in the store where we could set up. This option would likely be free, and an opportunity to expose non-Head-Fi-ers to our world, but that probably comes with its own set of drawbacks.

-Local community center - I talked to my local CC in Falls Church, and they don't have availability for 12/5, but they do for the following weekend, 12/12, and would charge $110 for 5 hours.

-A Head-Fi-er's residence - This could be great, but I can't host and nobody else has indicated any interest in doing so.


I'd love to hear thoughts anybody has, and especially if folks would be willing to chip in for one of the pay options, like hotel or community center, please let me know and tell me how much you think would be reasonable for you to contribute so that we've got a budget to work with.