It's Official: NY Area Meet, November 12, 2011 - Page 12  

i'm all packed. i am bringing:

Sony XA5400ES >> HeadRoom Balanced Home (maxxed) >> HD650 (bal zu mobius)

vcoheda 

All packed.

D@mn it.  I'm really bummed now.  (Sad Head-Fi'er) 

Have a great meet tomorrow guys, wish I was there. Can't believe it's been a year since the last one, almost feels like yesterday. I probably would've planned to be at this one too if I hadn't already been to NYC twice this year. But three trips to NYC in one year would've been too many times for me.

Thought I might as well ask, any chance of next year's "fall" meet actually being in December? Have never been in NYC during the pre-Christmas season, really want to do that at some point and it'd be nice if there was a meet at the same time too. Just something I wanted to ask for next year's if possible, not like it needs to be done of course.

I will see all of my Headfi brothers and sisters soon.  Leaving in a couple of hours. 

Erik, I just saw this (as usual I am the last to learn about things like this).  I will try to swing buy and check out some of the stuff.  I am still trying to get cleaned up from the "lovely" little Halloween snow storm we all had and now the leaves are coming down big time here so I am doing tons of yard work, but I really want to make if I can get loose for a couple of hours.  

Sorry, I know it's short notice, but I am donating to the Auction

CAMELOT - The Dragon 5.1

It's a DVD/CD Jitter Filter. I believe that it was $499 Retail - and I know that it has gone for $180 on Audiogon.

Here is the text from a review on Audioreview.com

Price Paid: $180.00 from Audiogon auction

Summary:
In one word: incredible. If you don't think jitter in the digital signal is a problem, you will have a revelation with the Dragon 5.1. The device seems to "focus" an unfocused sound stage. The most dramatic differences can be heard throughout the bass and lower midrange regions, where all sense of bloom or boominess have been purged. The lower frequencies now carry musical information! One result of this new resolution is that the rest of the sound can be heard like never before - last night I heard sonic details for the first time in music I've listened to many times over. But it doesn't stop there. The midrange and highs both benefit from this new "focus" as well, with a resulting separation between voices and instruments, and at the same time an impressive widening of the sound stage. My favorite musical transformation was on a Bach CD, where a sibilant and flat violin suddenly had.... TIMBRE! The whole "digital" character of the music is changed. The most incredible overall effect, apart from the soundstage, is the way the lows, mids, and highs are knit back together into a whole. I can't describe it any other way. The music is so much easier to listen to, the presentation is like a whole, more natural, much more like the recording originally sounded, I'm sure. On the Black Eyed Peas' Elephunk - I heard synthesizer effects - whole regions of music that I've never heard! Amazing. The investment I made in the Dragon is some of the best money I've spent on my system, period.

Strengths:
Read the review. Outstanding, fantastic, wicked bad.

Weaknesses:
This product will probably not work as well for someone with a high-end CD transport that already sends a low-jitter signal. But for me, at an auction price, this was an absolute best buy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asr 

Have a great meet tomorrow guys, wish I was there. Can't believe it's been a year since the last one, almost feels like yesterday. I probably would've planned to be at this one too if I hadn't already been to NYC twice this year. But three trips to NYC in one year would've been too many times for me.

 

Were going to miss you!

Getting in the car now.

Have fun everyone!  I'll be checking back for updates as the day progresses.

Got all the Schiit together.  Leaving now. 

I'm stuck here at work. If I can get out of here by 1pm (probably not) I will head up to thing, You guys have a good time and I'm jealous that I can't hear all the great gear or order customs on-site!

-Ethan

Just returned home from the meet.  Very nicely organized and attended.  I was able to listen to all of those products I was hoping to and never had an opportunity.  Most impressive was the Stax 9 with Woo amp (not surprising).  Was also impressed by the Sennheiser 800 which I finally was able to audition....not as tipped to the highend as I read about and sufficient bottom end with Woo amplification.  Beyer T1 was very detailed and sweet but missing warmth for me.  Scores of other impressive products.  Lucky, not much to spend money on, but the Senn 800 may be next stop.  Thanks to all the contributors/organizers.