Headphone Festival 2011 in Tokyo October 29th, 2011 PICTORIAL (BANDWIDTH WARNING) - Page 2  

This is one awesome post! Amazingly well taken shots and an extremely reader friendly layout too. It looks like such a wonderful meet... I wish i lived in Japan too. ahaha! Still, thank you so much for sharing this

Mike's custom title should be along the lines of "Official unofficial audio reporter" until he starts to do this for money ;)

This is the main reason why I didn't bring a camera with me!! Mike, awesome report, I think you outdid yourself!

Also, thanks for uncovering the gem of a prototype that is the 1.3kg final audio monstruosity. I laughed so hard ;) 

Looking forward to seeing you in spring ;)

Mike great pictures and comments. I really enjoyed looking and reading. Thanks

Great work Mike! Love the pix.

About the RSA SR-71B and P-51 Mustang :-

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Originally Posted by Mkubota1 

That booth wasn't really selling stock RSA amps. The guy actually mods the SR-71B and P-51 Mustangs and sells them (as such the white sticker on the RSA amps which says "Oji Special"). I'm not certain if I understand his English correctly but apparently his mod "stabilises the power supply in the amp that makes the bass more stable" (in his words, interpret it anyhow you wish). He then resells the SR-71B for a whopping Y128,900. He puts up the stock and his modified (with sticker) versions for customers to compare. He supplied balanced cables if you wanted to use your IEMs.

Maybe someone who can read Japanese better can understand this :-

http://www.ojispecial.jp/

http://optimal-life.jp/shopdetail/001002000004

Or just google Oji Special SR-71B or P-51

OMG I thought my love for japan cannot grow any further as being both an audiophile and an otaku, but your thread changed my mind!

btw is that transducer manufactured by Sony themselves? I never heard any other companies besides Sonion and Knowles (and another one I cant recall atm) that make this stuff.

@Mkubota1, I have nothing terribly witty or insightful to say other than... thank you for your coverage!  Great photos and equally great commentary.

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Originally Posted by tranhieu 
btw is that transducer manufactured by Sony themselves? I never heard any other companies besides Sonion and Knowles (and another one I cant recall atm) that make this stuff.

Yep, original design ;)

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Originally Posted by arnaud 

Yep, original design ;)

thanks, that's gonna go to my shopping list next year.

btw, just being curious, what is it saying there in that ad? my kanji is pretty rusty :P

Great coverage! One of the best I have ever encountered on Head-Fi! I really can't wait to get my hands on either the Sony XBA-2 or 3...

HI Mike, thank you very much for this amazing work!

We really appreciate them.

Here are some more from my photo stock.

This is the Ultrasone Signature Pro and April DP-1.

FOSTEX TH900 and A8 launch event.

Nice guys are hearing a concept of GEM from the beauty owner. (Mike would post the detail of GEM)

Looks like a headfi meet but this is Tokyo!

Scosche=sukoshi.  LOL

Amazing coverage!  Thank you so much!  I can't wait to make it to one of these shows.

Thank you for the great pictures! Especially the vintage headphones.

WHY THE HEL CANT AMERICA BE LIKE WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

 - - Damn west, now I want the D1100's, the M80, and a E11 amp... this will not be good for my wallet or education XD