kodreaming
500+ Head-Fier
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- Aug 1, 2007
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Great event and super friendly people. As a casual head-fier who comes to the meet every couple of years, it is always nice to hear the latest and greatest shared by fellow head-fiers and vendors. Glad the community is so vibrant and engaged.
But, honestly, the price inflation of all the new gears from old days (8 to 10 years ago) is pretty 'amazing'.
It is the still same music people listen to at least those used for demo in meets (Adele seems to be the new addition to everyone's play list), but somehow all the new gears always seems to be able to get more out of existing recordings from previous generation is quite puzzling.
Rant aside, Stax SR-009 still seems to be my favorite. Really thinking about get it.
MrSpeaker Stat lacks clarity and sounds 'weak' when compare it side by side. The Orpheus clone is interesting, but doesn't sound that impressive honestly.
Focal was good, but I had no idea it is 4k.
I actually thought the Taction headphone is quite interesting from product perspective. It is not for audiophile, but for the right crowd, it could be quite fun and easy sell.
Applaud them to do something out of box instead of just constantly releasing new models with tweaks and a higher price tag.
The MQA thing sounds pretty good, but frankly, I doubt the market will adopt to it (even the niche market)...
But, honestly, the price inflation of all the new gears from old days (8 to 10 years ago) is pretty 'amazing'.
It is the still same music people listen to at least those used for demo in meets (Adele seems to be the new addition to everyone's play list), but somehow all the new gears always seems to be able to get more out of existing recordings from previous generation is quite puzzling.
Rant aside, Stax SR-009 still seems to be my favorite. Really thinking about get it.
MrSpeaker Stat lacks clarity and sounds 'weak' when compare it side by side. The Orpheus clone is interesting, but doesn't sound that impressive honestly.
Focal was good, but I had no idea it is 4k.
I actually thought the Taction headphone is quite interesting from product perspective. It is not for audiophile, but for the right crowd, it could be quite fun and easy sell.
Applaud them to do something out of box instead of just constantly releasing new models with tweaks and a higher price tag.
The MQA thing sounds pretty good, but frankly, I doubt the market will adopt to it (even the niche market)...