There's now a decent chance I might just be in town for the meet, in which case I can try to have an Oppo PM-2 and/or HiFiMan HE-1000—will know more later in August, closer to the meet I'd expect. Not sure on an Ether though, still looking into it.
Will anyone be bringing an ETHER or an HE-560 to this meet? Thanks
mandrake50 (from the previous page) owns an HE-560, and since I'd like to hear that myself again too, hopefully he'll bring it.
Btw, I know everyone would like to hear the Ether and HE-1000, me included, but I can't yet guarantee 100% that I'll be able to get either of them for the meet. I'm sure everyone coming will be bringing a lot of other interesting gear to check out, that won't be at RMAF. If I can't get an Ether or HE-1000, they should both be at RMAF anyway.
As Effusion noted above, I must drop out as well.
I was informed by Enigma today that they won't start shipping until late August, if then. It could be September. While I could bring the Hugo, TH900 and HE-560, the purpose of these meets (in my opinion, anyway) is to see and hear the new stuff. If we could put it off for a month or so, the Dharma D1000 would be in my hands (God willing) and I could probably get an Ether from Drew Baird along with one or two other demos as the equipment presented at CES starts hitting the dealers.
I apologize and hope that makes sense to all.
Hope you and Effusion can attend, the more people & gear we have the better! Sorry but I can't move the date into September because that would push it too close to RMAF (as well as eliminating the chance that I'd still organize it, since there's no chance in heck I'm missing the fall colors in the mountains!), and if you want to hear new stuff, well that's sort of what RMAF is for. These local meets are for us to "meet" each other and share our member-unique gear that sometimes can't be found at RMAF, like for example my Yamaha MT220 or Garage1217 Project Polaris (if I still have it by the time the meet rolls around).
Awesome, I am extremely excited to test out some of this gear. I have always wanted to hear an Astell & Kern AK240 I don't suppose anyone has one of those bad boys?
Not sure if anyone local owns the AK240, but that would almost definitely be at RMAF: http://www.audiofest.net