skullguise
Headphoneus Supremus
Just starting this off, not much for impressions but a few quick pics. Turnout was disappointing, given the possible attendees. But a very good time was had, during and after.
Some pics, from a cheap camera. Others with better cameras (and better eyes for the shot) can post.
First up: jp11801's setup, MBP with some hi-rez and other music, feeding the Metric Halo, and off to the FET-tastic amp driving A-T 2000's and LCD-2's. The Hi-Rez stuff was GREAT!
Next: nikongod's setup. He or others will need to fill in the details on mods he's done to the quipment. But first is the Zhaolu DAC, also in pic with Grado's (SR60 IIRC)
Then was a transformer-cpoupled SS amp, driving a pair of Skullcandy's. Easily best sound of show, if it weren't for the bit of buzzing. Ari couldn't find a component to fix the issue, so we were left to imagine what could be. BTW, the Skullcandy's sucked until they were recabled. Ari is a frigging genius! (BTW, in case you didn't get it:
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Last up, the Silver Ghost amp driving a pair of Senn 800's. Wonderful stuff, this was later hooked up to JP#'s source to really show off some great music.
Emooze brought his DIY setup, and it sounded great as well. He had his exstata with a pair of Lambda's.
A TP Opus DAC fed from Netbook had some good tunes going. We experimented with levels of water in the glass, and found "the glass half full" worked best for the sound.
And then emooze's DIY M^3 driving anothe rpair of Grado's (SR-80 I think)
Andy (sorry, depssite you telling me, forgot screen name!) set up Netbook, uDAC, Kicas Caliente, and Senn 580's. A nice selection of music had me and some other tapping their toes, remembering how funt he 580's can be.
[Need to stop here, need to pop out for a while, will post more tonight]
Some pics, from a cheap camera. Others with better cameras (and better eyes for the shot) can post.
First up: jp11801's setup, MBP with some hi-rez and other music, feeding the Metric Halo, and off to the FET-tastic amp driving A-T 2000's and LCD-2's. The Hi-Rez stuff was GREAT!
Next: nikongod's setup. He or others will need to fill in the details on mods he's done to the quipment. But first is the Zhaolu DAC, also in pic with Grado's (SR60 IIRC)
Then was a transformer-cpoupled SS amp, driving a pair of Skullcandy's. Easily best sound of show, if it weren't for the bit of buzzing. Ari couldn't find a component to fix the issue, so we were left to imagine what could be. BTW, the Skullcandy's sucked until they were recabled. Ari is a frigging genius! (BTW, in case you didn't get it:
Last up, the Silver Ghost amp driving a pair of Senn 800's. Wonderful stuff, this was later hooked up to JP#'s source to really show off some great music.
Emooze brought his DIY setup, and it sounded great as well. He had his exstata with a pair of Lambda's.
A TP Opus DAC fed from Netbook had some good tunes going. We experimented with levels of water in the glass, and found "the glass half full" worked best for the sound.
And then emooze's DIY M^3 driving anothe rpair of Grado's (SR-80 I think)
Andy (sorry, depssite you telling me, forgot screen name!) set up Netbook, uDAC, Kicas Caliente, and Senn 580's. A nice selection of music had me and some other tapping their toes, remembering how funt he 580's can be.
[Need to stop here, need to pop out for a while, will post more tonight]