Great stuff, Jude!   Thanks, too, to sridhar3 for outstanding photos, and general great-guy support, enthusiasm, and bringing The Light to the event.  Audio Addict gets a great vote from me, too, for bringing so much of his own gear to the event, and being so generous with his knowledge.  ...

Hoping Cavalli Audio will be there with both Liquid Fire and Liquid Lightning.  We have to do some major re-arranging of schedules, but if we can pull it off, we'll be there.  In the meantime, HAVE a BLAST, EVERYONE!  We will try to make it happen. 

Welcome, Q!  I've been in the business for 30 years, but totally new to the world of on-line forum communication.  I apparently have lots to learn, but am willing to do so.

I like the idea of having a "standardized" group of 12-15 tracks which could be carried around by attendees on a single CD or USB-type medium for insertion into a system set up by a given manufacturer.  Maybe some manufacturer or group of manufacturers could assist in the creation of these as a...

Love your musical taste, icenine2!  I'm a huge Yes fan myself....the Yes album is one of the few LPs I have backup copy for (Dark Side of the Moon, and Heifetz' Tchaikovsky and Sibelius Violin concertos are the others).  Great recordings, and they deserve the great gear you have.   I think...

Got to hear new-driver LCD-2s yesterday.  More open than previous, which were already very, very good.  I also got to see some frequency response curve data sheets, which were rather extraordinarily flat from 10Hz -- yes, TEN HERTZ -- out to 2K -- for ANY transducer besides a phono cartridge...

I would love to be at the event in February...just let me know when.  As long as it doesn't take away my Valentine's Day, which is mid-week in 2012, I'm OK.  I will enjoy the opportunity to bring my Cavalli Audio Liquid Fire amp and whatever awesome cans I can muster.

Sorry, sachu, but you lost me at Sarah Brighman....What a heavenly voice, and heavenly to look at, too!  If only the Liquid Fire could do video.....

re: Sibilance heard -- I heard it right out of the shoot with the LF the first time I heard it...with a substandard source...that changed DRAMATICALLY when I took it home and plugged it into my analog rig, then again when I plugged my favorite CDs into my digital front end; both direct into the...

Love those Siemens E88CCs myself.  Great top to bottom, and they've always seemed to last really well when they were really new old stock .  Never tried the Tungsram ECC88/6DJ8 type, but LOVED their 12AX7s that I bought years ago from Upscale Audio in CA.  Kevin Diehl (sp?) out there is kind of...

Thanks for the comments, Saachu.    The Liquid Fire appears to be showing people that it is once again time for the most important lesson in high end audio -- everything makes a difference, and if something you try makes no difference, then something in the signal path is putting its sonic...

Thanks, olor1n!  I appreciate your kind words.  The wealth of voices is not necessarily a cacophony after all!

thanks, KingStyles!  You folks are making me feel right at home!

Glad to know there's more like me out there. I've met plenty, fortunately....just enough to keep it fun!

I've not posted on too many sites in the past because the opinions seem to flow like water, and folks seem pretty possessive about their opinions. It was pretty intimidating for an old school guy like me to read some occasionally harsh posts from folks who don't even let anyone know who they...