I use velour pads. I don't remember the brand though. maybe it's Dekoni. I tried stpad but didn't like it. Mostly for comfort and getting a good seal.

Always bring your source so you know how it would sound with equipment you have. Tips, many will provide new tips or clean with alcohol wipes. you can bring your own wipes too.

Yay, i'll be attending... again... Driving all the way down to Irvine.. again.. LOL. I think this is the first year I have no looked at any news or videos on gear that's been coming out. I want to see if my opinions are different than if I was to do research on a product, get tainted by other's...

compared to what? These are reference headphones. they sound like your typical references headphones. Still great today considering how old it is but there are plenty of headphones that will outperform this. The best analogy I can give the CD900ST is like the Honda S2000. Old but can still hang...

Well, here's my setup I'll be taking this year. Slightly modified (again) from last year but is the best setup for me to real quickly test other gear with the sound I'm familiar with (that's portable...) What gear are you all taking?

yeah, well I had the same issue last year, third_eye called them up and resolved it pretty quickly. Call me crazy but I don't like to call in because with my luck, human error plays a role often. the canjam prior to covid, they screwed up my dates and my name and they didn't want to fix my...

I was going to book a hotel room. You can't seem to choose between king or double. Is that something we can have the option to choose? Right now, it looks like they will randomly assign you one or the other.

I still think the HA2 is one of the prettiest but if you're looking for sound quality, I would not get it. I guess it would also depend on what source and what headphones you are planning on using it with. Most of the stuff I use are easy to drive stuff and my source is just my old...

not worth it unless you are a collector. IMO.

The HA2 none SE was my first portable combo .. mine still works but battery only lasts for about 3 hours now.

They recently (2 years ago??)opened up a 2nd location\office in Akihabara. I haven't been yet since the last time I went, they were still building it up. Fun place to go through.

yes, i speak Japanese. Used to visit a lot too.. which is how I got my hands on my 900ST so early. I was probably one of the only ones in North America that had one at the time. The times before Amazon and Google, where eBay just started and was still only in North America, and buying stuff...

the subtitle translation is a bit off but i get what you're saying.

Interesting observation. I haven't really come to the same or similar conclusion with current line up of sony except when I heard the SS-NA series speakers. But those were also paired with a Sony amp. I don't have any sony amps for my setup right now. Wondering if the sony amp is doing what you...