Home safe and sound. But I did get caught in a snow drift and had to use the LCD-2's for traction getting out.... (just kidding John. They are safe and sound)   Had a great time seeing old friends and meeting new ones. I'm now the lazy headphone guy, so I listened to some gear but mostly...

Getting my things together to leave. See you all in a few hours.

LCD-2's are in hand and I'm looking forward to seeing folks on Saturday.

I'm about 90% sure I'll make the drive up. Little to no gear to bring but it'll be good to see old friends. And I'm working on borrowing a pair of LCD-2's so we have a backup.

Quote: Excellent. The Zana Deux was my rig, the Balancing Act was morphsci's. We were both part of the organizing team so we didn't have a lot of time to hang near our gear. I did get a few minutes to spend with a balanced pair of Thunderpants on the Balancing Act and it was nothing short...

Quote: He was there for only about 20 minutes on Saturday.  

Happy B'day Ryan!!

"The Kids" by Lou Reed from his Berlin album, which is possibly the most overall depressing album of all time. A_Sr.

Quote: Originally Posted by Welly Wu Concert Sound + Austin Hifi became a u s t i n h i f i . c o m and I will be purchasing the custom DNM Reson DIN-RCA interconnect soon in addition to the Audio Technica AT-HA5000 headphone amplifier for my birthday this month. I will let folks know...

Just jumping in here to say I did arrive home safely and will post some impressions tomorrow (hopefully). But it was definitely a good time with the Ohio gang.

Will be packing up the car momentarily. See you folks in a few hours!

I'll be there. I will probably not be there at 10:00, as that would mean leaving at 5:00 AM my time. I don't see that happening. Is there an exact street address I can plug into my satnav to make sure this Hoosier finds the place? And I'll try and find some room in the Miata for some...

I'm a definite now. See you folks on the 27th!!

I may be good for the 27th as well. It's beginning to warm up so a nice ride followed by good music sounds like just the ticket. I would bring: Resolution Audio Opus 21 CDP Eddie Current Zana Deux HiFiMan EF5 amp HifiMan HE-5 Ortho's Grado RS1 Nuforce µDAC Audio Technica ATH-FC700...

Looking forward to seeing Pere Ubu this month and Public Image Limited in May, both in Chicago. A_Sr.

As stated previously, if you guys get a site I should be able to make the trip from Indiana.

Quote: Originally Posted by wualta While you won't need a transformer, running the SE-700 from the speaker outs of a high-quality speaker amp is something even Pioneer recommended (via their JB-21 headphone resistor network). But the headphone out of a good integrated amp or power amp...

Quote: Originally Posted by wualta Thanks to HeadRoom for providing the West Michigan meet yesterday with an embarrassment of headphonical riches, including an HD 800. I also attended this meet and would like to thank Headroom for all of the high end cans you provided. Your...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kabeer You just missed one that sold today. But otherwise, Im suprised you find them very good. Every report Iv heard about them say they are rather...erm bad.. Maybe its a gear thing? Or an old guy with bad ears thing... Seriously, driven by the...

Had an excellent time hanging with the Michigan folks. The group was small but the gear was plentiful. Headroom provided a boatload of gear for us to sample, and attendees had some pretty sweet stuff of their own. Headroom sent, among others, the Senn HD800 and the Grado PS1000 and GS1000. I...

Loading up the car now for the trip north. See everyone soon.

Hey Al, I'll grab a variety of chips/pretzels/etc. to bring along. Anyone else? A_Sr.

Sounds like a hell of a meet coming up!

Quote: Originally Posted by Redo It's tempting to head up, there's some great gear on that list I would like to hear. Plus I always love a nice drive. Join us..... JOIN US....... I'd offer you a ride, but the Miata only has two seats and the Zana will probably be riding shotgun.

We've had several. Gypsy the greyhound was named after one of the bots on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Tommy and Willy the cats are named after two of the members of the old BBC show Groundforce. Pixel the cat was named for a quantum cat in Robert Heinlein stories. Giulietta the cat was named...