Failing to find a suitable place I can volunteer my humble apartments in Waterloo for the meet. I can probably fit around 20 people. May have to get creative with space to properly display all the gear.

Thank you for your suggestion, guys. I'm going to make it a little easier. I have narrowed down my choices. (See edit). Please comment.

Good day headfiers. I've been a lurker for a year and while not having posted anything, I got infected by this site and and will soon be the owner of K701s (after much thought choosing b/w them and the HD650s). I am also picking up a Shure ES530 (for which I will need a good portable amp but...

If we do get something going I may be able to invite Steve from Soundstage Fine Audio to come w/ a demo rig. Just a though. P.S. I just ordered my first set of real headphones off Ebay. Shure ES530 should be coming in a week or two. :-D Also shopping for K701s.

I'm from Waterloo, but I'd be interested in a TO meet. Ottawa and MTL are just too far.

You weren't listening... in his sleep, foo!

I'll be coming either from Maple or directly from Waterloo. I could give a ride to 3 ppl. Contact me via vasilli at hotmail dot com to make arrangements.

LuckyKarma, Best picture ever!

My baby, in all its beauty.

Groove Salad stream on Shoutcast.com A nice mix of ambient and chillout. http://scfire-chi0l-2.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1018 (open in winamp)

Patrick, To "enjoy" the music in the way you're trying to first means finding music that you like. Some one suggested listening to opera. I don't think that will help at all if you're not predisposed to that genre. Somebody mentioned you listen mostly to electronic music. Maybe you just...

I would be interested in showing up. I must say that I'm a total noob and own no gear. Will you let me in w/ a $5 pair of earbuds? Hopefully I can learn a few things at the meet. I'm in Waterloo, so TO or KW locations would both work well.

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Hey guys, I'm also a noob to the world of audiophiles. Instead of flooding the board w/ yet another "i'm new" thread I'll just add to this one. I'm looking to purchase my first set of headphones. Never owned anything but earbuds all my life. Now I feel that I've "grown" into better...

Thank you very much for such a detailed review. I'm new to this forum and don't yet understand all the musical and hi-fi jargon, so it's difficult to fully appreciate your review. I'm planning to buy my first pair of headphones and I was looking at HD-650 and K701 as two possible choices...