When you change the volume, all of the LEDs up to the current position light up. After you've stopped turning the knob or using the remote they time out and only the current position remains illuminated. Since each LED represents more than one step (33 LEDs, 128 steps), the leading LED subtly...

I meant that there's always a pair at the LTA shop if you wanted to listen to them, but they're not for sale.

I imagine some of these setups will make us short of breath. I guess it's appropriate that Chinese slang for good audio gear is "fever". Pardon my poor sense of humor.

It looks fun and there's gear I want to hear but I'll have to see how taxing the day proves. Brian Lowe of Belleson Regulators brought some headphone pad covers (like mini hairnets) for swag at CAF and I'm regretting not bringing some home now. I don't know if you just want a good deal on them...

Zbell contacted me and I might be able to help him out, but I also referred him to @HiGHFLYiN9 who runs Zynsonix out of Baltimore and has much more experience when it comes to headphone modification and recabling. Mentioning it here because he's a good resource for DC-area folks to be aware of...

I regret that we had to leave early - we missed the RAAL, the Orpheus, the Abyss, and all kinds of other things! Nice pictures.

@jtnt is Nicholas, LTA's go-to guy and the reason we were able to bring some neat stuff and it wasn't just me showing up from the train with my HD650s in my bag. Thanks again to @blacktone for the great space, the various organizers, and a big thank you to @lcasadonte for generously providing...

Last minute arrival: we will have the Hifiman Jade II.

I've had a lot of experience dealing with Alvin from Vinshine, including purchasing and dealing with warranties, and have always had excellent experiences and quick shipping. I'd recommend ordering directly from Vinshine over anything else.

Would anyone like to hear the Monoprice Cavalli Liquid Spark? I have a Denafrips Ares II that should be arriving today, which I'll bring if it indeed arrives. After having an original Ares and listening to the Ares II while we had it on loan for CAF, I decided to buy one. A coworker at LTA...

Looks cool, is it your design? Glad you're bringing the Stax.

Unfortunate update: we had to send away the Stax and Focal headphones. The perils of borrowed equipment. Hopefully the headphones will still be present at the meet in others' collections.

Oooh, will they come in the anonymizing pill tubes? Looks like we'll also still have the Dan Clark Audio Ether 2 and new Aeon 2.

Tim from Kitsune has generously let us hang onto the Holo Audio Spring 2 KTE for the meet. That also means that we'll have it in the shop until then, so anyone interested can also come by in the next few weeks to listen to the DAC with any gear they'd like to bring. We'll be sure to bring an...

Got a few confirmations: LTA will bring the Z10e, which is the EL84-based amplifier with higher power headphone outputs than the MZ2 and an electrostatic headphone output. We'll have the same estats as at CAF: Stax SR-009S + L700, MrSpeakers . . . Dan Clark Audio Voce. LTA will also have the...

I'll have to figure out what LTA is bringing, but we'll surely bring some stuff. I'll update later. If anyone's close to Richmond, VA, Fern & Roby is doing an open house that could be interesting: https://www.fernandroby.com/blog/2019/open-house-nov-23rd

Event page: https://www.fernandroby.com/blog/2019/open-house-nov-23rd Fern & Roby has been building a listening room within their huge machine shop just south of the 14th St. bridge and are teaming up with a few other manufacturers to host an open house. There will be vinyl, digital, speakers...

This is true. If more than two people email asking about the same thing, it will usually at least get a mention to management.

Is anyone an active member of the DC Audiophile Facebook group? I don't know if they have a booth or anything at CAF this year, but it seems like utilizing that group for the poll could be useful.

As mentioned, CAF has had inconsistent results with headphone vendors in the past. The core organizers are great but have no time to expand their reach to headphone stuff. They really need someone willing to put in the effort to contact headphone-related companies, get them to commit to the...

Update 2: Happy to report that another DAC is joining our Lounge roster: the Holo Audio Spring 2, Kitsune Tuned Edition. This is upgraded from the original Spring. Thanks very much to Tim from Kitsune for lending this for the show. The Klipsch HP3 arrived today an we'll have several more...

I just found this out and was happy, as I had been meaning to ask you about this. Looking forward to the setup! The Denafrips Ares II just arrived, I have it settling in using NOS mode and the slow roll-off filter (OS mode and sharp filters are the other options). It's a satisfyingly dense...

We haven't had time to organize a meet at the shop before CAF, but I have some updates about the LTA Headphone Lounge at CAF. We'll have the MZ2, MZ3, Z10i (EL84-based integrated amp with headphone output), and Z10e (the Z10i plus an electrostatic headphone output). Sources will be Border...

We do not. Definitely planning to have them at CAF, and will ideally also have the closed version. Nicholas is now mainly in charge of things like getting headphones (he got the Empyreans for us). I'll ask him about any plans for new sets for the shop.

As far as I know, there was no planned headphone area and Headamp will be in the atrium with the "marketplace" crowd. I'd like it if more headphone companies came. LTA talked to Gary last week and is organizing a small area near the ballrooms into some kind collection of headphone-related...