[pedalhead]

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2017 UK Head-Fi Meet​

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Sunday, April 02 @ Holiday Inn East, Milton Keynes​

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Timing:​

09:00 for people bringing gear to set up​

10:00 open to general admittance​

16:30 pack up for a 17:00 finish​

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With huge thanks to our sponsors...​

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1. Venue details

We’ve arranged something really special this year!   We have TWO adjacent conference suites booked for the meet.  The larger (Carrington Suite) will provide the MAIN HALL SPACE, and the other (Whiting Suite) will serve as a DEDICATED QUIET ROOM for more critical listening!
 
Yes, the 2017 meet will feature a dedicated quiet space for people to listen to gear under non-meet conditions (strictly enforced, or we’ll set @Nuwidol on you

)!  A handful of tables in the Quiet Room will be reserved as HOT TABLES, allowing for temporary setup if you just want to let someone check out your rig for a short while before returning it to the main hall.
 
The hotel has a bar and restaurant on-site, and the room rates seem very reasonable. There aren't any group rates available, but if you sign up for membership of the "Intercontinental Hotel Group" (free at www.ihg.com) then you can get a few quid off.
 
Hotel web site: http://www.hi-miltonkeynes-east.co.uk
 
 

1. Our Sponsors

A HUGE thanks to our sponsors who are covering the cost of the venue in its entirety, giving us possibly the best venue we’ve ever had for a UK Meet, and also keeping it FREE OF CHARGE for attendees once again.
 
 
highendheadphones.co.uk
 
I already had Paul & Wendy @ highendheadphones.co.uk in mind as a great fit for a meet sponsor, but seeing the incredible range of headphone gear Paul & Wendy exhibited at the National Audio Show last year was the clincher.  Just check out their website, they must have the most comprehensive stock of headphones and associated gear in the UK (at least, I’ve not seen a better one), and also a fantastic looking showroom.
 
highendheadphones.co.uk will be offering a 10% DISCOUNT on all headphones  and related gear at the meet!

RHA
 
RHA is a great supporter of our meets, having already sponsored in 2015. They actually contacted me to help out with this one once they got wind of it!  RHA are probably familiar to most of us on HF, and imho their earphones have amongst the best priceerformance ratio around, with build quality to die for. They've also recently release a range of new products, all of which will be at the meet.  

RHA will be offering a 20% DISCOUNT on their entire range at the meet!  

 

[pedalhead]

KIT LIST 

 
This is being continually updated as we go along. IMPORTANT, please read the following...
 

1. Feel free to take a look at the High End Headphones website. If there's anything in particular you'd like Paul & Wendy to bring, please let me know. We've agreed that I'll collate a list of all requests and forward them on to Paul as the meet approaches.
    
2. For those bringing gear to the meet, please share the details either by posting in this thread or send me a PM.  Previous experience has shown that it's really helpful for the organizers to have a good idea of kit & table requirements...the 2015 meet was very popular and we ran out of table space! 

 
 
 
Headphones
 

AKG K1000 AKG K3003 Allessandro MS-1 with Grado Bowls Audeze LCD-4 Audeze Sine Audio Technica AD1000PRM Audio Technica W3000ANV Audioquest NightOwl Beyerdynamic T1 Beyerdynamic T1.2 Focal Elear Focal Utopia Fostex TH-X00 Purpleheart Hifiman HE1000 v2 Hifiman HE-6 (modded) Hifiman HE-X v2 iBasso IT03 JDS Labs Abyss AB-1266 Meze 99 classic Mr Speakers Aeon Mr Speakers Ether Mr Speakers Ether C Flow Mr Speakers Ether E (Electrostatic prototype) Mr Speakers Ether Flow Noble Katana (wizard version) Obravo HAMT-1 RHA - full range Sennheiser HD650 (dynamat modded) Sennheiser HD650 (stock) Sennheiser HD800 (SD/SBAF modded) Sennheiser HD800 (stock) Sennheiser HD800S Shozy Zero Shure SE846 Shure SRH1540 Sony MDR-1000X Stax SR-007 mk2 Stax SR-009 STAX SR404LE Stax SR-L700 Trinity Audio Phantom Master 4 Trinity Audio Phantom Master 6

 
Electronics

Arcadia Aiode

Arcam Delta One (modded)

Audiolab CD

Beyerdynamic A2

Cary Xciter (tubes - EAT KT88 / 1960s Mullard ECC83)

Chord Dave

Chord Hugo

Chord Hugo 2

Chord Hugo 2

Chord Mojo

CI Audio VDA2/VAC1

COS Engineering H1

DiDiT DAC212

Feliks-Audio 'Euforia'

Headinclouds KGST

HM901S/dock

iBassi DX200

iFi iCan Pro

iFi Micro iDSD

iFi Tube buffer stage

Kingsound M20

Lake People DAC RS06

Lake People HPA RS08

Logitech Squeezebox Touch

Lootoo Paw5000

McIntosh MHA150

Mytek Brooklyn

Pono Player

PowerInspired Mains Regenerator

Questyle CMA600i

Questyle CMA800i

Questyle Gold Stack

Questyle QP1R

RHA Dacamp L1

Rupert Neve Designs RNHP

Schiit Fulla2

Schiit Jotunheim

Schiit Ragnarok

Schiit Yggdrasil (and many more Schiit goodies)

Sony WM1A

Tera Player

Trilogy 931

Trilogy 933

Wells Audio Enigma

 
 

 

Members' gear for sale at the meet

HF name

404Sig with leather pads + SRM300 JDM model modded to UK voltage	Ra97oR
Airist Audio Heron 5	glassmonkey
Sony ZX1 Walkman (Japan model)	FortisFlyer75
Shangling M1 dap with leather case (hardly used in three months had it)	FortisFlyer75
Sony 7520 studio Headphones Rare version  - modded with Whiplash Hybrid V3 cable to both drivers with viablue 3.5 jack	FortisFlyer75
Grado GS1000e open back headphone	FortisFlyer75
Whiplash Eclipse V2 silver LOD cable 3.5 to 3.5 viablue jacks	FortisFlyer75
Whiplash V2 Hybrid silver/copper LOD cable 3.5 to 3.5 jacks	FortisFlyer75
Chord Hugo	Rocketron
Astell & Kern Michelle universal IEM's (very lightly used)	Rocketron
Mr Speaker Ether C headphone	Rocketron
Grado HF-2	Rocketron
Shure SE846	Tro95
Trinity PM4	Dickymint
UE TF10	Dickymint
LH Labs Pulse X-Infinity + LPS (DAC/Amp/LPS)	pedalhead
Wells Audio Enigma with Elna 47 step attenuator (maybe)	pedalhead
Sennheiser HD800	AndrewH13
Bowers & Wilkins P7	AndrewH13
Oppo HA1	Middy
audio engine A5+	Middy
Hifiman HM602	Dickymint
Colorfly CK4	Dickymint

 

[smial1966]

To acquire a `Milky Meet' T-shirt please refer to thread posts #445 and #454. 

 

[smial1966]

The meet 'dream team' return.

 

[smial1966]

Soon it'll be time to get frothy!

 

[glassmonkey]

Let's write haiku's this time. I don't know if I can write any more endurance cyclist called Mark limericks. Some good ones there, well worth a read. This is a fun crew round these parts.
 
Oh wait, one more on the spot for posterity:
 
He's a bright chap that Mark
 
There was an endurance cyclist called Mark,
Whose wit was insufferably smart,
He spun dirty limericks,
And pedaled audio gimmicks
Then rode to the spring meet round March.
 
 
I'm sure you guys will have some great stuff in store. Hopefully I can be of some assistance this time around.

 

[Ithilstone]

Yeah!

 

[Turrican2]

Let's write haiku's this time. I don't know if I can write any more endurance cyclist called Mark limericks. Some good ones there, well worth a read. This is a fun crew round these parts.

Oh wait, one more on the spot for posterity:

He's a bright chap that Mark

There was an endurance cyclist called Mark,
Whose wit was insufferably smart,
He spun dirty limericks,
And pedaled audio gimmicks
Then rode to the spring meet round March.


I'm sure you guys will have some great stuff in store. Hopefully I can be of some assistance this time around.

Don't know Micah, quite enjoyed that Limerick game haiku's would be fun though.

Head-fi meet is on
Venue not set but will be
close to Milton-Keynes

 

[smial1966]

If Milton Keynes is chosen as the event venue (which isn't a given) reckon that the meet T-shirt should be emblazoned with -

2017 MILKeY MEET
'Time to get frothy'

 

[Turrican2]

If Milton Keynes is chosen as the event venue (which isn't a given) reckon that the meet T-shirt should be emblazoned with -

2017 MILKeY MEET
'Time to get frothy'

Meet t-shirt? Getting serious now -

 

[smial1966]

Gotta have a meet T-shirt for souvenir purposes.

Meet t-shirt? Getting serious now -

 

[FortisFlyer75]

Stumbled across this on the link one someones signature...
 
Hows this coming along with the 2017 meet as I really enjoyed the Cambridge show a lot (can't believe how time has flown since that meet) and as good as Canjam's/ Head-Fi shows or the Headroom shows that I have been to are it is not the same as when just a bunch of normal head-fiers all turn up with their own gear for everyone to try and meet like minded head geeks for the day.
 
The T-shirts should have a signage roundabout road sign with exits coming off with each one labelled with a name of show, venue and date. Is Milton Keynes after all! 

 

[pedalhead]

haha yes good point about the roundabouts...the sat nav never shuts up when driving through MK!
 
Planning in early stages but going fine. It's definitely going to happen

 

[smial1966]

The meet T-shirts could have plastic cows on them too. Gotta luv the MK public art vibe! 

 

[FortisFlyer75]

  haha yes good point about the roundabouts...the sat nav never shuts up when driving through MK!
 
Planning in early stages but going fine. It's definitely going to happen

Good to hear, I will make sure I am free for whatever weekend it ends up being on. Wish I could of made that mini meet last year, looked like good fun from the photos. 
 

  The meet T-shirts could have plastic cows on them too. Gotta luv the MK public art vibe! 

Yep, maybe the plastic cow could be in the middle of the roundabout sign on the T-shirt! ; )
... barring none of it breaches copyright protections that is! 
 
Anyway, keep up the good work guys and look forward to next year...