[FortisFlyer75]

Last minute 11th hour for sale bits if anyone interested as don't expect this to make front page now! lol

Putting up for sale on top of what is already on front page....

Plussound Sony 4.4 balanced Exo model silver/gold iem cable with 2pin end connectors for iems such as UE, JH, Westone etc....

(Only selling due to not taking into account needed a longer length as I wear down back going around into my jean pocket so need extra length to normal runs. Gutted as this is a lovely cable which has a lead time of 6-8 weeks. Get this now in UK at the show cheaper than new price from USA for £250 no offers. )


Set of brown leather modded pads:
... which I got for my Sony 7520 headphones originally but never applied them which need a glue backing to stick the pads down but have a unique velvet velvet material sewn into leather pad on point that lays on ears. In brown leather. not sure what other models it fits so please see me to inspect them. I will throw them in with the Sony 7520's if not sold by end of day as these pads were £60 new but will accept £25. Comes with some sound dampening material for headphones as well that came with them.

Almost forgot I have two hardly used Whiplash unique made to order cables done for me.

Hybrid V3 cables, first one is a viablue 3.5 to 3.5 cable which I used for my old Sony MDR-1 headphones.

Secondly a 1/4 inch adaptor to 3.5 jack extension cable.

Cheers to all and see you in several hours as I'm still sorting stuff out at silly hours!

 

[AndrewH13]

Last minute 11th hour for sale bits if anyone interested as don't expect this to make front page now! lol

Putting up for sale on top of what is already on front page....

Plussound Sony 4.4 balanced Exo model silver/gold iem cable with 2pin end connectors for iems such as UE, JH, Westone etc....

(Only selling due to not taking into account needed a longer length as I wear down back going around into my jean pocket so need extra length to normal runs. Gutted as this is a lovely cable which has a lead time of 6-8 weeks. Get this now in UK at the show cheaper than new price from USA for £250 no offers. )


Set of brown leather modded pads:
... which I got for my Sony 7520 headphones originally but never applied them which need a glue backing to stick the pads down but have a unique velvet velvet material sewn into leather pad on point that lays on ears. In brown leather. not sure what other models it fits so please see me to inspect them. I will throw them in with the Sony 7520's if not sold by end of day as these pads were £60 new but will accept £25. Comes with some sound dampening material for headphones as well that came with them.

Almost forgot I have two hardly used Whiplash unique made to order cables done for me.

Hybrid V3 cables, first one is a viablue 3.5 to 3.5 cable which I used for my old Sony MDR-1 headphones.

Secondly a 1/4 inch adaptor to 3.5 jack extension cable.

Cheers to all and see you in several hours as I'm still sorting stuff out at silly hours!

Hope you eventually got to bed John!

 

[paul2qute]

Any free ale at these head fi meets? With a lovely lady going around giving out champagne on a silver tray by any chance?

 

[Takeanidea]

Hi all hope you had a great time as i did. I have lost a Cayin i5 dap i suspect from the quiet room. It could have been left on the table on its own in the RT hand corner a s you may have picked it up by accident. If anyone finds this in a brown leather pouch give me a shout
Cheers
Trev

 

[FortisFlyer75]

 

Last minute 11th hour for sale bits if anyone interested as don't expect this to make front page now! lol

Putting up for sale on top of what is already on front page....

Plussound Sony 4.4 balanced Exo model silver/gold iem cable with 2pin end connectors for iems such as UE, JH, Westone etc....

(Only selling due to not taking into account needed a longer length as I wear down back going around into my jean pocket so need extra length to normal runs. Gutted as this is a lovely cable which has a lead time of 6-8 weeks. Get this now in UK at the show cheaper than new price from USA for £250 no offers. )


Set of brown leather modded pads:
... which I got for my Sony 7520 headphones originally but never applied them which need a glue backing to stick the pads down but have a unique velvet velvet material sewn into leather pad on point that lays on ears. In brown leather. not sure what other models it fits so please see me to inspect them. I will throw them in with the Sony 7520's if not sold by end of day as these pads were £60 new but will accept £25. Comes with some sound dampening material for headphones as well that came with them.

Almost forgot I have two hardly used Whiplash unique made to order cables done for me.

Hybrid V3 cables, first one is a viablue 3.5 to 3.5 cable which I used for my old Sony MDR-1 headphones.

Secondly a 1/4 inch adaptor to 3.5 jack extension cable.

Cheers to all and see you in several hours as I'm still sorting stuff out at silly hours!

Hope you eventually got to bed John!

 
Yes I did Andrew, well I managed to get two hours anyway!  
 
Good to see you at the show, shame never enough time to chill and socialise at leisure at these events when so much serious listening has to be done!  Fun to see your latest acquisition, good buy by the way and apart from the Senns we seem to go for similar cans with Grado and Ethers.  Happy listening tonight as I know that is what you will be doing.  Big shout out to your wife who should get a medal for most patient wife ever, well maybe second after the pregnant lady at the show today : ) 
 
 

Hi all hope you had a great time as i did. I have lost a Cayin i5 dap i suspect from the quiet room. It could have been left on the table on its own in the RT hand corner a s you may have picked it up by accident. If anyone finds this in a brown leather pouch give me a shout
Cheers
Trev

Hope you find the Cayin soon Trev, well could be someone mixed it up with their gear putting into a bag or something and hopefully someone will find it and realise when they get home and think oh s***! 
 
Good to finally meet you today properly today Trev and am still on cloud nine with those AKG's which even by todays standards blows a lot of them away. Didn't matter what genre was thrown at them it sounded natural and at home with playing music. 
 
I think I will start saving now for the new version when it comes out!  Just hope it's as good as that one!  
 
Had a great day and will leave some impressions later on as got some stuff to do but hope that Cayin turns up soon for you Trev ; )

 

[vkvedam]

Hi all hope you had a great time as i did. I have lost a Cayin i5 dap i suspect from the quiet room. It could have been left on the table on its own in the RT hand corner a s you may have picked it up by accident. If anyone finds this in a brown leather pouch give me a shout
Cheers
Trev

Trev
It's with me. I logged into post. You left it on my table. Don't know worry, it's safe. I tried looking for the owner but couldn't see anyone. Send me your address on PM, I shall try and ship it RMSD as it is fairly expensive.
Regards
Ven Vedam

 

[rocketron]

Thank you Mark and Andy plus others for a great day. I loved it. So much great gear and not enough time.
Can we please have another but make it two days? Please.

 

[britneedadvice]

No doubt an 'impressions' thread will appear soon.
In the mean time ,a big thanks to Mark and Andy for organising this event and all those who participated by demonstrating  their rigs or helped in other ways.
Much appreciated and enjoyed by me
Thanks

 

[AndrewH13]

Firstly, thanks to Mark, Andy, the sponsors and everyone else who make this event so special. Time just flew as usual, I thought it was about 11.30 when Barbara asked to go and get some refreshment as it was 2 o'clock!
 
John, so wish we had had more time to chat, it went much quicker than Canjam. I had a list of gear I really wanted to hear, made about 2 thirds of them. The Headphones that really appealed were the HFM HE1000v2 and Mr Speakers, Ether (both) and Ether C. With the HE1000s out of my price range, it was an easy decision to relieve Mr Speakers stand of their Ether C! Just had a quick half an hour listen, superb. 
 
In electronics, the Questyle 600i and Hugo II impressed, just ran out of time to talk to Hi-End HF again as was sorting out the Ether's with Paul near closing time.
 
Pleased to hear nothing lost, that would have been a downer in an area of such great enthusiasts.
 
Roll on the next one

 

[Turrican2]

Indeed, roll on the next one. Thanks Andy and Mark for organising another top class event, great meeting familIiar head-fiers and lots of great like-minded enthusiasts, great day.

Safe home everyone.

 

[apmusson]

Thanks to everyone who was involved in todays Meet.  I really enjoyed it - meeting up with old friends and making new ones too.  The kit was amazing - I ended up ordering a Hugo 2 purely based on an audition today (thanks to Paul / Wendy for letting me abscond to the quiet room with this most desired DAC).
 
My brief notes from the meet are below.  Please treat them as usual non-ideal listening impressions and with the usual 'just my opinion' perspective:
 
Hugo 2 - I ordered one.  I already own a Mojo and was listening through my HD800s with UAPP on my smartphone.  The DAC was very impressive in driving the HD800s with articulate control of the music.  I listened to various opera tracks - 1960s through to 1980s, Solange - A Seat at the Table, Art Garfunkel - Various Tracks and the HDTRACKS master of Kind of Blue.  
 
Pioneer Master 1 headphones - tested with Tera Player - Art Garfunkel - various tracks.  Sweet, sweet sounding - almost mesmirising.  I think it has slightly euphonic characteristics and am not convinced of its accuracy but would have to test more to be sure.  I could happily listen to this headphone even with a knowledge of its 'character'.  Cant wait to try the closed back version.
 
Chord Dave - very nice setup by 'The Attorney'.  Tried a few tracks with my HD800s.  Never fails to impress with its soundstage (height as well as width?}.  
 
Mr Speakers Electrostatics and Ether Flow open-backed - Very brief listen to these.  Would like to spend more time with them.  Electrostatics have great detail and separation - felt a little dark sounding compared to the Stax and HD800 listens - not a negative.  Ether Flows were detailed and had good presentation.  Didn't use a familiar source or music so treat as very very surface impressions.
 
Various Stax headspeakers - Sweet treble and midrange.  Very articulate and delicate sounding.
 
Hifiman HE1000 / X headphones - the gentleman who allowed me to demo these headphones was convinced that the Edition X were similar sounding to the HE1000 headphones.  Not from my audition they weren't!  The HE1000's were substantially more articulate even through my underpowered (for the HE1000s!) Tera Player.  The X had a more upfront midrange with instrumentation at the forefront.  The HE1000's place the instrumentation alongside the singer but also present an intimacy in the vocal.  I conferred with another headfier after my audition who used a different source but had similar impressions but take these impressions with the usual caveats.
 
Anyway - great to see you all and thanks for all your efforts in presenting your kit and organising today.
 
Ade

 

[digitaldave]

Thanks Mark, Andy and the sponsors for making this happen. I had a great time, and it's always good to put faces to the names.

I had a listen to some HD800s, and from the brief listen in less than ideal conditions, I'm not convinced they would be worth the upgrade cost. I must emphasise, that's only for me. I may have another listen if I can get an extended session with them, but I suspect I'll be sticking with my HD600 and TH-X00. Also checked out the Focal Elear, and felt the same about them. Money saved!

 

[Takeanidea]

Trev
It's with me. I logged into post. You left it on my table. Don't know worry, it's safe. I tried looking for the owner but couldn't see anyone. Send me your address on PM, I shall try and ship it RMSD as it is fairly expensive.
Regards
Ven Vedam

Thanks Ven , all's in balance with the World again I shall pm you
Trev

 

[PaulM160]

Thanks from me also to Paul & Wendy (amazing display of gear - couldn't have left much back at the base

), the organisers and to all those folk that went to the trouble of bringing their set ups along, and being more than happy to talk about the rationale behind the various configurations. The conversations were great, the gear on show was really eclectic; I only had a chance to listen to some of it  - there was much more that I wanted to get to but time did not allow. Thanks to the two Dave's for their time and thoughts/comments. I hope others also enjoyed the time so that we can have another one. 

 

[pedalhead]

Thanks to all who attended and helped D out, and of course the sponsors who made it all happen. No time to post impressions tonight but hopefully tomorrow (we should start a new thread as this one will be locked soon as the meet is over)

Cheers all, definitely a case of quality over quantity with the attendees this year