particleman14
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Just wanted to start a small thread on the bay area mini-meet that went down March 26th 2011. It was a great chance to compare setups and helped me decide whether to get LCD2s or HD-800s. We also had a mini beta-22 vs audio-gd pheonix showdown (with HD800) and in the end we preferred purrins apex peak volcano LOL. it seems the hd800s really like the tubes especially horios EHHA.
Onto the lcd2s. They are a great phone, good for all around listening but a bit cumbersome. Overall the lcd2 matched really well with my beta-22 and also sounded exceptional on bobcns red wine rig.
Cee-tee and kevinbrown brought a bunch of grados to the meet which was great as i've only ever listened to rs1s and ms225i.. A breakout surprise of the meet was the Alessandro ms-1. I was quite impressed when I put these on... The sound they give for only $100 seems like a great starting place for grados (we had a solid lineup of grados to choose from HP, RS, HF etc..)
It was also great to be able to really a/b the HD-600 and 650 in both SE and balanced mode (fed from audio-gd pheonix). Oddly enough I prefer the HD-600 SE and the HD-650 balanced... K-1000's are always a treat especially with classic and acoustic material (we had 2 sets no less)... also listening to purrins stax rig through horios vinyl rig was awesome, Led Zep never sounded so good!
Thanks to everyone for coming and making a great mini-meet. I encourage everyone in the future to try and organize your own small meets. The community is really great and meetups can really expand your audio horizons.. special thanks to amb and linuxworks (my DIY heroes/idols!) for coming as well. can't wait to do it again lol... here are a few pics http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audio/minimeet_20110326/
cheers!
- Andrew
Onto the lcd2s. They are a great phone, good for all around listening but a bit cumbersome. Overall the lcd2 matched really well with my beta-22 and also sounded exceptional on bobcns red wine rig.
Cee-tee and kevinbrown brought a bunch of grados to the meet which was great as i've only ever listened to rs1s and ms225i.. A breakout surprise of the meet was the Alessandro ms-1. I was quite impressed when I put these on... The sound they give for only $100 seems like a great starting place for grados (we had a solid lineup of grados to choose from HP, RS, HF etc..)
It was also great to be able to really a/b the HD-600 and 650 in both SE and balanced mode (fed from audio-gd pheonix). Oddly enough I prefer the HD-600 SE and the HD-650 balanced... K-1000's are always a treat especially with classic and acoustic material (we had 2 sets no less)... also listening to purrins stax rig through horios vinyl rig was awesome, Led Zep never sounded so good!
Thanks to everyone for coming and making a great mini-meet. I encourage everyone in the future to try and organize your own small meets. The community is really great and meetups can really expand your audio horizons.. special thanks to amb and linuxworks (my DIY heroes/idols!) for coming as well. can't wait to do it again lol... here are a few pics http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audio/minimeet_20110326/
cheers!
- Andrew