hey hey, nice to see i look as haggard as i felt in the pics, you gotta love the fading smile when a photo takes that second too long to be taken
its testament to how small my cables are that the 'pile' of 4 LOD cables in front of me is hard to make out. i dont keep stock in general, as my cables are just about 100% custom made to order, but i had to laugh at the pics. i have instructed natonrice to give me a virtual slap next time i even think about going against my plans to only bring finished and portable gear with me, instead of bringing a bag that warrants Virgin to put a sticker on there telling staff to bend their knees. After hauling 30kg of stuff 1000km its hard to give up to a software problem, which turned out to be running leopard when snow leopard was the first OS supported and another issue that shall not be mentioned.
as far as impressions, i dont have much, didnt listen to much gear, was good to see mazz with his shades on inside as always
i tell you what though, at the end of the meet i got to try out the um merlin and miracle, the miracle is quite impressive, but too similar in tone to my jh13 (not surprising, as its aimed to be their answer to it). I love my 13's, but dont need another custom in the same vein. I really wanted to hear the merlin and it was as knock down, drag out fun as i hoped it might be, couldnt get the smile off my face and had to grab Tom and make him have a listen. i dont think i could have them as my only iem; just as i cant have my modded D2000 as my only headphone, but as far as something for a bit of flavor when you want to rock your skull, these are the ones. i scrolled down to Faithless's 'sun to me' from the new album 'the dance never ends' and a silly grin crept across my face and stayed there. a smile as dippy as the Frequency response
really close imaging, big big big rumbling but clean bass. Iwould have loved to try them out of 'the wire' oh well maybe next time, i might wait for their next hybrid, but they are definitely on the radar.
it was realy good to meet the guys from um Australia and chat with them about their plans and vision, a nice change from my own personal experience lately with customs manufacturers.
need to get one of your stock cables guys so i can take a cast of the pitch and size of the connector to fabricate one that fits well.
thanks to Paul for the hard work, seemed like a really cool meet from what i saw.