[Barnstormer13]

Listened to the Stealth and DCA’s electrostatic. Both impressed. I also found my ZMF VC sounded fantastic on the AmpandSound gear.

To keep me occupied while I consider the wisdom of an A&S amp, I picked up Ety’s new Evo, which I really like.

Forgot to add, got it at a pretty decent show discount.

 

[JonIrenicus]

I must be some sort of audio barbarian, my favorite set of headphones I listened to under 1500 were the focal clears.

 

[SkinnyWiener]

I like turtles. And the HEDDphone @ The Source

 

[jlemaster1957]

Is there a way to attend virtually (looks pretty much full-on in-person but maybe there is another option). Not getting there in the flesh for me this year! JL

 

[Monsterzero]

I wont be able to attend but I must say Its wonderful to have Canjam back in action!
Living vicariously through all of nthe great photos and impressions being posted

 

[Chefguru]

Quick thoughts:

* Audeze CRBN , silky, great low end for an estat, impressive soundstage, faster than the lcd-5 but without the same tactile feel. Sounded MUCH better out of the mjolnir audio than the Z10e. Very different than Stax, and I really enjoyed these. I may not even need to hear the sr-x9000 before deciding to put my order in. Sounds like the waitlist is until Jan … crazy.
5/5

* Audeze lcd-5 , supremely good headphone… but a departure from the classic lcd line. For me this a plus. Smaller soundstage than the CRBN. Weight is light, clamp still a little tough for me. 4.5/5

*focal utopia - great headphone with a lot of punch. I would expect these to cause ear fatiguing over time. 4/5

*Rad-0 - another stellar headphone that does most things right and reminds me a lot of the lcd-3. 4/5

* abyss - terrible fit for me, and not as resolving as I expected. 3/5

* raal sr1a - hard to tell from the environment background , but sounded pretty fun, outside of the bass which was weirdly 1 note. 3/5

* sr009s on BHSE - own the sr009s, BHSE really makes the high end sparkle 5/5

* sr007 on BHSE - a little bit too dark but I liked the flavor contrast to the sr009 4/5

* Dan Clark stealth - did not like outside of maybe the fit … 1/5 for the price

* Meze Elite - surprisingly excellent , awesome soundstage, price is a little too high given the competition but honestly better than I anticipated and the surprise win take home 4/5

 

[parmiep]

Quick thoughts:

* Audeze CRBN , silky, great low end for an estat, impressive soundstage, faster than the lcd-5 but without the same tactile feel. Sounded MUCH better out of the mjolnir audio than the Z10e. Very different than Stax, and I really enjoyed these. I may not even need to hear the sr-x9000 before deciding to put my order in. Sounds like the waitlist is until Jan … crazy.
5/5

* Audeze lcd-5 , supremely good headphone… but a departure from the classic lcd line. For me this a plus. Smaller soundstage than the CRBN. Weight is light, clamp still a little tough for me. 4.5/5

*focal utopia - great headphone with a lot of punch. I would expect these to cause ear fatiguing over time. 4/5

*Rad-0 - another stellar headphone that does most things right and reminds me a lot of the lcd-3. 4/5

* abyss - terrible fit for me, and not as resolving as I expected. 3/5

* raal sr1a - hard to tell from the environment background , but sounded pretty fun, outside of the bass which was weirdly 1 note. 3/5

* sr009s on BHSE - own the sr009s, BHSE really makes the high end sparkle 5/5

* sr007 on BHSE - a little bit too dark but I liked the flavor contrast to the sr009 4/5

* Dan Clark stealth - did not like outside of maybe the fit … 1/5 for the price

* Meze Elite - surprisingly excellent , awesome soundstage, price is a little too high given the competition but honestly better than I anticipated and the surprise win take home 4/5

How did the Rad-0 stack up against the LCD-5? My impression is that the Rad-0 is competition against the LCD-4, so curious to hear how it competes against it's successor.

 

[terminaut]

My photodump for the day. Mostly was auditioning gear and didn't focus on pictures but overall was a great showing at the event. Kudos to The Source A/V (Steve's the man!) for bringing so much summit-fi equipment for us all to enjoy.

 

[awhinyheadphone]

how about the Audeze LCD-5

It’s the best Audeze planar without question. Stunning midrange timbre and incredibly comfortable. EQ will make the 5 a monster.

On a related note the CRBN was my favorite electrostat at the show. The way it conveyed bass plucks absolutely blew me away, and easily blew away the competing Shangri-La Jr. and Stax 007/009. Keep in mind this is my first time I’ve ever heard electrostats

 

[Muinarc]

Enjoyed my time with the new Woo WA7 at the Source AV booth!

 

[xirxes]

Annnnd I’m spent! Now off to Disney!

Got to audition the closed cabs I was after: ZMF VC (smoothe and LUSH sounding, steeped in bass), Kennerton Rognir(Good bass, decent mids, decent airiness… going to call it VC lite) and Focal Stellia (Detailed bass, but not lush, MUCH brighter than other two here)

Folks at Headphones.com set me up with a iFi iDSD Diablo to give my Steakth’s all the mobile power they could ever want, and output balanced to my portable amp.

LOVED the sound of stealth on Woo WA33, but unfortunately found that the brand new Woo WA7 v3 is just not enough power to squeeze the full juice of of Stealth.

Tried out Mscaler/Dave and TT2/Mscaler on Stealth and am totally going chord in future.
Thanks TSAV for all the PRIMO gear to test.

All in all a bit too loud to accurately demo any open cans, good thing I was only interested in closed!

 

[miceblue]

The CRBN is really nice. I'm definitely going to give it another listen tomorrow.

 

[deafenears]

The CRBN is really nice. I'm definitely going to give it another listen tomorrow.

That's some serious listening session, can see the sweat on your forehead...

 

[branislav]

I've seen several complaints about loudness of people and chitter chatter. Why is that even allowed? There should be time and place to listen to all these cans (like during the show), and then maybe afterwards or something to chat about designs or whatever else...for the majority of people, it's not like you walk into a local store to listen to 'phones, people take time off, travel, get a hotel, time and effort gets put into having a chance (maybe once in a lifetime) to hear these systems, only not to be able to hear them properly....

 

[smodtactical]

It’s the best Audeze planar without question. Stunning midrange timbre and incredibly comfortable. EQ will make the 5 a monster.

On a related note the CRBN was my favorite electrostat at the show. The way it conveyed bass plucks absolutely blew me away, and easily blew away the competing Shangri-La Jr. and Stax 007/009. Keep in mind this is my first time I’ve ever heard electrostats

If you had to choose lcd5 or CRBN which would it be (assuming good chain for both)?