Wow, so many things to say.
First of all, thanks to Ray for hosting this event. Your hospitality was absolutely the best I've enjoyed anywhere, and your family is wonderful as well; you are rightfully proud of them. With a namesake as lovely as theirs, it's no wonder your amps are so inspired. Special thanks to Ray's wife (who I was only able to briefly thank) for the very tasty meal, which she undoubtably spent an incredible amount of time on.
On to the equipment questions:
The silver Blockhead was indeed Tuberoller's. He's going to polish it up, and it's going to be one sweet-looking (and sounding, of course) amp.
The Raptor was incredible. As Jude said, to my ears, it was right there with the Stealth, great detail and warmth and everything the Stealth has been lauded for, a really terrific amp, just without the preamp of the Stealth. If there is any piece that will outsell the SR-71 (which is impossibly good in its own right), it will be the Raptor. Ray, I will definitely be ordering one of these from you once they hit production. I listened to it with my DT880s, with RS-1s, and with HD-600s (Cardas cable). The RS-1 sounded more alive than I've ever heard it before through this amp, and that's saying quite a bit considering how lively of a can it is to start with.
The star of the show was, for me, undoubtably the Wadia setup (through a Blockhead with stepped attenuators and DT880s/PS1s/HD600s). I will never in a lifetime be able to afford it, but it made everything else in the meet sound cheap and incomplete in comparison. Even the SCD-1 through the Gilmore Balanced Reference sounded woefully undetailed in comparison (though I would have liked to hear the Gilmore Balanced Reference out of the Wadia setup).
The Headroom Coda/Overture was great as well, though I don't have much of a point of reference with regard to good computer audio. I don't think very many people got a chance to listen to it (playing FLAC files, listening on SR225s). I'm a little confused as to why Headroom is making this a limited-run item, as I think that it has tremendous potential. I only got to listen to this for about 15 minutes though, so hopefully someone will come along with a more detailed impression.
There was just so much gear there, I got to hear the E4c (which, to me, sounds better than the E5c, even though the foamies hurt my ears
), I listened to the new amp that bhd812 brought (don't remember the company), I listened to about every Grado that I hadn't previously heard (new SR-325i, HP-1000, PS-1), as well as extensive listening to HD600/650 (which, previous today, I had not heard at all). Information overload! Great sound overload, and most of all, I'm just dog tired from driving 12 hours today (woke up at 5:30 AM, just got home at 11:00 PM).
I had time to talk with so many of you, and I barely remember any of your names, but you all have ensured that I will make it to every possible meet I can from now on. You guys rule.
Thanks again, Ray.