I said this in our original thread, but thank you Germainia for hosting. It was great meeting all of you. it is definitely intimidating to walk into your first meet, see all this gear, not know anyone, and expect to have a good time. But, everyone there was really nice, and it turned out to be pretty easy to talk to people once I had something to ask or say. lol. so thank you all again.
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but some introductions to those i didnt recognize would be nice. I saw Jgonino, Ray, Skylab, Germania, i think i picked out Billy....but who is everyone?
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I'm one of the noob's, Thats me in the blue ringer tshirt and khaki shorts. name's Keith, nice to meet you all.
I am the ultimate version of a noob, as I have NO gear, this was a very cool first meet. My goal was just to try everything out, which I did.
The only headphones I had listened to up till this point were the sennheiser 600,650, and all grados except the rs1 and gs1000.
What a treat to experience Denon in all its forms! I have to say, I was very impressed by the 2000s. although I believe they were all modded slightly. I think the only completely stock Denon was skylabs 5000. either way, I was really impressed by the soundstage and punch of the denon. I felt that the 5000 was slightly less forward in the high end, maybe I should say silkier.. not sure how to describe it. I found the bass strong, but not overwhelming. I'm not sure If I'm a basshead, I dont think I am, but it has to be there. I think I still need some more experience with them to really say anything worth listening to.
It was very cool to get to listen to the gs1000. I was surprised at the amount of bass to come out of these. I had been a big fan of the rs2, but always felt the bass to be lacking. Lacking not in clarity, but "fullness" of bass. I always feel the bass goes away too quickly on the grados. especially anything outside jazz or classical. at least the limited experience I have with them. anyway, the gs1000. The grado detail was there, nice sparkle on top. Soundstage was bigger, but less then I thought it would be. a bit hard to really hear them in a room full of people. they are so Completely open! The bass was nice, it held on so much longer!! one complaint is that they fit really loosely. I suppose that could be fixed with a little bending, but I really felt like they would fall off if I looked down at anything. almost floating on the ear. having said that, I will just say that chet baker's italian sessions/grado rs2-gs1000=heaven. Chets playing is killer, and with the grados, you hear every reflection off of every wall. and it sounds like an actual trumpet, not that chris botti overproduced blowing into a velvet drape kind of sound. sorry to chris botti fans.
So, I got to try Ray's R10s. having never heard of them before, I was pretty amazed. the soundstage is huge, bass was fat and round, and I liked the detail a lot, although my personal taste is for a little more. not much mind you, but just a tad. I listened to it out of his Raptor, and the prototype thing. I am trying to be critical, but I can stop now, they were amazing. I'll admit that I ended up back at that seat quite a few times. I'll have to pick up a pair at circuit city LOL..
I was really looking forward to hearing the K701s, and they did show up, although they were set up with balanced xlr connects, which limited where we could actually plug them in. I was hoping to hear them through a tube amp, as I often read that they need that. didnt happen. But, I did get to listen to them out of the headroom balanced amp, and they sounded pretty nice. As I have been warned, the bass was a bit light. I dont know how much of that would be helped by a tube amp or not. further listening will be necessary.
There were so many cans and amps there that I had never heard of, that I was pretty overwhelmed. I read the impressions with everyone referencing a million different model numbers, and I really loose track. BUT, I am a noob. so I will see you cats at the Chiunifi, where I will be, notebook in hand, so I can remember what I actually did.
