Had a great time, I can’t believe that I almost didn’t go & that I had any idea that I might actually leave early. Once again, too much gear to listen to & people to talk with in such a short time. Thanks to Keith for sponsoring & the vendors who sent gear.
Favorite gear listened to:
Jibzilla’s Wheatfield amp– Hadn’t even heard of this before, absolutely great sound with the HD800s (and great set up in general with the Auralic Ark et al.)
All the Stax setups, esp Maverickronin’s modded lamdas - This was really the first time I have had a chance to listen to Stax phones with any real focus. Very interested in getting a setup for myself now, generally loved the sound and the various flavors of cans at the meet.
Most surprising gear listened to:
The Darin Fong Audio “Out of Your Head” software demo – very interesting and impressive. I will be trying this out in depth soon since I won the raffle!
HE1k – was most surprised by the price and how by much sound leaks both in and out of these cans. A meet is definitely not the right environment to try these out.
Most Favorite moments:
Winning more raffle prizes than actually existed & still turning down the Verbs
Watching audioaddicts’s face when I told him someone who shall remain nameless was attempting to push his amp & headphones to distortion levels. Priceless
Least Favorite moments:
Almost dying (thanks again to whoever helped me out, never got the name!)
Missing out on one of Zach’s hugs
Note: Least favorite moments are not necessarily presented in order of least favorite.
