Finally! I've been meaning to attend a meet for YEARS. Excited!
I can bring:
IEM:
- Etymotic ER4-PT (w/ PT to S converter cable) (recent model, not a decade old) w/ original cable and DIY Silver cable
- DUNU DN-2000 hybrid triple driver
- Phonak Audeo PFE132 (same driver as any other PFE1** such as PFE122 or 121)
- Q-tips (for real, how do we usually go about IEM's for these? I'll bring all tips and don't mind washing them after, but what does everyone want for themselves?)
Headphones:
- Hifiman HE-400 (non-i version) orthos with original and DIY silver cable (silver = bright!)
- Fostex T50-rp ortho self-modded to approx supermonkeyglider version
- Fostex T20 ortho original version (round diaphrahm) stock
- Superlux HD-681 w/ recommended Shure earpad mod (the $40 "Budget/killer" with a thousand page thread)
- Koss Portapro
DAC/AMP:
- JDS Labs O2/ODAC stock original design w/ recommended original wall wart.
Source:
- Laptop with 1TB of FLAC
Check out subsonic for a service which lets you bitstream FLAC from your home computer, even to mobile devices (android preferred). You browse your home library in a list and it actually downloads the bare FLAC (over WiFi or data) and then plays it on the phone, storing any downloaded audio as original files for local playback later (if you're on the subway for example). It's highly customizable and by default it is set up to download MP3's straight without transcoding, but automatically transcode any requested FLAC to v0 for example by running ffdmpeg.exe (or other, all with configurable command line parameters) on the server computer and sending the mp3 over the network to be played at the client on the fly.
I really want to try electrostats or orthos with flat FR (maybe on the bright side): Looking to maybe pick something up. Everything in this collection I'm bringing has a "flat" frequency response that matches the equal-loudness contour (maybe a bit brighter or darker here or there). Peakiness isn't my favorite. I would love to hear an electrostatic for the first time
Regards