Melbourne Head-Fi meet in second half of 2014
Aug 8, 2014 at 6:32 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 311

Loquah

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The next Melbourne meet date is confirmed for Sunday 26th October at Noisy Motel - 48 Porter St, Prahran. Timing is 12:00pm to 4:00pm sharp (pack-up will commence around 3:00pm for those with lots of gear).
 
See below for the list of gear you can see / hear and people you can meet:
 
At this stage the meet is full. If you've arrived late to this thread, please still show your interest with a post because sometimes people drop out at the last minute.
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@atsq17
 
  1. Recabled Beyer T1
  2. Neko Audio D100 Mk2
  3. Modded Crack with Speedball
  4. Audio GD DAC19 DSP
  5. CLAS -db DAC
  6. ALO International amp
  7. Bakoon HPA01
  8. Hifiman RE400
 
Depending on when our meet is... and how good LH Labs are at delivering on time (not holding my breath though), I might also have a Geek Pulse X with all the upgrades
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@Mahdi8
  1. Audio-GD NFB 1.32
  2. Fiio X5
  3. Blue Jeans coax cable
  4. Ibasso db2 balanced out
  5. Toxic silver poison balanced interconnect
  6. RSA Intruder balanced amp
  7. HD800 with Norne audio draug balanced cable
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@lin0003
 
  1. Sennheiser HD800 with Moon Audio Blue Dragon cable
  2. Violectric V200
  3. Dunu DN-2000
  4. HiFiMAN RE-400
  5. NAD M51
  6. Violectric V200
  7. Isotek Polaris (Maybe, if I have space)
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@Loquah
  1. Matrix X-Sabre
  2. Bottlehead S.E.X. (modified)
  3. Bottlehead Mainline (modified)
  4. Beyer T1s with foam cube mod (my own design - not yet released
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  5. Audeze LCD 2.2 with FBI copper litz cable
  6. E12DIY with MUSES01 and LME49600 buffers
  7. FIDUE A83
  8. Shure SE846 with FBI silver litz cable (suits any MMCX earphones including FIDUE A83)
  9. Matrix Quattro balanced amp with upgraded NJM5532 op amps
 
I can also bring anything else in my profile if anyone's interested
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@FlatCactus
  1. AKG K702
  2. Etymotic ER4p/s
  3. Audio gd 15.32
  4. iBasso d7
  5. Aiaiai tma-1
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@Show
  1. Beyer T1
  2. ATH-W3000Anv
  3. LCD 2.1 (with Norne Audio Draug v2)
  4. LCD 2.2F
  5. Audio-gd Master 9
  6. Audio-gd Master 7
  7. JRMC 20 (via laptop)
 
Hopefully a fully balanced tube amp if I have found one I like by then. Also have a Draug V2 on order with express shipping. Rhodium Audeze and Silver XLR termination.
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@MrWong
  1. Burson Conductor SL 1793
  2. Mr Speakers Alpha Dogs (with Norne cable)
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@michael4321
May be a visitor with limited gear
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@gikigill
  1. Multiple IEMs
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@whitelotus
  1. Denon D5000 with MarkL mods and Lawton pads
  2. Mad Dog 3.2s
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@anupong
  1. Beyer T90
  2. Rhapsodio UIEM Ref Ti with nylon cable
  3. AAW UIEM A3h hybrid
  4. VentureCraft GoDap DD socket 627
  5. HeadAmp Pico Power
  6. Shozy px-m1
  7. Graham Slee voyage Portable Headphone Amplifier 
  8. Imod PWaudio monocrystal silver gen5.5 30g
  9. iPod classic 160g
  10. HUM audio (if nothing wrong^^)
  11. Lots of interconnect mini to mini , ipod to mini , even the 30pin ipod to usb digital
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@Fungus
  1. Westone UM3x rc
  2. AKG K301xtra
  3. Sennheiser HD25-13-II
  4. Alessandro  MS2i
  5. Sony NW-HD5
  6. JDS Labs C5 
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@BlackLabel
  1. Shure SE846
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Aug 12, 2014 at 2:58 AM Post #2 of 311
I'm in! Mahdi said he is in for sure as well. 
 
I will be bringing (if they don't get sold or traded in the meantime):
 
recabled T1, Neko Audio D100 Mk2 (Audiophilleo2 sent for repairs), modded crack with speedball, Audio GD SA-1.32 (4 x PCM1704UK)  Audio GD DAC19  DSP (Sold)
 
CLAS -db DAC, ALO International amp, RWAK240 (Sold), Bakoon HPA01, Hifiman RE400, Black Alpha Dog with Norne Audio Skoll Cable.
 
 
Depending on when our meet is... and how good LH Labs are at delivering on time (not holding my breath though), I might also have a Geek Pulse X with all the upgrades. (fat chance)
 
Aug 12, 2014 at 4:38 AM Post #4 of 311
I'm in I'll bring my portable setup only this time since Andy's already bring crack and dac19. No point bringing 2. I'll bring

Fiio x5
Blue jeans coax cable
Ibasso db2 balanced out
Toxic silver poison balanced interconnect
RSA intruder balanced amp
Hd800 with Norne audio draug balanced cable
 
Aug 12, 2014 at 6:02 AM Post #6 of 311
Depends on the date. Lol. I have my 30th, my mates engagement party, another's wedding, a house to paint a d ski race season starting in sep/Oct lol.
I would love to come to one of these though eventually.

Will just wait on the date and see.

I could bring if I come.

Dx90 dap, jh7 ciems (not that they will be much fun) and a pair of by then nodded grado sr80i's.

Scott
 
Aug 12, 2014 at 6:11 AM Post #7 of 311
Depends on the date. Lol. I have my 30th, my mates engagement party, another's wedding, a house to paint a d ski race season starting in sep/Oct lol.
I would love to come to one of these though eventually.

Will just wait on the date and see.

I could bring if I come.

Dx90 dap, jh7 ciems (not that they will be much fun) and a pair of by then nodded grado sr80i's.

Scott

 
I refuse to not have you there - you've missed so many!!
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Jokes aside, if we can make it a date you're available we will so don't be shy in saying what you can / can't do.
 
What sort of mod are your SR80s getting? My MS1s are still sadly more stock than I'd like
 
Aug 12, 2014 at 6:36 AM Post #8 of 311
Hahaha
I will check the calendar.

They are stock as we speak.
I have some Madagascar ebony cups on their way.
I don't mind the bass as it is but pending how the cups effect it maybe a hole mod.
Pending I am happy with the sound as a whole I will keep the sr80 drivers and do a detachable single sided mod with a 3.5 stereo jack in one cup.
Also a nice leather headband. But that can wait.
If I am still wanting more I am thinking about the turbulent x drivers but I have heard they are 'too' refined. I don't want to stray too far from that grado sound.

That and of course finding some pads/quarter mod I like most.
In the past I preferred the g cush with the rs1 and msPro. So will try that but am really liking the comfies with the sr80s so far.

What are you thinking about doing?

Oh teaser for the cups.

 
Aug 12, 2014 at 6:46 AM Post #9 of 311
I tried making some wood cups myself, but it didn't go well because I didn't have quite the right tools (good at making holes, not rings).
 
I've got quarter mod comfies and balanced termination, but that's all and may stay that way for ever now because they're just my knock around phones, but they're great!
 
Aug 12, 2014 at 7:22 AM Post #10 of 311
Sure, I will bring a little less this time. 
 
Sennheiser HD800
Sennheiser HD700
Audio Technica AD900
Dunu DN-2000
HiFiMAN RE-400
 
iBasso DX50
iBasso DX90
Audiolab M-DAC
Violectric V200
Isotek Polaris (Maybe, if I have space)
 
If there is already another HD800 at the meet, I think I might not bring mine, the amp and DAC take up quite a bit of room. 
 
Aug 12, 2014 at 7:26 AM Post #11 of 311
I'm in I'll bring my portable setup only this time since Andy's already bring crack and dac19. No point bringing 2. I'll bring

Fiio x5
Blue jeans coax cable
Ibasso db2 balanced out
Toxic silver poison balanced interconnect
RSA intruder balanced amp
Hd800 with Norne audio draug balanced cable

 
Might need to borrow your nifty Crack transportation case.   :)
 
Aug 12, 2014 at 7:28 AM Post #12 of 311
  Sure, I will bring a little less this time. 
 
Sennheiser HD800
Sennheiser HD700
Audio Technica AD900
Dunu DN-2000
HiFiMAN RE-400
 
iBasso DX50
iBasso DX90
Audiolab M-DAC
Violectric V200
Isotek Polaris (Maybe, if I have space)
 
If there is already another HD800 at the meet, I think I might not bring mine, the amp and DAC take up quite a bit of room. 

 
 
Nice! V200. Pity I sold my TH900... I bet it would have sounded spectacular on that. 
 
DN2000. Also nice.  Isotek Polaris... I have a poor man's version... the Belkin Isolator. 
 
Do you have a different HD800 cable though? Did you end up getting a cable from Frank? 
 
Aug 12, 2014 at 7:31 AM Post #13 of 311
No, I think I will put that money into a better DAC and amp first. The Polaris is quite nice, but not sure if it is worth the $600 asking price TBH. 
 
I bought a Blue Dragon to reterminate though. 
 
Aug 12, 2014 at 7:32 AM Post #14 of 311
Aug 12, 2014 at 7:35 AM Post #15 of 311
Hahaha
I will check the calendar.

They are stock as we speak.
I have some Madagascar ebony cups on their way.
I don't mind the bass as it is but pending how the cups effect it maybe a hole mod.
Pending I am happy with the sound as a whole I will keep the sr80 drivers and do a detachable single sided mod with a 3.5 stereo jack in one cup.
Also a nice leather headband. But that can wait.
If I am still wanting more I am thinking about the turbulent x drivers but I have heard they are 'too' refined. I don't want to stray too far from that grado sound.

That and of course finding some pads/quarter mod I like most.
In the past I preferred the g cush with the rs1 and msPro. So will try that but am really liking the comfies with the sr80s so far.

What are you thinking about doing?

Oh teaser for the cups.


Oh that is just S E X Y
 

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