Dr. Picker
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Oh, no.
I got back in town in time to find out what I had missed.
John
I got back in town in time to find out what I had missed.
John
Originally Posted by DevilDog Let's see, he had pizza for lunch and a sub sandwich for supper. Well, that's what it was. |
Originally Posted by elrod-tom Looks like you guys had a great meet. Were those R-10's?? I'm sooooo jealous. |
Originally Posted by archosman Whew! Finally had time to sit down and give my impressions. Been burning the candle at both ends of the stick since 2 days before the meet. I really enjoyed being able to listen to a whole bunch of different gear. I've been wanting to listen to the MPX3 (both versions New Hotness & Old School NWT & DD!), PS-1s(certainly not light), RS-1s (I have a pair of 325s and based on those I figured I would't like them due to the "Grado" sound... boy was I wrong. I'll own a pair before too long.) I haven't had any experience with soundcards but I liked DevilDog's Emu 1212m. Also probably helped that alot of the tunes he had I liked. Would have liked to do some comparisons between the 600s and 650s. I was too busy running around making sure everyone had power and such! By the time I got around to the prototype Channel Islands headphone amp it had already been pulled and was in the big room being passed around. I know a few of you got to listen so I'll look for the results as this amp develops. And then we come to Ray... What can I say... What a guy! Ray's one of those people you instantly like once you meet him. I could talk to him for forever... as those of you at Pizza Perfect know! I have to admit I totally forgot we had an amp designer and manufacturer there. He did no hard sales, discussed no prices (unless you asked what they run), and was just like anyone else there. He brought in his amps for us to listen to, period. Being in the TV industry here anytime we go to an event where new gear is being presented we always get the hard sale... get it now while it's new! We'll make you a great deal. Now we come to Ray. He's just like you or me... there to talk about audio, music, amps (mostly his own... I kid!) and the hobby. Not standard salesman's behavior that's for sure. BTW Ray... thank your Mrs. Samuels for us. When I went back and read the original meeting thread you were "negotiating" at the time to come down... so please on the behalf of all of us thank her! Ray also had a little box that would allow us to hear the same source on 2 different amps at the same time. Same thing as an A/B switch. I had a ton of fun guessing what was what. I had a pretty good sucess rate too. We had the HR-2, Stealth, XP-7, SR-71 as well as Ray's Meridian 508. Spent alot of time with all of them. SR-71... man this amp kicks ass. Couldn't believe it would drive my Senns as loud as they did. If you need a portable I'll say this... it's alot more than a portable. We A/B'd a few other amps with it and it really held it's own. I know there's a shootout coming between this one and a "similiar" looking one. I'll be curious to see how it goes. After A/Bing the SR-71 with some of the other amps at our meet I think any other competitors are going to have a hard time against it. I really do. Stealth. Hate to say it... looks like Steve's going to be selling off quite a bit to get this. I suspect my MG OTL and RKV will be going up for sale. Ray had alot of praise for all of the amps there... including the RKV. In fact he owns a Mark III. I've found that I really like the Ray Samuels sound. I'm sorry I didn't jump on it when it was offered at $1395... although I'm sure Ray's glad. I hope you all had a good time. It was alot of fun for me and I enjoyed meeting everyone... DevilDog, ssblood, Ray, Chip, Matthew. I'm sure I missed a few but the more meets we have I'll start remembering everyone's name. Remember folks ... what happens on the road stays on the road! |