piksnz
100+ Head-Fier
Will bring my JH Audio Layla, Chord Hugo playing native DSD flawlessly from iphone, AK240 and Sony Z7.
Would love to be there, shame I'm at the wrong end of the country. Cheaper to get the Aus than Akld.
OK, some news - we have a date! For a variety of reasons I have pushed it back until Saturday Sept 5th, and it will run from 10am-4pm (people showing gear will be able to come from 8am to set up and allow their Vega's/tubes and suchlike time to warm up). Tickets will be the same as last year at $10 (on sale on Trademe shortly) and people showing gear get free entry for their community service.
In other news:
I just pulled the trigger on some Mr Speakers Ethers, and a pair of Questyle CMA800R amps (for monoblock mode for the HE-6!), and there is still a possibility I might grab an Yggdrasil before the meet (although if I did I would probably need to jetison the Vega to cover costs). I'll also have plenty of portable gears to bring along with the T5p, Senn Momentum 2.0, PM-3, HA-2, Geek Out 450, Schiit Fulla, Dragonfly 1.2 and HeadAmp Pico DAC/amp.
...and I'm in talks with an SR009 owner and hoping to convince him to bring them along for us all to drool over (figuratively, at any rate, as I doubt the prospect of having the 009s doused in the saliva of strangers will prove a selling point).
I am particularly interested in the Oppo HA-2 - can you still use this with the old ipod classic (generation 6, 160GB)?
I think so, but I'd have to check since I'm not an 'i-device' kinda guy.
That's cool - I can check it out and audition at the meet...
I have a trip to the US at the end of Sept, so that may be buying some gear over there ... going to RMAF and its associated CanJam in Denver too which is rather exciting!
Never been to a meet before so I don't know how it works haha. Was just wondering, since I use my computer as my source for music, how will my rig play? I think I'll need someone elses laptop/source? I don't want to depend on someones laptop or anything but I have no other player besides my phone haha. I can also bring along my Westone ES50's that I just received!
Should be able to swing a hotspot for WiFi at the venue on the day, and my suggestion is that everyone exhibiting and using computers as sources should use a free trial of Tidal (unless already subbed of course) to try and allow a really good selection of music at lossless quality for people to try. Also recommend bringing in your own material on an external drive of some kind too.