This might whet some appetites - I will be taking delivery in the next few weeks of some used (350hrs) Takatsukis (300Bs and 274Bs). Considering these tubes take about 500 hrs to fully break in they will be at their best around the time of the meet.
Stuff I plan to bring along:
Glenn 300B amp
OR WA5 (whichever is the best sounding - big 300B tube amps are beasts to cart around with those huge transformers).
Auralic Vega DAC
Simaudio 430HA
Wadia i170 transport (iPod is my digital source - don't laugh - a binary data stream is a binary data stream is a binary data stream).
Modded HE6
Modded HD800
The Taks will go with whichever tube amp I hump along - both 300B and 274Bs with WA5, 300Bs only with Glenn amp. (I will be shocked if the Glenn amp doesn't kick WA5 butt, but that remains to be seen).
The Auralic Vega + Simaduio 430HA is a special combination - warm, highly musical and detailed. I'm hoping this setup will open some eyes and ears on how close to "tube-like" sound SS can get while retaining the detail + extension that SS excels at. It is indeed "yummy". Looking forward to getting some other points of view on this gear.