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Wish I could've stayed longer. Was an awesome meet.
I had an amazing time, it was so much fun getting to know everyone and get critical feedback. I mostly wanted to get to know everybody's preferences of sound as I craft future hi-fi gear for this community. It was odd as the content had such an impact at this show on the inpression of "whats good" compared to Canjam. I secretly tested a popular new genre, dub step on many rigs and learned a lot. Yet, other genres the owners had qued up sounded brilliant and articulate. The right weapon for the battle is critical. And content, content, content. Even same genre in the same year's mastering is vital on uncompressed tracks.
A lot of the gear couldn't handle modern music I found out. Last time, I mostly tested jazz and acoustics and I liked the hd800 and stax 009s. There is a huge "divide" now IMO of what is a great headphone based on the genre, more than ever before. It's important to have multiple headphones to maximize your experience based on genre and environment.
The most kick ass headphone for me was the antique Technics, it sounded like crap but I loved the ID! Loved the reel 2 reel and I'm always a sucker for tube amps, but nobody brought a LP record player. Let's get pure analog next time! I wish I won the Altoids amp.
Cheers everybody, see you in LA for the next meet soon!!!
Yeah UE discounts at the meets are nice. Free impression and in my case 20% off made my UERM $800 instead of $1000 + impressions ($50-100). Not sure who your main rep was there, but Jeanette Coffey was very helpful at RMAF and in contact via email regarding a refit. They fit perfectly now and sound great as well.
Thanks to CEETEE for running a smooth meet again. I know Christian put a lot of time and energy into organizing everything and I'm sure all attendees today really appreciated all of his efforts. Also a big thanks to Susan for coming to welcome everyone with a big smile and helping with being the receptionist for the meet.
It was great to chat with and see everyone again. Had a good time chatting with my neighbors Clayton SF, particleman10, shipsupt, mkubota1, and shane55. Also chatted with many others throughout the day, though my terrible memory betrays me again.
Really enjoyed the big audio technica showing at the meet, W3000ANV (purrin), L3000 (mikeymad) and W5000 (head-fier who set up his gear in the lobby that I cannot remember the name of). Really solidified my bias toward their cans and further pushing me toward picking up some W3000ANV's while they are still available new.
Other highlights included Clayton SF's Leben CS300XS, n3rdling's everything, and the various AKG K1000 set up's (there were four of them, I think, and they were were all great).
It is always a pleasure to spend a day listening to great music with great people.
Edit: Sorted through my bad pictures and posted a few of them here.
http://www.head-fi.org/gallery/album/view/id/564454/user_id/137491#