[leesure]

Thanks to everyone who came down for the meet! We had 25 individual setups plus a vendor table and reps with setups from HifiMan and Headamp! Rough head count was 45 people!

And the most important stats...FOUR 24" hoagies AND 3 large pizzas. Hungry head-fires can EAT!

I hope everyone had as much fun as I did!

This is the place to leave your impressions of the meet itself and the gear you liked best!

And please include lots of photos if you took them!

 

[eddiek997]

Thanks for hosting Lee, my first meet was a real ear opener!
 
Met some great people too..

 

[leesure]

Thanks for hosting Lee, my first meet was a real ear opener!

Met some great people too..

Glad you were there!

 

[pfurey89]

Lots of fun. Thanks for hosting! Funny I had no idea you shared a studio with Mike. I know him through the photo industry. Small world.

That Stax 009 has me saving my pennies.

 

[blackwolf1006]

Nice meeting all. I will be posting pictures on instagram  #phillyheadfimeet2017

 

[mbyrnes]

Lots of fun. Thanks for hosting! Funny I had no idea you shared a studio with Mike. I know him through the photo industry. Small world.

That Stax 009 has me saving my pennies.

And THAT is why I didn't listen to them! Lol. Glad I found a headphone I want, that I don't need to sell a kidney or testicle to buy! Hifiman X was a great headphone I can justify the price of.

Loved meeting everyone, wonderful day with a ridiculous amount of awesome gear! My only regret was truly, a lack of time. Between listening and talking with everyone, the day flew by. I got some great info from people, and I definitely have a direction to head the next few months.

Hoping to make CanJam next week!

 

[AuxNuke]

Had a fantastic time today, always great to meet some local folks who share similar interests; the conversations make the meet worth it!
 
For a medium sized crowd, there was some GREAT gear at this meet!  Some impressions that stick out in my mind:

1. Finally got to hear to the R10's (and compare them to the new Z1R's!): They do live up to the hype albeit with a late 80's flair.  The Z1R's are a different beast; very high quality but not quite sure if they are "my sound"
2. Lots of good portable setups; those amps have come a long way!  The PHA-1A and the WA8 sound fantastic
3. The Mitchell & Johnson MJ2 was a surprise for the price; Frank was spot on there
4. Got to hear my SR-007 Mk II on the BHSE again... might be time to retire the trusty SRM-727.  I might be the odd man out but I still prefer the SR-007 sound to the SR-009.
5. The HiFiMAN Edition 6... still not sure what to think here.  They have such a unique sound that, I don't know if I liked them or hated them, which means I just need more listening time
   
     Dat $6k price though; I directly compared them to my HE-X v2 and I'm 100% sure they're not worth $4800 more...

 
Here's a quick snap of my rig and another random action shot.
 

 
 

 
Hope to see you all again soon!
 
- Aux

 

[mbyrnes]

  Had a fantastic time today, always great to meet some local folks who share similar interests; the conversations make the meet worth it!
 
For a medium sized crowd, there was some GREAT gear at this meet!  Some impressions that stick out in my mind:

1. Finally got to hear to the R10's (and compare them to the new Z1R's!): They do live up to the hype albeit with a late 80's flair.  The Z1R's are a different beast; very high quality but not quite sure if they are "my sound"
2. Lots of good portable setups; those amps have come a long way!  The PHA-1A and the WA8 sound fantastic
3. The Mitchell & Johnson MJ2 was a surprise for the price; Frank was spot on there
4. Got to hear my SR-007 Mk II on the BHSE again... might be time to retire the trusty SRM-727.  I might be the odd man out but I still prefer the SR-007 sound to the SR-009.
5. The HiFiMAN Edition 6... still not sure what to think here.  They have such a unique sound that, I don't know if I liked them or hated them, which means I just need more listening time
   
     Dat $6k price though; I directly compared them to my HE-X v2 and I'm 100% sure they're not worth $4800 more...

 
Here's a quick snap of my rig and another random action shot.
 

 
 

 
Hope to see you all again soon!
 
- Aux

I love your edition X, that is most likely my next purchase. They were something special!

 

[liamstrain]

Thank's for hosting, Lee!

 

[xeph11]

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[windowman]

  I love your edition X, that is most likely my next purchase. They were something special!

Yep, that was the highlight for me too. Thanks for the listen!

 

[artur9]

Lee was a great host with both tasty food and fantastic gear.  Thanks so much, Lee, for putting this together.  I feel for you as you're both an audiophile and a shutterbug
 
I cannot really express how impressed I was with the group and the gear.  It didn't seem like there would be time to hear everything and/or talk to everyone and there wasn't.  What I did get to hear was amazing:  Ragnarok, DAVE, Yggy, Gumby, Cavalli, Blue Hawaii and too many headphones to remember....  Everyone said the Stax would be good and boy! was it.
 
Lee's AudioGuild amp is really sticking in my mind...  At least, I think it was that.  I thought it was a vintage piece!
 
And Eddie's speaker amp driving headphones was very cool and sounded great.
 
I wish I had a bingo card to keep everyone and everything straight.
 
Thanks everyone for an awesome first meet for me.

 

[windowman]

  Had a great time and met some cool people, was my very first meet.
thanks lee for the free cable! 

definitely going to save for my own eikons now, I think they have the exact signature I'm looking for 

not sure whats up with the HE6.. they sounded simply terrible for being $6k. Hopefully that's just the amp as the rep wouldn't let the cans leave the table, but embarrassing if not >_>
AuxNuke's 007 mk2s on the BHSE was a delight that my wallet didn't need to know about

Full album here 

Yep I thought the HE6 was bad enough sounding to possibly being defective

 

[mscott58]

  Yep I thought the HE6 was bad enough sounding to possibly being defective

Traditionally the HE6's require a beast of an amp, with many people I know using traditional 2-channel speaker amps to drive them. What was the amp pairing today? Cheers 

 

[windowman]

Only their $15k amp...it SHOULD be good enough!