[Questyle]

Been a long year coming but the Summer Series is back at The Source AV! Join us and many more sponsors to be announced on July 29th for refreshments and wonderful listening!

Been a quiet few months since the last headphone event in LA so we would to extend a warm welcome to all!

The date again is July 29th, Noon to 4:00 PM

And the address is: 3035 Kashiwa St, Torrance, CA 90505

Can't wait to see everyone again!

 

[TSAVJason]

I love these meets, I look forward to meeting new friends and seeing all the friends we've got to know already.

Oh yeah, Questyle along with all the vendors are supplying the food & beverages! It's going to be great!

 

[TSAVJason]

Just to name a few showing at our Summer Series 2017 meet here at TSAV

 

[miceblue]

Looking forward to the event! Last year's events were awesome.

 

[TSAVJason]

Just a few more featured brands showing new products at TSAV's Summer Series 2017

 

[Questyle]

This event will feature the new CMA400i and the new QP2R! Production models and no longer just prototype units!

 

[Netforce]

HeadSonix will be raffling a few headphones this weekend!

 

[miceblue]

: o

 

[miceblue]

Here are a handful of photos I took at the event. Thank you to @TSAVJason for hosting the event!


Shozy Alien+



Cozoy Tackt and Hibiki



Questyle CMA400i




QP2R



Audeze LCD-i4



Sennheiser HDV 820



Cayin iDAP-6, iDAC-6, iHA-6



Astell and Kern KANN



McIntosh MB50 and MHA150



Woo Audio WA33 Eclipse

 

[TSAVJason]

Here are a handful of photos I took at the event. Thank you to @TSAVJason for hosting the event!


Shozy Alien+



Cozoy Tackt and Hibiki



Questyle CMA400i




QP2R



Audeze LCD-i4



Sennheiser HDV 820



Cayin iDAP-6, iDAC-6, iHA-6



Astell and Kern KANN



McIntosh MB50 and MHA150



Woo Audio WA8 Eclipse

Hey Mike, that is the Woo Audio WA33 not the WA8 ....thanks for taking all those cool shots of some of the cool gear.

 

[Odin412]

Thanks everybody for hosting such a great event! Here are some of the great combos that I got to try out. They all sounded really good, but of course they were all slightly different:

• ZMF Eikon with ampsandsound Mogwai. The EIkon loves tube amps.
• Audeze LCD-XC with Woo Audio WA33 and LCD-4 with McIntosh MHA150. The LCD-XC sounds more 'up close' where the LCD-4 sounds more 'delicate' as my wife put it. She preferred the LCD-4.
• Sennheiser HD 650 with ampsandsound Kenzie. The HD 650 is one of the all-time great headphones and sounded especially good with the Kenzie.
• Sennheiser HD 800S with the new (unreleased, coming later this year) HDV 820 amp. Very spacious soundstage.
• MrSpeakers Ether Flow with Cavalli Liquid Gold. This is a really great combo with deep, punchy bass. With all the excitement around the Ether Electrostat it's easy to forget what a great headphone the Ether Flow really is.
• MrSpeakers Ether Electrostat with Blue Hawaii SE. Wow, to my ears this is the best sound from any electrostatic headphone - and yes, I have heard the Stax 009/BHSE combo. Deep, juicy bass from an electrostat! Smooth treble with no brightness. (My wife preferred the Ether Electrostat to the Flow, saying it sounded more 'delicate'.)

By the way, on the way home after the event my wife asked me: "So, you really spend thousands of dollars chasing these really small differences in sound?" Answer: Yes. A pretty concise summary of our hobby!

Again, big thanks to everyone for making this event happen!

 

[TSAVJason]

Thanks everybody for hosting such a great event! Here are some of the great combos that I got to try out. They all sounded really good, but of course they were all slightly different:

• ZMF Eikon with ampsandsound Mogwai. The EIkon loves tube amps.
• Audeze LCD-XC with Woo Audio WA33 and LCD-4 with McIntosh MHA150. The LCD-XC sounds more 'up close' where the LCD-4 sounds more 'delicate' as my wife put it. She preferred the LCD-4.
• Sennheiser HD 650 with ampsandsound Kenzie. The HD 650 is one of the all-time great headphones and sounded especially good with the Kenzie.
• Sennheiser HD 800S with the new (unreleased, coming later this year) HDV 820 amp. Very spacious soundstage.
• MrSpeakers Ether Flow with Cavalli Liquid Gold. This is a really great combo with deep, punchy bass. With all the excitement around the Ether Electrostat it's easy to forget what a great headphone the Ether Flow really is.
• MrSpeakers Ether Electrostat with Blue Hawaii SE. Wow, to my ears this is the best sound from any electrostatic headphone - and yes, I have heard the Stax 009/BHSE combo. Deep, juicy bass from an electrostat! Smooth treble with no brightness. (My wife preferred the Ether Electrostat to the Flow, saying it sounded more 'delicate'.)

By the way, on the way home after the event my wife asked me: "So, you really spend thousands of dollars chasing these really small differences in sound?" Answer: Yes. A pretty concise summary of our hobby!

Again, big thanks to everyone for making this event happen!

Yes it was fun and good to see a lot of our friends again. No worries there is more Summer Series 2017 coming still.