[Barra]

Purpose/Charter:
With a disappointing lack of local Seattle options for auditioning and purchasing portable audio equipment, our only option has been to "buy to try". The Seattle Head-Fi group has been great for auditioning desktop equipment, but the portable gear seems to be somewhat under represented. Our portable club goal is to mainly provide organization for the portable sector to supplement the existing Seattle Head-Fi group in an effort to raise awareness and representation for portable equipment. However, it does provide an opportunity for its members to arrange private auditions, special interest groups, support comparative research, and most excitingly to gain strength in numbers for wining bids for equipment demos for the Seattle Head-Fi group meetings. Therefore, our initial purpose - though open to suggestion - will start with:
 

• Provide Local Auditions: TBD
• Organize Local Meetings: TBD
• Support Comparative/Group Research: TBD
• Orchestrate Manufacturer Equipment Demos: TBD

 
 
Members (PM Barra to be added):
Barra, miceblue, mechgamer123, Horio, 4nradio, DrForBin, fp581, walteroly, ericr, labrown, Seamaster, xtreme4099, palmfish, 1ceaham, 7ryder, Joshatdot, Midgetguy, [u][color=rgb(0, 102, 204)]H2Ologd[/color][/u]
 
 
Let's Get Started:
Please feel free to begin discussing options, changes for our charter, and PM'ing Barra with membership requests and equipment lists to be added to our inventory below. The first order of business of course is:

• Raise Membership: Raise awareness of the club so we can inventory the current state of Seattle portable gear and interest.
• Gain Inventory: We need to inventory what everyone owns so that we can plan accordingly and schedule auditions.
• Revise Charter: This is your club, not mine so we will determine our purpose democratically.

 

[Barra]

Local Inventory:
 

DAPs	Owns	Had/Auditioned
AK240
AK120	7ryder,
AK100mk2
AK100
HM-901
Sony ZX1
Tera Player	fp581
iBasso DX-100	4nradio, walteroly,
iBasso DX-90	Barra,
iBasso DX-50		Barra,
FIIO X5	Barra, labrown,
FIIO X3
Colorfly C3		Barra,
Clip+	DrForBin, Barra, palmfish
Clip Zip	Barra, miceblue, palmfish
iPod Nano 3G	DrForBin,
iPod Classic 7G	DrForBin,
iPod Classic 6G	mechgamer123, Barra, [size=inherit]DrForBin[/size]
iPod Classic 5G	miceblue,
iPod Touch 3G	palmfish
iPod Touch 4G	DrForBin,
iPod Video	fp581, palmfish,
iPad 3	palmfish, Barra,
iPhone 5S	Barra,
iPhone 4S	miceblue, palmfish,
Cowon S9	fp581
Cowon iAudio7	Joshatdot
htc one m7	fp581
sony z	fp581
cowon d2+	fp581

 

CIEMs	Owns	Had/Auditioned
Hidition NT6pro	Barra,
Spiral Ear SE5
Noble K10
Roxanne
JH16
JH13
1964 Ears V6-Stage	ericr
UE PRM	Horio,
Westone ES5	7ryder

 

Amps/DACs Plus	Owns	Had/Auditioned
BH2	Barra,
JDS Labs C5D (DAC/amp)	miceblue,
Objective 2	miceblue,	4nradio,
ODAC	ericr
JDS Labs C5	miceblue, DrForBin,
FiiO E12	miceblue,
FiiO E7 (DAC/amp)	miceblue,
Schiit Audio Vali	4nradio,
NuForce Icon iDo	DrForBin,
CEntrance DACport	[size=inherit]Seamaster[/size]
Geek Out 1000 DAC/AMP	xtreme4099
L3 Headamp	xtreme4099
Lisa 3 Headphone Amp	xtreme4099
VentureCraft GO-DAP	palmfish
JDS Labs CmoyBB 2.02	1ceaham
Audio quest Dragonfly	1ceaham
Joshatdot CMoy v1.03	Joshatdot

 

IEMs	Owns	Had/Auditioned
Shure SE846	Seamaster
TF10	Barra	4nradio,
Monster Turbine Coppers	Barra
Vsonic GR07 BE	mechgamer123
Ultimate Ears UE900		mechgamer123
DUNU DN-1000		mechgamer123
Aurisonics ASG-2		mechgamer123
Sony XBA-H3	mechgamer123
Sennheiser CX-300	miceblue,
MEElectronics M9-BK	miceblue,
JLab JBuds J5M	miceblue,
Shure SE215	4nradio,
TDK BA200	ericr
Earsonics SM64	ericr
JVC HA-FX34	Joshatdot
JVC HA-FX66	Joshatdot
future sonics m5	Joshatdot
Etymotic ER-4S	DrForBin
Hifiman RE-400	labrown
Westone UM Pro 50		Seamaster
Etymotic ER4P	xtreme4099
Etymotic Research HF5	palmfish

 

Headphones	Owns	Had/Auditioned
V-MODA Crossfade M-100	miceblue,	4nradio,
V-MODA Crossfade M-80		4nradio,
Onkyo ES-FC300	4nradio,
AKG K 550	DrForBin,
NAD VISO HP50	DrForBin
Phillip-ONeil Bends x4	DrForBin
Sennheiser HD 25-1 II	DrForBin
ultrasone pro 2500	fp581
akg k601	fp581
Audeze LCD2	walteroly, Barra
Sennheiser HD 595	Barra,
Sennheiser HD 558	palmfish
Focal Spirit Professional	labrown
Sennheiser HD580	xtreme4099
Hifiman HE-500	xtreme4099
Koss KSC75	palmfish
Grado SR60i	palmfish, Barra,
Grado SR-80	Joshatdot
Beyerdynamic DT-1350	1ceaham
Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80ohm	Joshatdot
Koss KCS-35	Joshatdot

 

[Barra]

Meeting/Research Links:

 

[Barra]

Reserved: 

 

[mechgamer123]

I would be interested. Currently I own an iPod classic 6G, Sony XBA-H3, Vsonic GR07 BE, and I've owned/tried a bunch of IEMs including Ultimate Ears UE900, Aurisonics ASG-2, DUNU DN-1000, and a few others I forgot about.

 

[Barra]

  I would be interested. Currently I own an iPod classic 6G, Sony XBA-H3, Vsonic GR07 BE, and I've owned/tried a bunch of IEMs including Ultimate Ears UE900, Aurisonics ASG-2, DUNU DN-1000, and a few others I forgot about.

Thanks mechgamer123, I will add you to the roster and inventory.
 
 
Announcement:
BTW, I should mention that Noble Audio is interested in appearing at the summer Seattle Head-Fi meeting in July if we can lock down a July meeting date before the Noble Audio calendar books up. They would be flying out and bringing their demo lineup including the K10 that everyone is talking about. I am not sure what they are bringing in terms of DAPs, but I would love to have a good Seattle DAP lineup to listen to these TOTL CIEMs through.

 

[Horio]

I might be interested in a portable meet.  All I have is a pair of UE Reference Monitors.  I've been meaning to get an amp for it since I bought them, but haven't managed to do so yet.  Would be nice to hear some portable amps with the UERM's.

 

[mechgamer123]

 

  I would be interested. Currently I own an iPod classic 6G, Sony XBA-H3, Vsonic GR07 BE, and I've owned/tried a bunch of IEMs including Ultimate Ears UE900, Aurisonics ASG-2, DUNU DN-1000, and a few others I forgot about.

Thanks mechgamer123, I will add you to the roster and inventory.
 
 
Announcement:
BTW, I should mention that Noble Audio is interested in appearing at the summer Seattle Head-Fi meeting in July if we can lock down a July meeting date before the Noble Audio calendar books up. They would be flying out and bringing their demo lineup including the K10 that everyone is talking about. I am not sure what they are bringing in terms of DAPs, but I would love to have a good Seattle DAP lineup to listen to these TOTL CIEMs through.

Thanks! By the way, the H3 is a universal IEM, not an amp. 

 
Sounds like fun, I may not be able to attend that meet though because I'd be back at home in Walla Walla, but I'll see.

 

[miceblue]

Yup, you can count me in the group. I'm more interested in portable headphones, media players, and amplifiers, but I've always been interested in a custom in-ear monitor eventually....some day. I've read a lot of good things about Noble Audio, so that would be quite an interesting experience for me.

As for gear I have:

Portable headphones:

• V-MODA Crossfade M-100

Earphones:

• Sennheiser CX-300
• MEElectronics M9-BK
• JLab JBuds J5M

Portable media players:

• Sansa Clip Zip
• iPod 5G
• iPhone 4S

Amplifiers:

• JDS Labs C5
• JDS Labs C5D (DAC/amp)
• Objective 2 (more transportable than portable)
• FiiO E12
• FiiO E7 (DAC/amp)

 

[Barra]

Added Horio and updated inventory.

 

[Barra]

Added 4nradio to membership and inventoried his gear.

 

[Barra]

 

 

  I would be interested. Currently I own an iPod classic 6G, Sony XBA-H3, Vsonic GR07 BE, and I've owned/tried a bunch of IEMs including Ultimate Ears UE900, Aurisonics ASG-2, DUNU DN-1000, and a few others I forgot about.

Thanks mechgamer123, I will add you to the roster and inventory.
 
 
Announcement:
BTW, I should mention that Noble Audio is interested in appearing at the summer Seattle Head-Fi meeting in July if we can lock down a July meeting date before the Noble Audio calendar books up. They would be flying out and bringing their demo lineup including the K10 that everyone is talking about. I am not sure what they are bringing in terms of DAPs, but I would love to have a good Seattle DAP lineup to listen to these TOTL CIEMs through.

Thanks! By the way, the H3 is a universal IEM, not an amp. 

 
Sounds like fun, I may not be able to attend that meet though because I'd be back at home in Walla Walla, but I'll see.

Maybe we can arrange to have you bring and assortment of Walla Walla wines for our events. 

 That's my favorite wine region.
 
BTW, that is the nice thing about a smaller group like this is that we can pull together smaller special events on a moments notice so missing big ones is less painful.

 

[Barra]

Added DrForBin and updated inventory.

 

[fp581]

where and when? i have:
tera,
ultrasone 2500 pro
akg k601
ipod video
cowon s9
htc one m7
sony z
cowon d2+ (or something like that)

 

[Barra]

  where and when? i have:
tera,
ultrasone 2500 pro
akg k601
ipod video
cowon s9
htc one m7
sony z
cowon d2+ (or something like that)

Hey fp581, you and your inventory are added to the roster.
 
We are prepping for the upcoming summer event in July by getting as many people as possible interested and trying for manufacturer demos. If you are interested in CIEMs, DAPs, or HPs for portable or other use, please piggy back off of this club to invite them to our events or to provide demos for us to host. Otherwise, this is an opportunity to introduce ourselves and make sure that we bring our portable gear to the meets. I know that personally, seeing all the exquisite desktop setups, I have been reluctant to pull out my portable gear feeling outclassed. However, I would love to hear what all fuss is about the items that we have no other way to audition in Seattle. Personally, I am very excited to hear your Tera Player given the excitement surrounding it.