[BIG POPPA]

This meet was probably the best at BottleHead since they started inviting us. We had a table full at the premeet. We had the biggest turnout. This place was jumping. We had new peeps from Canada, there was new gear to audition. Audeze EL-8's, even got to audition DocB's new DAC. Um that thing was making peeps grin from ear to ear. The Vinyl set up was just plain retro. Receiver , TT, receiver, cans. that was it. Great rig. All the new faces, a whole lot. And a Big Thank You to DocB and Queen Eileen, Just some of the best host's you can ever have. And I know there was a ton of pic's taken. More to come.

 

[xtroria]

Thanks @bigpoppa for organizing this meet and doc for having us. Probably the only headphones I still need to listen to are Ether, HE-1000 and SR-009 

 

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[Soundsgoodtome]

Had a great time at Bottlehead HQ on this one, big thanks to Bottlehead (Doc B, Queen Eileen, and co) for hosting. Gil and Stan for getting it together and whoever I didn't mention.

I took some pics but only after 3 cups of the ipa so most came out blurry.. I'll see which came out fine.

Driving over narrows bridge.

 

[atomicbob]

Big thanks to Big Poppa for organizing. And very special thanks to Doc B and Queen E as the best hosts for which we could ask. A great time with so many. Had a lot of positive responses to the Auralic Vega + Crack + HD800 combination. Crack certainly holds its own in such fine company.

 

[Doc B.]

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday. It was a great meet, I think maybe the best yet at our shop, and surely the most well attended. I think Gil said pretty close to 50 in attendance. It was great to see the old gang and a real treat to see so many new faces.
 
Apologies for not having our new amp running upstairs and only on static display. PB gave it a valiant effort but simply ran out of time to work out the last few details. That said our backup plan of running the K1Ks with a Parabee preamp and Paramount amps seemed to go over as well as it has in the past. If you heard and liked that yesterday, I think you will really like the new one once we get it finished. 

 

[blownaway]

  Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday. It was a great meet, I think maybe the best yet at our shop, and surely the most well attended. I think Gil said pretty close to 50 in attendance. It was great to see the old gang and a real treat to see so many new faces.
 
Apologies for not having our new amp running upstairs and only on static display. PB gave it a valiant effort but simply ran out of time to work out the last few details. That said our backup plan of running the K1Ks with a Parabee preamp and Paramount amps seemed to go over as well as it has in the past. If you heard and liked that yesterday, I think you will really like the new one once we get it finished. 

 
This might hold us over for now..beautiful! 
 

 

[blownaway]

This rocked my world. Going old school with Doc's AK1000 and his private collection 2nd gen studio master recording..  I've never heard a headphone setup offer so much realism and emotion as this, a real benchmark in my world. 




Driven via Triode amp

 
Bottlehead "Mainline" amp sounded great with my Grado GS1000e

 

[SpongeRob]

Us guys from Canada (eh) sure enjoyed the trip down. Definitely worth the 13 hour day trip Met lots of nice people. Learned lots since I am still a relative newb.

Highlights for me was getting to try the two pair of stax, listen to Bob's rig, try the fostex th-900's, and plug my LCD-3's into that Odyssey amp setup. Oh! And I can't forget that sick upstairs setup with the K1000's. Thanks to big poppa for not letting us leave without checking it out!

Definitely going to make the trip again.

 

[TK277]

Lots of smiles at the event! Here are some pics.
 
Also I thought the WA7 sounded heavenly with the LCD-3s. First amp outside of my Mjo that I thought did an exceptional job with the LCD-3s. 
 
Audeze EL-8s sounded exceptional when I tried that out as well. Clean sound. I'm a sucker for Audeze I guess.
 
Big thanks to Queen Eileen and Doc B for hosting. It was lovely to meet you!
 
                        

 

[labrown]

Here is some more pictures my girlfriend took
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[alpha421]

Nice pics all.  Any impression on the that PONO?

 

[gefski]

Ah yes, another great meet!

Thanks to Doc, Eileen, Gil. Also everyone sharing gear (and adaptors several times!). Thanks miceblue for the advance list of attendees/gear--I knew in advance what to hunt down. Pre meet cioppino and brew at Harbor Pub was excellent.

Highlights for me:

Chat with Doc about the Tape Project and the listen to Dave Alvin and Bill Evans Trio cuts on the Nagra/Bottlehead/K1000 rig. Not "HI-FI", just music being played in the room!

Alpha Primes thru my WA6 - what an accomplishment. A closed can with great isolation that is beautifully balanced and transparent. Only when directly compared to the Stax Lambdas was it slightly less transparent.

LCD-3 thru WA6 - Completely relaxed, everything natural, detail everywhere but it's a coherent whole. Not dark. Again and again I like the LCD 2/3s

GS1000e thru WA6. Everything I like about my RS1i, but more expansive, and perhaps smoother?

Revisited HD 650 and HD 600 thru WA6. Excellent, not as much midrange cloud cover as I remember from when I sold my 650. Guess I'll have to re-buy one.

Didn't get to hear the Bottlehead Dac. Maybe one will show at the next meet.

Looking forward to the next one!!

 

[curbfeeler]

This was a well-attended meet with some new blood to freshen the experience. As always, Doc B and Queen Eileen were gracious hosts.
Thanks to DrForBin for his kind words about my system. For the record that is comprised of:
Windows 7 laptop, JRiver MC 20 WASAPI, Light Harmonic Lightspeed split USB cable, iFi iUSBPower on 5V leg of Lightspeed alone, Benchmark DAC2 HGC/HPA2 amp, Nordost Heimdall 2 cabling and Audez’e LCD-2.2 cans

 

[curbfeeler]

I failed to mention the power provisioning and resonance control afforded my system.
These are:
Cryoparts, aka Lee Weiland, CryoMax III cables and cryogenically treated Marinco and Furutech connectors
Cryoparts outlet strip
Stillpoints OEM footers under the Benchmark
Stillpoints cones and risers under the laptop PC