[MilkyWay]

What would really make my day is a HA5000

 

[juzmister]

The Lavry is on its merry way to Japan and I'm sourceless

I am going on exchange next semester and am considering toning down my rig so that I can take it with!

I'll delay the sale of the HD650 Equinox until after the meet though and I'm still bringing the RS-1 along.

 

[Covenant]

Well everyone, the time has come to unveil a bit of a surprise that me, qusp and stevenkelby have been working on for this meet

To celebrate the biggest sydney meet so far, and to assist with funding the meet, we are holding a raffle.

Everyone who attends will recieve one ticket to go in the running to win a prize of their choice from the prize pool. Additional tickets will be purchasable at $5 each, to a maximum of 7 tickets - or $30 - per person, with all funds raised going towards the costs of shipping demo gear/air con for the meet. Any excess funds from the raffle will go towards the after-meet dinner for anyone interested in attending

The first two prizes are iPod-LOD cables, made by qusp:

*Low profile LOD with 22AWG 7N jena labs cryo copper and 6N 20AWG cryo silver, using a neutrik right-angle mini:

Glamour Shot

Low profile LOD in use

*18AWG Jena Labs 7N cryo copper w/20AWG 6N cryo silver:

Glamour Shot

Full size LOD in use

Pico, IEM and iPod shown not included

In addition to these insanely-overbuilt audiophile-worthy LODs, stevenkelby will be bringing a Bijou 3 IEM, hippocase, a LOD and mini interconnect of his own making to add to the prize pool. And there may be a few surprise items in the prize pool on the day, as well...

Prizes will be awarded at the end of the event, and the winners can choose whichever item they wish as their prize. We thought this would be a fun way to finance the event, reward our attendees, and shamelessly plug the talents of our two cable builders

See you all next weekend.

 

[qusp]

nice plug covenant teehee

One thing; I forgot to mention that these LOD's will work on ANY ipod; 3G and upwards including the iphone 3G and 2G touch; so as to make them accessible for anyone owning an apple dap made this century to use if they win

and of course steve will be bringing a mini to mini, so we have pretty much everyone including the luddite's from the other side covered

. unless someone has a portable solution with spdif of course. but where are they anyway

.

 

[elliot42]

Ooohhhh.... niiiiice!!!

Just let me say that I'm rather excited

Damn, those cables look pretty... if I don't win one, I may just have to buy one from one of you two.
They're nice and finished, unlike a lot of my projects. I often don't get around to putting the finishing touches on things

 

[nismohks]

holy crap qusp~! that is one FIIINEEE looking LOD!

ps, how did that sale go with the guy i referred to you?

 

[qusp]

Quote:

Originally Posted by nismohks /img/forum/go_quote.gif holy crap qusp~! that is one FIIINEEE looking LOD! ps, how did that sale go with the guy i referred to you?

good I ship to him on monday thanks man

thanks everyone I try my best. and yes i'm pretty anal/obsessive about finishing

the low profile connector casing is scratch-built out of epoxy putty; I wasn't happy with the results from just modifying an existing one

 

[qusp]

Hey BTW guys how easy is it to get from the cross to canterbury? i'm wanting to buy myself one of the pelican cases for my rig from Digital Camera Warehouse; they're sweet cases wit a lifetime guaranty they are water proof, bouyant (handy for when you go scuba diving with your rig

), they are padded on the inside, crush proof and have a pressure release valve for flying, this hole could be drilled out and replaced with a female mini so you can connect your phones on the outside. plus they look really sweet. not bad pricing really either, the most expensive is $39AUD. i'm deciding whether to wait till I get down there or pony up with the $9 shipping to get it here ready to mod and bring with me on the plane. Of course if I waited I wouldn't be able to get it till the monday after the meet ;(

This one maybe big enough for my ipod/iphone + amp and phones but not all of them
Pelican Camera 1040 Micro Case

Pelican Camera 1030 Micro Case
This one would be perfect for a nano or similar size DAP plus amp and IEMS

Pelican Camera 1050 Micro Case
this one is probably just big (tall) enough to fit both DIYMOD and iphone_+pico and IEMS

tossing up between these and the hippocase (maybe the thirsty al at a pinch they sell them too) but this would definately have the edge on protection and if I can mount a mini jack in it then it'll be perfect

the idea being to turn it into the ultmate portable line out dock (w/ large caps perhaps in another case inside; maybe even see if I can incorporate the shure iphone adapter into it for a remote to skip tracks etc without opening it. wow i'm letting my mind get carried away on this one. HMMMMMM

 

[elliot42]

Getting to Cantebury would be 2 trains from the Cross, it'd take about 40 minutes or so.

 

[juzmister]

Hm I know this sounds like a long-shot, but who wants to trade their Pico for a balanced tube amp + a tiny bit of cash?

 

[Covenant]

Here are glamour shots of the two cables that stevenkelby will be contributing to the raffle:


*3x 22G Jena iPod LOD, Neutrik black body/gold tip, full charging and syncing USB port, iphone OK:

*6x 22G Jena mini interconnect, Canare F12s:

Geez @ the 6-wire braid. Cat owners, this is the perfect mini interconnect for you - just watch Mr Bigglesworth try and chew his way through that

 

[qusp]

Quote:

Originally Posted by juzmister /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hm I know this sounds like a long-shot, but who wants to trade their Pico for a balanced tube amp + a tiny bit of cash?

no chance lol

 

[juzmister]

Haha I think it's a pretty good deal for anyone who wants to go balanced

 

[qusp]

Quote:

Originally Posted by elliot42 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Getting to Cantebury would be 2 trains from the Cross, it'd take about 40 minutes or so.

thanks elliot; hmm 40mins, thats more than $9 worth of my time, but being able to test out the different sizes for fit etc. is a real bonus.

 

[qusp]

Quote:

Originally Posted by juzmister /img/forum/go_quote.gif Haha I think it's a pretty good deal for anyone who wants to go balanced

yeah for sure it is, but I already have a balanced interface at home; def a good deal for anyone that it suits. although with the waiting list the way it is the person would have to either not like the SQ or have already bought themselves an upgrade after having the pico for a while. perhaps someone who is moving away from portable solutions; the opposite of what you're doing.

besides I only just got my baby and I love it

but i'm sure you weren't aiming the question at me anyway