It was great to meet you, Austin! Also thanks for bringing your Luxman! Great to hear it and it surprised us both how well it drove the Susvara.
SoCal Meet June 29th 2024
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It was great to meet you, Austin! Also thanks for bringing your Luxman! Great to hear it and it surprised us both how well it drove the Susvara.
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Thanks everyone for coming. I also had a great time trying everyone’s setup and meeting everyone.
Thanks to Danny for bringing their new headphones. Seems like couple of people are considering them. lol. Thanks to effect audio for sponsoring our meet.
Susvara + Holo May + Wa23 sounded great. Immanis sounded amazing on many setups. D8000 pro + aegis also sounded very good.
Thanks to Danny for bringing their new headphones. Seems like couple of people are considering them. lol. Thanks to effect audio for sponsoring our meet.
Susvara + Holo May + Wa23 sounded great. Immanis sounded amazing on many setups. D8000 pro + aegis also sounded very good.
Hi guys,
Apologies for the late response on my end. I was forced out to Denver early, unexpectedly for family reasons, and ended up having to stay.
If you tried the Elysian PILGRIM or PILGRIM: NOIR as well as any Effect Audio cables that were there provided by @emdeevee and @warrenpchi, can you please give us some feedback here?
Does anyone have more photos of the meet?
Thanks.
Apologies for the late response on my end. I was forced out to Denver early, unexpectedly for family reasons, and ended up having to stay.
If you tried the Elysian PILGRIM or PILGRIM: NOIR as well as any Effect Audio cables that were there provided by @emdeevee and @warrenpchi, can you please give us some feedback here?
Does anyone have more photos of the meet?
Thanks.
Bro, no one was interested in the iems, was a full headphone orgy! And considering what was there for demo, can't say I'm surprised.
I assumed the Pilgrim was with Sebastien so I automatically thought the meetup was a full blown headphone galore
Sorry mate!! I fully intended to get around to the Pilgrim Noir, among the others you had put out, but by the time it came back to mind, y’all had left. Would have loved to have had some time with some of those as IEMs have getting a ton of my attention in the last several months.
Next time! Still appreciated you coming!
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Happy 4th! I finally got around to sorting through my photos.
@Sebastien Chiu hope things are okay on your end with family! Sad you couldn't make it, but that's way more important. Thank you Effect Audio for sponsoring the event nonetheless. And thank you to everyone who brought snacks. There was way too much food, haha.
Thank you @Hiyono for organizing the meetup at your friend's card shop! It's a great venue for meetings like this, and the A/C was certainly appreciated given the weather + tube amps at the event. As an AAMML member, I thought the shop was aptly decorated!
^ I typically I don't like Audio Technica's house sound, but this one sounded different. It was still midrange focused, but the ATH-W3000ANV was quite warm instead of the usual bright sound, and the treble was pretty forgiving. It paired really well with anisong tracks, which is what I'm guessing it was tuned more towards.
^ I think the Dave/Liquid Glass were my favorite pairing for the Immanis. I heard the Immanis at CanJam NYC earlier this year and I thought it sounded quite bright and shrill out of the setup Danny had. At this meet, on the RME and Envy, I still found the Immanis to be pretty bright; less so than at CanJam NYC, but still way too bright for my preferences. The Dave and Liquid Glass tamed that brightness way down and I found the headphone much more listenable.
^ The Magna on the other hand seems to be tuned less bright overall, and I haven't really minded its sound on any setup I've heard it on. It definitely doesn't have the same fidelity and detail of the Immanis, but I prefer its overall tonal balance on more of the setups.
Thank you @Netforce for bringing the Composer and the new Focal headphones!
^ I'm a big fan of the Azurys's sound with the FiiO BTR15. Not so much of the Hadenys, even through the Convert-2/Phonitor XE. Similar to the Immanis and Magna, I find the Hadenys to be a bit too bright for my preferences, whereas the Azurys is more listenable and I don't mind the loss of fidelity for the more listenable frequency response.
^ I liked the Composer when I've heard it at previous CanJam events, and I liked it even more out of the Convert-2/Phonitor XE. It's very much like a classic, but refined, AKG K-series sound (K812), which I did like. The low-end had more impact out of this setup than in other setups I heard it with.
^ @Insidious Meme I'm more of a HD600 person myself, but the HD650 sounded pretty transparent through this amp. I had to crank up the volume knob pretty high (2 o'clock in the photo) for most of the music I listened to in the setup.
^ The Susvara on the May/WA23 Luna setup was sublime! I heard the Susvara Unveiled at T.H.E. Show last month with the EF1000 and I prefer the sound of this Susvara setup over that one. The smoothness and transparency of this setup can't compare to what I heard out of the Unveiled with EF1000. I think the Unveiled had better instrument separation compared to this setup overall, but this was definitely more of an enjoyable listen.
^ I didn't hear the D8000 Pro Limited Edition out of that amp, but I liked what I heard from the Zahl HM1. I don't know too much about the D8000 Pro, but its sound signature sounded like what I would use as a reference, and it passed all of my test track selections.
Other miscellaneous photos from the meet:
Super fun meet overall. I hope there's more meetups like this in the future as I've been mostly out of the hobby the past few years, and it's great to catch up with people and gear.
@Sebastien Chiu hope things are okay on your end with family! Sad you couldn't make it, but that's way more important. Thank you Effect Audio for sponsoring the event nonetheless. And thank you to everyone who brought snacks. There was way too much food, haha.
Thank you @Hiyono for organizing the meetup at your friend's card shop! It's a great venue for meetings like this, and the A/C was certainly appreciated given the weather + tube amps at the event. As an AAMML member, I thought the shop was aptly decorated!
^ I typically I don't like Audio Technica's house sound, but this one sounded different. It was still midrange focused, but the ATH-W3000ANV was quite warm instead of the usual bright sound, and the treble was pretty forgiving. It paired really well with anisong tracks, which is what I'm guessing it was tuned more towards.
^ I think the Dave/Liquid Glass were my favorite pairing for the Immanis. I heard the Immanis at CanJam NYC earlier this year and I thought it sounded quite bright and shrill out of the setup Danny had. At this meet, on the RME and Envy, I still found the Immanis to be pretty bright; less so than at CanJam NYC, but still way too bright for my preferences. The Dave and Liquid Glass tamed that brightness way down and I found the headphone much more listenable.
^ The Magna on the other hand seems to be tuned less bright overall, and I haven't really minded its sound on any setup I've heard it on. It definitely doesn't have the same fidelity and detail of the Immanis, but I prefer its overall tonal balance on more of the setups.
Thank you @Netforce for bringing the Composer and the new Focal headphones!
^ I'm a big fan of the Azurys's sound with the FiiO BTR15. Not so much of the Hadenys, even through the Convert-2/Phonitor XE. Similar to the Immanis and Magna, I find the Hadenys to be a bit too bright for my preferences, whereas the Azurys is more listenable and I don't mind the loss of fidelity for the more listenable frequency response.
^ I liked the Composer when I've heard it at previous CanJam events, and I liked it even more out of the Convert-2/Phonitor XE. It's very much like a classic, but refined, AKG K-series sound (K812), which I did like. The low-end had more impact out of this setup than in other setups I heard it with.
^ @Insidious Meme I'm more of a HD600 person myself, but the HD650 sounded pretty transparent through this amp. I had to crank up the volume knob pretty high (2 o'clock in the photo) for most of the music I listened to in the setup.
^ The Susvara on the May/WA23 Luna setup was sublime! I heard the Susvara Unveiled at T.H.E. Show last month with the EF1000 and I prefer the sound of this Susvara setup over that one. The smoothness and transparency of this setup can't compare to what I heard out of the Unveiled with EF1000. I think the Unveiled had better instrument separation compared to this setup overall, but this was definitely more of an enjoyable listen.
^ I didn't hear the D8000 Pro Limited Edition out of that amp, but I liked what I heard from the Zahl HM1. I don't know too much about the D8000 Pro, but its sound signature sounded like what I would use as a reference, and it passed all of my test track selections.
Other miscellaneous photos from the meet:
Super fun meet overall. I hope there's more meetups like this in the future as I've been mostly out of the hobby the past few years, and it's great to catch up with people and gear.
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Enjoyed listening to different setups and the people there. I'm not good at impressions though. Thanks @Hiyono for setting this up!
See you all next time.
See you all next time.
Happy 4th! I finally got around to sorting through my photos.
@Sebastien Chiu hope things are okay on your end with family! Sad you couldn't make it, but that's way more important. Thank you Effect Audio for sponsoring the event nonetheless. And thank you to everyone who brought snacks. There was way too much food, haha.
Thank you @Hiyono for organizing the meetup at your friend's card shop! It's a great venue for meetings like this, and the A/C was certainly appreciated given the weather + tube amps at the event. As an AAMML member, I thought the shop was aptly decorated!
^ I typically I don't like Audio Technica's house sound, but this one sounded different. It was still midrange focused, but the ATH-W3000ANV was quite warm instead of the usual bright sound, and the treble was pretty forgiving. It paired really well with anisong tracks, which is what I'm guessing it was tuned more towards.
^ I think the Dave/Liquid Glass were my favorite pairing for the Immanis. I heard the Immanis at CanJam NYC earlier this year and I thought it sounded quite bright and shrill out of the setup Danny had. At this meet, on the RME and Envy, I still found the Immanis to be pretty bright; less so than at CanJam NYC, but still way too bright for my preferences. The Dave and Liquid Glass tamed that brightness way down and I found the headphone much more listenable.
^ The Magna on the other hand seems to be tuned less bright overall, and I haven't really minded its sound on any setup I've heard it on. It definitely doesn't have the same fidelity and detail of the Immanis, but I prefer its overall tonal balance on more of the setups.
Thank you @Netforce for bringing the Composer and the new Focal headphones!
^ I'm a big fan of the Azurys's sound with the FiiO BTR15. Not so much of the Hadenys, even through the Convert-2/Phonitor XE. Similar to the Immanis and Magna, I find the Hadenys to be a bit too bright for my preferences, whereas the Azurys is more listenable and I don't mind the loss of fidelity for the more listenable frequency response.
^ I liked the Composer when I've heard it at previous CanJam events, and I liked it even more out of the Convert-2/Phonitor XE. It's very much like a classic, but refined, AKG K-series sound (K812), which I did like. The low-end had more impact out of this setup than in other setups I heard it with.
^ @Insidious Meme I'm more of a HD600 person myself, but the HD650 sounded pretty transparent through this amp. I had to crank up the volume knob pretty high (2 o'clock in the photo) for most of the music I listened to in the setup.
^ The Susvara on the May/WA23 Luna setup was sublime! I heard the Susvara Unveiled at T.H.E. Show last month with the EF1000 and I prefer the sound of this Susvara setup over that one. The smoothness and transparency of this setup can't compare to what I heard out of the Unveiled with EF1000. I think the Unveiled had better instrument separation compared to this setup overall, but this was definitely more of an enjoyable listen.
^ I didn't hear the D8000 Pro Limited Edition out of that amp, but I liked what I heard from the Zahl HM1. I don't know too much about the D8000 Pro, but its sound signature sounded like what I would use as a reference, and it passed all of my test track selections.
Other miscellaneous photos from the meet:
Super fun meet overall. I hope there's more meetups like this in the future as I've been mostly out of the hobby the past few years, and it's great to catch up with people and gear.
Thanks for the super fun thoughts and pictures!!
Glad you liked the Sus paired with the May/WA23, too! The pairing is intoxicating.
If you get a chance, you ought to try the RAAL Immanis through the May/WA23! It was a BEAUTIFUL listen. I think the Dave/Liquid Glass was great, too, though the lushness of the WA23/May was fantastic, without losing out on much of the incision of the Dave.
Appreciated chatting with you and the reminder of just how good the HD650 / 6 series line sounds!
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Great photos! What is that amp with the large tubes with thoriated filaments?
Thank you! It is the Antique Sound Labs Leyla amp. Those tubes were quite bright glowing!
pgkrish
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Thank you! It doesn't have headphones out right. Did you all drive headphones from the speaker taps?
That’s a good question and I personally don’t know. I would assume that to be the case, if so. A fellow member brought it, so I’m hoping he will chime in!
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@pgkrish. I drive the Susvara out of the 8 ohm speaker tap and the Immanis from the 16 ohm tap via their respective interface box. The amp has plenty of power to drive these 2 HPs simultaneously. The volume was never passed the 9 o'clock position.
@Atherhole. Great composition and bokeh.
@Atherhole. Great composition and bokeh.
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