Ok here come the rest of my impressions.
SONY SCD-1. Wow, imo this has to be the best looking cd players excluding the Shanling CD-T300. Great sound. Excellent build quality.
Headroom microstack. Great sound quality out of mikes laptop. Unfortunately I could not get the microdac to work with my Archos AV320 at all.
I even took a quick trip up to ratshack to get an adapter and still couldn't get it to work. Maybe headroom has some ideas on this. My AV320 worked fine when hooked up to Gene's Grace m902.
Sennheiser Orpheus. I really liked these headphones. You can actually forget that your listening to a pair of headphones with these.
SONY R10. Wow this is what I was afraid of (falling in love with a piece of equipment I will never be able to afford). This is simply the most amazing headphone i've ever heard. Yes I even prefer it to the orpheus. While to me the orpheus sound like listening to a set of high end speakers. The R10 sounded closest to a live performance than anything I've heard with headphones. They have a soundstage to die for and have wonderfully balanced sound to them. Why sony can make this and then make (IMO of course) crap that is the qualia is beyond me.
Stax Omega II. Definately not my style. To me they sounded darker than my HD-650s with the stock cable.
Stax SR-404. Definately a awsome value. I prefered these to the omega. Seemed to have a brighter, more lively sound.
Grado RS1. Good but overpriced imo. The sound seemed to be only a minor improvement over my sr-225s. Definately not worth the difference.
I just want to thank mike again for putting this whole thing together. I also want to thank Os for having us over for two nights in a row. Man you really do have a great store. As others have said I really like how your not just selling audio gear but you seem to be so enthuisastic and have a real passion for it. I also want to thank guru and raaj. Both you guys are really fun to talk to and I enjoyed hanging out saturday night. Another thanks goes to John for purchasing my akgs.
I aslo want to thank Ray Samuels for saying all the kind words about my amp. You are great guy and I absolutely love the gear you make. Also yes the phonostage looks much better with the plexi top. Antoher thanks goes to nightwoundstime. I didn't think I would meet another rock fan at the meet.
Did I just sound like I was accepting an award? lol