Southern California Meet - Saturday, August 24th
- Thread starter Sebastien Chiu
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Hello folks,
I'm pleased to share the location for our meet at the legendary Village Studios. The street address for the meet is 1616 Butler Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025
The timeline is 12-5. We would appreciate it if you could pitch in for tables and bring snacks. Please park in the lot.
RSVP with your first and last name for the guest list - DM me that information and the confirmed gear you will bring.
The slot limit for this meet is 25.
Look forward to seeing everyone!
I'm pleased to share the location for our meet at the legendary Village Studios. The street address for the meet is 1616 Butler Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025
The timeline is 12-5. We would appreciate it if you could pitch in for tables and bring snacks. Please park in the lot.
RSVP with your first and last name for the guest list - DM me that information and the confirmed gear you will bring.
The slot limit for this meet is 25.
Look forward to seeing everyone!
I'll be there!
PM sent!
PM sent!
I wish I could go, bud, it would be great to see everyone. Hopefully I'll catch everyone I missed at canjam socal.
Pleaee park in the lot two driveways down from all the named reserved one when you get here.
Buzz the green door when you get here. Let them know you’re here for the listening session in the auditorium.
Buzz the green door when you get here. Let them know you’re here for the listening session in the auditorium.
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Bad timing, sadly. Hopefully CanJam.
I couldn’t find the parking
It’s three stops down from the green door on Butler . Not the studio parking, or the customer parking, but the one right after. Look for a white Volkswagen Passat Wagon and you should find it., it’s on the left side street.
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I had an amazing time today hanging out at The Village Studios!
A BIG THANK YOU to Alex Rosson and Sebastian Chiu for managing to get this place to open its doors to a lucky few of us Head-Fi'ers.
And another 'thank you' to Alex for giving us a quick but fantastic tour of the Studios (no photos allowed, unfortunately).
And I also got to hear two headphones that really impressed me.
The first one is the Focal Haydenys. This $699 headphone has near spot-on tuning to my ear, and even at relatively high listening levels with bass-heavy songs, it didn't appear to suffer from any of the driver over-excursion issues that have plagued all of the other Focal headphones that use the M-shaped metal cone drivers. And it was quite light and comfortable to wear, which is another plus. The Haydenys are a great mid-level headphone to get into this hobby with.
And the second one is the FIR Audio E12. At $1800, these things are crazy-expensive for a 1DD IEM. But OMG, do they sound amazing! These are now #1 on my list for end-game level SQ. They had all of the resolution of the best all-BA IEMs I've heard but with none of the BA-timbre coloration that I'm extremely sensitive to. I was truly blown away by how good they sounded. And they are really easy to drive, so you don't need a super-powerful (and super-expensive) DAP to make them sing. They sounded amazing from my Questyle M15i dongle. If you're in the market for a TOTL IEM in the $2K-and-up range, try to give the E12 a listen. They just might surprise you in a very good way!
This meet-up was so much fun and a great teaser for all of the Head-Fi goodness that will be coming to the SoCal Can-Jam next month. I can't wait!!
A BIG THANK YOU to Alex Rosson and Sebastian Chiu for managing to get this place to open its doors to a lucky few of us Head-Fi'ers.
And another 'thank you' to Alex for giving us a quick but fantastic tour of the Studios (no photos allowed, unfortunately).
And I also got to hear two headphones that really impressed me.
The first one is the Focal Haydenys. This $699 headphone has near spot-on tuning to my ear, and even at relatively high listening levels with bass-heavy songs, it didn't appear to suffer from any of the driver over-excursion issues that have plagued all of the other Focal headphones that use the M-shaped metal cone drivers. And it was quite light and comfortable to wear, which is another plus. The Haydenys are a great mid-level headphone to get into this hobby with.
And the second one is the FIR Audio E12. At $1800, these things are crazy-expensive for a 1DD IEM. But OMG, do they sound amazing! These are now #1 on my list for end-game level SQ. They had all of the resolution of the best all-BA IEMs I've heard but with none of the BA-timbre coloration that I'm extremely sensitive to. I was truly blown away by how good they sounded. And they are really easy to drive, so you don't need a super-powerful (and super-expensive) DAP to make them sing. They sounded amazing from my Questyle M15i dongle. If you're in the market for a TOTL IEM in the $2K-and-up range, try to give the E12 a listen. They just might surprise you in a very good way!
This meet-up was so much fun and a great teaser for all of the Head-Fi goodness that will be coming to the SoCal Can-Jam next month. I can't wait!!
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I had an amazing time today hanging out at The Village Studios!
A big THANK YOU to Alex Rosson and Sebastian Chiu for managing to get this place to open its doors to a lucky few of us Head-Fi'ers.
And another 'thank you' to Alex for giving us a quick but fantastic tour of the Studios (no photos allowed, unfortunately).
And I also got to hear two headphones that really impressed me.
The first one is the Focal Haydenys. This $699 headphone had near spot-on tuning to my ear, and even at relatively high listening levels with bass-heavy songs, it didn't suffer from any of the driver over-excursion issues that have plagued all of the other Focal headphones that use the W-shaped metal cone drivers. And it was quite light and comfortable to wear, which is another plus. The Haydenys are a great mid-level headphone to get into this hobby with.
And the second one is the FIR Audio E12. At $1800, these things are crazy-expensive for a 1DD IEM. But OMG, do they sound amazing! These are now #1 on my list for end-game level SQ. They had all of the resolution of the best all-BA IEMs I've heard but with none of the BA-timbre coloration that I'm extremely sensitive to. I was truly blown away by how good they sounded. And they are really easy to drive, so you don't need a super-powerful (and super-expensive) DAP to make them sing. They sounded amazing from my Questyle M15i dongle.
This meet-up was so much fun and a great teaser for all of the Head-Fi goodness that will be coming to the SoCal Can-Jam next month. I can't wait!!
I'm still at my Head-fi upload limit so I'll post pics later but, can confirm that my man is going to throw money at the E12.
Wanted to share some pictures and experience.
Thanks again to Sebastien and Alex for arranging for the meet up.
Village Studios was legit fun to walk through and the walls were covered in records.
Being able to tour, briefly, and see some of the history in the studio was great.
Got to listen to some awesome IEMs.
Symphonium Crimson, Titan, Europa
Dunu Glacier
FiR XE6, RN6
7th Acoustics Supernova
Noble Audio Spartacus
Elysian Pilgrim, Pilgrim Noir (took for my part in the tour)
My favorite of the entire day, though, was the FiR Radon 6/RN6.
Holy moly, that is a special set. That's going to fly around in my head forever now with how special that sounded to me.
It's been added to my short end game list and I think I could be content with just having only that to listen to forever. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for a tour or find a way to buy a set (sooner than later).
Bonus pictures:
With @theveterans and @XERO1
And a pic of one of our hosts @Sebastien Chiu getting some photography in.
Thanks again to Sebastien and Alex for arranging for the meet up.
Village Studios was legit fun to walk through and the walls were covered in records.
Being able to tour, briefly, and see some of the history in the studio was great.
Got to listen to some awesome IEMs.
Symphonium Crimson, Titan, Europa
Dunu Glacier
FiR XE6, RN6
7th Acoustics Supernova
Noble Audio Spartacus
Elysian Pilgrim, Pilgrim Noir (took for my part in the tour)
My favorite of the entire day, though, was the FiR Radon 6/RN6.
Holy moly, that is a special set. That's going to fly around in my head forever now with how special that sounded to me.
It's been added to my short end game list and I think I could be content with just having only that to listen to forever. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for a tour or find a way to buy a set (sooner than later).
Bonus pictures:
With @theveterans and @XERO1
And a pic of one of our hosts @Sebastien Chiu getting some photography in.
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Such a cool experience! Wish I could have made it to meet some more local enthusiasts and I hope @XERO1 brought his awesome modded TH-X00. Looking forward to CanJam where I can hopefully get to meet some fellow Head-Fiers in person and put faces to names.Wanted to share some pictures and experience.
Thanks again to Sebastien and Alex for arranging for the meet up.
Village Studios was legit fun to walk through and the walls were covered in records.
Being able to tour, briefly, and see some of the history in the studio was great.
Got to listen to some awesome IEMs.
Symphonium Crimson, Titan, Europa
Dunu Glacier
FiR XE6, RN6
7th Acoustics Supernova
Noble Audio Spartacus
Elysian Pilgrim, Pilgrim Noir (took for my part in the tour)
My favorite of the entire day, though, was the FiR Radon 6/RN6.
Holy moly, that is a special set. That's going to fly around in my head forever now with how special that sounded to me.
It's been added to my short end game list and I think I could be content with just having only that to listen to forever. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for a tour or find a way to buy a set (sooner than later).
Bonus pictures:
With @theveterans and @XERO1
And a pic of one of our hosts @Sebastien Chiu getting some photography in.
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