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Had a great evening of listening at a AES ( Audio Engineering Society) SF event. It was held at the new Coast Mastering facility in the Fantasy Records building in Berkeley. http://www.coastmastering.com/ The pictures don't really show how big the surround room is with three big ass Focal Utopias up front and a couple of really nice Focal LS-9's in the rear channels. It is huge and high! The smaller mastering suite isn't too shabby either. Probably the best imaging I've witnessed. There were about a dozen of us and we were asked to bring projects to share. I guess if I'd really thought about it I might have realized that just about everyone there were industry veterans with amazing recordings somewhere along the way to being released. The first guy had an orchestral/choral premier that was recorded at the new San Francisco Conservatory of Music. There were several engineers from Fantasy and one had a fresh jazz mix for a release from Concord. He couldn't say who the players were but they were killing! There was plenty of shop talk between tracks and I'm happy to say that only a little bit was "totally" over my head. I was also relieved that my recording wasn't ripped. We ended the night doing comparisons of the stereo and surround versions of the latest "Amused to Death". Not worthy!

Early morning.

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Do you need to be always connected or just to set it? Edit: I guess I will find out! Happy Anniversary to me from my wife.

I also love those big BE Utopias, one of my favorite speakers next to the MBL 101 X-treme.

Shake shack!

When did Fang become a crack head?

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Just posted my review in the TTVJ thread on HF. http://www.head-fi.org/t/795255/pass-labs-hpa-1-loaner-program/15#post_12334992 TLDR: The Pass Labs HPA-1 is a solid debut from Pass Labs. It sounds clear, punchy and neutral. It was a very nice pairing with the Sennheiser HD600/650/800 trinity. I could live with the HPA-1 as my only amp. Biggest con is the price, which is just too darn expensive for what it is. That being said, fans of solid state amps should definitely give this one a listen.

Shibuya Square- the busiest crosswalk in the world. Marshall beach at sunset, San Francisco .

Last night - chicken piccata with artichoke hearts and capers. And haricots verts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Some well covered ground here, but I enjoyed the video nonetheless.