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I know this dude! I walked in and saw Tyll with John, the organizer of this event, and I get greeted with a big hug and a "guess what I had for breakfast today. Biscuits and gravy!" Totally looks better than the silver one. You guys are crazy re: silver enthusiasts. The mystical and magical Ingwe!!! (Also, my hair was wrecked after 2 hours of driving with a window down, and then headphones on and off all day; perhaps I should move to the Ingwean/Namaanian model of hairstyles.) Brazillian steakhouse for dinner? Don't mind if I do. With Justin, Purk, and Matt. These been ribs were just stupidly good. Chris was very happy when he found out I was eating about 3 pounds of protein. Server: "Lamb?" Me: "Of course." Sun In My Belly I met up with an old friend to go out for brunch after Justin and I parted ways this afternoon. It turns out he wound up at the same place, but ate outside. We found this out when I posted on FB, and he said he'd just left after Jasmin and I had gone off couch shopping. I love shopping. Kirkwood Breakfast Softly scrambled eggs with herbed boursin cheese, honey glazed bacon, buttermilk biscuit, house made strawberry jam. I didn't think it looked that great, but it was SO good. Jasmin recommended going "bacon egg biscuit" with it, and it was totally the right call. The cheesy eggs just killed it with the biscuit, and the bacon is actually folded over in the pic below, and was actually wide enough for a partial strip to cover most of the biscuit. Mmmm... mimosas that you have to build yourself. I wound up killing the OJ, as we just used a "splash" in each glass. , Also, there were some headphones, IIRC. BHSE killed it, per usual, on the stat side. I listened to the HE-1000 out of the GS-X Mk 2 finally. Probably the best Ortho I've heard. Easily worth 500$. I'm sure it's several multiples of that, but not sure it'd be what I'd turn to. On the dynamic side, ECP Audio made a combination that made me like HD800s (plural, not model name.) That's only happened once before, with a Denon TT out of Matt/NWT's MPX3. If I didn't hate how the HD800 looked, and had an unlimited budget, and already had a BHSE + Stax setup, I'd give Doug a bunch of cash, and a voucher for a nice steak dinner. I didn't listen to everything like some people did, but there was a ton of stuff there, and for the people still on the hunt for something new/different, I think it was a great event. Enjoyed seeing everyone and hope we get to do it again next year. **BRENT**

The meet was superb and would have not happened to be this good unless the ACOA members are on board. Many thanks to John Morrison and the team for organizing this superb event. I hope we can do this annually and even more people will attend. We have more than 10 vendors and plenty of set up to listen to. There were 15 or so raffle prize items and Brent walked away with his new office rig, the Matrix HPA-2C. Tyll was his very cool self, visiting and talking to everyone at the meet. His keynote speech was very informative and entertaining. Will the new line of Beats with lighting connector really spell the end to analog headphones? Tyll also spent a few minute listening my KGSSHV Carbon and SR009...and walked away very impressed. The highlight of the meet for me was meeting Doug in person and listened to his new line of amplifiers. His Copenhagen amplifier both tube & SS were noting short of spectacular. It was so very musical with a performance really worth remembering. I'm afraid my bank account will soon take a serious hit because of it. The DSHA-2 was also there and should be his biggest seller once it is officially released. I'm looking forward to an in-home audition of these amps soon. Thanks again Doug...you and your setup were the highlight of the meet for me. I also had an equally wonderful time hanging out with Justin and Brent during and after the meet. We had a great meal at a local Brazilian Steak House and I recommended some wild spots for Justin and Brent to check out afterward. Justin sure was impressed with the ATL's local hotties and may consider to move his factory here. C'mon Justin...I need a new job! It goes without saying that I had a great time with Justin's new ride. That pretty red sport car was just damn nice to ride in. Thanks for allowing me and Matt to take it for a spin. Sorry for the quality of the pictures, I had a heavy loads and the Canon S100 is starting to fail me. Should have brought a better camera.

It did for me. My DSHA-0 maybe in trouble soon. Doug...thank you for coming down and really showing off some of your best creations. I can't wait until I can get an in-home audition with the Copenhagen amps as well as DSHA-2. Tom, thanks for convincing Doug to come down here.

Not if the missing part is your ticker, you don't.

I do not think this is going to end well.

Yes, from what many people told me there, his Copenhagen tube and sand amps were the absolute hit of the event.

Happy Birthday Brent! Hope it's a slightly better than average day.

He would get my vote, assuming he could produce a valid birth certificate.

I've been embracing it but this time there were too many great gears not to check out. But like I said I enjoy hanging out with you guys more but I had to spend majority of my time behind my own table though. BTW, how do you liking your HPA-2C? I found it to be quite capable for an amp/dac priced at $289. Speaking of the raffle, one guy bought only four (4) tickets ($5 each) and won gear worth in excess of $1200. Three of his tickets were drawn. What a lucky dude!

Happy Birthday Brent! Google may have been confused ... Chris, however

Happy Birthday Brent!

Thanks for the birthday wishes, gang! To be honest, May 22 is my birthday on my Chinese passport - my real birthday is a different date

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Happy Birthday Brent!

Purk, you're finally embracing my philosophy on meets. Well played Oh, I left something out in my sleep deprived postings. Really had a blast finding a fellow yoyo enthusiast in the hobby. TomB had a couple throws I'd never tried and we got to throw together. I think we generated a little interest in yet another hobby of ours. *"BRENT**

Great time indeed Brent! I wish I had join you guys after the steak dinner as well as Sunday's morning. Daddy's duties never stop my friend. I had such a great time at the event, mostly chatting with you, Tyll, Doug, Justin, and Matt as well as others. I did check out a bit of gear toward the end and the Mr. Speaker E-Stat did sound very nice but not SR009 or SR007 good. Wish I had more time to check out Noble as well as other CIEMs companies. Will definitely attend next year, but hopefully with less stuff to haul this time. I just absolutely didn't enjoy packing and unpacking as well as being tie-down on my own table.

Definitely not going to end well

**BRENT**

" There was a lot of stuff I listened to and don't remembered there names so don't hate me because I didn't take notes. One I do remember is a cassette tape of George Micheal's Faith out of a old tape deck and it was zero noise out of it it was really good. I just remember we had the same first name Brent. " http://www.head-fi.org/t/809023/canlanta-2016-impressions#post_12600017 Uh huh.

LOL, I loved those guys when they made music like this In this album

Listening to this, which was released 20 years ago yesterday. Feel oldish.

Your admiring public wants to know about the amps you showed yesterday! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Was trying to look up a male stereo cable and Amazon app came up with these recommendations...

Thanks guys! As to the sound, I’ve had a fairly good listen now, I can confidently say It’s a good improvement in performance from the KGSSHV’s and BHSE I have on hand. I’ve always maintained the BHSE and KGSSHV were a similar calibre, with different signatures depending on your taste and music genre. Interestingly I find myself in the same scenario with the Carbon and the T2, I don’t prefer one over the other, both have slight contrasting differences. To be crude and simplistic, the Carbon has transparency and the T2 sweetness and tone, but both amps do everything exceptionally well. The Carbon is unquestionably the most stable amp in my arsenal, do we need servos on the next board runs?

For @Grahame:

I had to follow the link just to see what monstrosity of a helmet would actually fit BiscuitBoy's head.