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if anything the source in NorCal was a significant step up from CanJam. The NWO is a world class player that is incredibly smooth and detailed.

The307a sounded amazing, I listened to it with ps1s, hp2s and ed9s. While it sounded great with all three the hp2s sang through this amp. Normally I prefer the ps1 but out of the 307a the hp2 was the winner. This amp is clearly a top performer and should be considered by anyone purchasing a top of the line amp. Personally at 6k I would like to see a better case but my EC hd2 is not going to win a beauty contest. I am actually suprised to see this amp not steal some thunder from the b52 or rudi balanced amps.

after hearing this amp while 6K is alot of cash and I prefer a different look it is easily a top flight amp and taken in context of other top end offerings stands on it's own given the price. If I were looking for an amp that kicks ass with a wide variety of headphones and sounds great with them all this would be one of 2 or three amps at the top of my list. At 6k I would take it over the B52 and it right up there with my HD2 and the SP SDS xlr amps. It has the added advantage of being readily available as well.

no unfortunately the specs would have been lost on me anyway.

ETA is tough as is price, it may get the Moth exterior treatment which would be cool but may add to the price. Probably upper 2k range and probably late summer early fall. The other potentially interesting news is Craig may have a SS stat amp in the works as one of his colleagues from his Harmon days has a new circuit built up. Right now it's just a singlr channel test bed but we'll see. When asked I though he could sell a run of 5-10 if it was in the mid 2k range and performed at or above the kgss.

<<jedi mind trick on>> yes Dan you need a Nautilus, call Craig today <<jedi mind trick off>>

for those that are inclined maybe we can meet up with the out of towners at the hotel Friday night about 6ish? Anyone with a room mind if I stash my stuff with them Friday ?

No active speakers would be welcome I am thinking of 2 - 20 minute speaker sessions , mid meet and near the end

Hey you and Cheech get your own meet thread

I am sure we'll have something going on Friday night.

grats on the air tight I always wanted to hear one they are said to be one of the absolute best you can get

If I were going this route I would buck up for the better transformer and get the better clock as well both are pretty well demonstrated improvements with other gear and it should hold true here.

funny coincident, this amp is in Berkeley Ca and waddragon/lucky_star also lives in Berkeley

Happy Birthday David, hope you had a great day!

this kinda sucks, so then one side is wired through the headband section and joins the other side at the xlr connection. Rewiring balanced is the same headache as the 701.

I was not partial to the transporter at all and think you would be better served with a dac for the SB. X2 on the duet mac mini front as well. If you can hold out we can compare the the SB>dac to the apogee duet at the meet in San Mateo.

Nate Happy Father's Day, she is a beauty. Most friends say they get used to the complete lack of sleep thing after a while. Keep the pics coming.

barrier strips and bare wire is a great connection air tight and a solid connection. Maybe just tin the ends of the speaker wire to make it easier to connect and keep stray strands of wire on mutli strand cable from fraying.

George my condolences to you and your family.

my dynahi was single ended with only one of the rcas wired up , they are probably the best used amp value out there

as a somewhat contrary view I always like the dynahi over the beta amps. Although the dynahi doubles as a portable space heater it continues to be my favorite solid state amp. The beta is a great amp something in the presentation leaves me slightly detached from the music while with the dynahi I am immersed in the music. The builds on the betas were better though my Veda was of suspect build quality mostly attention to detail but sounded great.

Peter please bring your camera gear as you photos put mine to shame.

Indra I think you will be very happy with the duet, make sure you get 1/4 inch to rca (female) adapters while you are waiting so you can plug and play after the postman arrives.

this thing could get large fast we have 18 sign ups in one day! Nice mix of newbies and Bay Area regulars. These meets do a nice job of showing folks what's possible with headphones, they wreck alot of lives. We need an amp for neilvg's he stats and the HE90s I do not think the ES2 leaves the house anymore

thanks the rate the coordinator talked about was around $85 so we'll see. I'd love to get a few SoCal members there for this.