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Congrats on the MoCo call! Good thing we are on the opposite coast so that they won't hear about the happenings out here in Cali, right?

Check it out (click pic): Maybe he will bring it to CJ09 and you can bring it home with you.

Slappa has file drawers with their great sleeves that protect the CD but have a good clear front for art work. Problem is that they are thicker and therefore fit less in a given container. I still like them and have a couple that I am using for newer music to make it easier to get to than the cases. The sleeves all fit in the cases, too, so you can go back and forth easily.

Bat For Lashes -- Two Suns

I think Pete's amp would seriously rock with the HD800.

Nice work, Jim. Killer duo there.

Need moar grafix: So I pissed all over the windows.

I thought you already were committed to attending, but that is good news that the details are in place!

Yes, yes I do. Thank you.

Matthew Sweet -- Kimi Ga Suki

Are you writing this from the future?

I doubt that will be the location.

Congrats on the new cans, Andy. Looking forward to hearing the SR-O in a few weeks.

Neko Case -- Middle Cyclone My Brightest Diamond -- A Thousand Shark's Teeth NIN -- Ghosts I-IV

So where will it be next year?

Nice of you to offer someone else's gear who would have to bring it or ship it from out of state.

I'm on a whisk(e)y retainer.

Milt Jackson -- The Prophet Speaks

Duh.

Good point. I guess Tyll might not want to help a potential competitor to the new HR DAC! Bad idea, SquareWave is.

Duh.

HeadRoom has balanced amps, but I wasn't aware it was balanced. The HPA-2 certainly isn't balanced and the Anthem preamp certainly has no balanced headphone output.

Awesome. Have fun with the new new thing while it still is new new.

You could contact Todd at ttvj.com and ask him if he has any FET-A amps available. You could call of PM Tyll Hertsens and see if HeadRoom has any demo amps that they could loan you for the show. You could buy a Luxman P-200 (from Todd) and have a beautiful amp to show your gear with and still not break the bank. Lots of ideas. PM jp11801 or 909 or augsburger and see if they have any ideas because they are closer to the vendors at this meet.

I am going to sound pollyanna right now, but I have been to lots of big meets and nothing serious has ever gone wrong and certainly nobody has walked off with expensive gear. Making alliances with those of us in the "hi-end" room will be adequate for protection and there will never be a moment when nobody you trust is in that room paying attention. That said, I would only have expensive woody things like the HE90 or R10 out when I was there or when there was someone watching my table specifically. Box them up for periods you are wandering and nobody is looking over your table. No guarantees can be made about this meet in particular, but past experience has been very good in terms of respecting gear (for the most part), lack of any theft, etc.