Thanks to Stephen for organizing the meet and scoping out the great location. Admittedly I didn't listen to a whole lot but heres a brief rundown on what I did listen to:

Denon D5000 - Nice phones pretty well balanced no real glaring faults that I could hear. Much better than the W5000 or the crap-o-technica as we were calling them .

Balanced Beta22 - Very very nice amp, if I ever get sick of tubes I'd get one of these in a heartbeat

Headphile HF-1 - These were grawk's and I was actually pleasantly surprised by these. Better than the Rs-1's in pretty much every way.

Headamp protoype dac/amp - Justin has a real winner on his hands here

Balanced Supra Extreme - This was a very good amp and sounded nice with the woodied ps-1's that were paired with it.

The best part of the even though was finally meeting some of my fellow head-casers that I've known for quite awhile online. Oh and thanks Alex for letting me borrow the Qualia's

i really want to hear Todd's amp. after waiting 15 years for it, it had better be awesome

It is

was there a pair of Edition 9s in attendance?

slwiser brought a pair. They were, uhm, interesting. If I didn't know what music was supposed to sound like, I might have liked them. As it is, they just sounded a bit off.

that's more or less what i expected, though i haven't heard an ultrasone...

The Ultrasone's that I had (the semi-famous pair of HiFi 700's signed by Florian) had the deepest, most impactful bass of any headphone I've heard under $1000. That said the rest of their frequency response was pretty awful so they were great for movies but that was about it.

The Ultrasone's that I had (the semi-famous pair of HiFi 700's signed by Florian) had the deepest, most impactful bass of any headphone I've heard under $1000. That said the rest of their frequency response was pretty awful so they were great for movies but that was about it.

There's a great endorsement for a pair of headphones, if I ever heard one. LOL.

There's a great endorsement for a pair of headphones, if I ever heard one. LOL.

If they cost $100 I'd think they were alright but they're around $250, which puts them in a league where they should be preforming far better than they do.

More pics?

on the other site that shouldn't be named there are more.

What the fuck is this? Where the fuck can I get this?

It's a Qualia SACD player. It'll set you back a nice chunk of change if you can find one.

EDIT - IIRC, the MSRP was ~$10K.

It's a Qualia SACD player. It'll set you back a nice chunk of change if you can find one.

EDIT - IIRC, the MSRP was ~$10K.

i wonder how much of that $10K went into the cosmetics on that unbelievably badass demonstrator transport. wow! totally worth it though.

Apparently they can be had under $5k. And it's great with SACD, but not so impressive with CDs.

It's a Qualia SACD player. It'll set you back a nice chunk of change if you can find one.

EDIT - IIRC, the MSRP was ~$10K.

Actually, it's not just a player, but it has a speaker amp built into it. Can you say K1000 system?

Was there a balanced L3000 system at the meet?

Nope

I'm thinking of re-cabling my L3000s balanced with either EnigmaAudio or APureSound, I know everyone here loves Zach's work, but does anyone have any experiences with Alex's work?

Why limit your choices to 2 guys whos credentials include liking headphones and building cables for people who like headphones.

Biggie.

Why limit your choices to 2 guys whos credentials include liking headphones and building cables for people who like headphones.

Biggie.

Hey now... I also happen to make cables for people that like speakers, guitars, home studios and yes headphones as well.

Oh and Alex is a good guy.

Oh and Alex is a good guy.

I agree. He has his eyes set on something big though. I wonder how his endeavors are faring.

I agree. He has his eyes set on something big though. I wonder how his endeavors are faring.

What is he looking at?

What is he looking at?

Making and building random things from what I was told.

Ah ok..

I agree. He has his eyes set on something big though. I wonder how his endeavors are faring.

This thing? http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3023030#post3023030

Biggie.

I'm thinking of re-cabling my L3000s balanced with either EnigmaAudio or APureSound, I know everyone here loves Zach's work, but does anyone have any experiences with Alex's work?

I have an small mini-mini IC from Alex. It was very nicely soldered and assembled; very clean work, overall. Don't know if that's any help.

I had my SA5k recabled by Alex (AK) a long time ago. Good work.