tkam Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted July 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 i really want to hear Todd's amp. after waiting 15 years for it, it had better be awesome It is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted July 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungrych Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 More pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
909 Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 on the other site that shouldn't be named there are more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 What the fuck is this? Where the fuck can I get this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted July 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Apparently they can be had under $5k. And it's great with SACD, but not so impressive with CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanflyz Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Was there a balanced L3000 system at the meet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanflyz Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotoriousBIG_PJ Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Why limit your choices to 2 guys whos credentials include liking headphones and building cables for people who like headphones. Biggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Enigma Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanoha Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFKMan23 Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 I agree. He has his eyes set on something big though. I wonder how his endeavors are faring. What is he looking at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanoha Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 What is he looking at? Making and building random things from what I was told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFKMan23 Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Ah ok.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotoriousBIG_PJ Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filburt Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanoha Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 I had my SA5k recabled by Alex (AK) a long time ago. Good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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