Good morning everyone!
I'll post some more comments later, but I wanted to put up a big "thank you" to shooter for hosting our first jam. We had a max attendance of 13 people at one point, and everyone had a great time.
Future jams will have a lot to live up to, especially in terms of the facility.... shooter has photography studio housed inside a very large industrial space, complete with a very nice kitchen generously stocked with plenty of munchies for hungry audiophiles. (You want space behind or to the side of your speakers, no problem! Long wall or short wall placement? Heck, there were no walls near the speakers at all!)
We didn't have a super-organized shootout, but we did spend some time comparing various components. We auditioned shooter's DIY electrostatic speakers and subwoofer (2 10" drivers in a 2'x2'x2' cube), GR Research's AV1's, Criterions, and new subwoofer, a few DIY speaker cables and kyyaun's Ridge Street Audio speaker cable, and a couple of DAC's.
For those that asked, the track we ended up using for comparisons was:
Group: Heart
Album: "The Road Home"
Track: "Alone" (track 5)
Thanks to KJ for turning me on to this CD.
I'll try to post some more thoughts later, but hopefully others will post their impressions as well. Thanks again to shooter!