A big thanks to everyone for a great meet, including: LA OC Audio Society, especially President Levi, Headroom and Tyll, Head-Fi'ers who donated their time and gear, Ultimate Ears, and everybody who attended! Pics to start for now, and comments to come later.
Edwood's Grace 902+K1000 setup. Ed brought his lovely baby, but I have no pictures.
ASR's table. This was a great table for comparisons b/c 3 amps were hooked up to one source, playing simultaneously. Arcam FMJ 33->Lehman Black cube, Gilmore Lite w/ PS, and Earmax Anniversary.
Grado 325i, AT AD2000, which sounded extraordinarily rich and warm, yet plenty detailed.
909's rig with Moth amp and AT L3000, which sounded glorious with very texturally detailed, rich, involving presentation with improved treble extension over AD2000. With the right amp, the bass was deep, taught, rich, and hard-hitting. I liked it...
909's Reimyo CDP. We were all very envious of this beauty, which sounded great driving the moth amp->L3000. There were generous amounts of top-treble and low-bass extension and control, which is a sure sign of great sources.
AC1's Omega II+KGSS rig, sounding as transparent and refined as ever. This time the Bidat was doing DAC duties.
I believe this is DigiPete's setup. Dynamight amp with various balanced 'phones. Unfortunately, I didn't even get to listen to this setup due to time constraints.
Empirical Audio's Offramp Turbo II doing USB-spdif conversion in the Omega II rig.
Tomahawk amp with ALO dock.
Ultimate Ears table.
Yes, it's THE Ultimate Ears UE 11 Pro with 4-driver/3-way crossover in that tiny thing. Awesome sound with awesome price to match at $1150.
UE11 sounded great to my ears via changeable tips. I heard some horrifyingly deep, solid, hard-hitting bass out of these as well as VERY crystal-clear mid/highs.
Tyll's tower of power with Wadia 861SE CDP.
Headroom's new product, the adjustable speaker stand for computer desks!
