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  1. JoshMorr

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    Thanks for the tip zonto! If there is enough interest in a bigger meet maybe Goodwin's would be good guys to contact. It was mainly a selfish endeavor considering Natural Sound and wanting to hear Utopia.
     
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    Meet confirmed at Ninja's house again for the 28th. Please respond here or at hf thread if you are interested in going. Where is everyone at???
     
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    I'd be interested in attending.It would be a first time attending such an event but where is the meet exactly? Just want to see if it's within reasonable distance :D
     
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    The meet is going to be in Nashua, New Hampshire.
     
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    OK - we met at @Ninja Pirate 's place again. Dude is way to nice to let a bunch of strangers invate. @porkfriedpork , @SBAFedu , @Rynsin , and a few others were in attendence. Ninja also provides top notch craft beers to make sure the gear is sounding as good as possible.

    Quick impressions:

    Ive told Pork this a few times already, but holy shit does he listen loud. My fav was in the beginng before we all knew this, Ryan thought his laptop speakers were on full blast in another room and went chasing after it. Nope, was just Mark listening to HD800's. You are going to put an addition on your audiologists house some day.

    Favorites:

    Code - X : wow this headphone lived up to the hype. Is a more beautiful HE-6 with a more even tonality. Still thick and powerful, but think more neutral. Wood cups and headhone adjustments look sharp. I compared this to the HE6's we had on hand and I easily preferred LFF's creation. Damn you Ryan and your selection of perfectly neutral headphones. Again I can see why people talk about these headphones in such a reverent tone, these are the rare one of a kind things I love going to meets to hear.

    Andro's : another favorite of the day. Im learning to love IEM's even if I dont have a ton of practical applications for their use. The owner was playing them out of the Fiio X7 with an amp module. Andro's were outfitted with spin fit tips. The owner said he used the spin tips to add a bit of brightness and x7 was slightly warm. I was amazed at the tone of these and how much they sounded like big boy headphones. Fiio X7's interface impressed me too, the andriod gui was smooth, easy to scroll through tracks. I dont have any real DAPs to compare to, but it was a good start.

    F5 Turbo with Valhalla as preamp - I reently aquired a DIY pass labs f5 turbo from @MrTie and a B1 buffer pre amp. Great combo, super super clean and neutral fantastic setup. For whatever reason the B1 buffer wasn't working on arrival so we used a Valhalla2 with some nice tubes it instead. I really like the added bloom and stage, so much in fact that I am looking at a Freya to see if I can create a similair sound.

    Stuff I was interested to hear:

    HD800S - I have a HD800 and have always been curious as to how the 800S sounds in comparison to my modded HD800 (OJ's cork mod, SD Resonator, and SBAF liner). The 800S certainly sounds more tamed than the stock 800, but Ive grown to perfer my super modded 800. For those that arent a fan of modding, or have only heard the stock 800, this is certainly an improvement from House Sennehiser.

    Woo WA6 - First time seeing or hearing this OTL. Owner had the fabled Sophia driver tube and this amp sounded pretty good. Im not sure how much it costs and where it falls on the value propisition line, but a solid performer with the HD800S.

    Nighthawk - This is a early version of the headphone, and while I've heard lots about it, but never heard on until now. Build / finish was cool and different. It sounds really fantastic up to 3k hz or so and then everything starts to roll off. This still sounds fantastic and is a bit maddenening that things kind of disappear. It makes me curious as to what AQ will do in the future. Hopefully this is just v1 and by v3 or so they have figured out how to have a very affordable great sounding headphone.

    BMR Philharmonitors - @Ninja Pirate has a amazing pair of these. Front ported. Go to the BMR thread to see them, his photography does them justice. They are much much bigger than I expected - about twice the size of a normal bookshelf speaker. Ninja quicky set them up in the living room for a lounge setup on some Isocoustic stands and I thought they sounded pretty good. Bass was certainly there and fast, the top end sparkled and sounded very natural. The mids sounded a bit off, but again, this wasnt an ideal setup, more of a quick setup as a demonstration.

    Turd in the punch bowl award:

    Audio GD NFB28: Sorry AGD fans. This is Pork's dac / amp but he makes fun of it more than anyone else. Sometimes its too bright, others too thick, and it just messes up the sound of electric guitars. The electric guitars sound very compressed, like someone too the dynamics and put them in a vice.

    Thanks to all for a fantastic time, I'm looking forward to seeing you all again soon.
     
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    I love all you guys

    Go Pats!
     
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    Congrats to the Pats!

    Biggest comeback in history!
     
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  10. JoshMorr

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    Would be nice to have something in Northeast sometime late summer early fall. Anyone interested?
     
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    Yep! I need to steal hear your Black Widow 2 and I can bring my T3.

    FYI: Sundays are always a no go for me.
     
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    I am. I recently sold my house in NH and I'm now living in Cape Elizabeth.
     
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    cizx.6 Just couldn't stay away...

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    Maybe.
     
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    maybe, ill be closer, Hartford CT.
     
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    I'll come if there's beer.
     
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    I live in Windham super close, could possibly do a Maine meet someday.

    Beer has been pretty common theme at last couple of meets, no problems there.

    Zonto, Saturday's typically work better for me too. I did a t3 vs bw shoot out a few months ago, and they certainly trade punches. Depending on EC's production schedule and meet date, might habe a aficianado to bring...

    Cizx.... the man, the myth, the legend. Hope to see you there.

    Location has stumped us a few times in the past. Anyone have any Boston area recommendations? I don't mind doing leg work and calling around
     
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    @JoshMorr, I think we should wait until your Aficionado is in hand. :punk:
     
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    I'm out of town until August 26th, but then I can poke around for location space as well. I think I can get access to some weekend space at Brandeis University, which is on the commuter rail and parking is easy on weekends.
     
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    Oh and I have this now too
     

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