Atlanta Audio Club Annual Meet - May 5, 2019

This is our first full year, legally, as the Atlanta Audio Club, and once again we are honoring our commitment to support Southeastern Region headphone enthusiasts. We can’t do another CanLanta type event as it is just too much for our club to produce each year. (NOTE: We own the Canlanta.org URL. If an interested entity with the manpower and money to make another CanLanta event happen here were to step forward, we would make that URL available to them!)

We WILL do our annual meet on MAY 5th at the Dunwoody North Driving Club where we met last year. Same location, same time... 12N to 5PM. As usual we'll provide space, tables, power, and refreshments! You provide the equipment and extension cords/power strips you need. For more information, see the Event Page on our website . Click Here

This year, our co-sponsor for this event will be those builders of fantastic headphone amplifiers, HeadAmp Audio Electronics! We are sure you’ll be able to see, and hear, their latest and greatest at this meet!

Everyone is welcome, whether you're from the industry or an enthusiast. We'll find room for everyone to show off your "stuff". If you didn't make it last year, here's another chance!! This meet is open to all, from beginners to veterans of the headphone wars! We guarantee there will be something of interest for everyone. Just getting started?? Here’s your chance to see lots of set-ups in one location and talk to the experts about your passion!

Watch this forum to see who is planning on attending!

John

John Morrison, President, Founding Member
Atlanta Audio Club
Direct: 770-330-3919
mailto:[email protected]
http://www.atlantaaudioclub.org

 

We have some exciting news to share! Another company that has supported our meets in the past has stepped forward to contribute to this meet. Arthur Power of Matrix Audio and Violectric Audio USA is added to our co-sponsors for the event! Matrix is picking up the costs of the refreshments! Since they have very generously doubled our normal budget, and since the meet starts at noon, this will allow us to provide a light lunch in addition to our usual snacks!

Also… there will be a raffle! I am currently reviewing a set of powered speakers that do pretty much everything you can ask for including pre-amp and DAC duties. These speakers are the Vanatoo Transparent One Encore! From what I can tell so far these things may be the Swiss Army Knife of powered speakers! Add a source and you have a system! Gavin Fish of the Gavin Fish agency, arranged for me to review these speakers. He has also arranged with the two engineers, Gary Gesellchen and Rick Kernen, who own the company, for us to raffle them off at the meet! Once my review is published, I’ll provide a link so you see my opinion of these! Of course, we’ll try to pick up a few more items between now and then just to make the raffle a little more interesting!

I expect that there will be more to say as we get closer to the day of the meet, so keep watching!

John

 

Sounds great, John! I'm looking forward to it. Doug of ECP Audio should be coming down, too.

 

Not sure how to respond to this?? Are you telling me that I shouldn't put announcements on here? I am doing this as there are folks in this group who appear to be interested in and attend our meets that I know personally. You are right... I am not trying to start long conversations about the gear. If you object to my posts, I will stop. Since these folks don't post on other headphone sites they will need to start watching our website or Facebook page for information.

 

APRIL 26 UPDATE

Club members and friends I have an exciting announcement adding to the raffle. In addition to the Vanatoo T1Es currently under review by yours truly, we have added a brand-new pair of Grado SR 80 (Click Here) headphones courtesy of the fine folks at Grado, and a set of new 1More (Brand) Triple Driver BT In-Ear, Batt Operated Headphones (Click Here) donated by the manufacturer and Chuck. But it doesn't end there! We'll also have four jazz vinyl albums donated by our fabulous jazz reviewer Eddie Carter from his personal collection. (And you know he ain’t got no junk albums!!) Who knows what else might get donated by the 5th!??

EveAnna Manley of Manley Labs is sending us one of their Manley Absolute Headphone Amplifiers (and also pre-amplifier) for your listening enjoyment! Don’t get too excited though… it’s NOT in the raffle! But it is a work of art! (Click Here)

If you’re not going to be there you’re going to miss out on the headphone event of the year… and you don’t want to do that now, do you!

 

It was great meeting you guys last year, I'm looking forward to getting a chance to hear your systems again this year!

 

Thanks for the heads-up John! I'll be there with ETHER 2 with alt pads and maybe a surprise or two.

 

I guess that's what I get for trying to be fancy. I must be in dark mode as it shows up well for me. Any suggestions for how I should change it?

 

Due to a scheduling mix-up, the Manley Absolute is not available for the meet. Sorry to have rung everybody's bell unnecessarily! There should still be lots of interesting gear to see and hear though!!

 

Ahh that stinks but I finally have confirmation for most what's coming with me, I'll group gear into the systems I intend to have there for everyone to listen to & Enjoy

Modi 3

• Lyr 3

Aune X1S

• Schiit Vali 1

JDS Labs EL Dac / OL Dac

• Atom
• EL Amp

Auris Euterpe

RME ADI 2 [With Topping D-10 running USB to Coax]

• Ember II with Noise Nuke & All circuit Bypasses
• Recapped/Modded APPJ pa1502a
• RHNP Precision Headphone Amp

Headphones;

Audeze;

• LCD 3
• LCD X
• LCD 2C
• LCD 2 Closed Back

Sennheiser

• HD 800
• HD 600

Mr Speakers Aeon C
Campfire Audio Cascade

• Stock Filters Removed

Sendy Avia
AKG K702

Spoiler: Additional Stuff If Any one is Interested

An If any one would like I can also bring

• E-MU Purpleheart with CAL Pads
• SONY MDR V6
• Superlux HD 668B with Velours
• iBasso PB2 with external LPSU
• ALO RKMX3B
• HeadAmp Pico Power
• HM901
• Geek Out V2+
• JDS Labs The Element

And I might have some ZMF stuff on hand, still waiting to get confirmation on them/that

An part of what I have is on temporary loan from a few vendors, so I want to also thank them for allowing me to bring this stuff to this meet! I love what I've heard from these products and I'm excited for those of you who have not heard some or most of this gear to get to hear it