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Re: Changstar Bay Area Mini-Meet in Sunnyvale, CA unofficial pirate edition
« Reply #20 on: December 14, 2014, 11:10:20 PM »

UPDATES TO GEAR LIST IN FIRST POST!

Confirmed:

  • We will have a Geek Pulse XFi and a special, unreleased product from Light Harmonic (sorry, no Da Vinci)
Bring your laptop or portable source + headphones, there will be a portable shootout station with the following:
  • Portable DACs: Herus, Explorer, Dragonfly, Geek Out 450, 720, 1000, SE, ODAC, DACPort, MicroStreamer, Audioengine D1 and D3
  • Portable amps: Leckerton UHA-6S MKII, Headamp, Pico Power, Triad L3 Lion and a Fiio E11k for good measure

Special thanks to CEE TEE and Ringingears for offering to bring tables/chairs/beer and to help :)

If anyone has food preferences, let me know.

You know what's missing? A Chord Hugo.

:ducks:
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Re: Changstar Bay Area Mini-Meet in Sunnyvale, CA unofficial pirate edition
« Reply #21 on: December 15, 2014, 12:09:53 AM »

You know what's missing? A Chord Hugo.

:ducks:

I agree. Would like to pit the Geek Out SE > Triad L3 or Geek Out 450 > Leckerton against it side by side.
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Re: Changstar Bay Area Mini-Meet in Sunnyvale, CA unofficial pirate edition
« Reply #22 on: December 15, 2014, 06:58:46 AM »

I agree. Would like to pit the Geek Out SE > Triad L3 or Geek Out 450 > Leckerton against it side by side.


Haha, good luck Hugo. You're gonna need it.
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Re: Changstar Bay Area Mini-Meet in Sunnyvale, CA unofficial pirate edition
« Reply #23 on: December 16, 2014, 04:16:27 AM »

Zero check email. Good news
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Re: Changstar Bay Area Mini-Meet in Sunnyvale, CA unofficial pirate edition
« Reply #24 on: December 16, 2014, 05:07:05 AM »

Well, while we're on the topic of portable gears, I'll bring my new ultimate portable setup then, which consists of...

My phone (either the iPhone 6 Plus or one of my other Android devices), and a certain Sony XB950BT (wireless bluetooth headphone) that's been acoustically modified to not sound so bad.
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Re: Changstar Bay Area Mini-Meet in Sunnyvale, CA unofficial pirate edition
« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2014, 06:18:34 PM »

We'll have a couple of AKG K7XX around next weekend too...I am #166. ZD and I get ours Tuesday.
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Re: Changstar Bay Area Mini-Meet in Sunnyvale, CA unofficial pirate edition
« Reply #26 on: December 24, 2014, 06:50:46 AM »

UPDATES! THIS SATURDAY IS STILL A GO FOR 10AM-4PM!

Address:
  • Please PM me to get the location! Also please give me your real name if I don't have it so I can make nametags.
Gear:
  • We'll have some STAX representation. At least a KGSSHV and an SR-007, but possibly an SR-009 as well.
  • If you have gear that isn't on the list above, please let me know and I'll add it.
Food:

  • Please let me know if you're a vegetarian (*cough* Gavin *cough*) or have other special dietary needs.
  • We'll have tri-tip (thanks CEE TEE!), wings (thanks QuestHate!) and various side dishes along with a vegetarian entree.
Drink:
  • Feel free to bring your favorite alcoholic (or non) beverage of choice if you'd like to share. So far we have beer and scotch but we could always use some more.
  • For those of you preferring not to drink, we'll have water, pepsi, and some cherry lime-aid punch.
Tables, chairs, plates, power strips, cables and more:
  • We're covered on tables and chairs, have a few extra power strips and I have some spare XLR, RCA, and power cables.
  • We could use more interconnects if you have them! If not, I can probably get extras for your gear.
  • We have some disposable plates, cups and utensils but any additional is welcome.
GET EXCITED! CEE TEE has been spending time with the HUGO STOMPERâ„¢ Geek Out SE + Triad L3 Lion and he's enamored.


We even pre-gamed with a mini-mini meet last night:



Look at that handsome bastard enjoying those Slants!
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Re: Changstar Bay Area Mini-Meet in Sunnyvale, CA unofficial pirate edition
« Reply #27 on: December 24, 2014, 07:14:17 AM »

Do I need to bring Gen V and/or Rag? (Yggy not available yet)
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Re: Changstar Bay Area Mini-Meet in Sunnyvale, CA unofficial pirate edition
« Reply #28 on: December 24, 2014, 07:16:18 AM »

Only if you can. Don't want to overburden you. Would absolutely LOVE to have them. It would really make a good pairing for comparing the various flagships.

It might also convince me to buy a Rag...
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Re: Changstar Bay Area Mini-Meet in Sunnyvale, CA unofficial pirate edition
« Reply #29 on: December 24, 2014, 06:36:49 PM »

Great. PM'ed you for the location, Zero.

I don't think I'll be able to bring food (more like I don't know what to bring!), but I'd be happy to run errands if we just happen to miss bread and the likes.

Will bring my own extra outlet extensions to help mitigate the need for extra outlets... at least for my gears. My outlet also comes with its own USB ports so if anyone would like to charge their phones/devices, please feel free to.

Extra gear stuffs I didn't mention:

Headphone: Sony XB950BT (wireless bluetooth headphone) <- modded, and quite possibly the best bluetooth or wireless headphone I have ever heard.

Amp: my own DIY amp for use specifically with my HE-560. It uses op-amps and op-amp buffers because I'm a lazy ass, and I plan on converting it into a portable battery-powered amp one of these days... once I have enough time to sit down and figure the power supply section out. Scales relatively okay-ish to my ears, but may not sound all that special.

DAC: AMB Gamma2 + Schiit Wyrd <- must-hear combo, if for nothing but that I find it interesting, and will be interesting competition to the Modi 2 Uber if Modi 2U gets there on time.
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