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T.H.E. SHOW 2015 Irvine (not Newport) Impressions
OJneg:
Also spent good time with Nighthawk, Campfire Audio IEMs, Hifiman HE400S, Hifiman HM700, ZMF 'phones, and speaker rigs. Will be back on Sunday for a more rigorous look at speaker stuff
ohhgourami:
Might be there on Sunday. Might be...
burnspbesq:
The first thing I listened to when I got there on Friday was the Questyle player. It sounds quite OK, but the user interface is for shit (particularly the click-wheel, which barely works at all).
Had a brief chat with Brannan; mentioned that I was having a battery life issue with my BTS, and he said he would swap it out for me. Noble not only makes great products, they have a solid grasp of how to make customers happy.
If you have a use case for a portable player, you gotta hear the AK Jr. Austell & Kern takes a lot of heat, and deservedly so, for their outlandish pricing, but they nailed it with their new entry-level model. I'm thinking I will go back on Sunday and see whether it can handle a 128 gig card; officially, they say 64, but so does Pono, and 128 gig cards work perfectly in the Pono Player. I'm the biggest Pono fanboi around, but the combination of a more phone-like form factor and Bluetooth could change my mind.
I didn't hear the Riva Turbo X at CanJam, so yesterday was my first encounter with it. "Blown away" would be a gross understatement.
iRo:
I second Nighthawk request. Would be great if you have time to re-visit your impressions, Gourami. Maybe they did something after all...
zerodeefex:
--- Quote from: burnspbesq on May 30, 2015, 01:18:00 PM ---The first thing I listened to when I got there on Friday was the Questyle player. It sounds quite OK, but the user interface is for shit (particularly the click-wheel, which barely works at all).
Had a brief chat with Brannan; mentioned that I was having a battery life issue with my BTS, and he said he would swap it out for me. Noble not only makes great products, they have a solid grasp of how to make customers happy.
If you have a use case for a portable player, you gotta hear the AK Jr. Austell & Kern takes a lot of heat, and deservedly so, for their outlandish pricing, but they nailed it with their new entry-level model. I'm thinking I will go back on Sunday and see whether it can handle a 128 gig card; officially, they say 64, but so does Pono, and 128 gig cards work perfectly in the Pono Player. I'm the biggest Pono fanboi around, but the combination of a more phone-like form factor and Bluetooth could change my mind.
I didn't hear the Riva Turbo X at CanJam, so yesterday was my first encounter with it. "Blown away" would be a gross understatement.
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The riva converted me from being a foxl supporter.
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