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Re: T.H.E. SHOW 2015 Irvine (not Newport) Impressions
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2015, 05:41:38 AM »

Anax, would you please elaborate on AK Jr a bit?

I will tomorrow when I get some energy back. What specifically were you curious about? As much as like it, I think it should be properly priced around $299, but hey, it's a different world these days. I suppose if a Yellow Toblerone can charge that much, the AK jr. is like downright stealing for it's fit, finish and sound by comparison.
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Re: T.H.E. SHOW 2015 Irvine (not Newport) Impressions
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2015, 05:57:20 AM »

I will tomorrow when I get some energy back. What specifically were you curious about? As much as like it, I think it should be properly priced around $299, but hey, it's a different world these days. I suppose if a Yellow Toblerone can charge that much, the AK jr. is like downright stealing for it's fit, finish and sound by comparison.

I'm curious if you find the Jr to be occasionally bright and frequent soft in the sub-bass region?
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Re: T.H.E. SHOW 2015 Irvine (not Newport) Impressions
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2015, 06:33:26 AM »

JBL M2s seem pretty interesting.

It's pretty much the best speaker Harman ever produced, period. This is one of the reasons I have been trying to get a hand on JBL Pro 7 series (LSR 708 & 705) which is called baby M2.
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Re: T.H.E. SHOW 2015 Irvine (not Newport) Impressions
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2015, 06:41:55 AM »

LFF, take a listen to the Naim sound bar like thingy.  Goes for $1500 but it is stunning sounding!  It is in the Naim / Harbeth room.  Venice Audio room.
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Re: T.H.E. SHOW 2015 Irvine (not Newport) Impressions
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2015, 07:21:27 AM »

I'm curious if you find the Jr to be occasionally bright and frequent soft in the sub-bass region?

I did
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Re: T.H.E. SHOW 2015 Irvine (not Newport) Impressions
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2015, 08:20:04 AM »

Best things I heard:

ALO Jupiter
HiFiMan 400s
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Re: T.H.E. SHOW 2015 Irvine (not Newport) Impressions
« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2015, 03:22:52 PM »

It's pretty much the best speaker Harman ever produced, period. This is one of the reasons I have been trying to get a hand on JBL Pro 7 series (LSR 708 & 705) which is called baby M2.

The baby M2s are amazing (especially the 705)--we heard them at Harman the other day with Yggy as a DAC. And yeah, M2s are very very nice. Seems like the true believers at Harman are now on the JBL Pro side.
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Re: T.H.E. SHOW 2015 Irvine (not Newport) Impressions
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2015, 04:05:09 PM »

I'm curious if you find the Jr to be occasionally bright and frequent soft in the sub-bass region?

I didn't hear either of those things (and I listened to it with Noble PR in R mode, which is pretty revealing of treble issues), but ... when you say "sub-bass," what frequencies are you talking about? Because of the kind of music I listen to, I generally don't care much about what is going on below 41 Hz (the open fourth string on a bass tuned to A440); if there are strange things going on between 20 and 41, I might have heard them, but I wouldn't have taken note of them. My evaluation track for low bass is "From Ankara to Izmir" from the Jerry Douglas/Russ Barenberg/Edgar Meyer album, because of Meyer's insane bass solo, and that sounded just fine to me.
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Re: T.H.E. SHOW 2015 Irvine (not Newport) Impressions
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2015, 03:05:38 AM »

My favorites at Headphonium:

Campfire Lyra (not so blown away by the Jupiter)

Hifiman 400s were sweet, neutral with a warm low end that didn't interfere with the rest.  It's a low cost winner

Questyle DAP, R version... a little big and heavy, but handsome.  I actually like the user interface, it reminds me of my first ipod and the sound was quite good on the K10's and not too bad on the Ether cans.  I'd probably stick to iem's with it though.

Noble K10 is the first IEM I really love, WOW.  Warren insisted I listen to the Savant.  They were very good and probably priced right.  The Kaiser 10 had much better detail and the bass was downright seductive.

I spent about 30 min. on Friday with the Ragnarok/Yggy stack at the Schiit table with 4 different headphones and I wasn't really feeling it.  Nothing objectionable, but nothing to write home about, a little dry, a little lean.  But today I spent another 20 min and I think I started hearing what all the fuss is about.  There was an ease of presentation and I couldn't find any of the digital gremlins I've been noticing EVERYWHERE lately.  I'm assuming the shift came from having enough warm up time.  I'm still reserving judgment and need to hear it in my speaker system.  But this thing just might be the real deal.
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Re: T.H.E. SHOW 2015 Irvine (not Newport) Impressions
« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2015, 05:29:15 AM »

Favorites: ELAC Debut speakers and Riva (given it's features, versatility, and sound given constraints). Also the black Lambo Aventador at the lobby and a Ford GT at the Headphonium.

Did not hear the JBL M2s cuz the rep put on some S4700s and started pushing the bass driver to make the walls vibrate.
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