HE-400S. Fantastic $299 deal from Anaxilus' mega transportable rig. Thank you HFM for offering great sounding affordable products normal people (that is people other than young Taiwanese, Chinese, or Korean kids with rich parents) can own.
Demoing the HE400S with the EF100 is not recommended. Anax's reaction was priceless. hahaha These sounded great from Luis's Rockboxed iPod though.
Dan walked over to take a listen and immediately pointed out that the Ether was more efficient...
I had a couple of brief moments to listen to some stuff while I wasn't busy working the HFM booth. Apparently my booth babes weren't too bad cause I received a couple of requests from random people asking if I could take a picture of them with Bri and Summer...
Dharma crossover was dropped back down to 8k? Seemed like it improved from the CanJam iteration. Still excited to see how it ends up.
ZMF's new Omni was a really nice work in progress. His new pads are oval and not squarish like the Alpha pads. Softer and more plush as well. Zach is also hella chill and a great guy to talk to.
ALO IEMs, particularly the Jupiter, all sounded really good, but I had a hard time getting a fit with the silicone tips, and the ALO cable was ergonomically one of the worst things ever. Thick and unyielding...
Alex's modded PMx2s also sounded really really good. It was really hard for me to nitpick anything. Nice guy to talk with too. He has a lot of interesting theories and is really passionate about his work.
Funniest moment of the event was when this mild-mannered, older gentleman was listening to the HE400S. When he wasn't happy with the (improved, yet still lacking) music selection, I assumed that was because we took off a lot of classical. To my surprise, he pulls out an A&K and starts blasting Eminem, loudly enough that Dan walked over and asked who was playing speakers...
