Frankly I'm rather surprised nobody has commented on the Studio and it's pairing with the Vinyl rig and HD800. You guys scared of the price or what? If there's better headphone sound to be had, I haven't heard it. Not to mention the studio was the amp used for the DAC off as well.

I don't have much to say compared to what was said before at the previous meet at Wikia, but I consider it The Amp Upon Which All Other Amps Are Judged^TM. Nothing I have used reproduces as much detail as the Studio. It's the reason we could so clearly hear the differences between the Ear and the Yggy. The other amps I tried at that meet all seem to be missing some detail the Studio delivers.

This was a Great Meet, true CHANGFest!
   The venue: absolutely loved the VIBE of the Brooks-Berdan store. This is the place I would love to visit on a regular basis for a good chat, listening and just getting the atmosphere of a high class audio. No wonder most employees have been working there for well over 20 years! At any other hi-fi store I always feel guilty for spending my time and have to actually push myself to go there when needed while this one felt totally different making me want to come back. Too bad listening rooms I checked IMO need more work and hiring a really good acoustician who would also teach proper loudspeaker/listener positioning tricks would help tremendously.
   The gear: many true reference class setups were displayed and it was great to be able and compare them all at once. Darin's very unique Vostok DAC/Amp appears to be a true headphone swiss army knife which combines a very good DSD capable DAC, a very good solid state electrostatic amp and a very good conventional headphone amp all in a portable form factor with motorized volume and remote control. Black Widow sounded very good with my cans out of Gungnir but would have loved to be able and compare it directly with Studio and Rag from the Yggy. Listened to the Studio as well and if immediately apparent amazing naturalness of sound is the famous EC signature then I refuse calling it "signature". The LH geekout V2 is a definite step up from the original and it's too bad they have cancelled my order. Wanted to listen to a new Schiit marvels but their table was always crowded and I didn't want to bother anyone with my own music and cans. Checked out a couple of UE units and had ear impressions made, just in-case. Listened to a couple of LFFs units and completely agree with him on SQ. Compared three HEKs and all sounded quite different with one from Marvey leading the bunch. Listened to Ohhgourami's HE-6s and liked them better then stock from memory.
   The people: ladies from UE keep on impressing me every time, just so friendly and polite always smiling making you feel as their best friend. Out of Your Head, who is always helping everyone with either setting up the room or finding a connector and who always finds time for taking awesome pictures (you should definitely charge LFF for that AMAZING portrait ;-). Schiit guys sitting there smiling and looking like they already found a holy grail everyone is searching for ;-). LFF taking such an artful pictures, really curious how that cool looking anime girl came out? Ultrabike listening to headphones backwards and probably on purpose (considering they were of a certain brand ;-) but never hesitating to admit the truth. Marvey who is always willing to tell honest opinion on the sound if you aren't afraid of hearing it. Had a good conversation with Chartwell85 who explained the reasoning for LH marketing tactics but refused to clarify personal attachment to a bit up GO-1000. Anaxilus appeared to be a cool guy from directly across the dinner table but I suppose it was just a proper amount of good food with appropriate beverages provided to us at the right time (not talking about headphones, dacs, amps, loudspeakers etc may also have helped a little ;-).
   The dinner: this to me was a great finale of a great day. Shaizada, I can't thank you enough for such a great experience at the "Noor's" Indian restaurant and for keeping us all entertained there. Absolutely amazing quality food and some of the best I have ever had in my life. Top quality ingredients prepared with great confidence and love resulted in total satisfaction (even after a 3hr dinner containing a multitude of different meats, sauces  and beers my stomach felt light like a feather while being full at the same time, amazing and no wonder guys went for large ice creams afterwards). By the way it was only $30 per person with alcohol and tips included but I wouldn't hesitate paying $130 even for a second! At the end I realized why their chef isn't worried about wait times, he seems to simply refuse to sacrifice food quality for faster service and profit! This place absolutely needs more recognition and I strongly recommend everyone living or visiting in LA and their friends to come to this marvel on the regular basis, I certainly would.
   I thank all the pirates and everyone else involved for making this such a memorable event.
 
   

I don't see Jude in any of the photos other than the group shot!

Looks like you all had a good time though, success!

Also, D-S Bifrost has a certain grain, more than the Gungnir. Did not hear any such D-S nonsense. The Schiit guys might be playing games though. Maybe they put the new AKM DAC chip in there.

Ooh.  You mean the same chip that's going into the new AK380?