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Gear pics to follow on Head-Fi tomorrow night. The below are all only for HC. Dom (HighLife) and his portable rig The group while listening to the Zu Essence speakers Alex (screaming oranges) Ari (nikongod) listening to SRH840 Colin w/ someone's MPX3 Inside the MPX3 Inside Vicki's SP Extreme Platinum me downing some beer The top of Ari's head Brent (MexicanDragon) and Alex Raffy, Dom, & Justin Scott (manaox) while on Head-Case And this 3-frame animated GIF doesn't do justice to Colin's cake-eating abilities

I pre-ordered one too and I don't know even know for sure if I'm going to use it or not, I'm just joining in because everyone else is.

Alex, I'll hold you to this fight next time we meet, then. I also still think you could totally take down Brent too btw. It's the agility that counts, right? Brent is a madman behind the wheel. I feared for my life. I think I won't be getting into a car that he's driving again.

Friday 12/4 Recap: got in at the hotel right around 5 PM and who did I see first but point man himself JP, and raffy. Quickly ran into a bunch more guys who were milling around and we all headed out to Brother Tucker's, which turned out to be a cool place. We were going to jump over to some live music but heard from VPI the show wasn't as promising as expected so we went back to the hotel instead to hang out. I tried out a sazerac that was way too strong for me that I had to dilute a bit with water. Saturday 12/5 Recap: The meet itself went off without a hitch and there was plenty to ogle and listen to. I managed to bring my camera (space came down to either 1 more headphone or my camera and I chose the latter) so I took plenty of pics of both gear and people. When it came time for lunch we assembled a small group of Dom, Justin, Raffy, Al, Ari, Gene, and for some reason I'm drawing a blank on 1 other guy and we went to Kiko's Japanese for some sushi that was really good. 4 of us ordered our own entrees but the other 4 ordered a "boat" which turned out to be literally a boat (maybe about 3' long?) stacked with sushi from bow from stern. It was awesome and someone took pics of it. There was so much sushi on it, it took all 8 of us to eat it up (though the restaurant claimed it was a 4-person meal). Back at the meet we listened to more gear and I checked out the Zu speakers. For dinner we went to Padrino's Cuban which was also really good with a group that included just about every HC-er on the travel team and in SoFla. Their mojitos were good too, I had two of them. And the waitress was hot, I think someone got a pic of her. Then it was back to the hotel where we wound down and packed everything up in record time (the hotel staff told us they had to prepare for another event the next day) and then we all converged into Al's and NWT's room for schmoozing and drinks. The drinks especially were flowing and I sampled almost everything and got drunk to the point where I was laughing at nearly everything, including the bad jokes. By the time people finally wanted to sleep I think I was semi-conscious. Sunday 12/6 Recap: Al, Jeff (VPI), JP, and I all got into Jeff's rental to head back to FLL and I was sad, because it was over (well I was also still a little buzzed). These meets are always way too short! I also have to add a cool story at FLL: when I was at the gate waiting for the plane, a somewhat elderly man (in his 50s maybe, 60s at most) and his wife sat down next to me. I had my JH13s on and was jamming out and the man indicated he had something to say so I took them off and he was really curious about them. He mentioned he had UE11s and wanted to know what I had, so I told him all about them and their 6 drivers which blew him away. I figured not just anyone owns UE11s so I asked him if he knew about Head-Fi and he did. I suspect JHA will have a new customer now. People Impressions: Well it was great to see Team SoFla again, that's for certain - Mike, Dom, Raffy, Matt, Gene, Vicki, and others I'm sure I'm forgetting. Familiar faces too - JP, Al, Ari, Colin, Scott, Justin, Jeff, etc. There were new faces too of course and I have to say that Alex (screaming oranges) is a really cool guy and is the nicest Mexican I've ever met. Followed by Brent (MexicanDragon), who's the 2nd nicest Mexican I've ever met. I was utterly disappointed to not see a fight between them though, it was a total let-down after the weeks we were building that up. All in all everyone was really cool and it was just a blast hanging out with everyone for two short days. I wish it was still going on dammit. I want moar beer! MOAR BEER!!! (Pics and gear impressions to come tonight, probably. Will post some on Head-Fi. Will also leave some just for Head-Case though.)

It was a long travel day back home - woke up at 7 AM after a mere 3 hours of sleep, caught a 10:30 AM flight, stopped in Atlanta for a 2-hour connection back to Denver. Tried to sleep on both legs but got only a little actual amount. When I landed in Denver it was snowing and 14 degrees out (and getting colder) and I ended up waiting over an hour out in the cold for a delayed 1-hour bus ride home. (Though I was prepared for snow on the way back I wasn't anticipating waiting that long in the cold.) In other words I'm beat and will not be posting anything until tomorrow night. But I will add this: you know a SoFla meet has been a resounding success when you wake up with a pounding headache (from the copious amounts of alcohol consumed) and for a moment forget where you are. Big thanks to tyrion for this absolutely fantastic shindig, the rest of Team Florida for all the entertainment, and the travel team for what was a smashing good time. Though I'd set out to get 100% smashed at this meet, I got only about 90% smashed - but it was still fortuitous enough anyway.

My Black Friday through Cyber Monday haul, all bought online: - Adorama.com: Sandisk 8GB Extreme III SDHC card - $50 savings - Amazon.com: Acronis True Image Home 2010, Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Pro Pack, Kingston 16GB USB key, and CD for 2009 Holiday Gift Exchange partner - approx $50 savings total off usual price total - BestBuy.com: two PC games - free shipping and 3% cash back (was an offer through my credit card) - ColumbiaHouse.com: 1 DVD movie - 50% off & free shipping - EarphoneSolutions.com: Senn PX100 and Shure SRH840 - 15% savings off discounted prices - ElusiveDisc.com: two MFSL CDs and four MFSL lift-lock CD cases - 10% savings - Emotiva.com: X-Series 2M power cord - 20% savings & free shipping - Spun.com: 3 new CDs and 1 used CD - free shipping My Christmas shopping is about half done now.

B&H has some Canon lenses on sale: Holiday Specials, Deals, Discounts & Promos | B&H Photo Video TTVJ also has some Black Friday deals, posted on Head-Fi here: Black Friday Sales! - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio With all the online deals this year, who needs to go out? I'll be on a buying spree myself this weekend...

Acoustic Sounds' Black Friday Sale: 10% off all in-stock music and equipment - use promo code "BlackFriday" to receive discount - 10% discount will not be reflected at checkout but will be honored when order is processed - offer good now until 11/29 6 PM CST Justin is also offering a Black Friday special, the info is on headamp.com right now!

Music Direct's Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale valid through 11/30 9AM CST:

I was going to put in my vote for the Herman Miller Aeron but it's more of an office chair than anything else (and it's the most awesomest office chair of course). Well, until I saw this one: source: [url=http://www.kalkwijk.com/ximage/pid/144/i/5]Herman Miller

Which music sections are you guys looking at? I haven't run into any ineligible titles for the ones that I've seen - MFSL CDs and XRCDs primarily. This sale is a good way to get at least a small discount on those. I know deepak doesn't listen to digital tho. (I'm highly tempted to get a stash of some MFSLs myself, must fight the compulsion!)

Count me in for the Friday night dinner & music, if there's room for more. Sorry for straggling. There's a chance I might not have space to pack my DSLR camera so I might be camera-less at a meet for the first time. (I used to have a P&S model but I gave it away some time ago, would've been nice to still have it for occasions like this one, oh well.) Also if someone could bring the usual packing tape + box razor to the meet, I'd appreciate it, thanks.

Elusive Disc's Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale: 10% off - any order 12% off - orders over $500 15% off - orders over $1000 To take advantage of this Sale, enter 'Holiday Sale' in the special Instructions field of the Checkout Page when placing your order on our webstore. The discount WILL NOT be reflected on our website. We will download your order, adjust the price, and then bill your credit card the discounted price. SALE ENDS Monday November 30, at 12 Midnight EST!

Oh you're right, I forgot we were talking about Team Florida. In that case I might use my JH13s to block you guys out when it gets too loud.

I intend on catching the Hyatt's airport shuttle so I shouldn't need a pick-up. Looks like it runs 8 AM - 8 PM.

Dew et, you still have a chance to get your JH13 in time for the SoFla meet. With everyone owning JH13s it'll be the quietest meet ever, right?

You two might as well pair up - provided that faust3d won't mind the international shipping.

I can say with certainty that you'd have to spend that amount or more to net a clear sonic benefit over your current source. Also the HD650 is a fine headphone but it has limitations as to how far it'll scale, so I would recommend not upgrading the source too far if you intend on keeping them.

Alright here's the partner list. I used the sequence generator on Random.org. I'd appreciate if a moderator could copy this to post #1 as well. Since there was an odd number of people, the one person who got left out is Dusty - if anyone wants to volunteer specifically for him, just post here, otherwise I think I'll get in touch with zippy2001. 4 50 Asr <> Torpedo 21 6 Fitz <> blessingx 11 3 Dash <> Aimless1 10 12 darthsilverice <> dBel84 44 35 shellylh <> MexicanDragon 33 52 luvdunhill <> veloaudio 39 24 naamanf <> grawk 8 40 Cankin <> nikongod 23 48 GPH <> The Monkey 42 7 penger <> boomana 41 51 omegaman <> tyrion 37 32 morphsci <> laxx 45 46 Sherwood <> spritzer 38 1 n_maher <> Absorbine_Sr 20 53 Elephas <> Voltron 28 18 Hopstretch <> Duggeh 17 9 drp <> cetoole 22 5 Genetic <> Augsburger 15 30 diebenkorn <> John E Woven 54 26 VPI <> HeadphoneAddict 34 55 manaox2 <> zippy2001 36 14 MoonShine <> deepak 29 25 jinp6301 <> guzziguy 49 31 tom_hankins <> jp11801 47 16 swt61 <> dreamwhisper 2 13 agile_one <> Deadneddz 43 27 postjack <> hirsch 19 Dusty Chalk

I'm all in for this one. Travel plans not yet made but I'll most likely be there Wednesday through Monday. I'm gonna need 2 days to soak in Chicago. I also regretted missing the post-Sunday activities at the last two CanJams so I'm gonna be sure to make it this time.

I prefer dark meat, what about you guys?

If I were you Elephas, I'd buy just the WES solely for the comparison to the Aristaeus with respect to the SR-Omega and HE90. DEW ET! Besides, who needs an A-10 when you've got a BHSE, Aristaeus, ES-1 (tortured amp it may be), and potentially a WES? We all want to be you but unfortunately that will just never happen. Hey are you coming to CanJam 2010?

My JH13 experience: - directly off iAudio X5: - Pico DAC/amp: - Pico DAC & Gilmore Lite: - Plinius CD-101 & Gilmore Lite: - I can only imagine the next step will be like: