Canjam 08 Meet Impressions

[postjack]

amazing pictures as always Peter.

henceforth, this shall be known as the R10 stupor. gawd I loved those phones.

[tyrion]

At least you don't look like your face is in spasm.

[Iron_Dreamer]

At least you don't look like your face is in spasm.

Maybe you'll find the next picture just a bit more flattering, Tyra!

Tyrion and n_maher share a moment between headphones:

Little Tyrion helps dad dole out the prizes (at least the ones agile_one and JP#'s don't drop!)

A lucky winner receives his Singlepower Square Wave from Mikhail:

The madness at full throttle:

She found the gear quite enthralling:

And he optimistically approached the HD650's:

Philodox's rig, proud to bring you Jeff Buckley, Jeff Buckley, Jeff Buckley, and more Jeff Buckley!

Grawk teeters on the edge of sleepiness:

Whilst Voltron feeds the need:

What synergy!

[immtbiker]

Nice pics Dreamer de Iron.

...and a good time was had by all (even the nice policeman that stopped by to say hi to the young Klipsch posse).

It is Jewish tradition to stomp on a glass at the end of a wedding ceremony, but from the 5th floor?...now that's, a different religion.

[JBLoudG20]

Whats wrong with some DOF?

[Iron_Dreamer]

Whats wrong with some DOF?

Isn't that what the other gazillion pictures from Can Jam are for?

It wasn't my goal to produce basic pics of every booth/table and piece of gear. If I was the only person there taking pics, perhaps I would have in the interest of information.

[purk]

Wow...amazing pictures. Thanks for those wonderful images.

[Voltron]

Isn't that what the other gazillion pictures from Can Jam are for?

It wasn't my goal to produce basic pics of every booth/table and piece of gear. If I was the only person there taking pics, perhaps I would have in the interest of information.

I don't know what DOF means, but I really like the pics you took, Peter.

[Smeggy]

That's some awesome photo-grafy there and some great gear. I didn't see any shots of the Menace in action.

[JBLoudG20]

Isn't that what the other gazillion pictures from Can Jam are for?

It wasn't my goal to produce basic pics of every booth/table and piece of gear. If I was the only person there taking pics, perhaps I would have in the interest of information.

Oh I'm not saying they are all a crock, but a few of them are so over the top I started feeling my stomach turning. The majority are nice pictures.

[Fing]

I don't know what DOF means, but I really like the pics you took, Peter.

Depth of Field. 'Greater' DOF means bringing more stuff into focus when a picture is taken and you can control that on cameras with an aperture setting.

I also like Iron_Dreamer's pics ) Best ones I've seen so far of CanJam - well done!

[n_maher]

You want more pictures, I'll give you more pictures!!!

Gratuitous Shot of Vicki's "Head-Fier of the Year" Stand

My Source First Rig - Ipod Touch -> Menace

Tyll and Queen V

philodox's wounded, but still excellent rig

Vicki's Lector (so close to being my precious...)

Vicki's Exemplar 2900 (nice, very, very, nice)

Vicki's Extreme Platinum w/ external PS

Jack Woo's WA-5

Rudistor Table

Smyth's Ultimate Gaming Rig

Moon Audio's Cary and modded Original CD Player

Meet Master Mike's rig (pay to listen, sheesh!)

highlife's rig

Voltron's New Beta22

asr's Beta22

asr's seriously sexy bel canto

dinner friday night aka my first vegan meal (pretty good)

Smyth's Surround Demo

Smyth's Secret Black Box

TTVJ/Millett Phono Stage

Todd's Seriously Cool Posters

TTVJ/Millett 307A MONSTER (one of my top 2 rigs of the meet)

no caption required...

Tyll and his Audiophile Desktop (me want BAD)

Headroom Speaker Stands (pics just don't do these a bit of justice)

My Ultimate Office Rig

The Main Room (as seen from my table)

The Main Room (from the far end) - side note I would not like to be around when the hotel gets there power bill...

Pete Millett's "Starving Student" Hybrid Amp - way cheap, doggone good, pure DIY fun

Voltron's Jitter Reduction Device (or something like that...)

Justin's/Headamp's Prototype Blue Hawaii Special Edittion

(my other favorite rig of the meet, geez this sounded spectacular)

Thrice is going to post detailed impressions since he can't escape the fact that I caught him listening here...

Thrice missing his old amp

Thrice checking out Mike's current rig

Thrice w/ the Headamp Aristaeus (man this guy was everywhere, post some impressions already!!!)

The Single Power Odyssey (drool)

and to close things out, DanG checking out the soon to be released PJ530 IEMS (yes, you can get the whole frog in your ear for maximum bass and isolation)

[postjack]

people who complain about the pj530s lack of bass aren't getting a proper seal. I suggest you dampen the frog heavily with your own saliva before insertion.

[luvdunhill]

Vicki:

Do you have any pics of the Singlepower external power supply unit, the jack and what not? This is purely for purposes. Looks like Mikhail is not using the DC power jacks any more (good move), as I assume this is for the tube heaters only?. Is the external psu just a standard power brick of sorts that's been reterminated with that Neutrik connector? Does the amp work without the external unit plugged in? Is there a voltage selector on the unit?

Sorry for all the questions, this is the first time I've seen something like this on a Singlepower, so I'm geeking out about it

[n_maher]

Vicki:

Do you have any pics of the Singlepower external power supply unit, the jack and what not? This is purely for purposes. Looks like Mikhail is not using the DC power jacks any more (good move), as I assume this is for the tube heaters only?. Is the external psu just a standard power brick of sorts that's been reterminated with that Neutrik connector? Does the amp work without the external unit plugged in? Is there a voltage selector on the unit?

Sorry for all the questions, this is the first time I've seen something like this on a Singlepower, so I'm geeking out about it

I actually talked with Mikhail about the external PS on Sunday. The external PS is the HV supply, not the heaters (although like you I expected the opposite) so it's not something you can use the amp without. And no, Vicki's amp doesn't have a voltage selector. The connectors are Neutrik Speakon types, although he has said he gets special versions that are black w/ gold plating. I've seen them for sale before, although only once, and I'm not sure I'd feel all that great about using them for HV AC. I haven't read their spec sheets close enough to see if it's anything worth worrying about.

Just found the link to the gold speakon plugs - http://www.audiogear.com/Neutrik-Speakon.html - part no. NL4FC-B

[laxx]

That Odyssey looks mad ass.

[luvdunhill]

I actually talked with Mikhail about the external PS on Sunday. The external PS is the HV supply, not the heaters (although like you I expected the opposite) so it's not something you can use the amp without. And no, Vicki's amp doesn't have a voltage selector. The connectors are Neutrik Speakon types, although he has said he gets special versions that are black w/ gold plating. I've seen them for sale before, although only once, and I'm not sure I'd feel all that great about using them for HV AC. I haven't read their spec sheets close enough to see if it's anything worth worrying about.

Just found the link to the gold speakon plugs - http://www.audiogear.com/Neutrik-Speakon.html - part no. NL4FC-B

that $$ Plitron is for show then, relegated to a bling heater supply?

any pics of the psu?

It's probably not AC, rectified and smoothed would be my guess.

[boomana]

I gotta take pics of stuff for sale in the next day or so. I'll see what I can do, but no insides.

[Voltron]

that $$ Plitron is for show then, relegated to a bling heater supply?

any pics of the psu?

It's probably not AC, rectified and smoothed would be my guess.

I don't know all the details, and I don't know wtf you guys are talking about from the technical perspective, but I think that $$$ Plitron was on the amp before he ever came up with the idea of the separate PSU. Would seem odd for him to take it off at that point.

[n_maher]

I don't know what he's got in her amp for a filament trafo, I would doubt that it's the same Plitron since he's no longer using the HV section.

And right you are, I'm sure it's not AC, but rather the DC already rectified and smoothed. Serves me right for not forming a complete thought before typing.

The whole point of the external supply is to allow the use of 6528s and their massive 5A heaters. So I'm guessing, and it really is just a guess, that he replaces the plitron with a beefy filament trafo and moves all the HV stuff to the external box.

that $$ Plitron is for show then, relegated to a bling heater supply?

any pics of the psu?

It's probably not AC, rectified and smoothed would be my guess.

[Smeggy]

I gotta give the BH-SE the prize for sexiest looking. The Menace is even bigger than I imagined!

[en480c4]

The Menace is even bigger than I imagined!

It took up almost my whole desk when it made it's visit to my place tonight.

[luvdunhill]

So I'm guessing, and it really is just a guess, that he replaces the plitron with a beefy filament trafo and moves all the HV stuff to the external box.

The Plitron is still there sitting on the amp.. That's like a $350 trafo....and nuthin' but fo' sho'?

I need to see pics of the psu..... time to pull this one out:

[Pars]

I gotta give the BH-SE the prize for sexiest looking. The Menace is even bigger than I imagined!

Yeah, I was kinda floored by how big the Menace was when Nate was standing by it. In the build thread, there wasn't anything to get a reference from.

[Guest sacd lover]

The Plitron is still there sitting on the amp.. That's like a $350 trafo....and nuthin' but fo' sho'?

I need to see pics of the psu..... time to pull this one out:

I thought the external power supply was for the filaments and the high voltage supply was on the amp side. \