CanJam 2010

So I just got back from CanJam, the annual international Head-Fi meet, and I can say that I had a really great time. It was my first CanJam, so I don’t have much to compare it to, but there were plenty of high profile vendors and Head-Fi members represented.

I got to hear a bunch of stuff I’d heard before and a bunch of stuff I haven’t heard before. The Woo Audio room (pictured) featured a number of impressive tube and electrostatic setups… I also checked out the offerings from HeadRoom, Westone, HiFiMan, Shure, RudiStor, CEntrance, Sensaphonics, and others, but there are a couple that particularly impressed me.

After hearing from others how impressive the LCD-2 is, I headed over to the Audez’e booth. (It’s pronounced like odyssey but with a “z” sound instead of an “s” one.) The planar magnetic driver in the LCD-2 gives it an uncanny ability to react to transients faster than most headphones, so the detail is really, really impressive. Also, I didn’t find it lacking in any part of the frequency range. It’s a bit heavy (for the magnets, Alex said) and it does clamp pretty well, but I found the pads to make for pretty good comfort otherwise. They’re quite efficient, and really did sound impressive.

A funny moment was when I asked Alex Rosson, Co-Founder of the company if he was the dnb head behind the collection of drum ‘n bass I found on the iPad that was sourcing the system. When he said he was and I mentioned that I was a dnb dj myself, he mentioned that Reid Speed is his wife! Haha… I dig Reid Speed and thought her Resonance mix from 2002 was excellent. What a coincidence that I meet her husband at CanJam representing a headphone company. :)

The other company is one that I already had a special affinity for… Their new product really impressed me more than anything else at CanJam. More on that shortly…

So I’m very glad I made it out to this year’s event, and send my sincere thanks out to the coordinators, vendors, members, and of course Jude for making it a reality!

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