[justin w.]

Time for someone to invent a noise-cancelling helmet for CanJam. Imaging the future CanJam, we have people wearing those helmets from star war movie, we will be officially in the future.

If someone wants to build it we'll buy it, contact us =D

 

[michael2v]

The Vali 2++ (stupidest name ever) has 60V rails while the Vali 3 has 100V rails (according to its info card). There are probably some other small tweaks to its circuit design as well.

The EECS nerd in me says that since 2++ = 3, they must be one and the same…!

 

[Click]

I'm going to think about how this could work, maybe a 'quiet room' that could be sponsored and reserved in 15-30 minute time slots? Those noise isolation booths cost about $2500 to rent and can fit 1-2 people. If you put a few of these in a side room, it might cost $15k with the room fee. I think the only way that makes economic sense is to have a 2nd setup up in a hotel room and have sign ups or invitations for it

Setting up a noise isolation room inside a convention hall/room(s) would be a pain in the butt and costly.

Best solution is to set up signs, ask all attendees to try and keep their voices down, and be more courteous, but I don't think it's ever been asked of CanJam attendees before.

It should be a requirement to be respectful, but it's not and has never been. If people want to chat loudly and socialize all CanJam long, they should do it outside of the room(s) people are trying to demo products. There's plenty of space to speak loudly outside of the main room and side rooms, but people are lazy and it's inconvenient, so they just stand next to or around tables where people are trying to test out headphones and IEMs instead, talking, laughing, sometimes shouting loudly for hours. I'm not talking about people trying to chat with vendors/exhibitors either, because they obviously need to stay by their tables.

 

[ApertureSilence]

Top items of the show for me are: Campfire Trifecta, Raal Magna (preferred it to the Immanis), Modhouse Tungsten Double-Sided, and (oddly enough) the Grado GS3000x and the xDuoo XD05 Pro.

Also, I think 1/4 of the people I observed listening to full-size headphones had them on backwards. It was obscene.

Could you expand on why you prefer Magna to Immanis? I ask because I have Immanis on pre-order.

 

[G8torbyte]

Time for someone to invent a noise-cancelling helmet for CanJam. Imaging the future CanJam, we have people wearing those helmets from star war movie, we will be officially in the future.

Reminded me of this

 

[fiascogarcia]

Time for someone to invent a noise-cancelling helmet for CanJam. Imaging the future CanJam, we have people wearing those helmets from star war movie, we will be officially in the future.

If someone wants to build it we'll buy it, contact us =D

I've just barely started on an early prototype. It will be pretty inexpensive.

 

[msing539]

I've just barely started on an early prototype. It will be pretty inexpensive.

I'll give you $8,000 and the goggles must be included. Final offer.

 

[betula]

Setting up a noise isolation room inside a convention hall/room(s) would be a pain in the butt and costly.

Best solution is to set up signs, ask all attendees to try and keep their voices down, and be more courteous, but I don't think it's ever been asked of CanJam attendees before.

It should be a requirement to be respectful, but it's not and has never been. If people want to chat loudly and socialize all CanJam long, they should do it outside of the room(s) people are trying to demo products. There's plenty of space to speak loudly outside of the main room and side rooms, but people are lazy and it's inconvenient, so they just stand next to or around tables where people are trying to test out headphones and IEMs instead, talking, laughing, sometimes shouting loudly for hours. I'm not talking about people trying to chat with vendors/exhibitors either, because they obviously need to stay by their tables.

Or perhaps a dedicated member of staff could just quietly walk around with a stick and give a gentle smack on the bum of the loudest participants.

Joke aside, noise unfortunately is somewhat unavoidable on events like CanJam. Even if you just count the polite conversations going on between vendors and visitors, that quiet murmur in a big hall adds up and becomes noise. That said, certainly a large percentage of conversations could be taken outside, and there is always one or two people, who are just so unaware of others being around, that they talk loudly right next to you when you are trying to listen to some long-awaited headphones.

 

[JerseyD]

Reminded me of this

I was thinking this... ("Get Smart")

 

[JerseyD]

I'm going to think about how this could work, maybe a 'quiet room' that could be sponsored and reserved in 15-30 minute time slots? Those noise isolation booths cost about $2500 to rent and can fit 1-2 people. If you put a few of these in a side room, it might cost $15k with the room fee. I think the only way that makes economic sense is to have a 2nd setup up in a hotel room and have sign ups or invitations for it

At an event which is built for auditioning headphones (and amps, dacs, etc.), vendors needing to pay for extra rooms to get some quiet seems awful. We could at least TRY asking people to speak quietly (and post a bunch of signs around the room).

 

[msing539]

At an event which is built for auditioning headphones (and amps, dacs, etc.), vendors needing to pay for extra rooms to get some quiet seems awful. We could at least TRY asking people to speak quietly (and post a bunch of signs around the room).

Welcome to CanJam, the world's premiere silent audio show.

 

[Click]

Or perhaps a dedicated member of staff could just quietly walk around with a stick and give a gentle smack on the bum of the loudest participants.

Joke aside, noise unfortunately is somewhat unavoidable on events like CanJam. Even if you just count the polite conversations going on between vendors and visitors, that quiet murmur in a big hall adds up and becomes noise. That said, certainly a large percentage of conversations could be taken outside, and there is always one or two people, who are just so unaware of others being around, that they talk loudly right next to you when you are trying to listen to some long-awaited headphones.

I know noise is unavoidable at conventions, but the intensity and loudness of the noise can definitely be mitigated and lessened if staff simply asks attendees to be more quiet and respectful to those trying to demo products, which is the main reason to even have an audiophile show to begin with. Vets who have owned or heard most of the stuff at CJs mainly go to socialize and talk all day and night. New comers like me want to try out all of the gear we've only read about and seen online, but we can't do it when there's so much loud noise around us.

I'm not asking for a silent room, because that'd be weird, boring, and too strict, but I also don't want to experience how insanely loud it was on Saturday afternoon again. It was just unbearable. Left early Sunday before late afternoon, because I didn't want to deal with that again. Couldn't even properly demo any headphones this CanJam because of how loud it was, including the side rooms. Tried to demo at the headphones.com table and Audeze table, but it was a hopeless endeavor. Even the ZMF room was too loud to demo the Caldera closed back. Forget about trying out any open back headphones.

If there were no IEMs at CanJam, I would've been so disappointed and never want to go back to another CJ again.

 

[AnyDave]

If someone wants to build it we'll buy it, contact us =D

No problem. All we need to do is cutout an area for the neck and put in some weatherstripping to seal it. Maybe add some shoulder pads to balance the weight.

 

[PHLHarmonic]

While it's perfectly well and good to get to meet in person, I do think there's something to be said for the fact that it feels like there have been more posts this year about the NYC event itself rather than the gear. I wasn't there but I hope the noise didn't have such a huge impact that people couldn't properly demo stuff.

 

[msing539]

Early prototype for the Heddphone