Bay Area Meet February 8, 2025

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    Hi everybody! We are at it again in the Bay (see the impressions from the last meet: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/bay-area-meet-july-28-2024.14494/. If you are interested in bringing your gear and getting a table spot, please join the discord (link below) and fill out the sign up sheet. I will follow up with you in the coming weeks to give you details on the event, etc. That being said, if you have headphones or IEMs (or even DAPs) that are portable, feel free to bring those with you and carry those around to test out all the cool stuff that will be there. So here are the details:

    Important notes:
    1. If you are selected to bring your own setup, please arrive 1 hour before the event to set up. There will also be 1 hour after the event is over to break down and pack up.
    2. Gear list to come.
    We are sponsored by Schiit Audio!!! Please thank them for helping us put together this meet and be able to enjoy this bigger venue and the space needed to bring more of us together! Also for sending us awesome gear.

    Note: Please be conscious of your manners and hygiene. If there’s a line growing behind you or for the table, limit your listening time and come back when the table isn’t as packed. Let’s let everyone listen. Also keep in mind you will be demoing other people’s gear. Please be clean, wash up, don’t put products in your hair, clean your ears, etc. Be respectful. There’s a lot of cool gear here.

    List of contributing manufacturers/companies (gear to be announced and potentially more to come):
    1. Schitt Audio: Sponsor and sending SchiitKit
    2. HIFI FOR ALL
    3. ETA Headphones
    4. NITSCH
    5. STAX
    6. ZMF (Zach and Bevin will be here!)
    7. Linsoul
    8. MIRPH Designs
    9. Donald North Audio
    10. Apos Audio
    11. Wells Audio
    12. DUNU
    13. Meze
    14. Orchard Audio
    15. Auribus Acoustics
    16. Enleum
    17. HEDD
    18. rhythmdevils audio
    Location and Date/Time:
    Saturday Feb 8, 2025
    10:00 AM – 3:00 PM PST
    Guildhouse
    420 S 1st St
    San Jose, CA 95113

    Discord link for our Bay Area community:
    https://discord.gg/CzuXVkE2Rx

    Eventbrite/Tickets (Free) Link:
    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hificon-february-8-2025-tickets-1114996206669?aff=oddtdtcreator

    Gear List (TBD):
    Manufacturers/Companies:
    STAX:
    ETA Headphones:
    HIFI FOR ALL:
    • Headphones:
      • HFA Dahlia
    • DAC's:
      • Chord Hugo TT2
      • Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE
    • Amps:
      • DIY Aegis
      • Headamp CFA3
      • Flux Labs Mentor
    ZMF:
    • Headphones:
      • Bokeh Open
      • Caldera Closed
      • Caldera Open
      • Atrium Open
      • Atrium Closed
    • Amps:
      • Aegis
      • NITSCH x ecp Audio DSHA-3FN
    • DACs:
      • Chord Hugo 2
      • Cayin DAC (unspecified)
    • Some DAPs as sources
    • IEMs:
      • Dark Matter Audio IEMs

    Schiit: (Going to list these as the stacks I plan to put them in)
    • Gungnir 2 and Kara F (forkbeard will be available to test)
    • Modius and Midgard
    • Bifrost 2/64 and Lyr+
    • Bifrost 2/64 and Valhalla 3
    • Various headphones to accompany the above

    Linsoul:
    • IEMs:
      • Thieaudio Valhalla
      • Thieaudio Divinity V16
      • Thieaudio Prestige LTD
      • Thieaudio Monarch MKIII
      • Thieaudio Oracle's II and III
      • Thieaudio Hype 2,4,and 10
      • Kiwi Ears Division
      • Kiwi Ears Punch
      • Kiwi Ears Orchestra Lite
      • Kiwi Ears Canta
      • Kiwi Ears Cadenza
      • Kiwi Ears Forteza
      • Kiwi Ears Quintet
      • Ziigaat Odyssey
      • Ziigaat x HBB Punch
      • Ziigaat Doscinco
      • Ziigaat Cincotres
      • Ziigaat Estrella
      • Ziigaat Arete
      • 7hz Timeless II
      • Mangird Tea Pro
    • Headphones:
      • Kiwi Ears Division
      • Kiwi Ears Ellipse
    MIRPH Designs:
    • 2x MIRPH-1

    NITSCH:
    • Amps:
      • NITSCH x ecp Audio DSHA-3FN
      • NITSCH x Schiit Pietus Maximus
      • NITSCH x Schiit Magni Piety
    • DACs:
      • Schiit Yggdrasil LiM
      • Schiit Bifrost 2 OG (MODDED)
      • Neko Audio D100 Mk I
    • Headphones:
      • ZMF Atrium Open (TBD)
      • Focal Elex
      • Focal Clear OG
      • Focal Utopia OG
      • HD600 Stock (Marble)
      • HD600 Stock New Production
      • JAR600 v1 New Production
      • HD6XX Stock
      • JAR6XX v1
      • HD800 modded to JAR800 v3
    Donald North Audio:
    • Amps:
      • DNA Stellaris
      • DNA Supernaut
    Apos Audio:
    • Headphones:
      • SJY Horizon Closed Carbon
      • Apos x Audio-Technica ATH-R70x Refine
    • IEMs:
      • Apos $75 IEM prototype
      • Meze Alba
      • Open Audio multiple IEMs
    • DACs/Amps:
      • xDuoo TA-32
      • Apos x Community Gremlin x 2
        • Tubes for Gremlin: Ray CORE, Ray SELECT, Mullard, Gold Lion
      • TOPPING DX9
      • TOPPING CENTAURUS R2R
      • FiiO K11 R2R
      • FiiO R7
    • DAPs:
      • FiiO M11
      • FiiO M17
    • Sources (other than DAPs):
      • Salad SA-XC turntable prototype
    • Other:
      • Magia cables
      • Salad Halo Headphone Stands x2
    Wells Audio:
    • Amps:
      • V8 OTL
      • V8 Level III
      • Milo
    DUNU:
    • Headphones:
      • Arashi
    • IEMs:
      • Glacier
      • Zen Pro
      • SA6EST
      • DK3001BD "Brain Dance"
      • Kima 2
      • TItan S2
    • Portable DACs:
      • DTC 480
      • DTC 800
    Meze:
    • Headphones:
      • 105 AER
      • Empyrean II
    • IEMs:
      • Alba
    Orchard Audio:
    • Amp:
      • Prototype Valencia

    Auribus Acoustics:
    • Headphones:
      • Sierra Open
    Enleum:
    • Amp:
      • HPA-23RM
    HEDD: (headphones are tentative, they're trying to make it here in time)
    • Headphones:
      • HEDDphone TWO
      • HEDDphone TWO GT
    rhythmdevils audio:
    • Headphones:
      • RD-6

    From the community (TBD):

    Pud: Various pud headphones from: https://pud.com

    GiveYouFire: IEMs:
    LETSHUOER Cadenza 12 2024, Softears Cerberus, 64 Audio U12t, QDC 8SE, Kiwi Ears Orchestra,
    Prisma Audio Azul, LETSHUOER S15, Moondrop Dusk, Moondrop Blessing 2, Moondrop Kato, Tangzu Heyday,
    DUNU SA6, SeeAudio Neko JP, SeeAudio Yume and Yume Midnight. Will also have DUNU gear (from above) at table.

    Edition: DAC: Monarchy M24, Head amps: Pietus Max, Piety, Headphones: DCA Aeon Open X, ZMF Eikon

    Thunder240: Headphones: Quad ERA-1, amp/DAC: Grace m9xx

    MakeItWain:
    IEMs: FiR Radon6, FatFreq x HBB Deuce, ZiiGaat x HBB Arcadia, Kiwi Ears x HBB Punch, Letshuoer S15,
    Pula Anvil 114, Apevoix Grit, ZEMPIRE ZE51B.
    Headphones: TBD
    Source: Muse Hifi M5 Ultra. Can bring JDS Element IV if there's a desire

    Questhate:
    Vinyl: Technics 1200 --> Darlington MP7 --> Vali 3 --> ZMF Bokeh / Aeolus
    Digital: Yggdrasil OG --> Mjolnir 3 --> Audeze LCD-X / Empyrean OG
    Portable: Hiby R6 III --> Mega5est / Moondrop Dusk / Senn IE600

    Xgatt86:
    Headphones: Rosson Audio RAD-0, ZMF Verite Closed (Ironwood) -- undecided on ZMF
    DAC: Schiit Bifrost 2
    Amps: SPL Phonitor XE, Glenn OTL (4 tube)
    Source: TBD, maybe laptop?

    Yury Z.:
    Isolation transformer, Activator and solid copper power cables.

    Rice Spice:
    Heaphones: Abyss Diana TC, ZMF Verite, Meze Classic 99
    DAC: Topping D90 Discrete
    Amps: Xi Broadway, custom Krell KSA 5 clone, Dynaco ST35, Syphonic Line RG3 clone
    Source: Laptop most likely

    S2kphile:
    Headphones: Fiio FT1, FT1 Pro
    Earbuds: VENTURE ELECTRONICS Zen SL, Zen 2.0, Zen 3.0, Zen 3.0FE, Zen LL, Zen Lite, Asura 3.0FE, Asura Pure White Shining, Monk 7th Plus, Monk Metapod Standard, Monk A1, Monk Studio, Monk Lite, Slim Metal Ti, Slim Metal Gold, \FRANQL Blue Moon, Panther, Caleum. LREY Hera, Raijin, ROSESELSA Distant Mountain, KOSS Porta Pro 2.0 Wireless
    DAC/USB: VENTURE ELECTRONICS Devastator Dongle, Prime Copper DAC
    Amps: APOS Gremlin with WE396A 5670 Tubes, RAY SAMUELS AUDIO Emmeline "The Hornet", MEIER AUDIO/Head-fi Corda Headsix, VENTURE ELECTRONICS RA2B-FE
    Source: Sony NW-ZX707 DAP

    sirhitsalot:
    DACs: Ferrum Wandla GSE, SMSL RAW MDA-1
    Amps: Ferrum Oor + Hypsos, SMSL RAW MDA-1, Woo Audio WA6

    Photos from the prior events:
    Jan 2023: https://photos.app.goo.gl/3vWJe6tNMhfXryaP8
    Jan 2024: https://photos.app.goo.gl/dp7tyiqckBgheN41A

    Giveaway:

    We will be having a giveaway! HIFI FOR ALL (HFA) is donating t-shirts and we will be giving it away! The give away will be at 2:15 PM. Everyone who has a ticket for the event and comes in will have a chance to win but make sure you're around for the give away as only those still there will win. Also, if you are a volunteer or have a community table, you'll get double the chance! Don't forget to sign up!
     
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    Updated some info above. Also Zach and Bevin from ZMF will be in person!
     
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    Updated again. Some items still pending but I wanted to list them now for awareness. Going to be a great time!
     
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