Bay Area Meet February 8, 2025

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
7. Linsoul
8. MIRPH Designs
9. Donald North Audio
10. Apos Audio
11. Wells Audio
12. DUNU
13. Meze

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:

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  • SR-X9000 / SR-L700MKII + SRM-T8000,
  • SRS-X1000
  • SR-X1 with SRM-D10

ETA Headphones:

• ETA - Ultra Low Impedance Headphones
• NITSCH - Pietus Maximus
• Mid Winter Design Works - stand

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:
TBD

Schiit:
TBD

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

MIRPH Designs:

• 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:
TBD

Wells Audio:
TBD

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

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 / Atrium
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?

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!

 

Updated the gear list. Still working on more!

 

Updated info!