[theotherjude]

Three years is far too short a time to meet with such excellent and admirable audiophiles! I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
 
It's time for the third annual St. Louis Area Spring Head-Fi Meet!
 
JDS Labs will once again be hosting the meet, which has grown exponentially each year, at our office across the river in Collinsville, IL. If you plan on attending, please post on the thread with any gear and shoot me a PM if you need table space so we can ensure the availability of tables and chairs.
 
The general meet info is below and will be continue to be updated as the date approaches.
 
Hope to see you all there!
 
Date and Time
 
May 20, 2017
10:30AM - 3:30PM
 
Cost
 
Free
 
Location
 
JDS Labs
909 N Bluff Rd
Collinsville, IL 62234
 
We're about 15 minutes east of downtown STL.
 
 
Attendees: as of 4/5/2017
 
Lapper
Zach915m
theotherjude
jseaber
mysticstryk
buke9
pippen99
chicken beer
PoochZag
ekrauss
buonassi
Audio Addict
Cotnijoe
FunctionalDoc
 
Gear: as of 4/5/2017
 
Audioquest Nighthawk
Audeze LCD-XC
Beyerdynamic DT880
Ultimate Ears Reference Remastered
AKG Q701
Meze 99 Classic
Sennheiser HD650
ZMF Ori
ZMF Eikon.
Mr. Speakers Ether C's
AKG K 872's
Sennheiser HD-700's
Sennheiser HD-6xx's
Koss ESP-950's
Stax SRM-1 MK 2
Audeze LCD-X
Mr Speakers ETHER FLOW
Focal Elear
Beyerdynamic T90
Sennheiser HD800
Audio Technica AD2000
Oppo PM-1 with all three earpad variations and balanced cable
Oppo PM-3
Oppo Sonica speakers, stereo pair (maybe)
Basslet wrist subwoofer
Mayflower T50rp mk 3 stock pads
modded nad viso hp50
Philips x2
Phillips L2
Hifiman he400i
Focal Utopia with WyWires cable
Mr. Speakers Aeon
HiFiMan HE400i
Periodic Audio BE IEMs
 
 
JDS Element
JDS O2 OL DAC Stack
JDS EL STACK
Schiit Bifrost
DNA Sonett
Cavalli Liquid Carbon
Bottlehead Crack
Schiit Yggdrasil
Questyle QP1R
Cavalli Liquid Gold
Woo Audio WA5
Auralic Aries Mini
PS Audio Directstream DAC
QLS QA360 modded version
Eddie Current Zana Deux
Schiit Gumby
Oppo HA-1
Oppo HA-2
Oppo Sonica DAC (ESS9038Pro chip)
LH Labs Pulse Infinity v 2.0.
EMAC 535SE
Cowon Plenue PM2 DAP
iFi micro iDSD Black Label with iFi Purifier 2
AK JR
RSA Blackbird SR71-B balanced portable amp
 
 
 

 

[Lapper]

Thanks, Jude! I can't wait! I'll be bringing most or all of my gear.
 
Here's your /r/StLouis thread.

 

[mysticstryk]

I'll be there.

Bringing:

Gumby
DNA Sonett

Not sure what headphones. Will be HD650, ZMF Ori or ZMF Eikon.


EDIT: Sold my Bifrost, will be bringing a Gumby now instead.

 

[buke9]

Well now that you changed the date count me in. I will be bringing
Ether C's
AKG K 872's
HD-700's
HD-6xx's
ESP-950's
If anyone requests
Modded HE-400's
HE-400S's
Amps
Amps and Sound Kenzie
Stax SRM-1 MK 2
Cavalli Liquid Carbon
Bottlehead Crack (Maybe 2 one with and one without Speedball if the order comes in as mine has a dead led and it was put in the order for the new one)
Source
Schiit Yggdrasil
Questyle QP1R
Looking forward to making this one as I made it about a quarter of the way last year and fell ill. I hope that was a one off ; )

 

[pippen99]

I will be there.  Very much enjoyed last year.  My equipment list follows:
 
Cavalli Liquid Gold
Woo WA5
Auralic Aries Mini
PS Audio Directstream DAC
Audeze LCD-X
Mr Speakers ETHER FLOW
 
I know that all that would take up an entire table so if there is a consensus on which amp you all would like to hear the other can stay home.  I hauled it all to Nashville last fall and am willing to do it again but am cognizant of the room size last year.  See you all May 20.

 

[mysticstryk]

  I will be there.  Very much enjoyed last year.  My equipment list follows:
 
Cavalli Liquid Gold
Woo WA5
Auralic Aries Mini
PS Audio Directstream DAC
Audeze LCD-X
Mr Speakers ETHER FLOW
 
I know that all that would take up an entire table so if there is a consensus on which amp you all would like to hear the other can stay home.  I hauled it all to Nashville last fall and am willing to do it again but am cognizant of the room size last year.  See you all May 20.

 
Personally, I would very much like to hear the Liquid Gold.

 

[buke9]

Personally, I would very much like to hear the Liquid Gold.

It is very good but the Tungsten I think I like better not by much they are both awesome.

 

[Lapper]

   
Personally, I would very much like to hear the Liquid Gold.

Cavalli's a master of his craft. I'd love to hear some of his again, as well.

 

[chicken beer]

Thanks for making this happen!!! Will try my very best to be there (unless anything stopped me from school! But I should make it.)
 
If likely coming, I'll bring:
1. A Focal Elear
A Superdupont added HD800 (or some other open headphones to compliment other's bringings)
Beyerdynamic T90
Grados
Closed headphone such as Fostex THX00-mahogany or Sony MDR7520, or a JVC SZ2000
Some earbuds.
2. (If anyone interested since it's noisy) A Peachtree Deepblue2 bluetooth speaker
3. DAP: QLS QA360 modded version
4. I have amp/DACs but I believe you guys got better ones, and JDS got their good DAC/amps. Can bring one if anyone interested

 

[chicken beer]

Well now that you changed the date count me in. I will be bringing
Ether C's
AKG K 872's
HD-700's
HD-6xx's
ESP-950's
If anyone requests
Modded HE-400's
HE-400S's
Amps
Amps and Sound Kenzie
Stax SRM-1 MK 2
Cavalli Liquid Carbon
Bottlehead Crack (Maybe 2 one with and one without Speedball if the order comes in as mine has a dead led and it was put in the order for the new one)
Source
Schiit Yggdrasil
Questyle QP1R
Looking forward to making this one as I made it about a quarter of the way last year and fell ill. I hope that was a one off ; )

 
I'm interested in all your stuff~~~~ Haven't tried most of yours~

 

[Inquirer2]

Curses! May 2nd was great, but May 20th I will be in Colorado. I would have loved to meet you (again, for those of you from last year) and
listen to all the drool-worthy gear.
 
Jonathan Goldberg

 

[PoochZag]

I'm a few hours away and would normally attempt the drive, sounds like a great event.  Somewhat ironically I will naturally be in STL that day to see family, which will make it more difficult to attend.  Small chance I drop by gearless though.
 
Have fun!
 
Edit:
 
Actually we are going to change our travel plans so I will be there!
 
Will plan on brining Zana Deux, Gumby and HD800/650/AD2000, so I could use half a table or so.  May leave the Eikon at home since Zach will be there anyway.

 

[ekrauss]

I would like to attend but I am not sure what to bring. I have a decent amount of gear but I might just confine it to my Oppo gear:

PM-1 with all three earpad variations and balanced cable
PM-3
HA-1
HA-2
HA-1 stand, PM-1 stand because they are so gosh darn pretty to look at
Oppo Sonica DAC (the new one with the ESS9038Pro chip)
Oppo Sonica speakers, stereo pair (maybe)

I also could bring a neat little gizmo I purchased as part of a Kickstarter campaign, the Basslet wrist subwoofer. It is a little goofy but very cool.

 

[Audio Addict]

I will try to make it. My EMAC 535SE amplifier should hopefully be finished. It should be S/N 0001.

I would bring my Utopias with a WyWires cable along with a Pulse Infinity v 2.0.

 

[buonassi]

I'll try as well. Mayflower T50rp mk 3 stock pads, modded nad viso hp50, Philips x2 and L2, Hifiman he400i, looking to demo some other folks' headamps!