ZMFestivus II: SATURDAY OCTOBER 5th 2019
ZMFestivus is a community Head-Fi meet hosted by ZMFheadphones! It’s a giant party to celebrate the community from which we were born and a time to hang out, have good times, and perseverate over acute perceived differences in mid-range presentation! That’s our kinda party- wooooo!
We welcome anyone interested in audio to come out and bring your set up for others to audition or just come to hang and demo gear. We have tables, chairs, and wall outlets. All you need to bring is your gear and whatever power strips and extension cords you think you may need. There is no cost of admission, but we do have a pretty radical raffle with exciting ZMF Prizes along with awesome gear from other vendors in attendance. Last year folks won full-sized headphones (3), IEMs, portable and desktop amps, premium cables, etc. We try to make the raffle very worthwhile.
RSVP- Please RSVP here https://forms.gle/ZZ7ycgKmxGAQWaxq7
THE DETAILS:
Location: Fort Knox Studios
http://www.fortknoxstudios.com/
4255 N Knox Ave
Chicago, IL 60641
October 5th 2019
Set Up: 10 AM
Official Start : 11 AM
Start Cleaning Up: 4 PM
Lock up & Lights off: 5 PM
Go get some food and drinks!
OF NOTE:
PARKING: There is a parking lot and plenty of easy street parking (truly.) ZMF will have some wagons available for bringing gear in from the parking lot.
FOR LOCALS: This is right near the Mayfair Metra stop AND the Montrose Blueline stop.
FLYING IN: The Blueline runs right out of O’Hare Airport. Theoretically you can capitalize on more affordable accommodations by the airport and take the blueline right in when you want to. OR if you want to stay in the city and make a weekend of it—the Blueline also runs through downtown.
QUESTIONS:
Email me bevin@zmfheadphones.com and I will try to help answer any question you might have. I will add an FAQ here as I figure out the Q’s that are becoming FA, but in the meantime:
FORT KNOX- is a gigantic music studio and creative space here in Chicago. We have rented a room called “The Hangar” which is substantially larger than our space last year, so bring a friend… or two! Here are some photos of what’s inside. http://www.fortknoxstudios.com/chicago-creative-industry-media/chicago-music-photos
RSVP- Please RSVP here https://forms.gle/ZZ7ycgKmxGAQWaxq7
RAFFLE DETAILS- TBD… but it’s gunna be good.
VENDORS- We are starting to reach out and will update ASAP.
JDS Labs in the house!
F1 Audio with @JamesonM bringing so much awesome gear with him.
iFi Audio- woot woot. Potentially showing something new and exciting...They will keep us updated!
HeadAmp Blue Hawaii... you may have heard of it?
Bin Chickens Vinyl Fair For all you vinyl lovers out there!
Campfire Audio- Caleb and JD are flying in from Portland with some fun meet set ups!
THIS THREAD- Please feel free to ask questions, post things, make your funniest jokes. The only rule is be kind. Other than that- let’s have fun here. Most questions should be easily answered in this first post or by emailing me (bevin@zmfheadphones.com) so the rest of the thread can be good times.
GEAR LIST:
As we get a little closer to October, here are some of the set-ups that have started to roll in. We have had a bunch of "not sure yet" and "just bringing myself" responses and both of those are totally valid! No pressure to bring any gear at all... and no pressure to know what you'll have bought, sold or traded for by October either
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Cavalli Liquid Gold, PS Audio Directstream DAC, ZMF Verite Pheasantwood, Audeze LCD-4
Abyss AB-1266 PHI TC, LCD-X, Focal Clear, Noble Khan, CA Solaris, Meteum onyx, Cavalli Liquid Platinum, AK Sp1000cu, ALO CV5, Transparent power bank, mac book for source.
Sony MDR-Z7, Acoustic Research M20, Focal Elear with pad swap, and if I drive I may bring heavier items like a Bottlehead Crack w/ Speedball, etc.
Massdrop THX AAA 789, Shanling M5s, Final Audio E5000, Meze 99 Noir, hopefully maybe a DAC of some kind
Audio-gd Master 7 Singularity DAC and Master 9 Preamp/Headphone amp, Aurender N100H Server/Player and Audeze LCD-X Headphone.
Audio-Technica ATH-ADX5000
AKG k240 df headphones and a pair of MrSpeakers Alpha Dogs I'm happy to bring if you think people will want to check them out (and I'd bring my shiit modi and magni v1 to plug em into)
ZMF Aeolus, HE4xx (with ZMF Ori Lambskin pads), Fidelio X2, Sennheiser HD58x, Takstar Pro82, Feliks Audio Echo OTL Tube Amp, Schiit Magni 3, Schiit Modi 3
Dt880, verum one, hsc75, ikko oh1.
My ears and some portable stuff
Digital: Antipodes DX gen3, Chord M Scaler, Chord Dave Power: Transparent Reference power isolator Amp: Wells Audio Headtrip level 2 (former reference), XI Audio Formula S, probably Auris Headonia Headphones: AB1266TC, Hifiman Susvara, Hifiman HE1000SE, Hifiman Ananda, Meze Empyrean, Focal Utopia, Audese LCD4 and LCD4Z, Final D8000, HD800S
Focal Clear, Audeze LCD2, Campfire Andromeda S, iFi Micro Black Label, Massdrop THX AAA 789
Wells Milo, Massdrop x Cavalli Liquid Platinum (possibly), Massdrop Airist R2-R DAC, Schiit Eitr, Burson TC-7240 Passive Preamp, ZMF Ori Black Limba, MrSpeakers Aeon Flow Closed, Massdrop x HifiMan HE4XX, Verum One (headphones), AKG K240 Sextett, Panamax MR4300 (for power management), MacBook Pro with Tidal
5 headamp setups (valhalla 2, ragnarok 1, mjolnir 2, carver crimson 275 setup for estats, mitsubishi, da-a10dc setup for estats), varying electrostatic headphones (Stax, Kaldas), varying headphones (Hifiman, Audeze, Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic), a laptop and dac for each setup
Modded 598, modded stax 407
RSA Raptor, Teac UD 501, Yamaha hp-1, highly modified Hd598, laptop for source.
We can bring Portables as well as some Chord Products?
ZMF Auteur cocobolo ZMF Atticus cherry (questionable, might leave it behind) Sennheiser HD650 Glenn OTL Bottlehead Crackatwoa Topping D50 DAC + power supply Laptop (source) Lots of excellent tubes!
he-6 (code-6 mods) maybe gear to drive it, j2 spearker amp can really can warm up a room.
SR-007 Custom Modded Sigma Pros SRD-7/mk2 Beyerdynamic ET1000 N1000
2 pairs of headphones and a couple of laptops. I'm a part of the group that was set up right in front of the entrance to the main room last time. With the turntable if you remember. We plan on bringing a lot of stuff this go around as well.
I might bring my Senn HD600's
Headphones: *Sansui SS-100 (Modified) x2 *Sennheiser HD580 (Modified) *Audeze LCD-XR (Modified) *Sony DR-Z7 (Modified) *Fostex T30 (Modified) *AKG K1000 (Modified) *Sony MDR-F1 (Modified) *Beyerdynamic DT770 (Modified) *Beyerdynamic DT880M *** Potentially a few (no more than 3) prototypes as well Amp: *Sansui AU-G77XII Source: *Lenovo X230T *LH Labs GO450
Hifiman HE500
brooklyn dac, Hifiman headphones
Audioquest Nighthawks and dragonfly red
cayin N6 v2
Kenwood KH - 71
SMSL VMV D1, Massdrop AAA 789, ZMF Pendant, ZMF Aeolus, and Laptop running Roon
JDS Labs Atom, Pioneer XDP-300R, Acoustic Research AR-H1, Cleer Next, Sony MDR-EX1000, Audio-Technica ATH-IM02, TFZ King Pro, TIN T2, TIN T3
Sennheiser HD600, HD580, Massdrop Jubilee HD58x
Stax headphones and amps fostex headphones schitt amp grommes amp
CMA400i and Aeon Flow Closed, HD6XX
Andromeda Gold, Cayin N6ii, CA Cascade or Focal Elegia undecided yet.
ZMF Zebrawood Atticus, ifi idsd micro black label
Modded HD800 and modded HD650. Possibly ECP L2 amplifier
Maybe portable stuff (KZ ZS10pro, ZS7, Toneking 9T, Kansas Pro, it01, TRNV90, FA1, etc)
SMSL SU-8 2, THX AAA-789, Music Hall ph 25.2 hybrid amp, A&K Kann, ZMF Eikon, Hifiman HE400i, and NAD HP50 headphones
ZMF Atticus (AJ edition)/Chocobolo Omni, Senn HD650, on a Grace m9xx DAC/Amp + Shure KSE 1500/SE 846 earphones pending confirmation of loanership for the weekend
SE846
Beyerdynamic T1 and Audeze LCD-3
Sources: Fiio K1 LG V40 iFi iDSD nano BL iFi iDSD micro BL Sony PHA-3 ->balanced LQi Cu cable for ZMF/Audeze Astell & Kern A&U SP1000 Cu +Amp ->balanced ZMF 2K Cu for ZMF/Audeze w/ Eidolic plugs iFi Pro iDSD 2.5 +iFi Pro iCan Interconnects: AudioQuest Earth 0.5m XLR w/ carbon DBS Shunyata Σ 1m XLR (hopefully – borrowed) Cans: ATH M50x +also have Brainwavz pads ATH WS99BT Sony MDR-1A Audeze LCD4 (veg pads) Accessories: Dekoni nuggets ZMF Salire stand tons of cheap & intro cables and adapters
Hifiman HE500
MH755
Focal Elegia, Audeze EL-8 and EL-8 Titanium, Chord Mojo, iFi Black Label and maybe my 64Audio U6.
T50 MK3
ZMF will have at least but not limited to: Gel3n, ZMF Pendant, All ZMF Lineup, Metrum Onyx, Schiit Yggdrasil.
ZMFestivus is a community Head-Fi meet hosted by ZMFheadphones! It’s a giant party to celebrate the community from which we were born and a time to hang out, have good times, and perseverate over acute perceived differences in mid-range presentation! That’s our kinda party- wooooo!
We welcome anyone interested in audio to come out and bring your set up for others to audition or just come to hang and demo gear. We have tables, chairs, and wall outlets. All you need to bring is your gear and whatever power strips and extension cords you think you may need. There is no cost of admission, but we do have a pretty radical raffle with exciting ZMF Prizes along with awesome gear from other vendors in attendance. Last year folks won full-sized headphones (3), IEMs, portable and desktop amps, premium cables, etc. We try to make the raffle very worthwhile.
RSVP- Please RSVP here https://forms.gle/ZZ7ycgKmxGAQWaxq7
THE DETAILS:
Location: Fort Knox Studios
http://www.fortknoxstudios.com/
4255 N Knox Ave
Chicago, IL 60641
October 5th 2019
Set Up: 10 AM
Official Start : 11 AM
Start Cleaning Up: 4 PM
Lock up & Lights off: 5 PM
Go get some food and drinks!
OF NOTE:
PARKING: There is a parking lot and plenty of easy street parking (truly.) ZMF will have some wagons available for bringing gear in from the parking lot.
FOR LOCALS: This is right near the Mayfair Metra stop AND the Montrose Blueline stop.
FLYING IN: The Blueline runs right out of O’Hare Airport. Theoretically you can capitalize on more affordable accommodations by the airport and take the blueline right in when you want to. OR if you want to stay in the city and make a weekend of it—the Blueline also runs through downtown.
QUESTIONS:
Email me bevin@zmfheadphones.com and I will try to help answer any question you might have. I will add an FAQ here as I figure out the Q’s that are becoming FA, but in the meantime:
FORT KNOX- is a gigantic music studio and creative space here in Chicago. We have rented a room called “The Hangar” which is substantially larger than our space last year, so bring a friend… or two! Here are some photos of what’s inside. http://www.fortknoxstudios.com/chicago-creative-industry-media/chicago-music-photos
RSVP- Please RSVP here https://forms.gle/ZZ7ycgKmxGAQWaxq7
RAFFLE DETAILS- TBD… but it’s gunna be good.
VENDORS- We are starting to reach out and will update ASAP.
JDS Labs in the house!
F1 Audio with @JamesonM bringing so much awesome gear with him.
iFi Audio- woot woot. Potentially showing something new and exciting...They will keep us updated!
HeadAmp Blue Hawaii... you may have heard of it?
Bin Chickens Vinyl Fair For all you vinyl lovers out there!
Campfire Audio- Caleb and JD are flying in from Portland with some fun meet set ups!
THIS THREAD- Please feel free to ask questions, post things, make your funniest jokes. The only rule is be kind. Other than that- let’s have fun here. Most questions should be easily answered in this first post or by emailing me (bevin@zmfheadphones.com) so the rest of the thread can be good times.
GEAR LIST:
As we get a little closer to October, here are some of the set-ups that have started to roll in. We have had a bunch of "not sure yet" and "just bringing myself" responses and both of those are totally valid! No pressure to bring any gear at all... and no pressure to know what you'll have bought, sold or traded for by October either
TCavalli Liquid Gold, PS Audio Directstream DAC, ZMF Verite Pheasantwood, Audeze LCD-4
Abyss AB-1266 PHI TC, LCD-X, Focal Clear, Noble Khan, CA Solaris, Meteum onyx, Cavalli Liquid Platinum, AK Sp1000cu, ALO CV5, Transparent power bank, mac book for source.
Sony MDR-Z7, Acoustic Research M20, Focal Elear with pad swap, and if I drive I may bring heavier items like a Bottlehead Crack w/ Speedball, etc.
Massdrop THX AAA 789, Shanling M5s, Final Audio E5000, Meze 99 Noir, hopefully maybe a DAC of some kind
Audio-gd Master 7 Singularity DAC and Master 9 Preamp/Headphone amp, Aurender N100H Server/Player and Audeze LCD-X Headphone.
Audio-Technica ATH-ADX5000
AKG k240 df headphones and a pair of MrSpeakers Alpha Dogs I'm happy to bring if you think people will want to check them out (and I'd bring my shiit modi and magni v1 to plug em into)
ZMF Aeolus, HE4xx (with ZMF Ori Lambskin pads), Fidelio X2, Sennheiser HD58x, Takstar Pro82, Feliks Audio Echo OTL Tube Amp, Schiit Magni 3, Schiit Modi 3
Dt880, verum one, hsc75, ikko oh1.
My ears and some portable stuff
Digital: Antipodes DX gen3, Chord M Scaler, Chord Dave Power: Transparent Reference power isolator Amp: Wells Audio Headtrip level 2 (former reference), XI Audio Formula S, probably Auris Headonia Headphones: AB1266TC, Hifiman Susvara, Hifiman HE1000SE, Hifiman Ananda, Meze Empyrean, Focal Utopia, Audese LCD4 and LCD4Z, Final D8000, HD800S
Focal Clear, Audeze LCD2, Campfire Andromeda S, iFi Micro Black Label, Massdrop THX AAA 789
Wells Milo, Massdrop x Cavalli Liquid Platinum (possibly), Massdrop Airist R2-R DAC, Schiit Eitr, Burson TC-7240 Passive Preamp, ZMF Ori Black Limba, MrSpeakers Aeon Flow Closed, Massdrop x HifiMan HE4XX, Verum One (headphones), AKG K240 Sextett, Panamax MR4300 (for power management), MacBook Pro with Tidal
5 headamp setups (valhalla 2, ragnarok 1, mjolnir 2, carver crimson 275 setup for estats, mitsubishi, da-a10dc setup for estats), varying electrostatic headphones (Stax, Kaldas), varying headphones (Hifiman, Audeze, Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic), a laptop and dac for each setup
Modded 598, modded stax 407
RSA Raptor, Teac UD 501, Yamaha hp-1, highly modified Hd598, laptop for source.
We can bring Portables as well as some Chord Products?
ZMF Auteur cocobolo ZMF Atticus cherry (questionable, might leave it behind) Sennheiser HD650 Glenn OTL Bottlehead Crackatwoa Topping D50 DAC + power supply Laptop (source) Lots of excellent tubes!
he-6 (code-6 mods) maybe gear to drive it, j2 spearker amp can really can warm up a room.
SR-007 Custom Modded Sigma Pros SRD-7/mk2 Beyerdynamic ET1000 N1000
2 pairs of headphones and a couple of laptops. I'm a part of the group that was set up right in front of the entrance to the main room last time. With the turntable if you remember. We plan on bringing a lot of stuff this go around as well.
I might bring my Senn HD600's
Headphones: *Sansui SS-100 (Modified) x2 *Sennheiser HD580 (Modified) *Audeze LCD-XR (Modified) *Sony DR-Z7 (Modified) *Fostex T30 (Modified) *AKG K1000 (Modified) *Sony MDR-F1 (Modified) *Beyerdynamic DT770 (Modified) *Beyerdynamic DT880M *** Potentially a few (no more than 3) prototypes as well Amp: *Sansui AU-G77XII Source: *Lenovo X230T *LH Labs GO450
Hifiman HE500
brooklyn dac, Hifiman headphones
Audioquest Nighthawks and dragonfly red
cayin N6 v2
Kenwood KH - 71
SMSL VMV D1, Massdrop AAA 789, ZMF Pendant, ZMF Aeolus, and Laptop running Roon
JDS Labs Atom, Pioneer XDP-300R, Acoustic Research AR-H1, Cleer Next, Sony MDR-EX1000, Audio-Technica ATH-IM02, TFZ King Pro, TIN T2, TIN T3
Sennheiser HD600, HD580, Massdrop Jubilee HD58x
Stax headphones and amps fostex headphones schitt amp grommes amp
CMA400i and Aeon Flow Closed, HD6XX
Andromeda Gold, Cayin N6ii, CA Cascade or Focal Elegia undecided yet.
ZMF Zebrawood Atticus, ifi idsd micro black label
Modded HD800 and modded HD650. Possibly ECP L2 amplifier
Maybe portable stuff (KZ ZS10pro, ZS7, Toneking 9T, Kansas Pro, it01, TRNV90, FA1, etc)
SMSL SU-8 2, THX AAA-789, Music Hall ph 25.2 hybrid amp, A&K Kann, ZMF Eikon, Hifiman HE400i, and NAD HP50 headphones
ZMF Atticus (AJ edition)/Chocobolo Omni, Senn HD650, on a Grace m9xx DAC/Amp + Shure KSE 1500/SE 846 earphones pending confirmation of loanership for the weekend
SE846
Beyerdynamic T1 and Audeze LCD-3
Sources: Fiio K1 LG V40 iFi iDSD nano BL iFi iDSD micro BL Sony PHA-3 ->balanced LQi Cu cable for ZMF/Audeze Astell & Kern A&U SP1000 Cu +Amp ->balanced ZMF 2K Cu for ZMF/Audeze w/ Eidolic plugs iFi Pro iDSD 2.5 +iFi Pro iCan Interconnects: AudioQuest Earth 0.5m XLR w/ carbon DBS Shunyata Σ 1m XLR (hopefully – borrowed) Cans: ATH M50x +also have Brainwavz pads ATH WS99BT Sony MDR-1A Audeze LCD4 (veg pads) Accessories: Dekoni nuggets ZMF Salire stand tons of cheap & intro cables and adapters
Hifiman HE500
MH755
Focal Elegia, Audeze EL-8 and EL-8 Titanium, Chord Mojo, iFi Black Label and maybe my 64Audio U6.
T50 MK3
ZMF will have at least but not limited to: Gel3n, ZMF Pendant, All ZMF Lineup, Metrum Onyx, Schiit Yggdrasil.
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