Headphone Event Aug 30, 2019
SA | Published on 8/30/2019
Headphone Event
SFAS members attending this fun and informative event were able to listen at 10 different headphone stations, which included the following:
Headphones:
– Audeze models LCD-4z, LCD-3, LCD-2 and LCD-XC
– Mr Speakers models Ether 2 and Aeon Flow
– Grado GS3000e
Schiit Amps and DACs
– Loki/Modi
– Jotunheim Multibit
– Lyr
– Ragnarok
Parasound Headphone Amps:
– Zdac V.2 (four!)
Parasound Headphone Amps:
– Zdac V.2 (four!)
Plus two members brought their setups:
Larry G. brought:
STAX SRM-727 Mk II Amp
STAX SR-009S Electrostatic Headphones
Audioquest Nighthawk Headphones (Discontinued)
Benchmark DAC1Pre USB DAC (Discontinued)
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Source (for FLAC/Tidal)
Mike brought:
Cavalli Liquid Gold Amp (no longer in production)
Focal Utopia headphones
Pono DAC as a source
Alón was seen going from station to station with his AKG K702 reference headphones (Alon sporting some Audeze below) and enjoying himself immensely.
Everyone seemed to really enjoy the opportunity to sample such a wide array of quality headphones, amplifiers and DACs.
SFAS would like to convey a tremendous amount of thanks to Schiit (who also provided four fully loaded Mac Book Pros), Pass Labs and Parasound for loaning us the equipment – we could not have had such a successful event without their generosity!
Michael Fremer Event, September, 2019 by Jay Selwitz