Friends that are Helping us:

first and foremost I have to let you all in on a small story, but it has Substance to this thread and to this event. story is Grawk footed the bill on a meet he hosted some time ago, then Lot's of people chipped in to even out Grawks wallet to help. one of those People was Chiunifi! in turn we will have some cables Made by the DIY'er himself, the man of the hour..the man with the diy cable power...Jason (JBLoudG20)!
Jason (JBLoudG20) will be sending us some cables to Raffle off! this is so important cause this is what i talked about earlier how Chiunifi can help other events , this is Headfier helping headfier people!
Thanks Jason, i seriously can't wait to see and hear your work in life!!!

Uncle Wilson of Jaben network and Crossroads is sending us some Gear to Raffle!!!! what it will be I have no clue, but in San Jose Uncle Wilson was handing out special edition Crossroads Mylar earphones and Crossroads also Donated some great ipod docks for the event. I have a pair from the event and I tried them with the Shure black foamy tips and wowzerz!! Thank you So much Uncle Wilson for your time and product, I think you should have a Cubby Bear on the way to join the family out there...first i have to find one, i live on the south side of Chicago right next to White Sox fans..not cubs fans.

Todd R from TR-audio needs no introduction to anything regarding headphones and Chicago! he has been at most if not all any events here. Todd has brought us products to demo for as long as I been on this earth (well). Todd Will be chipping in something for the Raffle, again what it will be i have no clue..

No Chicago Event would be complete without the Mister of portable amps, the Mrs. of preamps, and the he/she of Phono stages..
Ray Samuel's from Ray Samuel's Audio will be locked on Target, bombing your ears with some milky smooth sounding gears..oh yeah..
Ray should have his assortment of products at the event (and if he don't then we bug him to go home and get it..only few blocks away), but he may be bringing some new product called "The Predator" which is a dac/amp combo. Ray has given me the choice of either a Hornet or a Tomahawk in for the Raffle, i told him I don't care it's his choice..not mine.

you think it's over? please....

What if I told you there was a tiny itsy bitsy company located blocks away from the Event willing to open it's doors to us? what if I told you the tiny company was a leader in iem's and mic's? what would you say to me?
Tacos? no man it's SHURE INC! and check this out..
Shure will be sending their two (or three) best out to the event for some on the spot IEM demoing. You can check out everything from the SE110 to the top of the line SE530 earphones, and don't worry about Tips cause Shure is bring tips back like it's Sexy!
Wait I am not done..noway..if you go to the event you will not only receive the demo but get this..
Shure inc will be doing Tours of their Performance / Listening Center (click the link to learn more info). We were talking maybe one tour at 4pm and another later. it will depend on what you all want to do, in other words the tour and the event will be flexible! and of course the Matt and Shaun from Shure have let me in on something else. Shure will be chipping in the raffle (yeah baby) with a few goodies, will it be some earphones? t-shirts? tacos? hell I don't know..

And last but not in any least..
Chicago is known for the music scene?..yes, the tall building scene?..yelp, and the pizza and hot dog scene?..of course. but there is another scene Chicago is known for (besides my scene), which is the Vinyl scene! and with that i give you..Chiunifi...The Vinyl Junkie in all of hi-fi audio..
Todd Green from Todd the Vinyl Junkie (ttvj) will be on hand at the event!
He will have some of the products he sells including his very own TTVJ portable Millet amp! it has tubes and batteries and is "TO-GO". little known fact is Todd actually is a Chicago boy himself, grown and raised here on probably pizza and hot dogs..well..
Todd will be throwing in something something for the Raffle also..you probably can guess by now i have no clue, cause i don't.

We also added...

WooAudio and Westone to the raffle!