A Guide to /the/ Audio Strip Mall in Jakarta, Indonesia for Audio Fans
Hello! I was told to make this guide available on Reddit by a friend so I decided to post this here. Seeing that there's an increase in international visitors to Indonesia, especially to our capital in Jakarta; I've created a simple guide to visitors who are interested in making their way to STC Senayan. That place is a treasure trove for different types of hobbies, especially for audio gear. There are several stores there to keep a note of, and I'm going to provide a general division of what each store would carry for purchase. These stores allow for you to try the products they have in stock before you buy so hopefully this might be a good point of reference!
CSI ZONE - They primarily focus on popular chifi brands like Moondrop, Tanchjim, Tangzu and Truthear, etc. They carry things from their subsidiaries like Harmonic Empire as well. They carry products from Sennheiser and Audio Technica for headphones, as well as the IE series of IEMS from Sennheiser.
Kuping Sensi (Kupsen) - They carry a variety of brands, from the most affordable ones to mid to high end IEMs. They primarily focus on IEMs, dongles and cables and not so much on headphones. They have stuff from KZ, CCA, Dunu, Ziigaat, Xenns, EPZ, Kinera, Tinhifi, Artpical, Simgot, etc. They really have a lot, so you can really explore your options there when it comes to IEMs. I think for the most part you will spend most of your time here.
BTM (Beyond the Music) - They have a lot of things going on in the store, from IEMs and headphones to desktop sized DACs and Amps. They focus more on mid to high end brands though they still have some affordable options. In terms of IEM brands they have stuff from 64 Audio, Symphonium, Twistura, Dita, Elysian, Letshouer, 7th Acoustics, Flipears, Fibears, Sivga, Unique Melody, Final Audio, Soranik, Moondrop, Canpur, 7Hz, Ibasso, Nightjar, Melody Wings etc. In terms of Headphones they have Hifiman, Audeze, ZMF, Moondrop, Sennheiser, Aune, Hedd, etc. If you are looking for headphones this is the place for it.
Hobby Verse - This is a small store so space wise they are very limited. That said, their collection of IEMs are definitely the most esoteric and unique. They have IEMs from brands that you don't often hear about, such as Sound Rhyme, MyerAudio (Sliivo, etc), ISN Audio, Softears, 634ears, Letshouer, Gaudiolabs, Penon Audio, Night Audio, Kotori Audio, QOA and Earacoustics stuff.They also have mouses, keyboards and other peripherals there.
Tunesaudio and Fuyudie Avic - These are audio stores focused on second hand products so their stock does change occassionally based on what they have in store but this might be a good way to get to try older product. Tunesaudio has more IEMs and portable audio gear in general whereas Fuyudie Avic has some IEMs, headphones as well as a phletora of amps and dacs in store, both for portable and desktop use. They also have speakers and vinyl discs if that's your thing.
The Records Company - There's another store that specializes on vinyl and CDs that you can go to. They also have speakers and Stax earspeakers on for demo.
SenAcoustic Audio and Verus Audio - Local cable builders to those who are interested in either picking up a cable they have in store or want to have a custom one built (should you have enough time to do so).
There's also a store that specializes on speakers downstairs as well as audio peripherals like mics and mixers to those who are more interested in such things instead.
I hope that this guide will be helpful to those who are visiting STC Senayan for their audio journey! If there's anything I missed or that there are some information that needs some updating then please do tell me about it!
Furthermore, I do have small write ups for each of the stores for directions to the stores as well as their google map links, though I am not sure if that's allowed on reddit so do tell if I can provide that in the comments instead!