Treat yourself to something 'nice' mate.
Here we go, Pear Anjou speaker cables. 8 foot pair probably five grand over here: http://www.pearcable.com/sub_products_anjou_sc.htm
You know it's worth it!
Treat yourself to something 'nice' mate.
Here we go, Pear Anjou speaker cables. 8 foot pair probably five grand over here: http://www.pearcable.com/sub_products_anjou_sc.htm
You know it's worth it!
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Turntables: 4
Pickup arms: 10
Cartridges: 27
Phono stages/ SUTs / Head Amps: 5
CD/SACD Players: 2
DACS: 0
Integrated Amplifiers: 1
Pre Amplifiers: 7
Power Amplifiers: 10 (counting a pair of monoblock amplifers as a single unit)
Loudspeakers: 2 pairs
Subwoofers: 0 (tried a subwoofer, but didn't get on with it)
Headphones: 2 pairs
Tuners: 8
Cassette Tape decks: 2
Reel-to-reel tape decks: 2
DAT decks: 0
Multi-channel 'Home Theatre' receivers: 0
Last edited by Barry; 04-08-2017 at 15:09. Reason: correction
Barry
Location: Torquay, Devon.
Posts: 5,684
I'm Shane.
Arkless Electronics-Engineered to be better. Tel. 01670 530674 (after 1pm)
Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Location: Manchester UK
Posts: 68
I'm Andrew.
I read this thinking oh I don't really have much at all, I'm not a collector or anything.......
Turntables: 0
Cartridges: 0
Phono stages/ SUTs / Head Amps: 0
CD/SACD Players: 2
DACS 2
Integrated Amplifiers: 2
Pre Amplifiers: 0
Power Amplifiers: 0
Loudspeakers: 7 pairs (I'm counting some of my HT speakers as some are bookshelfs such as my Dali Zensors and Control 1's)
Subwoofers 6 (I seem to be collecting them somehow, only 3 are in use)
Headphones 1
Tuners: 0 (don't really listen to the radio unless in the car)
Tape decks 0
DAT decks 0 ( I did have an old Sony one but seem to have misplaced it at some point!)
Multi-channel 'Home Theatre' receivers: 4 (kind of explains all the subs I guess)
2.1 systems 1 (oh god and it has another sub)
Soundbar 1 (erm yeah another sub there as well)
Am now hoping my partner doesn't realise I am collecting speakers, subs and AV receivers!
My music room system - Kef C60's, Arcam rDAC, NAD C352 fed by an old Mini ITX PC
My AV system - Dali Zensor 1 5.1 system, Onkyo TNXR636 with Onkyo Dolby Atmos speakers fed by an Nvidia Shield TV
3 rpi setups with assorted DAC's
5 Spotify accounts (family plan)
5 or so amps
2 or so pre-amps
3 or 4 pairs of speakers
2 PSU's
that's actually quite reasonable
Location: South London UK
Posts: 168
I'm Colin.
Location: gone
Posts: 11,519
I'm gone.
Yes, down to 9 as I have recently sold a few off. They include a couple of multiples, though.
Rundown of contenders .... B&O H6 and Form 2a (3 pair), Beyerdynamic DT-150, PSB M4U-1, AKG 551, Fostex T50RP mk3 (2 pair), Soundmagic E10 & E50 IEMs.
Also recently heard some Hifiman HE400 planar magnetics (too smooth for me) and have owned several pairs of Stax 'stats in the past as well as numerous other dynamic cans.
Quite a few more over the last year or so that didn't impress so much ... the above listed are the good'uns imo.
I'd never even heard of the Fostex until a reccie was posted on an AOS thread I started. But they are the Winners as far as I am concerned. They make 'reviewer hyperbole' irrelevant - they just sound right, as in "that's how it should go".
2nd place (i.e. the pair I would keep if only allowed two) would be the B&O Form 2a. Not because they are better than the others (although a case could be made for that! - very open, transparent and immediate sound and 'not-there' comfortable, not for bass-heads, though) but because of the sound+fun aspect. They weigh next to nothing and sound ridiculously good for not much physical presence - and they come in some cool colours - I have orange, green and black pairs.
So - the Fostex. As good as any I have heard and way better than most. .... actually, better than any others. A real surprise. The standard earpads come in for a lot of stick online for comfort issues, although I find them OK. The Brainwavz earpads are a good comfort and sound upgrade, though (£20).
As you can see I have focused on mid-price cans - they are a secondary source for me, only used before the wife stirs herself in the morning, so I don't feel the need to spend more.
-- Mind you, I was expecting the HE400 dem to be a game-changer and to raise my budget, but no, fantastic in some ways but deeply flawed in others.
Last edited by jandl100; 04-08-2017 at 07:14.
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