Well?
Well?
Noise cancelling ones...?
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire these days
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I'm Shaun.
Well I listen mainly to Prog influenced music and I have been using Grado SR125e's. However I have come to the conclusion that I do not like headphones so they are now on ebay. Each to their own as always.
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I'm gone.
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I'm gone.
I tried and failed to sell some JBL Synchros 700S cans a few months ago for a mere pittance (£35 for £200 cans) - superb on prog and rock.
No-one wanted them - I gave them away in the end!
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I think my PSB M4U-1 would be great.
Happy to loan them to you, Steve, £60 if you want to keep them. Over £200 at rrp.
Just PM your name and address.
They look like this stock image ...
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Location: Huntingdonshire
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I'm Andrew.
Just saying.
Well...I've been trying quite a few from my collection and my current favourite has to be the Ultrasone HFi 580 - Locomotive Breath, Mocking Bird etc sound stunning through them - rest of chain is vortexbox, MF V-Link 192, Bushmaster DAC and Capella Headphone Amp.
A really 'big' spacious sound, the S logic sees to that, and the nice big driver gives solid good bass.
http://ultrasone-shop.com/eu/ultraso...eadphones.html
I have the more expensive HFi 780 as well, not so good for Prog etc, bass is less and treble more - but fantastic for simpler acoustic stuff.
Audiophile Tosher
I can wholeheartedly recommend beyerdynamic dt770 pro for prog/rock listening very detailed with superb low end reach and really really comfortable I can have a 3 to 4 hour listening session no problem. I don't think you would be disappointed Stevie boy.
HEGEL H100 integrated amp
REGA rp6/exact cart
REGA Apollo r CD
NEAT ELITE SE loudspeakers
BERESFORD bushmaster mk2 dac
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Mc5000 klotz ms audio cables(cheers Brian).
REGA couple 2 ics
JEZ ARKLESS phono stage
RUSS ANDREWS powermax mains cables
ISOTEK POLARIS mains block
ATLAS Speaker cables
CREEK OBH21 SE head amp
BRIANS silver hybrid ics