Hello,from the San Francisco Bay Area :)

[hmscott]

Hi Everyone, I've been into "Hifi' since I was young, starting around 13 - when living in the San Diego County area where I was born and grew up, and I continued enjoying Hifi while in College through to today - almost 50 years later

Along the way I've had several very large systems, but now that I am retired I am sticking to unobtrusive - and easy to lift / move around - headphone systems.

I am listening with a Topping D90 MQA + Xduoo TA-20 + Topping A90, but the A90 is taking a well deserved vacation while I enjoy tube rolling 12AU7's in the TA-20.

Throughout the pandemic I've been shopping sales for IEMs, Headphones, and now tubes, lots of great Hfi deals out there during the last year.

Right now I'm listening with a Hifiman Ananda, Hifiman HE6SE V2, Sennheiser HD660s with the Xduoo TA-20 with a NEW NOS matched pair of PHILCO Long Black Plate Angled D Getter 12AU7's.

I enjoy a wide range of music and media, I stream Hfi Music with Tidal and AMHD, and watch video with a wide range of services including Netflix, Prime Video, HBOMAX, Paramount+, Disney+, Britbox, CuriosityStream, Tubi, etc etc - Youtube too.

I've got a lot of reading to do here to catch up on, and I am looking forward to meeting you all.

[walpurgis]

Hello Scott. Welcome to AOS.

I'm sure you'll find plenty to interest you here, just join in the chat.


Enjoy the forum,
Geoff.

[Lawrence001]

Hi Scott and welcome.

I'm really into headphones, planars in general and Hifiman in particular. I had the HE400, HE500, HE6 (original 4 screw version if you're into that sort of thing), HE400i and HE560. I also owned the LCD3 (non Fazor), Oppo PM3 and Dekoni Blue. I still have Fostex T20RP.

I'm also into amps of course, I've owned Little Dot III, IV and IVSE and various SS amps over the years.

I sold most of my collection off over the years and have ended up with Sennheiser HD580, 650 and 700. Amp wise I've got a Eufonik valve amp from Poland and a Graham Slee Solo. Also a couple of Audio Gd dac/amps which I rate despite the criticism of them on some sites.

I actually repaired a class A amp by Yulong Audio last night which now sounds lovely. It got nice and warm too

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[struth]

Hi Scott, welcome to AoS. Jefferson Airplane from your neck of woods then, as were Greatful Dead i think.. enjoy the forum.

[hmscott]

Hello Scott. Welcome to AOS.
I'm sure you'll find plenty to interest you here, just join in the chat.
Enjoy the forum,
Geoff.

"'I must not look on ebay!" - so true!!

Thank you Geoff!

Hi Scott, welcome to AoS. Jefferson Airplane from your neck of woods then, as were Greatful Dead i think.. enjoy the forum.

struth, lots of live Music venues were here when I first moved here in 1980, now not so much, with none to be found in the last year

Hi Scott and welcome.
I'm really into headphones, planars in general and Hifiman in particular. I had the HE400, HE500, HE6 (original 4 screw version if you're into that sort of thing), HE400i and HE560. I also owned the LCD3 (non Fazor), Oppo PM3 and Dekoni Blue. I still have Fostex T20RP.
I'm also into amps of course, I've owned Little Dot III, IV and IVSE and various SS amps over the years.
I sold most of my collection off over the years and have ended up with Sennheiser HD580, 650 and 700. Amp wise I've got a Eufonik valve amp from Poland and a Graham Slee Solo. Also a couple of Audio Gd dac/amps which I rate despite the criticism of them on some sites.
I actually repaired a class A amp by Yulong Audio last night which now sounds lovely. It got nice and warm too

Hey, that's great Lawrence, I also have a few Beyerdynamics + other Sennheisers, and I am looking at that new HD8XX supposed to come out 11/21 from Sennheiser+Drop - a retuning that has potential!

The tube equipment for me started in my teens as that was all around for "boat anchor" pricing, so it's fun to revisit tubes+SS again 50 years later - a lot has changed, but much remains the same - except tube prices, yipe!

I'll see you all around the forums