Listening Gear and its Location

[AudioDwebe]

I've got, like, 10 cans and 3 headamps at home and they get very little (read almost none) head-time. If I get 20 minutes, I'm lucky.

So I decided to bring one of my cans into the office (again). I had both amp and cans at work before, but they got to be a drag (taking them on/off to answer co-workers/phones/etc) and I ended up taking everything out.

Then I decided an iPod w/IEMs was the way to go. And that's been working out okay, except that my co-workers oftentimes don't know when I'm tuned into music or not.

Then last night I got to thinking that I should bring one of my easily driven cans into the office and just use it off an iPod. Chose the RS-1. I had forgotten how good these things sound.

So...long story short, I'm considering bringing in my headphone rack into my office, along with one of my headamps. That would leave me with two or three cans at home, along with two amps, with everything else in my office.

I've got no concerns of theft (small office, trust co-workers (they're a buch of prosecutors and assistants) and place is secure to boot.

And I got to thinking...

Does anyone else have most of their listening gear at work?

'Dwebe

[dan1son]

Yep... my main rig is at the office. HF-1 (soon to be HF2) A/C powered amp, and Fubar DAC is all at the office.

Small company, around 25 employees in house. We have an outside cleaning company. I leave the amp/DAC combo on the desk and put the headphones in a drawer (has a lock... never use it).

I've never had a problem (knock on wood). Sure it's more of a gamble than leaving them at home, but, like you, I actually use them at work.

With that said, most people here have headphones they use (some more than others) but the max value is in the $30 range. There are many things here more worth stealing than a pair of headphones most people know nothing about... not to mention if they tried to sell them, I'd likely find out eventually.

[jilgiljongiljing]

I do almost all my listening at work. Being a software developer, it helps me zone out and concentrate on my stuff without hearing others talk and walk by and phones ringing etc etc. I am not bothered by many interruptions for the most part so it works well for me.

But this is the reason why I only have closed cans. I tried a couple of open cans and its just something I never felt comfortable with since there was sound leaking and I was always worried that I might be disturbing someone else. Even the HD650's which generally dont leak that badly, while sounding great, if I wanted to listen to some song at a higher level, I always had that thought in the back of my head and used to turn around often to check if someone was behind me. Not good!

Now I'm very happy alternating between the Ultrasone 680's and Beyer DT770's.

I stick to listening to music using speakers at home, hardly do I ever use HP's at home. The only occasion is when I play drums. I use the AT A700 for playing along with music while drumming at home and it works great for that.

[ronnielee54]

I keep my rig at work although I do take it home on weekends. At home it is mostly movie watching and no music.

[priest]

The only time I can listen at work is on the weekends when no one else is there - very conservative office environment. So I have a growing collection of portables that I take in on those days and run straight out of my ipod. Helps cut the pain of being in on the weekend.

[krmathis]

Definitely most listening gear at home.
Although I am currently working on getting a decent office rig...

[AudioDwebe]

I'm REALLY liking having a headphone rig at the office this time around. I think a part of the reason for it is that my workload has been reduced somewhat (shhhhh) so I'm not constantly getting in/out of my chair.

I've already had my RS-1 on my head for over two hours! That's probably more than I listened to them at home the whole time I've had them. Okay...I exaggerate a bit, but not by much.

I decided to bring in a CDP, along with a LD II+ (was going to bring in my RKV, but it's a bit bigger/heavier and didn't feel like lugging that thing around) and am enjoying the quality sound the combo makes. I've decided to listen exclusively to these Grados at work until I get to know their sound intimately. I bought too many cans too quickly (in the past) with almost zero headtime with each can and now is a perfect opportunity to listen, enjoy, and get acquainted with these superb cans.

This is fun.