After getting several PMs from friends about why I put my beloved primary rig up for sale, I've decided I'm better off putting one clear answer here than trying to keep explaining it...
Some people have noticed with surprise that I put my fully modded Darkvoice and modded W5000s up for sale without warning. I'd like to say up-front that it has nothing to do with needing money or being unhappy with the sonic signature of the equipment. If things didn't work out this way, I'd be absolutely delighted to keep listening to that same sonic signature for years to come. The real problem stems from me no longer being able to enjoy listening to music on that system, regardless of the album, or my mood, or how I tweak the sound with mods. It has been itching at the back of my mind for a couple months now, but it was only a few days ago that I forced myself to actually take a step back and look at it seriously.
I've spent more hours than I could possibly count researching and working on the mods that went into my amp and headphones, probably more than I even want to think about. There was also a lot of stress behind the scenes in the process of getting this system put together, that I'm not going to go into details because it involves a few other Head-Fiers. At some point, which I don't know exactly, I began to equate listening to my system with the fatigue of spending all afternoon and evening listening for differences between mods. Even when I was listening solely to relax, I couldn't hear the music anymore, all I could hear was the sound.
It wasn't until I was experimenting with some mods on my DT801s and listening to the phones more extensively that I realized I wasn't enjoying my main system at all. Even listening to low quality music files through the headphone jack on my PC speakers was more enjoyable to me at that point. At first I thought it was that I had come across some special combination of mods that made my DT801s sound as good as my modded W5000s, but after a day or so of believing that I realized it wasn't actually the case.
Rather than spend a long time debating over whether or not to sell my main system that I worked so hard on, I figured it would be best to just get it gone as soon as I could and move on. I usually end up making rash decisions like this, and regret them right away, but this time I'm only becoming increasingly confident that it was the right decision. Even though the equipment is much cheaper, and not of my "preferred" sound signature, I'm enjoying music in a way I haven't in months.
In order to avoid getting caught up in the same situation again, I'm going to gradually reduce how much time I spend on these forums. I'm not completely leaving or anything, but I'm also not going to try to come up with more crazy things to do to my equipment either.
It was fun while it lasted.
Happy Listening,
Ryan 'Fitz'patrick
Some people have noticed with surprise that I put my fully modded Darkvoice and modded W5000s up for sale without warning. I'd like to say up-front that it has nothing to do with needing money or being unhappy with the sonic signature of the equipment. If things didn't work out this way, I'd be absolutely delighted to keep listening to that same sonic signature for years to come. The real problem stems from me no longer being able to enjoy listening to music on that system, regardless of the album, or my mood, or how I tweak the sound with mods. It has been itching at the back of my mind for a couple months now, but it was only a few days ago that I forced myself to actually take a step back and look at it seriously.
I've spent more hours than I could possibly count researching and working on the mods that went into my amp and headphones, probably more than I even want to think about. There was also a lot of stress behind the scenes in the process of getting this system put together, that I'm not going to go into details because it involves a few other Head-Fiers. At some point, which I don't know exactly, I began to equate listening to my system with the fatigue of spending all afternoon and evening listening for differences between mods. Even when I was listening solely to relax, I couldn't hear the music anymore, all I could hear was the sound.
It wasn't until I was experimenting with some mods on my DT801s and listening to the phones more extensively that I realized I wasn't enjoying my main system at all. Even listening to low quality music files through the headphone jack on my PC speakers was more enjoyable to me at that point. At first I thought it was that I had come across some special combination of mods that made my DT801s sound as good as my modded W5000s, but after a day or so of believing that I realized it wasn't actually the case.
Rather than spend a long time debating over whether or not to sell my main system that I worked so hard on, I figured it would be best to just get it gone as soon as I could and move on. I usually end up making rash decisions like this, and regret them right away, but this time I'm only becoming increasingly confident that it was the right decision. Even though the equipment is much cheaper, and not of my "preferred" sound signature, I'm enjoying music in a way I haven't in months.
In order to avoid getting caught up in the same situation again, I'm going to gradually reduce how much time I spend on these forums. I'm not completely leaving or anything, but I'm also not going to try to come up with more crazy things to do to my equipment either.
It was fun while it lasted.
Happy Listening,
Ryan 'Fitz'patrick
