Ok, many of you already have your perfect system built, and of course the majority are on a life long journey to continue to tweak and enhance what you have, in hopes of eventually finding the holy grail, or beyond. If thats you, then we are one and the same. Upgradeidus. Cheers.

Well, I am in the "beginning stages" of building my dream system now. Rather than endless trial and error, I would like to learn from each of you, what YOU feel is the ULTIMATE DREAM SYSTEM in a portable fashion. Whether you currently own it, or are striving to complete what you have, I am most curious to see the various opinions/recommendations. I am talking source, amp, IEMs, cables, mods, etc. Please include pics if you have them!

The portable Stax rig, modified, with an iPod Classic as the source. See here.

Currawong, truly you are the Freaking King of Portable Audio bliss. LOL! Those pictures say it all! I bow down to you. You have earned it... literally. You have spent many thousands of dollars no doubt to achieve your goal for perfection, and you have "arrived" I am certain. I love it.

Here's my question for you. I will be selling my 6th generation 120gig ipod, and have an 80gig, 5.5 gen on the way. What is the next step for me, going for the imod, the amp or the IEMs? What order or sequence would you suggest I build my dream sytem? THANKS!

I personally don't think it is worth it to try and get the dream portable system.

But, I think the better thing to look for is the best speaker system.

But, of course, that would be an endless search...

A portable O2 rig would be great. Hmmm...

Bose QuiteComfort 3's and skullcandy skullcrushers playing out of the latest gen ipod shuffle.

Well my dream system for a while was an ipod nano 3g and tomahawk, which I have since put together and enjoy very much.

how about an edition 9 ,lisa 3 and a cowon s9/imod.

punisher- its always nice to hear someone who is able to build their dream rig and eventually enjoy them. what is the difference betwwen an unamped um2 with the one plug into a tomahawk.

Stax open air type earspeakers SR-003

Specifications
1.Type Electrostatic canal type In-The-Earspeakers, push-pull driving
2.Frequency Response 20-1kHz ±2dB, 1kHz-20kHz ±4dB
3.Capacitance 44pF with cable, 17pF without cable
4.Impedance 360K ohms/10kHz
5.Sensitivity 111dB/100Vr.m.s. /1kHz
6.Maximum Sound Pressure level 119dB/1kHz
7.Standard Bias Voltage 580V
8.Pad(Fitting Rubber) Made of silicon rubber (2 sizes, M and L)
9.Cable 6-core parallel/1.5m
10.Weight and Size 28g with cable
12g without cable, 28mm diameter

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Stax SR-001, MK II

S-001MK2 (Earspeakers Part)
1. Type Electrostatic canal type In-The-Earspeakers, push-pull driving
2. Frequency Response 20-1kHz ±2dB, 1kHz-20kHz ±4dB
3. Capacitance 44pF with cable, 17pF without cable
4. Impedance 360K ohms/10kHz
5. Sensitivity 111dB/100Vr.m.s. /1kHz
6. Maximum Sound Pressure level 119dB/1kHz
7. Standard Bias Voltage 580VDC
8. Pad(Fitting Rubber) Made of silicon rubber (2 sizes, M and L)
9. Cable 6-core parallel/1.5m
10.Weight and Size 28g with cable
12g without cable, 28mm diameter

SRM-001 (Driver Unit Part)
1. Frequency Response 5-20kHz +4dB,
-3dB(10V r.m.s. output driving 1 : S-001MK2
2. Gain 54dB
3. Harmonic Distortion 0.1% (1kHz/100V r.m.s.
output driving 1 : S-001 MK2)
4. Input Impedance 10k ohms
5. Standard Input Level 100mV for 50V output
6. Maximum Output Voltage 240V r.m.s./1kHz
7. Power Consumption 1.3W/4.5V (AC/DC Adaptor Operation),
0.8W/3V (battery operation)
7. Size 60mm(W)×24mmm(H)×120mm(D)
9. Weight 102g without battery
140g with standard dry cell batteries

How come people don't mention the stax system much around here ?

^ I owned it. Liked the sound, but had real trouble with fit. If you cant get things just perfectly aligned in your ears, it doesn't sound so great, and if you get it just right finally, it's not very comfy, and then you better not move, turn your head from side to side, sneeze, breathe, etc. Others might have had the same experience. However, for those few seconds/minutes that it's right.....

I have my dream portable rig(s) now: ipod>UE11s/ESW10s (no amp usually, sometimes pico)

my dream not so portable rig is a T4 or icon mobile plugged to my ipod touch via silver cable and gold plated lod which is plugged to the shure SRH840

which is better anyway? ibasso t4 or nuforce icon?

Dream Rig-32GB Cowon S9, Pico Amp, Westone 3. Getting UM2 just fueled the fire...I WANT 3 Driver Earphones now!

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That link wasn't my rig. Just the kind of rig I'd like to own. I use an iPod Classic with UE10's. An aftermarket cable for the UE10's is about as far as I'll probably go.

lol as those say ipods for dream system. Not much imagination I guess..