[craftyhack]

   
 
Well if you're talking about me, it was because I got both the DAC and amp for $1000 including some blue dragon interconnects. I couldn't pass up on a deal like that!

You are the guy that got that $1200 set on eBay, gotta be, he accepted $1K??? Man, I was considering that setup for his asking price the first time around, but didn't have the $$.  Had I known he would have gone that much lower, I may have tried to sell bodily fluids or something, you got a great deal!

 

[spbach]

  You are the guy that got that $1200 set on eBay, gotta be, he accepted $1K??? Man, I was considering that setup for his asking price the first time around, but didn't have the $$.  Had I known he would have gone that much lower, I may have tried to sell bodily fluids or something, you got a great deal!

Oh yes I know, and I'm soooo glad I did. It's in perfect condition and sounds better than I thought it would!

 

[SomeGuyDude]

   
 
Well if you're talking about me, it was because I got both the DAC and amp for $1000 including some blue dragon interconnects. I couldn't pass up on a deal like that!

 
Not just you, and I didn't mean it as an attack! I'm just trying to expand my understanding here and you're not the first I've seen with some DAMN nice source/DAC/amp hardware with headphones that can be acquired fairly cheaply. Wondering if I've been doing something wildly wrong here, haha. 

 

[Armaegis]

  I might be weird here, but I've noticed a LOT of people taking way expensive amp/DAC combos and then pairing them up with rather middling headphones. I feel like I'm missing something here.

 
Sometimes (often) our decisions to buy gear are based on how good of a deal we can get, not what's appropriate for the rest of our toys.

 

[spbach]

   
Sometimes (often) our decisions to buy gear are based on how good of a deal we can get, not what's appropriate for the rest of our toys.

This.
 
I thought "why not?" I'll take any deal on something I want if it's over 50% off normal price. This one especially because I knew I would be upgrading to better headphones relatively soon.
 

   
Not just you, and I didn't mean it as an attack! I'm just trying to expand my understanding here and you're not the first I've seen with some DAMN nice source/DAC/amp hardware with headphones that can be acquired fairly cheaply. Wondering if I've been doing something wildly wrong here, haha. 
 

I didn't take it as an attack 

 

[SomeGuyDude]

   
Sometimes (often) our decisions to buy gear are based on how good of a deal we can get, not what's appropriate for the rest of our toys.

 
Hm, I can see that. I don't feel like my income is quite fluid enough that I can amass hardware just on good deals and then get the setup around it later. Maybe someday though!

 

[Armaegis]

I don't think having "insufficient fluid income" has ever stopped people before... you do know what our motto is right?

 

[SomeGuyDude]

  I don't think having "insufficient fluid income" has ever stopped people before... you do know what our motto is right?

 
Ahahaha you got a point!!
 
I'm in a pickle right now because I'm sitting here at my new desk setup, listening to these Bose speakers, enjoying them, unable to shake the feeling of "well... I could return these... start building a proper desk headphone rig..."

 

[Krutsch]

   
Sometimes (often) our decisions to buy gear are based on how good of a deal we can get, not what's appropriate for the rest of our toys.

 
For me, it feels like a real commitment to try a new headphone (both cost, time for my ears/brain to adjust, messing with EQ), so I've been slow to adopt new cans.  Electronics, on the other hand (and for me personally) are just more fun to experiment with (e.g. the whole HDMI de-embed rathole I went down).
 
As a result, I've gone crazy on incremental side-grades, without adding to my collection of phones.

 

[Krutsch]

My current Work-Fi setup (just got the E11K and the Forza bling):
 

 

 

[jdlivestrong]

My first headphone rig at work - might need to consider a pair of closed headphones...

 

[indieman]

Closed at work... not so good if phone rings or boss wants your attention!

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Open at work, not so good if you want to listen to music above a whisper!

 

[indieman]

Iems. Have only one in ear. That's what I'm doing

 

[Defiant00]

I might be weird here, but I've noticed a LOT of people taking way expensive amp/DAC combos and then pairing them up with rather middling headphones. I feel like I'm missing something here.

Part of it is also because, up until a few years ago, headphones like those were the best, and it's not like they've gotten any worse with age. Many of the now "mid-fi" classics still scale up very nicely with better equipment.