A Shimano Calais Baitcasting reel and a nice St. Croix legend rod    ...oh wait back on track, as far as audio goes   Maybe Sennheiser HD800's or nice set of bookshelf speakers.

Thanks! I personally don't use APC that much...I like Panamax and mostly for what you said, APC is generally pretty ugly. But then I saw that conditioner on sale last week on vanns.com for $105 and had to jump on it. It looks very different from their normal oval shaped face design and gets the...

Well I did a little upgrading to my rig since the last time I posted on here. New upgrades are a Schiit Valhalla Amp and Cambridge Audio DAC.   Overview of rig:   Marantz CD5005, Marantz PM5004, and my new Schiit Valhalla!     Schiit Valhalla Amp   Tubes Glowing  ...

Quote: Thanks but I actually didn't pick up the Paradigms (yet). I went a little crazy over the weekend and bought a Schiit Valhalla amp and Cambridge Audio DacMagic DAC. I couldn't live with myself with out trying a deicated headphone setup first. Both the amp and dac are supposed to...

That's true. I was just browsing some rigs today and thought man if that were an equivalent speaker setup it would be outrageous! Seeing how much time, money, and effort people put into their headphone rig is amazing. That's why I was curious to see what and how much people would spend to get...

I thought this might be a fun and interesting thread to start (and forgive me if theres a similar thread) but my question is: If you had to buy a speaker system to replace your headphone setup what would it be? Keep in mind similar sound quality, price, and location in your house. This can't...

Here's my humble little setup. I'm putting it together one step at a time. Next up is a pair of Paradigm speakers and probably a dedicated headphone amp. Enjoy!  

Hey everyone, still pretty new to the community but I love it so far. I've learned so much just by clicking and reading random threads. Anyways I have a question regarding buying some new headphones. So my girlfriend is cramping my style and complains everytime I listen to my HD 650's. She says...

Also, this may be a dumb question but when I plug my Bowers & Wilkins and Klipsch headphones into the Marantz amp they sound like abosolute crap. Is that normal because they are really made to be amplified by mp3 players?

Thanks for the input and suggestions everyone. The amp is going on 24hours of continuous use and I do believe it's starting to sound better. Maybe it's because I'm wanting it to sound better in my head...not sure. There's a lot of external noise going on in my place right now so I can't do any...

Well I have to admit it is and isn't what I was expecting. Compared to my Creative Sound Blaster it's an improvement...but not by much. What I mean by that is it definitely drives my headphones effortlessly. I can't even turn the knob past a quarter. However the sound quality is not mind blowing...

Well just got the CD player and amp setup...now starting my test period. Without hearing anything though it looks pretty darn good!

Here's my setup...nothing crazy though. I'll have new pictures when my new gear gets here today!         PC Specs: Intel i7 930 EVGA X58 SLI SE Board Corsair Dominator Ram 12GB PNY Nvidia GTX 570 Corsair H50 Cooler Cooler Master 750 Power Supply Cooler Master...

Thats what I was thinking and half of why I bought the Marantz gear in the first place. It will be interesting to compare the Marantz to the Creative Sound Blaster that states its for high quality, 300ohm headphones.   The only thing is that Schiit amp looks so good haha.

Hello fellow head-fiers! I've been lurking on this site for some time now and finally decided to join. I'm not entirely new to headphone audio and definitely not new to home audio, however I've never crossed over into the dedicated headphone amp level. This where I need help...I'm wanting to buy...