It’s been damn cold here the last few days and snowing for the last 2 weeks. The walls are all insulated in a fairly typical way but special attention is placed around doors and Windows to prevent air leakage.

what do you use for EQ on the Arya? I used a preset I found on Reddit and didn’t find that it made a lot of difference. I also have focal Elegia and those sounded night and day different when EQ’d. I would love to try your recommendation.

not sure if this helps but I just stumbled across a thread describing the differences between those two. https://drop.com/talk/21761/he-6-se-vs-arya

that price on the he6se v2 from Adorama is insane. I’m not even in the market, but I’m tempted none the less.

IMO while the Arya might not win best of in any category, they get high marks in the most categories which makes them a great all around headphone, but I agree auditioning is your best bet.

Cool article, thanks for sharing. How would you describe the differences in soundstage, separation, and imaging vs something like the Brooklyn. My takeaway from reading your article was that the differences more focused on color and dynamics.

Do you have a portable dac/amp yet? Something like a Chord Mojo could give you a different sounding DAC and also provide you with a mobile solution at the same time.

if you like the topping, I’d find the cheapest modern one that has the features you’re looking for. I think for the most part and with very little exception, all of the D/S dacs that measure well sound similar.

I’m not suggesting that the RME sounds bad. I think it’s of the best D/S DACs available, but I want to hear for myself if there’s magic in the older R-2R tech. In terms of what I’m hoping to achieve it’s mostly in depth.

Sounds like we’re on a similar path. I’ve been tube rolling the wa22 preamp and should take delivery of a class D purifi Eigentakt Eval 1 next week to power my speakers. The thought being that the amp will get out if the way, I can tune it to taste with the preamp and pair it with a Musical DAC...

can you explain your experience using a high end dac with powered monitors. Granted my monitors are far from TOTL, but I found that the way the monitors use DSP to achieve a flat FR killed the benefits of using a nice DAC. It seemed like there was additional AD/DA happening in the monitor and it...

that’s good to know, but between Wordpress and Squarespace getting a legit website these days isn’t rocket science. Maybe he’ll trade me some gear for a website.

Those Audio GD guys need to invest in some web design. There's no way I'm putting my CC information in that website. Maybe I need to grow a pair, but it seriously looks like a sketchy operation based on their web presence.

@sajunky @gimmeheadroom the other one I'm considering is the MHDT Orchid. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to order any of the Audio-GD stuff. Definitely open to suggestions.

This is going to feed a WA22 which I use as a preamp for my 2 channel setup and my main headphone rig. In your opinion will that signal chain realize the benefits that the Ares II has over the BF2?