The Crack is a phenomenal amp, especially with the Speedball upgrade. It's a fantastic project that only requires a soldering station and maybe a strap for gluing the wood. I modified the hell out of mine (choke filter, output caps, etc) but the forums and instructions are outstanding. If you...

Hi! I have a heavily-modified Bottlehead Crack that pairs wonderfully with my first-gen T1s. The T1s are basically on life-support at this point and I'd like to find something that sounds "similar" and has a high enough impedance to run on an OTL amp. So far my research has led me to another...

Agreed. Thus far there are no bad options in this thread!

If you're going with the Asgard 3, you can also consider an add-on card for it. Their 9028 is $100 while the Multibit is $200. There's some debate over the voltage drop, but I wouldn't have a problem cranking the volume pot a bit. If you want/can spend a little more, I highly recommend the...

I love my Clear MGs! Super comfortable and can listen to them for many hours. I haven't worn Audeze since 2016 or so, but I didn't like their bulk and weight. I demo'd a set of Arya Stealth and while I could probably get used to their sound, the egg-shape managed to sit directly on a pressure...

Second the Beyers. As said, the 770 is the closed-back, but they are ridiculously comfortable. I have DT990 (semi-open, V-shape) and T1 and I'm pretty sure I'm at my endgame.

Got my Smabots in a lot quicker than I expected and thus far I'm pretty impressed with the little guys! No unboxing review; never understood the "unboxing experience"...I don't care if it comes in a brown paper bag as long as the item performs as advertised and I don't keep boxes. So far I've...

Still eagerly awaiting my ST-10s! I did nab a JDS Atom amp while I was at it, so I've been playing with that as much as I can. The problem is that my headphones are Beyerdynamic 600 Ohm (T1, DT990) that are normally driven by my modded Bottlehead Crack. It would be incredibly unfair to make a...

Thanks! Pulled the trigger on the ST-10s, gonna wait for 11.11 to nab the Mojito and (maybe/probably) the Liebs. I do want them all, if only to review/compare.

LOL Truly interested! The ST-10's were on my list, but a little further down since no one was talking about them. I'll have to give them a shot! I was hoping to not spend more than $200, but maybe that's the price of admission for the signature I like. I'll have to dig more to choose between...

Aloha! Looking to shift to earbuds vice IEMs for listening at work (too much isolation and a PITA to take in/out when one of my minions needs me). I prefer a refined V-shaped presentation, so I have Beyerdynamic T1 (favorite, endgame), DT990/600 (close second but I deploy with it), DT1350, Shure...

I still owe everyone a review of the i5, but I'm clobbered with finals and thesis. I'll get one up this weekend. Thanks for understanding! The i5 is fantastic, btw. Loved listening to it!

Agreed, the Ghost run is a pain in the ass. I think I honestly spend more time looking at a reload screen than I do playing the game. I'm committed, though, so I'll finish the run, but my next playthrough will probably be a low-chaos pacifist run (don't care about ghost but won't kill anyone) or...

The original Deus Ex is what got me back into gaming after a long hiatus. The story was better than the movies that were coming out at the time (Matrix, etc). DX:HR is also a great game (especially if you install the DLC beforehand; The Missing Link is, IMHO, an important part of the overall...

I run my Crack with a coke-bottle RCA 6AS7G or Tung Sol 5998 and either a GE 12AU7 or CBS 5814A.