word, thanks for your help haha

gotcha- will look into both. def appreciate your explanations. i'm glad to hear this. having only recently begun to listen critically, i'm aware of conflicts regarding not knowing what i am not hearing on mediocre gear versus needlessly buying into expensive, ridiculously high-yet-inaudible...

will be sure to keep the loudness in mind- and thanks for pointing out the super quick start mode, didn't know that was an option i was thinking of throwing the hr824s on auralex or a similar type foam to prevent the bass from overwhelmingly conducting to the ground. would that be good enough...

glad to hear it- trying to keep from purchasing all hifi all the time if there is an objectively good reason

good deal, thanks for your help!

i am considering using my cheap blu-ray player (sony bdp-3700) to play cd’s as a reference, using the digital coax out -> audio gd r2r 11 -> beyerdynamic dt1990 pro’s. as far as analytically listening to cd’s, will such a setup provide me a level of quality that will allow me to use it as a...