Long-time fan of sound quality... I've worked as a audio Engineer, Sound field recordist, been in a band, done sound design, and I just really love listening to music (I'd say it's hobby number uno), etc... but until now, I've not really invested my own money into it.   Recently I needed...

Okay, firstly, this post is probably going to be longer than some of you will want to read so I'm just going to say upfront, I'm going to buy the headphone amp that the first five people agree on that's a $1000 USD or less. I want to but something kind of experimental (think of it as 'taking one...