Current listening conditions: 44.1/16 to 86/24 FLAC on Synology > SOtM sMS-100 > Bifrost Uber > Asgard 2 > MrSpeakers Alpha Prime. Overall pretty pleased, but after many hours of listening, one starts noticing quirks. The Alpha Primes replace Shure SRH 1450s, following Nick @ Schiit's...

Home office setup: lossless (FLAC) on NAS > SOtM sMS-100 > Schiit Bifrost Uber > Asgard 2 > Shure SRH1540. This works well, indeed better than I had hoped, for most of the solo and small ensemble jazz, world, and classical I listen to: clean, well-separated voices and instruments. Some of the...