ericfarrell85
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I'm finally ready to work on my desktop setup. My original plan was to work on a portable setup and after coming to a semblance of satisfaction transition to a home setup. Well, I was satisfied with the CK10, then the SM3, EX1000 and finally wound up going the multiple custom route. Typical headfi tale, but I have learned a few things along the way. For instance, there is no such thing as a best headphone, but there are genre-superior headphones. I prefer a $75 pair of fun, technically sloppy Eternas to a $1000 UM Miracle when listening to a band called TV On the Radio. When it comes to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D the Miracle (w/Stepdance) are unlike anything I've ever heard - that experience alone is almost worth the price of admission. So, I now need help from those experienced headfiers that can share their flagship experiences with my music interests.
Current desktop setup: Nuforce HDP/W4S Dac 1 (Auditioning) > Zana Deux > HD650. My jazz/blues/bluegrass/Tom Waits and acoustic needs are satisfied with this setup. Now I need something for rock, but of the indie variant. I keep hearing about the LCD-2 and what they do for Zeppelin, ACDC and 70's rock generally. On the whole I don't listen to anything so hard - I'd be more likely to head bang to a hypersensitive Cat Stevens. So I'd prefer to know how the LCD's (and other flagships) do with the likes of: The National, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, The Fiery Furnaces, The Walkmen, Bon Iver, Wild Beasts, Wilco, etc..., - the bands that make pitchfork writers gyrate in their experimental garters, waxing pseudo-poetic about. I will say that for the bands mentioned I use the CK10's/DBA's almost exclusively - preferring speed and sizzle over say thick and lush. Not incidentally I have wondered if there was a CK10 in a bigger body (RS1 maybe??). Any thoughts would very much be appreciated.
Current desktop setup: Nuforce HDP/W4S Dac 1 (Auditioning) > Zana Deux > HD650. My jazz/blues/bluegrass/Tom Waits and acoustic needs are satisfied with this setup. Now I need something for rock, but of the indie variant. I keep hearing about the LCD-2 and what they do for Zeppelin, ACDC and 70's rock generally. On the whole I don't listen to anything so hard - I'd be more likely to head bang to a hypersensitive Cat Stevens. So I'd prefer to know how the LCD's (and other flagships) do with the likes of: The National, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, The Fiery Furnaces, The Walkmen, Bon Iver, Wild Beasts, Wilco, etc..., - the bands that make pitchfork writers gyrate in their experimental garters, waxing pseudo-poetic about. I will say that for the bands mentioned I use the CK10's/DBA's almost exclusively - preferring speed and sizzle over say thick and lush. Not incidentally I have wondered if there was a CK10 in a bigger body (RS1 maybe??). Any thoughts would very much be appreciated.
