Hey everyone.
Already made a couple posts, but thought I'd give a proper introduction here. I'm a recent college graduate with a Bachelors in Music Production. Music has always been a part of me, playing drums from age 10 and now taking that with my degree into the real world, with running sound at a church and playing various gigs/studio sessions (being professional for around 5 years now). I've always been into audio, because of my passion of music, but never really delved deep into the audiophile world.
My first pair of of decent quality headphones was back in my late years of high school and early years of college with Sennheiser HD380 Pro's. They worked well for what I needed, as I could use them to work in the MIDI/studio lab at school and then use them on stage. Then one day, one of my professors who has gear packed in every single room of his house introduced me to Grado. I loved those and decided to sell my Senn's for the Grado SR80's. Ever since then I've been using them, for the better part of 3 years. Sadly, earlier this month, the cord broke on those. I used to know how to solder back in high school, but without a kit I wouldn't be able to attempt it, but I thought as well it would be time to finally get myself a good audio rig for mixing and listening.
With my other gear, I've been using a Steinberg UR44 for the last 2 years for tracking and mixing with the line outs and headphone outs. It's been ok, sending the line outs to a pair of Presonus Eris 4.5's. They do an ok job, primarily because I don't have space for a larger pair. Figured later on they would be good secondary reference monitors for my mixes. Also, since I sold my 380 Pro's, decided to get Shure SE215's for live use. Love those.
Now onto what will become my current set-up. Just ordered Sennheiser HD600's for my main set of headphones. They'll be a huge leap from what I had and will serve me for a very long time. Then coming in the next few weeks, I'll be ordering the Schiit Stack because 1) I love american made products 2) it'll be a step up from my Steinberg 3) I can keep my Steinberg in my tracking room with my drums and leave my mic's plugged in, which in turn is less of a hassle to unplug stuff and transport and what-not. Just more convenient.
I also must say, I enjoy reading and learning stuff, so a lot of my time will probably be spent just scrolling through pages and pages of information on here.
Cheers!
