hello I am JR which is “jr” not junior
My grandfather a long time ago got me into music
He had a pair of Olson headphones and when we would visit I’d bring a handful of albums and sit listening to them with his headphones
Since then I went to a college that had a recording engineering course but not a degree this was all analog but it was great. Along the way I learned to tune pianos. I moved to Nashville to be a recording engineer, I did it for six months freelance and did not enjoy it in Nashville like I did in Houston. My children were little I needed a job so life moved on . I went to work at Gibson building acoustic guitars which was pretty cool. Did sound for a couple friends bands and a couple years later went to nursing school and now have been an RN for 30 years. A couple years ago I got etymotic earbuds Enjoyed them very much used them when running and mowing the lawn. year and a half ago I got a nice stereo Marantz sr5011 with Rel sub and bw685 speakers. In my entertainment room I have a massage chair that is way by the left speaker so much so I decided to get a nice pair of headphones. While researching I found this website and found it very helpful and since I’m new to good headphones I have joined. So my recent dilemma was my hi-fi store guy had a Hifiman HE 400 S that he was closing out and a display Audeze lcd-x he let me take both for the weekend to compare. the hi-fi man is significantly cheaper and I like it a lot but I like the audeze just a little better so I bought the audeze’s.
He already had CardA Balanced cable On them and they sound fantastic. So my new dilemma is I am about 8 feet away from my Marantz SR 5011 so do I buy 10 feet of Carda extension or a small amp that can sit next to me. The Marantz has a pretty good headphone amp in it.
Over the years I have had a pair of Sennheiser I think it was 300 or something like that and a pair of Sony decent <$100 headphones
But this is my first venture into really nice headphones with the exception of my grandfather’s so long ago. I do wonder how they would’ve compared to today’s because I remember them having clarity and depth and a greatsoundstage they were amazing.
My grandfather a long time ago got me into music
He had a pair of Olson headphones and when we would visit I’d bring a handful of albums and sit listening to them with his headphones
Since then I went to a college that had a recording engineering course but not a degree this was all analog but it was great. Along the way I learned to tune pianos. I moved to Nashville to be a recording engineer, I did it for six months freelance and did not enjoy it in Nashville like I did in Houston. My children were little I needed a job so life moved on . I went to work at Gibson building acoustic guitars which was pretty cool. Did sound for a couple friends bands and a couple years later went to nursing school and now have been an RN for 30 years. A couple years ago I got etymotic earbuds Enjoyed them very much used them when running and mowing the lawn. year and a half ago I got a nice stereo Marantz sr5011 with Rel sub and bw685 speakers. In my entertainment room I have a massage chair that is way by the left speaker so much so I decided to get a nice pair of headphones. While researching I found this website and found it very helpful and since I’m new to good headphones I have joined. So my recent dilemma was my hi-fi store guy had a Hifiman HE 400 S that he was closing out and a display Audeze lcd-x he let me take both for the weekend to compare. the hi-fi man is significantly cheaper and I like it a lot but I like the audeze just a little better so I bought the audeze’s.
He already had CardA Balanced cable On them and they sound fantastic. So my new dilemma is I am about 8 feet away from my Marantz SR 5011 so do I buy 10 feet of Carda extension or a small amp that can sit next to me. The Marantz has a pretty good headphone amp in it.
Over the years I have had a pair of Sennheiser I think it was 300 or something like that and a pair of Sony decent <$100 headphones
But this is my first venture into really nice headphones with the exception of my grandfather’s so long ago. I do wonder how they would’ve compared to today’s because I remember them having clarity and depth and a greatsoundstage they were amazing.
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