cheapskate
New Head-Fier
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So I recently was infected by Head-Fi and bought myself an ipod, a portable dac/amp, and some headphones. I have a very long train commute to work, so I figured I might as well get in some quality listening time. I recently put all the pieces together for a couple trial runs and it turns out to be a little more complicated than I had envisioned.
The steps to audiophile commuting are:
1) Find a seat with an empty chair next to it
2) Take out laptop and plug it in
3) Unfold my Ultrasone carrying case (with only the cans inside at this time)
4) Pull out my ibasso D4 and plug into my laptop (I'm being cheap on batteries)
5) Pull out my ipod and plug into LOD into D4
6) Plug headphones into amp and start listening
7**) Constantly adjust Ultrasones for comfort and positioning (not used to them yet) while avoiding the stares from people around me
With all this gear, I have to pack up my system long before I arrive at my station stop so I don't miss it. At this point I'm questioning whether it's worth the trouble for a little extra bump in sound quality.
Maybe I can somehow fit all of this gear into the carrying case and just have one USB wire sticking out (and the headphone cable, of course), but it would be a tight fit and would require some modification I think.
Does anyone have an elegant solution for a portable traveling rig involving full-sized cans (or larger portable ones)? Since you Head-Fi'ers are responsible for getting me into this mess, I hope you can help me out. Any thoughts (or pics) would be appreciated.
The steps to audiophile commuting are:
1) Find a seat with an empty chair next to it
2) Take out laptop and plug it in
3) Unfold my Ultrasone carrying case (with only the cans inside at this time)
4) Pull out my ibasso D4 and plug into my laptop (I'm being cheap on batteries)
5) Pull out my ipod and plug into LOD into D4
6) Plug headphones into amp and start listening
7**) Constantly adjust Ultrasones for comfort and positioning (not used to them yet) while avoiding the stares from people around me
With all this gear, I have to pack up my system long before I arrive at my station stop so I don't miss it. At this point I'm questioning whether it's worth the trouble for a little extra bump in sound quality.
Maybe I can somehow fit all of this gear into the carrying case and just have one USB wire sticking out (and the headphone cable, of course), but it would be a tight fit and would require some modification I think.
Does anyone have an elegant solution for a portable traveling rig involving full-sized cans (or larger portable ones)? Since you Head-Fi'ers are responsible for getting me into this mess, I hope you can help me out. Any thoughts (or pics) would be appreciated.