[mbriant]

Here's my office setup.

 

[acidtripwow]

Nice setup Mbriant! That tower looks huge. What's inside, CPU, etc.? How does the Sugden sound compared to say the MG HeadDT which I have? I always wanted to try one of those out.

 

[jude]

Beautiful collection!

Uh oh....(swaying as if dizzy).....I'm having flashbacks of the HeadRoom gear-naming contest.....breathe......breathe.....

 

[Vertigo-1]

*DROOL*

What an awesome stash of portables...and is that a Stax Gamma I see next to the Sennheiser HD-580s?

 

[SumB]

Ah so that's where my beloved Headmaster went

. Mike you take care of her ya hear?

 

[Neruda]

very, very nice. how's about a few more closeups of the K501?

 

[neil]

What is that thing above the Candian flag? You have an office full of geeks staring in amazement at your setup, BTW. It looks like some sort of patch/mixer panel.

 

[aos]

neil, I think it's the sound card's front panel (SB Live Platinum?).

Very nice setup to be sure. Tons of stuff!

 

[mbriant]

Thanks everyone. I've got you people and Headwize to thank for this pile of stuff. Visa thanks you too.

acidtripwow: It's a 1ghz Athalon Thunderbird, 512 meg ram, 3 x 60 gig HD's, SoundBlaster Live Platinum. I plan on doing a complete comparison review of the Sugden, Grado, and MG Head at some point in the near future. As you know, the MG Head offers that classic, smooth tube sound ( without the classic tube hum/hiss) while the HeadMaster is the poster child for clean, transparent solid state sound.

jude: LOL...and the photos are nearly as bad. I spent an hour straining my eyes on the Headroom photos before throwing in the towel. You deserved that handsome prize. And you deserve a big thanks for saving everyone's sanity. I'm amazed how you pulled this all together so quickly. Well done !

Vertigo-1: I've seen your photos....you've got nothing to drool about.

And no, those phones are about as far away from Stax as you could get. They're a pair of Audio Technica ATH-5's which were given to me as a gift when I visited A.T.'s head office in Tokyo during the mid 80's. They sound lousy, but I keep them for nostalgia sake.

SumB: Don't worry about your baby. I even cover it with a towel when not in use.

Neruda: Will do.

neil: That's the front panel for the SoundBlaster Live Platinum. It's got all sorts of inputs/outputs, making life simpler. I've managed to improve both the headphone and speaker quality from my computer during playback by bi-passing the SB Live and running through the Stereo-Link unit which is sitting on top of the Headmaster amp. This thing plugs into a USB port and acts as an external dac, plugging into the Luxman Integrated Amp. The headphone jack in it, while cheaply made, sounds quite good as well.

 

[hongda]

hey mbriant, what is it that you do? and need a new employee?

 

[joelongwood]

mbriant, you really do have a lot of toys. Beautiful set-up! Thanks for the pics.

Do you have any time for your work?

 

[Masz]

Aaaaahh......so I'm not the only one who covers his Headmaster with a towel when not in use.

 

[neil]

mbriant - I think you should graduate to a 6 ft. rack/rail system for your audio equipment.

What do you think? Your components don't have to be rack-mountable -- you just have to buy trays -- also keeps the top load off of each unit.

 

[Neruda]

What? I supposedly got a sound blaster live platinum with my computer, why didn't I get that sweet front panel? Did I get ripped off?

 

[aos]

neruda, if you got the Platinum, which is $200 US, you should've gotten lots of stuff - plenty of software plus this front panel. Unless you got just plain Live MP3 or Gamer, with or without 5.1. If you haven't, you got ripped off pretty badly - front panel makes most of the price difference.