[poo]

^ Really nice! Love the design of those B&W's

 

[ZephyrSapphire]

I see Noctua fans in that case. How silent are they?

 

[StateRadioFan]

Thanks Poo

I wanted to go with a pair of Proac speakers but they were out of my price range so I went with the B&W's. I'm really happy with them aside from the lower bass extention (which is expected). I love the finish and lack of grill holes as well. Overall I'm really happy with the system but I will probably add a tube preamp down the road and dedicate the Benchmark back to DAC only functionality.

Zeph,

Yeah those are Noctua fans. I think they are great fans but I wouldn't call them "Silent." They have a fairly pleasing sound profile compaired to the other fans I've had in the past. I am interested in trying out some of the Nexus models as well.

on a side note... I recently switched to balanced XLR's on the Benchmark analog output and I was shocked at the improvement. I don't know if it was the cable or the change from RCA's but I'm sold regardless.

 

[jzhang1013]

DAC coming and waiting on new ath line stateside....

 

[shartyA]

My next upgrade might be a bigger computer desk.

jzhang: What kind of headphone hanger is that? It looks like it has a cord winder.

 

[Geoff Rymer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjorkiii /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Dude, where do your legs go?!

 

[Zorlac]

New Core i7 rig already in the planning stages, but here is my current:

And with my 6500K, 90CRI BIAS light:

 

[FallenAngel]

Mine is in my signature and I like it

Click on "home system"

 

[ozz]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorlac /img/forum/go_quote.gif New Core i7 rig already in the planning stages, but here is my current: And with my 6500K, 90CRI BIAS light:

Nice eyecandy.

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorlac /img/forum/go_quote.gif New Core i7 rig already in the planning stages, but here is my current: http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/k...s/DSC00771.jpg

Very clean! /me like...

 

[solessthanthree]

I don't understand how you guys keep such nice desktops XD

I guess I'm in school, but I just cleaned mine last Saturday and now there's books and papers everywhere!

 

[krmathis]

^ Perhaps we just have less books and paperwork?
Or we just are more tidy than you..

 

[yepyep_]

Quote:

Originally Posted by solessthanthree /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't understand how you guys keep such nice desktops XD

Not me.

Yes I realize the speaker placement sucks, it's just quite difficult to improve at the moment with all the stuff in the room.

 

[Geruvah]

Quote:

Originally Posted by solessthanthree /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't understand how you guys keep such nice desktops XD I guess I'm in school, but I just cleaned mine last Saturday and now there's books and papers everywhere!

Oh man, the picture of my dorm desk makes me cringe.

 

[NicolasKL]

Ignore the wall color =P

I need to take new pics, I just replaced the XLS with Ascend's HTM-200s and a Hsu VTF-2, and replaced the older Marantz receiver with a newer Denon. Gotta clean the room up first though, it's messy.