Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

[RyannB13]

iPod classic 160GB, Fiio E07K, Fiio L9 LOD, Shure SE215Ltd. I'm already obsessed and just starting out. Sorry for the bad camera pic. I just wanted a photo of my rig on here. I am also looking for a better LOD. Thanks

 

[Jason36]

My humble rig:
A stock AK100+Listrid FW patch1 + SE535ltd-j + Oyaide HPC-SE cable (I really enjoy the cable both aesthetically and sonically )

 

Nice rig bud

How do the SE535 sound with the stock AK100?

Do the SE535 fit in the pelican case as well as the AK100 when not used? I was thinking of getting for mine but ideally want to keep my AK100 and Tzar 350 in it together.

 

[Jason36]

My VentureCraft collections. 

Quite a collection you have there mate.....which would you say is the best / your favourite?

 

[Jason36]

That cable looks sick!

Cheers Tom,

The cable is awesome, is built solidly and sounds amazing......as a whole the T70p work really well with the stock AK100

 

[aqtaket]

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Nice rig bud

How do the SE535 sound with the stock AK100?

Do the SE535 fit in the pelican case as well as the AK100 when not used? I was thinking of getting for mine but ideally want to keep my AK100 and Tzar 350 in it together.

Thanks, man!
SE535+AK100+cable fit into Pelican 1010 prfectly. The silly thing I did is buying some special foam pad for cutting. This case and rig do not need it. The case is lined with something  like rubber and nothing rattles and moves inside.
As for SE535ltd-japan - I'm loving the sound.
But I prefer it with the first Listrid's patch - I read you had some issues with your AK100 because of that. With the patch the sound is more dynamic, the bass and localization of instruments are awsome!
Also I\d never thought that upgrading a cable would make such a difference...

 

[mtthefirst]

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Quite a collection you have there mate.....which would you say is the best / your favourite?

That would be Go-Dap DD Socket 1 LE with ALO the National. My new Go-Dap TT is in the second.

 

[dallan]

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My VentureCraft collections. 

Very nice.  I tell you l reading this thread makes me feel better, I am up to four complete portable set ups with dacs and amps.  I was starting to worry.

 

[snapple10]

Laundry rig

 

[rudi0504]

My 3 DAC for IDevice :

Source : iPhone 4 S
Dac : Venture Craft Go Dap DD1 LE 12 Volt Muse 02
Cyberlabs Class -dB 2.00 Vrms latest version
Fostex Hp P1
Amp : WAGNUS Epsilon
Alo Rx 3 B
Headphone : LCD 3 with Norse Reign cable
Cable : Tralucent UBER mini to mini and RSA to RSA
Venture Craft Lod to USB
Moon Audio Silver Dragon V1 mini USB to Lod

 

[Accoun]

AK100 -> Beyerdynamic T70p (modified with Dual Entry Mini XLR) -> Forza AudioWorks Claire HP Cable

You're from UK? Nice to see Forza doing well internationally (known him mostly more locally, from Polish audio forums).

 

[blackwolf05]

Hey guys, I have an original Algorhythm solo for sale along with top notch alo interconnects if anyone is interested in taking their portable rig to the next level! 
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/668263/algorhythm-solo-original-dac
 
Enjoying the pics of all these awesome rigs!

 

[mpawluk91]

I beg to differ, the headphone out of the 5/5.5 is better than the others. Having a wolfson chip is not the same as having the wolfson chip, and the 5/5.5-gen classic is the only one with the WM87588G

In the end you are probably right bro but I like to MYTHbust, think of it like this

Apple put that awesome dac in the ipod video because it was more entertainment based (watching videos/movies) and they accidentally made an awesome music player

But... The first gen itouch which came very shortly after the 5.5 was even more entertainment based (so you see my interest now?)

More than likely apple had some kind of a contract deal with wolfson so a high end dac would probably cost about the same to manufacture as a crappy one, you know they're goal was only to improve

So I went ahead and sent my 5.5 out for an internal Imod and also bought a 32gb 1st gen itouch in mint condition.

I will construct a very honest and detailed comparison between an IMOD 5.5, a regular unmoded 5.5, a 4th gen itouch 64gb, and a 1st gen itouch. All will use line out, same amp/switches, same cans, same exact music files, same LOD cable

I know the itouch has better wiring and circuitry than any ipod video, ... This shall be EPIC

Everyone says the 1st itouch sounds like crap but c'mon man REALLY!? Why would any other itouch sound better?

 

[Achmedisdead]

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In the end you are probably right bro but I like to MYTHbust, think of it like this

Apple put that awesome dac in the ipod video because it was more entertainment based (watching videos/movies) and they accidentally made an awesome music player

But... The first gen itouch which came very shortly after the 5.5 was even more entertainment based (so you see my interest now?)

More than likely apple had some kind of a contract deal with wolfson so a high end dac would probably cost about the same to manufacture as a crappy one, you know they're goal was only to improve

So I went ahead and sent my 5.5 out for an internal Imod and also bought a 32gb 1st gen itouch in mint condition.

I will construct a very honest and detailed comparison between an IMOD 5.5, a regular unmoded 5.5, and a 1st gen itouch. All will use line out, same amp, same cans, same exact music files

I know the itouch has better wiring and circuitry than any ipod video, ... This shall be EPIC

 

 

 

[Oregonian]

In the end you are probably right bro but I like to MYTHbust, think of it like this

Apple put that awesome dac in the ipod video because it was more entertainment based (watching videos/movies) and they accidentally made an awesome music player

But... The first gen itouch which came very shortly after the 5.5 was even more entertainment based (so you see my interest now?)

More than likely apple had some kind of a contract deal with wolfson so a high end dac would probably cost about the same to manufacture as a crappy one, you know they're goal was only to improve

So I went ahead and sent my 5.5 out for an internal Imod and also bought a 32gb 1st gen itouch in mint condition.

I will construct a very honest and detailed comparison between an IMOD 5.5, a regular unmoded 5.5, a 4th gen itouch 64gb, and a 1st gen itouch. All will use line out, same amp/switches, same cans, same exact music files, same LOD cable

I know the itouch has better wiring and circuitry than any ipod video, ... This shall be EPIC

Everyone says the 1st itouch sounds like crap but c'mon man REALLY!? Why would any other itouch sound better?

Look forward to the comparison. Sounds great.

 

[calipilot227]

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I beg to differ, the headphone out of the 5/5.5 is better than the others. Having a wolfson chip is not the same as having the wolfson chip, and the 5/5.5-gen classic is the only one with the WM87588G

 
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As a 5.5G owner, my response to your post is this....
 

 
Agreed. I bought mine new in '06, and I will never sell it. It now has a new battery (easy replacement, just don't break the headphone jack connector in the process) and a 120gb hard drive. Might go SSD when the prices drop low enough.