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May 20, 2014 at 12:51 PM Post #18,061 of 41,118
  Quite happy with this setup at the moment:
 
iBasso D7 Sidewinder
Fischer Audio FA011

Those headphones are so beautiful, I've always wanted a pair 
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May 20, 2014 at 1:48 PM Post #18,062 of 41,118

 
May 20, 2014 at 2:58 PM Post #18,063 of 41,118
Thanks Tribestros, hopefully the footprint will expand a bit with the addition of a Bitfrost Uber and a Schiit Lyr, for now I am enjoying the music. Tell me about your rig/musical taste?

 
Well, I'm also a speaker junkie, so mine has a large footprint. I posted it two pages back I think, I have a NuForce uDAC running into my vintage Marantz 2252B. Fantastic speaker amp but honestly it's a beast of a headphone amp. I was gonna buy a Schiit to complement my old Pioneer stereo amp before I got the Marantz and put the money into restoring it, but the vintage Marantz are highly regarded headphone amps because of their dedicated amp they have inside. Running into it, I have a Pioneer 455 turntable, a vintage direct drive with a vintage Audio Technica 8008 cart. I like the cost/quality you get from vintage. You can get top of the line sound for a decent price if you're willing to spend money restoring them. Then as far as headphones go, I'm a huge Sennheiser fan, I have a pair of 558 and a pair of Momentum Over-Ears. I also have an old pair of HD280Pros and for IEMs I have the Bowers and Wilkins C5.
 
Music wise, pretty eclectic but really only eclectic throughout rock. I like a lot of alternative, shoegaze, electronic, industrial, post-rock, experimental metal, avant-garde rock, indie, metal...NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, Godspeed, Deftones, Justice, Daft Punk, Deafheaven, Whirr, Kayo Dot, Dillinger Escape Plan, Muse, Radiohead, Opeth, Sigur Ros, Florence, Midlake... not a fan really of rap or hip hop, but I do have a soft spot for Kanye West, much to my chagrin. But My Beautiful Dark Fantasy was classic and I enjoy Yeezus for the industrial slant. It is what it is. Pretty much, as long as it's not Nickelback or modern "alt" flash-in-the-pan radio rock and has guitars/bass/drums I dig it. Haha.
 
May 20, 2014 at 3:47 PM Post #18,064 of 41,118

Sorry for the poorly exposed photo from my iPad!
 
Computer: Mid 2011 iMac/ Custom built gaming PC.
Speaker/Occasional Headphone Amp: Marantz PM151. It's old but works!
Tape Deck: Technics RS-TR265.
DAC/Sound Interface: DigiDesign 003 Rack.
Headphones: AKG K240 Studio.
 
Excuse my modest setup; I'm only 15!
 
May 20, 2014 at 5:52 PM Post #18,065 of 41,118


Sorry for the poorly exposed photo from my iPad!

Computer: Mid 2011 iMac/ Custom built gaming PC.
Speaker/Occasional Headphone Amp: Marantz PM151. It's old but works!
Tape Deck: Technics RS-TR265.
DAC/Sound Interface: DigiDesign 003 Rack.
Headphones: AKG K240 Studio.

Excuse my modest setup; I'm only 15!


Good looking setup for a newbie to the audiophile world!
 
May 20, 2014 at 11:41 PM Post #18,067 of 41,118
Another small update.  Finally got a new belt in for my Tandberg 3000X.  Listened to some Bill Evans, sounds sublime.
 

 

 

 
May 20, 2014 at 11:54 PM Post #18,068 of 41,118
   
Sorry for the poorly exposed photo from my iPad!
 
Computer: Mid 2011 iMac/ Custom built gaming PC.
Speaker/Occasional Headphone Amp: Marantz PM151. It's old but works!
Tape Deck: Technics RS-TR265.
DAC/Sound Interface: DigiDesign 003 Rack.
Headphones: AKG K240 Studio.
 
Excuse my modest setup; I'm only 15!

Very nice setup, coming from another 15yr old. 
 
May 21, 2014 at 1:09 AM Post #18,070 of 41,118
I had them for less than an hour before I recabled for balanced... (single entry, hacked the stock cable)
 

 
Senn HD598 into Nuforce HA-200 monoblocks, fed from Echo2.
 
Really didn't like the Senn from the Echo2 headphone out, but put it on the monos and whoa!
 
May 21, 2014 at 1:32 AM Post #18,071 of 41,118
  Those Blumenstein's are so pretty... :D

Thanks, and they sound pretty awesome too 
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.  I am constantly amazed at the sound those small 3" Fostex-drivers deliver.
 
May 21, 2014 at 8:32 AM Post #18,074 of 41,118
My (very!) modest work setup - Numark uDAC-2, AKG K450. Mostly flacs of my CD collection played via VLC.
 
The K450s may retire shortly, being replaced by either the K240s I've been using at home or a pair of HD650s - but anyway, this is what it looked like three minutes ago.  :)

 

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