JamesBr
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I agree the amp is a pretty damn good one. The Yggdrasil is a good DAC as well.
Listening to the HE1000 right now. While they're on loan.
Make me dream!
I agree the amp is a pretty damn good one. The Yggdrasil is a good DAC as well.
Listening to the HE1000 right now. While they're on loan.
I agree the amp is a pretty damn good one. The Yggdrasil is a good DAC as well.
Listening to the HE1000 right now. While they're on loan.
I agree the amp is a pretty damn good one. The Yggdrasil is a good DAC as well.
Listening to the HE1000 right now. While they're on loan.
Enjoy
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The Polk Audio 4Shot Xbox One headset near the bottom left-hand side was only put on my desk temporarily; it does not live on my desk at all. The iFi Audio Retro Stereo 50 vacuum tube DAC/amp remote control sits where the 4Shot is, directly between my 2x black aluminium Just Mobile Headstands (HS-100BK) and my CEntrance HiFi-M8 XL4 (USB Type-B and Type-A; also includes optical, 3.5mm, and XL4 outputs).
Also please note that I am driving two pieces of audio gear from my iFi Audio Retro Stereo 50.
First, I decide which of the two headphone outputs for the headphone I want to use:
- for AKG K 712 I use the 6.5mm (high gain) with 7W of headphone power! Or,
- for Audeze EL8 closed back, I use the 3.5mm (low gain), used for more sensitive headphones (the 6.5mm gives too much noise and hiss; two powerful for the EL8).
Whichever one I use, the other output is then used to power the phenomenal SubPac S2 seatback tactical bass system!
The only downside to this is if I use the El8's; the 6.5mm with 7W is overkill for the SubPac S2. With this setup the bass intensity knob on the control box is between 15 - 20%!
On the other hand, if I use my AKG K 712 via the 6.5mm output, then 3.5mm is used for the S2, and the intensity is between 20 - 25%.
I'll let you guys figure out what the rest of my desk entails (from what you can see, of course) ^^
The headphone wall has been completed! The empty hook next to the AKG K701 is for my soon to arrive K7XX. The one next to the T1 is for my DT990 Pro's that are on the desk. It looks so nice!
Nice!
I see some track lighting in your future (above the rack).
My current primary listening station: PC (not in photo) -> Schiit Modi 2 -> Schiit Vali -> Beyerdynamic DT-990 Pro. More to come soon.
Amen to that. I thought I had reached my end-game when I had a BHSE and an SR-009. Turned out I actually preferred the SR-007 MK1 to the SR-009. Said goodbye to the SR-009 and never looked back.
So was the BHSE/SR-007 the final frontier for me? Nope. Call me crazy but I later realized a well-driven--I mean absolutely well-driven by the top 1% synergistic amps out there--HD800 stomps the aforementioned TOTL stat combo in terms of imaging, resolution (in both macro- and micro-dynamics) and soundstage. Throw in a refurbished vintage R2R DAC from the golden 90's and add a touch of 3D magic from something like the Smyth Realiser A8 or OOYH software, and I felt closer than ever to the end-game I had dreamed of.
But deep down I know that this still won't be the end-game for me.