[floydfan33]

JRIVER 25 > HTPC > Oppo UDP-205 > SMSL SP200 > Audeze LCD-3F (2016)

 

[Preachy1]

...and pet friendly showing in the first pic. Thumbs up on that!

I noticed that as well, kudos!!! I'm not sure what all the fuss is with "pet free environments" anyway. I'd give up all my gear before I'd say goodbye to my critters!!!! (2 dogs, 1 cat, 1 parrot)

 

[JTori]

But what's on my head right now?

Nice selection of gear! And, like the way you have spaced out the components to minimize interactions and allow for adequate cooling. Smart setup!

Joe.

 

[JTori]

Current state of my head-fi station is that I have a green bean stuffed in the gustards 6.3mm output. This is why I don't have a tube amp. Gotta love the kids

Did the green-bean tweak yield any appreciable improvement is SQ?

Joe.

 

[Pharmaboy]

I picked one up recently too. Could not be happier with it (though the R-27 looks interesting lol)

Victorinox Chrono 42mm?

 

[Pharmaboy]

Loki has to be after the DAC but before the amp... no way to get it between the DAC and amp in a DAC/amp combo unit.

Fiio K5 PRO could be used as DAC and can use a separate amp via RCA output, with Loki put inbetween. Or used as amp, if you get a DAC and put Loki inbetween via RCA input.

Guess it would depend on whether a DAC or amp in the price range you are looking at would be a better unit than the DAC or amp section of the K5 PRO.

There actually is a way, depending on the DAC/amp combo. If the combo has an RCA output pair, you plug that into the inputs of the Loki, and then a 2nd RCA interconnect goes from RCA outs of Loki to RCA in of a 2nd amp.

If the only amp you have is the combo, of course this won't work. But if you have a second HP amp (or amp/preamp), you can make it happen.

 

[Pharmaboy]

My headphones are on my head and they will remain there.

I see a blackwood Aeolus in your signature. Do you like it? Ever compare it to the stock sapele Aeolus?

 

[Pharmaboy]

I couldn’t come close to getting my entire listening station in 1 shot. I need to start purging. Nah....
Might as well get the rest of my room in there.

What is the sheet music?

 

[Preachy1]

What is the sheet music?

looks like scales to me.

 

[biglazymoose]

I see a blackwood Aeolus in your signature. Do you like it? Ever compare it to the stock sapele Aeolus?

I really love my Blackwood Aeolus. They are pretty much spot on with what I wanted when I ordered them, which was something a bit more fun and warm. I already had some Blackwood Auteurs that I bought used (only recently sold them to help fund a Ziricote Verite from ZMF November), and really really enjoyed them, however I knew I wanted a warmer and fun signature. The Auteurs were pretty well used too so I was looking forward to something untouched and new with my name on the card.

The only time I've listened to a stock Aeolus was at ZMFestivus and most of my impressions from that day are a big blur as I went thru a lot of different cans and equipment in such a short time. I came away knowing I would enjoy the Aeolus when they arrived and I was right when they showed up a couple weeks later. My own ears can't really speak to the differences between sapele and blackwood. I think the only time you would notice is if you sat down to a/b them for some time. From what I've read blackwood is more dense than sapele, but not by much. So maybe its a little faster sounding. On the other hand, blackwood has small pores, vs large pores for sapele. Supposedly, the larger the pores are the larger the soundstage.

 

[interweb-tech]

Victorinox Chrono 42mm?

Nothing that exotic. Citizen AT4010-50E

 

[Preachy1]

Are we doing watches now?

 

[Pharmaboy]

Are we doing watches now?

Maybe...

 

[Preachy1]

Nice. I’m not familiar with that brand.

 

[Pharmaboy]

Nice. I’m not familiar with that brand.

It's Swiss. Tourneau carried the brand for awhile.

Long before I had a headphone audio problem--I had a wristwatch problem.