[Windsor]

Here's the upper parts of my present rig, as pictured on some of the lower parts of my listening room. 

 
 
 

 

[Focker]

s043uf...WOW, those are beautiful!!!

 

[Destroysall]

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My temporary station, hopefully going to move it to a better place soon. And only one amp at the moment, updates are going to be big after the summer
 
(sorry for the crappy photo quality.)

That looks really nice.  Love it!  I have been considering moving away from the "desktop audio experience" so I can not sit in my computer chair all the time.  Thus I have considered investing in a CD Player/DAC unit.
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Yes they have Paduak woodies and a Beyer headband, nothing much to say soundwise since they are screened. Lookswise it starts looking like the great headphones they truly are. 

I'll say; they look gorgeous!  Must be really comfortable too!

 

[Raser]

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That looks really nice.  Love it!  I have been considering moving away from the "desktop audio experience" so I can not sit in my computer chair all the time.  Thus I have considered investing in a CD Player/DAC unit.

Same thing here, hope that i could get a own room for music listening soon. Somehow the focusin to just listening to music would be much easier when you have the own space for it. I really can recommend that Audiolab unit, nothing but good things to say. And imo reasonably priced.
 

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What putter is that? 

I knew that someone is going to pick this one up That is my backup putter, Wilson Staff 8882. The love for the blade putters is almost as crazy as love for the headphones ;D

 

[longbowbbs]

OK, here is today's rig. Sennheiser HD650's stock (Soon to have Toxic Cable 8ft Cryo pure OCC Stranded Silver cables!) Sources are a Mac Mini with Amarra software, USB out with Audioquest USB cable to the Cambridge DAC Magic Plus. Also I can output the Mac Mini via TosLink to the Denon AVR-4311 with it's internal DAC. The CD/DVD-A/SACD player is the Denon DVD-5900 via Denon-Link to the AVR-4311.
 
Speakers are M&K S-150's (LCR), M&K ss-150's for surrounds with an SVSound PB12+ Sub. The WD HD on the Mac is for Time Machine backup via Firewire. I do NOT want to  lose 300GB of music ripped AIFF. Once was enough!
 
The road setup is a pair of B&W P5's, my Macbook Pro and the NuForce uDac2.
 

 

[wilky61]

My first audiophile purchase was an E10, but I returned it almost immediately because I learned that the E17 was coming out. Bought an E17 for $140 and used it for about a month, but I recently sold it for $180ish on Amazon and decided to upgrade again. This upgrade cost me a pretty penny... don't think I will be sinking any more $$ into this hobby any time soon.
 
FYI, I don't really use my Logitech Z2300 desktop speakers anymore. The amp is sitting on top of my old desktop tower that I don't really use anymore either. And although you can see Foobar open on my laptop, I have since switched to MusicBee (due to issues with Foobar's WASAPI plugin).
 
Not sure how I would connect my M-Stage to my Logitech Z2300 even if I wanted to (anybody have any ideas?). The Logitechs have this input mini-jack that I would normally plug into my laptop's headphone jack... maybe I could use the 1/8" to 1/4" adapter that came with my Q701... or would I need to use the RCA output on the back of the amp and somehow connect it to my Logitech Z2300 with some specific adapter/cable?
 
 

 

[dagothur]

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Not sure how I would connect my M-Stage to my Logitech Z2300 even if I wanted to (anybody have any ideas?). The Logitechs have this input mini-jack that I would normally plug into my laptop's headphone jack... maybe I could use the 1/8" to 1/4" adapter that came with my Q701... or would I need to use the RCA output on the back of the amp and somehow connect it to my Logitech Z2300 with some specific adapter/cable?
 
 

You need a female 1/4th to male RCA.  

 

[wilky61]

Thanks for the reply, dagothur. Do you mean female 1/8" to male RCA cable/adapter? The Logitech Z2300's input is a mini-jack, like this:
 

 
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You need a female 1/4th to male RCA.  

 

[dagothur]

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Thanks for the reply, dagothur. Do you mean female 1/8" to male RCA cable/adapter? The Logitech Z2300's input is a mini-jack, like this:
 

 

1/8.  Yes.  I was just thinking of the cable I'm using, which has a 1/4th female.

 

[wilky61]

AH HA! I just racked my brain and my room... I knew I had seen a cable along these lines about a week or two ago when I was surveying my RCA cable... and I just found it, still in its plastic wrapper... turns out it's a FEMALE rca to female 3.5mm cable, though...
 
So maybe I'll do this: Matrix M-Stage's output --> male RCA to male RCA --> female RCA to female 3.5mm stereo --> male 3.5mm stereo to Logitech Z2300
 
lol, hopefully all those cables don't degrade the signal (I ain't too worried since I wouldn't use the desktop speakers much). I just have to figure out where I'm gonna hide all of these cables. Thanks again for your help.
 
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1/8.  Yes.  I was just thinking of the cable I'm using, which has a 1/4th female.

 

[TehJam]

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OK, here is today's rig. Sennheiser HD650's stock (Soon to have Toxic Cable 8ft Cryo pure OCC Stranded Silver cables!) Sources are a Mac Mini with Amarra software, USB out with Audioquest USB cable to the Cambridge DAC Magic Plus. Also I can output the Mac Mini via TosLink to the Denon AVR-4311 with it's internal DAC. The CD/DVD-A/SACD player is the Denon DVD-5900 via Denon-Link to the AVR-4311.
 
Speakers are M&K S-150's (LCR), M&K ss-150's for surrounds with an SVSound PB12+ Sub. The WD HD on the Mac is for Time Machine backup via Firewire. I do NOT want to  lose 300GB of music ripped AIFF. Once was enough!
 
The road setup is a pair of B&W P5's, my Macbook Pro and the NuForce uDac2.
 
 

 
Gotta love SVS products.
 
How is the sub treating you? I'm looking into an SB-12 NSD sometime this year.

 

[Matrixnobu]

Man Windsor! I will take anyone of those HP's

 

[Windsor]

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Man Windsor! I will take anyone of those HP's

 
They're all great! I'm gonna enjoy them when I have them as it probably seems that by the end of this week I'll just have the Senns left. 

 

[hodgjy]

I did some tweaking over the holiday weekend.  I got a new shelf so I could have all my gear easily accessible.  Behind the computer (out of sight) is the V-DAC II that decodes the songs off the computer as well as my Onkyo CD player.  On the bottom shelf, I have the Asgard stacked on top of a Sony DVD player.  I've tried numerous times to find an amp that drives my DT990/600 better than the Asgard, but I can't.  The Asgard drives them better than the Trafomatic, if you can believe that.  It's just richer and fuller, whereas the Trafomatic leaves it a little lean.
 
Edit: I'm not sure why the photo below is blurry, but it's clear if you click on it.
 

 

 

[dagothur]

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I did some tweaking over the holiday weekend.  I got a new shelf so I could have all my gear easily accessible.  Behind the computer (out of sight) is the V-DAC II that decodes the songs off the computer as well as my Onkyo CD player.  On the bottom shelf, I have the Asgard stacked on top of a Sony DVD player.  I've tried numerous times to find an amp that drives my DT990/600 better than the Asgard, but I can't.  The Asgard drives them better than the Trafomatic, if you can believe that.  It's just richer and fuller, whereas the Trafomatic leaves it a little lean.
 
Edit: I'm not sure why the photo below is blurry, but it's clear if you click on it.
 
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Where did you get that shelf?  I recently inherited a hefty Sony receiver and my desk is starting to get crowded with my speakers and the NFB.