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3870x2, sorry man. I've been looking, and if you're not looking for a preamp or a headphone amp, you'll need to double your price range to find a good amp.
 
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3870x2, sorry man. I've been looking, and if you're not looking for a preamp or a headphone amp, you'll need to double your price range to find a good amp.

how about up to $350¿
 
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I prefer Grado over Senns as well but I like senns. I plan to add a set to my collection one day. HD598 or HD650.

I also want another set of Grado's though. Something in the $1k to $1.5k range but I've been wanting that for a couple of years and so far haven't pulled the trigger.
 
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I prefer STAX and Audio Technica over any Senn any day. 350 USD is not a whole lot for a good headphone amp, 500+ you will start to get good quailty one from Burson and such.
 
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Nice collection of coke cans

Bet that printer rattles a little on that sub and what is that exactly in the second to last picture? Bit to blurry to make out but my mind is running wild with various types or microphones or stands

And I've got even more coke cans. :D

And the printer does rattle when the sub plays, but it's in harmony with the music, so I try to think of it as augmentation of the music. :p

Tried to take a better picture of the Buttkicker chair attachment. It does work quite well, but since my chair isn't an engineering marvel, it can rattle while the Buttkicker does it's work.

And last, but not least, I forgot my beloved Sennheiser HD56. :O
 

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My humble audio system:)

From top to bottom: CREATIVE TITANIUM HD (for headphones) - evga gts250 - ASUS XONAR DX (for 5.1 speakers) - msi 570gtx

Headphones: Audio Technica ATH A700 & Razer Carcharias
Speakers: Logitech Z5300

 

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I only said that because in my experience over at Head-Fi, it seemed there was a great divide. People loved one or the other and were biased as hell, and there were very few people who loved both.



Haven't had a chance to hear the HD800s yet, but I have the HD650s. If there is any improvement in the sound at all(which I've heard there is), then they must be heavenly.
That being said, I can say I hadn't really "heard" most of my music until I listened through the XS708b(and another amp I have that I haven't posted yet;)) with the 650s. They are absolutely incredible. Even more so if you do a quick, reversible mod. All you have to do is disassemble the ear cups(you don't have to remove the drivers) and replace the stock ear foam with a layer of pantyhose. The pantyhose aren't really necessary, you can just remove the foam and get the same effect, but putting the pantyhose there re-provides the protection from debris to the drivers. You would think that Sennheiser would have used sonically-neutral foam(maybe they did), but doing that mod sort of lifted a veil off of the high-end. At first, I thought it was my mind playing tricks on me, but I reversed it, putting the foam back in place, and there was definitely a difference.
Also, in my experience with various Sennheiser sets, they seem to sound best and really "sing" when amped by a tube setup. There have only been two solid-state amps I've heard that give the same silky smooth, warm tone that you get with tubes on a pair of Senns. One is the Purity Audio KICAS Caliente(mighty underrated if you ask me), the other is the aforementioned amp that i've yet to post. It's a blast from the past('80s) and I wish luck to anybody looking for either, lol.

Well I am an unfortunate soul not having had the pleasures of hooking my SR225i's to a nice big tube amp and blasting my favorite music into my ear canals, but one day.
 
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PC - direct to amp - optical fiber





 
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whoa now hold up you can't post a picture of that beauty without a description. I know its not the Pioneer SA 8800 as that has a digi display and switches in different places however it reminds me of it? and can i get a closer pic?

Some very nice set ups here putting me to extreme shame :(
 
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wires and Fans.... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 
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whoa now hold up you can't post a picture of that beauty without a description. I know its not the Pioneer SA 8800 as that has a digi display and switches in different places however it reminds me of it? and can i get a closer pic?

Some very nice set ups here putting me to extreme shame :(

It's a Dual 1246 turntable with a Shure V15 V-MR cartridge, and a Yamaha CR-1020 reciever :cool:
 
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It's a Dual 1246 turntable with a Shure V15 V-MR cartridge, and a Yamaha CR-1020 reciever :cool:

Couldn't have been more of the mark there :p still lovely looking piece of kit.
 

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I feel as if this is starting to die off into a show your pc thread again.... this is for Audio equipment guys...
 
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Eh I've got a pair of crappy $10 Logitech computer speakers.
And a pair of sort of cheap Sony headphones.
If I sell my old iMac and a couple other things to bring in some money i'll buy myself a real sound system!
 
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It's only a couple of posts but freaksavior has a point can we keep this for photos of audio equipment. Doesn't matter what that is from modern surround to vintage amplifiers, receivers and turntables. Questions about one case over another or pictures of computers there's threads for that already. Thanks guys n gals:)
 
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