ablaze 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2003 my seriously humble setup Source: RME Digi96/8 PST Stereophile's review of the card DIY-ed headphone extension using Mogami 2534 and Neutrik 1/4" connectors Cans: my beloved Sony MDR-CD3000 <----- what do you guys have? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N@Z 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2003 (edited) Current main setup - Source: Marantz CD-80 -> Coaxial cable: IXOS -> DAC: Theta Cobalt 307 -> I/C: DNM Reson (with Eichmann Bullet RCAs / Van Den Hul D102 MkIII Hybrid -> Headphone amp: Cayin Spark Audio HA-1A -> Headphones: Grado RS-1 / Sennheiser HD600 with Clou Red cable. Panoramic view of my (uncompleted) new listening/computer room: (as of end 2003 - it has cluttered up significantly to date!) Bed/travel/portable rigs - Source: Sony D777/30GB iPod Video/Xin Modified Sony SRF-S84 -> Koss KSC35/55/75/Porta Pro & Etymotic ER-4S. Other gear: Source - Nakamichi Cassette Deck 2 & Sony SRF-40W Pocket radios Speakers - Acoustic Energy AE100 & Castle Trents Misc. - portable Kurt META42 DIY h/amp, various DIY mini to mini cables & tubes for Cayin amp. Future upgrades: High end source (?) / power amps to drive my AE100 or possibly with high efficiency speakers. Previously owned: Headphones - AKG K1000, Audio Technica ATH W100 / ATH-EW9 (Woodie clipons), Beyerdynamic DT150 / DT250 / DT770pro (all 250 ohm versions), Grado SR80, Sennheiser HD565 Ovation / MX400 / PX200, Shure E5C, Sony MDR-3000 / 7506 / Eggos, Headphone amp - Headroom Airhead/Total Airhead, JMT CHA47, JMT META42 (later maxed out by KurtW), Custom Tangent MINT META, Meier-Audio Porta Corda II, Xin SuperMicro & SuperDual. Source - Linn LP12/Akito arm/K9 cartridge. Amp - Naim Nait 2 integrated amp Misc. old photos Edited February 21, 2006 by N@Z Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N@Z 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2003 (edited) My portable rig (minus the ) Still waiting for the N91 so my portable gear has grown... as usual not enough sources to go with the headphones. Edited February 21, 2006 by N@Z Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gryphon1972 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2003 (edited) My humble portable setup: Source : Sony D515, D465 , Sony D50 or Pana SL570 Amp: CHA47 Headphones: Senn 497 (Just sold my ATH W100...Cant do justice to it in my system) Preferred Home Setup: Source: Garrard 401 with SME3009 arm (new source) Thorens TD160 with TP16 arm and clearaudio aurum alpha cart Amp: Luxman Integrated L45A Spks : Maggies 0.5 Background listening: NAD 521 cdp Edited May 23, 2003 by gryphon1972 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ablaze 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2003 I see you're primarily a "speaker" person with headphones as a secondary setup Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gryphon1972 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2003 headphones.......... simply too revealing for not very good condition records........ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N@Z 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2003 You're right there gryphon1972, ever since I seriously got into headphones my current speaker based system sounds lacking in detail & separation: same CD source & DAC->Naim Nait 2->Castle Trent speakers with Naim cables/Acoustic Energy AE100 with biwired QED Qudos cables. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gryphon1972 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2003 I guess there are times for headphones and times for speakers.......important thing.....enjoy your music Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yekim 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2003 (edited) what luck to have chanced upon this site - this will now be the third headphone dedicated site that i will be visiting in addition to head-fi and headwize. here's me humble rigs: desktop set up - at pc table: panasonic ct570 pcdp diy cmoy/linkwitz crossfeed musical fidelity x-10d musical fidelity x-cans v.1 grado sr 80s homebrew interconnects all the way using belden 89259 and canare plugs bed set up: panasonic ct570 pcdp and koss ksc 35 phones. on the move set up - same ole panasonic ct570 and sennheiser mx500 earbuds main set up - allied to a diy el34 pp tube intergrated amp and spendor s3/5 speakers cal delta cd transport monarchy dip msb link II with upsampling cmoy/linkwitz crossfeed (thru a diy switchbox, that allows switching between headphone amp and main amp) diy morgan jones otl tube headphone amp musical fidelity x-cans v.2 sennheiser 600 homebrew interconnects all the way using belden wires and canare plugs. ciao! Edited October 25, 2003 by yekim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ablaze 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2003 hey, I'm very interested in these belden 89259s..are they better than the Klotz G107s? also, how's the shielding? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yekim 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2003 hi ablaze, cant say much about klotz im afraid as i havent tried them out - im quite happy with the beldens so i dont think id want to change - that said, ive heard pretty good things about klotz - arent these the cables that rega is using? shilelding is copper braid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ablaze 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2003 yeah, I think I saw one post that mentioned that it is. thanks for the input though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ablaze 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2003 come on guys, post your equipment. don't shy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2003 Hi all, I am new to head-fi. Here are my current humble setups: desktop source: sony PCDP D-T405 amp: a SRS processor + headphone amp called BIT88 phone: HD590 portable source: sony PCDP D-EJ1000 amp: Porta Corda MKII phone: ATH-M40fs/HD212pro/MDR-E888/EX70 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ablaze 0 Report post Posted March 5, 2003 hi. welcome to the forum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
