New Members - Introduce Yourself

Greetings.

Lifelong music lover and mid-fi audiophile from the suburbs of Washington DC.

I’m an old guy who laments the demise of broadcast radio, at least in the DC area, where it used to be excellent but is new unlistenable (to my ears). I enjoy several channels of Radio Paradise but find myself listening mostly to classical and jazz. When Mike Marrone ran The Loft on XM Radio that’s where my ears stayed glued but those days are no more. Alas.

My primary headphones are OG Focal Clears, and the more wife-friendly Elegias.

More to say as the occasion demands.

 

Boy am I glad to have found this place!

A place where people who see past the importance of basic measurements are - people who don't believe that all amplifiers and DACs sound the same...

Hello people who put their senses and well informed intuition above the "science" of a few [often] arbitrary metrics...

Hello passionate, independent thinkers, with an interesting hobby! Hello!

lol

 

Good morning,

My name is Xavier, almost 50 years old and I am writing to you from France.
Passionate about Hi-Fi, I discovered the forum while looking for information on Troels Gravesen speakers, so I came to discuss it with you.

good day to all.

Xavier

 

Hi,

I have been a headphone user for a long while, but for the longest time have been an objectivist. It is only recently that I started considering the idea that perhaps there is more to it than just SINAD and whatnot.

I am still a bit skeptical, and DACs still confuse me, but I do hope that you all are right about DACs sounding different.

 

That is a hell of a username, hah.

I think what lots of folk do seem to overlook is that, despite reputation, SBAF really isn't against objective measures of any sort, and a lot of the active members do take serious stock in metrics-- it's more how the forum at large doesn't agree with how many folks are keen to dumb things down things to simple, easily digested metrics like THD+N/SINAD or frequency response that can easily be deployed and tailored to suit some agenda or other, especially in cases where they no longer suit the purpose of informing subjective experience (e.g. how many folk here actually listen loudly enough as to benefit from components having a -120dB noise floor? How important is adherence to an FR target when your hearing system frankly doesn't jive with that target, white papers be damned?)

Skepticism is good, DACs are dumb and I hate that they make as much of a difference as they do. Hope you find a good middle ground here.

 

Hi all,

Recently (five years? ish?) I fell into the Hi-Fi rabbit hole. My primary gear these days is a Geshelli J2S (Burson V7V [XLR] & Sparkos SS2950 [RCA]) & E2. I'm planning on starting some Bottlehead projects, and expect that to be a slow process. Current favorite headphones are ZMF Atrium Closed.

I suppose that's about it for now.

~ Sean

 

Hey,

I'm newer to hi- and mid-fi, learning to appreciate music and audio quality more as I'm chained to a desk in grad school. I've had a pair of HD-600's and a K7XX running off a basic Schiit stack for nearly a decade now and just recently switched to my acute gear buying phase. I now have a HD-800s and a ZMF Bokeh running on a JDS Atom 2 stack and I'm looking for a place to discuss next steps, particularly source components like an R2R DAC and tube amps. I tend to like R&B/Soul (Motown), female vocalists, and some old school hip-hop. I listen to Classical and Jazz while I study.

I live in the Northwest with my wife and dachshund. I have lots of other hobbies including board games, golf, reading, and whiskey. I built a golf simulator in my garage to keep myself "active" in the rainy months. I'm a software engineer with experience in beer and hardware startups and am doing a mid career course adjustment through a Masters program in Artificial Intelligence.

Cheers,
Greg

 

Greetings. I stumbled upon this site when doing research on HD800s headphones. They’re at the top of my Sennheiser list. I see some real interesting threads including the best amplifiers for the particular model. I plan to drive them with my Lyr + and Quicksilver amps. Also looking into a Woo amp.

 

Hello, from New Jersey! I'm glad to be here. Have been lurking and absorbing the vibes here for a bit and figured I should just sign up already. Learned a considerable lot from here, and I appreciate many of your input about specific pieces of gear. Excited to contribute and thanks for having me.

I mostly play around with headphones, and the majority of my source gear is and has been Schiit, but here's a list if it matters.

DAC: Schiit Yggdrasil+ GS2, Bifrost 2
AMPS: Schiit Mjolnir 3, Asgard 2
HEADPHONES: Sennheiser HD800S, HD650, HD600: Audeze MM-500: Focal Elex
PORTABLE/IEM: Chord Mojo 2 : Dunu Mirai

Thanks for having me!

 

Hello Friends,
I would like to introduce myself and attempt to avoid further dotard labels.
I am a music elistener, minimalist and hiker.
Chord Mojo OG
Vincent Amp and Flea Watt Amp
OJAS speakers
John Prine, Willie and older Jazz

 

Hope you don't take the reception too harshly.

I feel SBAF has a reputation for offering gear at very generous prices to members (I have personally benefitted from this a great deal over the years, it's been ridiculous value even accounting for international shipping costs via forwarding services), and so has attracted no shortage of unscrupulous folk who merely seek unjust profit or to scam others.

Transactions aside, would be interesting to get your impressions on the gear you have, what you've tried over the years. Could be helpful to you, letting others know your preferences and experiences so notes can be shared.

We do have threads about hiking and camping gear too, if that catches your fancy any

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/camping-gear.6073/

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/my-outdoor-gear-locker.6318/

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.o...rk-alpine-cork-ergo-montem-ultra-strong.5833/