Post your headphone setup

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  1. tatsugiri

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    I just kept finding the speaker thread when I searched

    Deskside setup:

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    I have 2 PC's in here and swap which one connects to the ddc via which extender the ifi idefender + is plugged into

    Bedside setup:

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    Not pictured here is another Chinese xmos ddc with fancy clocks, but I didn't take pics of where that is because I don't want to deal with spiders

    I actually have 4 ifi ipower x's in the desk rig and 2 in the bedside one, but some aren't visible. I have to put tape over the LED's or else I can't sleep
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    Gazny MOT: ETA Audio

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    How does the N64 sound on the tube amps?
     
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    It's nice on the shortest way, but I haven't actually tried it with the ECBA yet. Usually I play those games muted while at work (from home), but I have an HDMI adapter on the N64 and get digital audio from it to either of my DAC's through USB -> ddc -> dac via a capture card. Works fine with the Vega running in exact clock mode because modern xmos chips are really good.
     
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    Guess I should have known "system synergy - special sound" was the picture thread
     
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    I can see how you might have been confused. Here's the official SBAF picture thread.
     
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    A quick site search would have gotten you to the thread you were looking for --> "Photos of our headphone equipment".

    On another note, damn man, why would you post up a photo of a filthy setup with horrible cable management?
     
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    Actually a quick site search doesn't yield small threads no one's used since last year
     
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    Yep, this was very hard to find....
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    See, I can be a smartass too.
     
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    Literally just because you remembered it was "photos" instead of "pictures". I searched both "pictures" and "your setup" and scrolled back months.

    Two of these threads you guys think you're owning me with just demonstrate that the confusion is common, lest there wouldn't be two abandoned threads.
     
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    Calm down and spend time reading threads and realizing this is not head fi where anyone should barge in, blurt their setups as if it helps anyone or answers un-asked questions.
    we'll get to know you if you take the time to get to know us SBAFers and that we are about finding new paths, new information and new synergies.
     
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    You guys are linking a thread with a completely obscure name and then another that was abandoned quickly and a long time ago because you only find it searching "photos". It's actually not reasonable to think I should have lurked every thread before posting some pics of my setup. I also have been around this community on and off for over a decade and was lurking even when not active -- I just didn't search "photos" nor know what "system synergy - special sounds" meant.
     
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    Because layers of dust, especially on cables, really enhance the sound. I'm surprised that nobody is selling a spray on. But then... doubters would post, "Hey, I got it analysed: lab says it's only dust!"

    Sure, it's only dust. And it beats skin effect hands down!

    I sympathise on that one. As I recall that thread, it is/was about very specific combinations of kit. Hence synergy. Photos would be incidental.
     
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    piece of Apple in house, comparing Holo Red and Pi2AES


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    Holy moly! I thought I was the only person who had the SPL expansion rack :punk:
     
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    I only have SPL expansion rack because you told me about the SPL expansion rack. Spent a lot of time soldering the adapter cables, 2x3 pin XLR to 4 pin female, but it was worth it. It feeds Adam A7X studio monitors and three pairs of headphones. In this setup the HPS areHEKSE, HE500, and a unique set of balanced K240DF, it is not a mod, it was build by AKG.
    I brought SPL Phonitor 2 with the rack, fully assembled to Poland as a carry on luggage in a verry oversised laptop bag!
    Had a lot of fun passing airport security.
     
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    Oh that's right! Haha, I remember telling someone about it but forgot it was you :cool:

    Mine is mounted in a 4U carrying case with a SurgeX and SPL Mercury dac.
     
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    Are dustballs and spaghetti monsters a requirement for this thread? :p
     
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    Of course! You do know, that when it comes to cables, the signal actually travels in the layer of dust on them?

    It'a not burning in, it's building up that counts.

    And dusty spiders' webs are so much better than those silly miniature pylons when it comes to keeping your wires above the noise floor.
     
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