Post your headphone setup

I just kept finding the speaker thread when I searched

Deskside setup:






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:



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

 

How does the N64 sound on the tube amps?

 

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.

 

below is the link you were looking for to post the desktop setup
https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/system-synergy-special-sound.11676/page-20

 

Guess I should have known "system synergy - special sound" was the picture thread

 

I can see how you might have been confused. Here's the official SBAF picture thread.

 

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?

 

Or here: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/photos-of-our-headphone-equipment.12460/

 

Actually a quick site search doesn't yield small threads no one's used since last year

 

Yep, this was very hard to find....


See, I can be a smartass too.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

piece of Apple in house, comparing Holo Red and Pi2AES


First ever

 

Holy moly! I thought I was the only person who had the SPL expansion rack

 

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.

 

Oh that's right! Haha, I remember telling someone about it but forgot it was you

Mine is mounted in a 4U carrying case with a SurgeX and SPL Mercury dac.

 

Are dustballs and spaghetti monsters a requirement for this thread?

 

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.