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Single ended (mostly), native cables (nothing fancy) Schiit Jotunheim DAC/Amp (primary for cans)
#Audirvana plus single song cycle pro#
Mac Book Pro and Mac Mini, running latest OS X Sierra, content on local SSD Thanks to everyone that contributes so much to these forums. I hope it is helpful or at least interesting to others. Here is a way too long documentation of our learnings/experiences/impressions (all from high end music lovers that have been 90% focus on 2 channel audio, and definite non-experts on headphones). Since anything doing is worth overdoing, that list quickly turned into 10+, which turned into my dining room table being covered in cans and DAC/amps, with geek buddies hanging out 5-6 hours a night for over a week.įantastic learning experience and a hell of a lot of fun. I’m absolutely loving the new set up, and it has made me hungry for having this type of listening experience while I’m at work and (if possible) while traveling/mobile.Īfter reading way too much about how awesome modern headphones are, me and a bunch of friends decided to jump in and get together a small set of audition targets that we all could check out.
#Audirvana plus single song cycle upgrade#
Having just bought a new house with a great listening space, I have just finished a major upgrade cycle on my home system (B&W 802d3's, Classe amp, Oppo HA-1, etc) and I have been spending way too much money (and not enough time) on awesome high def content. Back then I got my Etymotics and Sennheiser 580's and Meier Corda amp (as one did back in the day) and was then happy to be an occasional lurker on these forums, while I mainly listened to 2 channel audio on my home setup. I last time I was serious about headphones was~15 years ago.
I tend to go through major audio upgrade waves every 10-15 years. Replicating it here so I have an easy place to link to it to, but follow the link below if you want to see the discussion or (better still) participate in it.įolks, as I’ve mentioned in a couple other posts, for the past couple weeks, me and a couple friends have been consumed with an extensive shoot out for ~12 mid to higher end headphones. I posted the experience on Head-Fi, which is one of the best communities for headphone people on the Internet. I recently started the process to compound my audio craziness with headphones. So, enjoy the speaker now, but it's a bit of a 'one night stand mount' product when compared to models that have traditionally 'stand mounted by their man' over time.(aka, Adventures of 2 Channel Guy, Diving Head First Into the Head-Fi Deep End) I know this because I know Sony's history in this regard. So, I don't give this new Sony as much credibility as its price wants me to, because this speaker will be out of production in a cycle or two. If you look at the history of many (most?) of the most esteemed speakers in this category, they have a history of incremental improvement and of ongoing product support, even trade ups! These models are hit and run, which I think diminishes their value. I have not seen a tradition of models evolving or being improved over time, no evolution of a model (think Vandersteen, Thiel,) etc. The main problem I would say "I have" with makers like Sony or Technics is that they disappear from the hobby for X number of years, then 'mount an assault on the state of the art' with products like this, then disappear again shortly thereafter. I hope they are great and wish Sony the best. But $6,000? I don't know.įirst, great post, low2midfi! I am with you! It might be time for Stereophile to emulate our friends from the UK and do some head-to-head group testing of products. If I were so endowed financially, I might save my pennies for another year or so and get these highly decorated stalwarts:Īnd, based on my actual experience of listening at a show, we might, again, save a few more dollars and get this speaker which has some proprietary technology to bring to the table: Or for roughly the same price, we can afford ourselves of a tried and true design, with some elements of advanced materials science:Īnd for less than 1/2 the price, it might be time for a very long overdue test of these speakers that boast plausible technology, perhaps better than this product under review, and the same billed weight: I hope we can see a test of these-reportedly outstanding-speakers for $2,500 less:
#Audirvana plus single song cycle drivers#
But we are to pay $6,000 for some Scanspeak drivers in a laminated wood enclosure? I am sure that these speakers sound fine.
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