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**The Official/UnOfficial Audiogon Head-Fi System Thread**

 Now that Headphones is a dedicated sub forum I thought it would be cool for everyone to list their head-fi system/s gear here....Maybe link to your Virtual system...
 I have 2 dedicated sources from which I stream Pandora+,Amazon Music,Google Play Music & Utube OR well over 1000 songs in WMA & FLAC lossless on a mini SD card plugged into a smartphone designed & built to have superb audio out via 3.5mm jack or HiRes LDAC Blue Tooth,an LG"G8x" with full on Meridian Audio built & tuned Analog & Digital out...
Amplifier/DAC:Burson Audio Conductor 3P...If you are into headphones & don't know Burson you should..
Several sets of cans:For outdoor workouts(walking/biking etc..) I really love my Sennheiser PMX-686 Sport..Fully waterproof sit on ear like buds but have Sennheiser tone,running off the LG G8x is quite amazing how good an excercise phone can sound & you can still hear everything going on around you..
 The HiFiMan Sundara is a budget priced($350.00)Planar Magnetic headphone that is not only built like a $3000.00 headphone,but with the right DAC/Amp rivals the sound of many..Driven off the amazing SABRE DAC PRO in the Burson,combined with the World Class Burson Vivid OpAmps running full Class A,this kind of sound/quality 5 years ago would have been considered End Game & cost $5000.00!
 And for battling the TOTL headphones worldwide I chose Sennheiser HD800S...What can I say that has not already been said & better than I could have..I will say I have demo'd them all,the best of the best driven by the best of the best amps at several Can Jams(B4 C-19)..IMO there are only 2-3 other headphones on the planet that better the Sennheiser HD800S & NONE of them come close to the UNBELIEVABLE price of $1700.00!Compared to TOTL from Audeze,HiFiMan etc..etc..you save so much $ you can get an End Game Amp to drive them..
 The HD800S are new & not even broken in yet,the Burson amp is good but holding them back..I'll put a few hundred hours on them & then look for an update with an End Game Amplifier,driven off the Burson DAC,which,IMO is World Class...

 
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shkong78
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Raal Sr1a driven by either Rogue Cronus Magnum II fitted with Telefuken 12ax7 and Amperex 12au7 or Schitt Jot R.

Stax 009s driven by Kgsshv Carbon amp.

HD 800s driven by Nobsound 008e fitted with Nos Sylvania tube.


Schitt Freya free fitted with Kenrad vt231 at gain stage and Sylvania vt231 at buffer stage is connected to Dave and HMS through 20 ft Purist audio design balanced cable.

Schitt Freya feed amplifiers for sr1a, 009s, hd800s.

I also have Empire ears Zeus IEM.

Thus I have a good selection of ES, Ribbon and dynamic headphones.

I may add Abyss 1266 TC as top planar headphone next year.

Thomas


soix
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I woke up not feeling great.  Now I feel even worse.  Thanks guys. 
freediver OP
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^^^You shouldn't.There are cans like the HiFIMan HE400i,for $200.00 that with a good little $150.00 Hybrid amplifier will get you seriously good tunes for sure!
big_greg
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The Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 6XX are also great headphones at $220.  I have much more expensive headphones, but those are the ones that I end up using most often.
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stringreen
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I'm using a hi res Sony Walkman...just got Grado GR10E earbuds for it.   The sound is absolutely exquisite.  My "big" system cost about 70 or 80 thousand dollars.....why oh why did I do that.....
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