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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...

 
freediver
koestner
668 posts
 
I just got a set of Hifiman 800 silver IEM which were on sale for $299 So I love them and am using:

Auralic G1
Schiit Yiggy
Benchmark LA4

The sound is not over my head, it is in my head. With uncanny detail, I am able to hear much more stuff on the recordings. Yes I thought the same thing when I look at my giant speakers, amps and subs.
yyzsantabarbara
4,819 posts
 
RAAL SR1a + KRELL K-300i integrated + Benchmark DAC3B + Sonore OpticalRendu. The KRELL also has a built-in streamer and DAC that I use occasionally.
freediver OP
1,188 posts
 
^^^ I would love to demo those RaaL's or the Hedd..I wonder how much different they are from the Planar Magnetics in SQ?
yyzsantabarbara
4,819 posts
 
@freediver if you are in the Los Angeles area, CanJam on 3rd week of Sept will have a booth for demoing the new and old RAAL's along with their 3 headphone amps.
freediver OP
1,188 posts
 
BIG changes this week..Out is the underpowered,unbalanced Burson front end & Sundara headphones..
In is the Audio GD "R28",a fully balanced Resistor to Resistor ladder DAC/Head amp/PreAmp with a MASSIVE 9.5 WATTS to drive the also MASSIVELY inefficient HiFiMan HE6SEv2 headphones!
I am now totally in end game with only 1 more pair of cans on the horizon,probably the Sennheiser HD800S but the R28 has enough power for even the Hedd or Rall so I’ll be doing a TON of research before that last pair gets bought..
Current headphone system is:
Audio GD "R28" >>> iBasso "SR-1" or HiFiMan "HE6SEv2"....
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