f208frank
Responses from f208frank
| Puritan PSM156 I find it very interesting that people can have such a strong preference for either one of them, if I were to guess, I would have guessed that they are pretty "similar" in performance. I wonder how much of this is just bias as to what they hav... | |
| Puritan PSM156 What made you like the Puritan over Inakustik? Inakustik visually looks more appealing to me and better built, that must say a LOT about Puritan then. | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? ^ Sorry the company name is Network Acoustics, their main item is called the ENO or the MUON, an ethernet filter placed in the chain prior to the streamer and after the ethernet network switch. | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? For me getting off merry go round is having enough experience to paint decent broad strokes as to what you feel you would want. Simple things like box counts, aesthetics, matching brands of cables can also play a role into some decisions. I got ... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? I met a guy named Rob (his partner Rich) owners of Eno Acoustics and via casual conversation Rob directed me to try adding an basic ethernet switch between my streamer and router to see if I see any differences. Though this is common knowledge amo... | |
| How much does your system retail for? About 35K, headphone rig only. I gave up on speakers as my room is trash. | |
| Abyss AB 1266 Phi vs Focal Utopia Utopia for a more all around boring clinical yet technical sound. Abyss for a more exciting in your face high energy kind of sound. Though worded as if Utopia is not as good, they are both good in their own right. Depends what you are looking fo... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? Stuff is definitely getting more expensive, I was the lucky guy who left the hobby, decided to come back AFTER all the brands I wanted raising their prices one month prior to my return to the hobby. Antipodes, XI Eleven Audio being the two brands... | |
| What are the best bang for the buck on higher end headphones? Abyss TC | |
| Do audiophiles have a high divorce rate? Five years here, still going. | |
| In ear? vs. On/over ear? Your experience For me over ear always sounds better than in ear.I went extreme TOTL for in ear set up and just was not satisfied due to limitations of IEMS. Just my opinion but some people love in ears.IEMs did improve a lot over the years.I had the u18t, sp2000... | |
| “Never thought I’d use headphones” No room correction needed. | |
| Favorite Headphone Stands - What do you look for? Quest perch. | |
| Best headphone under 10k$ 1266 for me... | |
| TOTL Headphone Amps Wa33 Elite by woo audio |