Ahoi everyone!
I'm coming from the other forum and found this one yesterday looking for The Studio.
I have the same username on the other forum.
What I like in life? Life in general. I like to live and discover things that interest me.
I love my wife and worship my cats.
I like motorbikes and cars. I enjoy Macs. I like photography but ain't good at it at all
I have two bridge cameras, no DSLRs as I'd start to collect lenses.
Of course I like music, but I like audio gear as well. I like experimenting with headphones and amps for them.
I owned three headphones about 30 years ago (nothing special) enabling me to listen to my music without disturbing my parents but after that it was all speakers. Until 2008 when I discovered true headphones.Not because I needed them in order not to disturb my wife or the neighbors, my wife doesn't mind me playing through speakers and the neighbors are too far to hear them. No, because I enjoy the intimate sound phones give me.
I tried crossfeed and software to mimic speaker sound through headphones but I didn't like it, I prefer the sound of phones.
I have a few cans, had many more, tried quite a lot of others.
I have a pair of LCD-XC but would like the LCD-3 as well. I had a few Denon Lawtons but now have a few Fostex Lawtons (not sure if these are generally frowned upon here or if there are different opinions but I guess I'll find out). I have and love my HD650s. I like AT and had quite a few but not at the moment. I'll be getting a W3000ANV back this year though.
For amps I had quite a few nice ones but now I am at the point where I have my two best ones and only want to add 1 or two more.
I have a GS-X2 and a Zana. I am a big fan of EC so I am contemplating adding a Black Widow and a transformer tube amp. I was thinking the BA at first but now I'm trying to get on the waiting list for The Studio. The reserve list that is since the list is full at the moment.
Dacs? Dunno much about them, I'm pretty happy with my Marantz and actually would like to find out some more about it here. I found that Dac chart here yesterday and was amazed at how wrong I had been thinking. For now my Marantz will do and though I have the signal patched through the loops of the GS-X I think I'll just be switching the plugs from amp to amp when I want to listen, I don't think using loops are a good idea.
Oh, my speaker setup is Marantz + B&W. Pretty mainstream I know but I like the sound. I have the NA-11S1 Dac with the PM-11S3 amp and some temorary speakers on loan until the new 805 models come out later this year. I'll probably add a sub to them. They're setup as nearfields on my desk, love that sound!
Music: All kinds of rock, flower-power, metal, alternative from the 60s 'till now, no 50s R&R though. Blues, bluegrass, country, soul. Jazz up to the 50s. Classical, mainly Baroque and string ensembles. Orchestral classicish. Reggea but not so much dub. Folk and world music. Vocal and acoustic. No EDM, although I appreciate it at parties. I used to work in a disco (pretty much underground stuff) end of the 80s when EDM wass still called House, Acid and later Techno and had a lot of fun. Rap and R&B mostly only at small parties with friends and booze.
Why I joined this forum? Well, to sign up for The Studio at first but after looking around a bit I see it's all about distinguishing the BS from the good stuff and learning to understand graphs as a guidance tool. Avoiding bad buys.
I hope to learn a lot and giv
e something back when possible. Any remarks on my equipment to in order make me wiser are welcome. I think you'll find me quite often in the EC corner.
That's it for the moment. If you have any questions ...
So, do I get a pirates hat or am I going to