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Failed Engineer
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JAR580B...goddamn, making me rethink everything I've ever heard and spent money on in this hobby. Nov 27, 2023
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- Gender:
- Male
- Birthday:
- Aug 12, 1979 (Age: 44)
- Location:
- Houston
- Occupation:
- Forensic Accounting
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Focal Utopia
Grado HP1000
Kennerton Rognir
Snorry NM-1
Final D8000 Pro
Focal Stellia
Audio-Technica W3000ANV
ECP Walnut V
Rockna Wavelight
Pi2AES
Ultrarendu
ECP DSHA-3F x2
Headamp GS-1
Long time Stax owner (SR-007/SR-009 driven by a KGSSHV Carbon) who stumbled upon a listening session with a Utopia a couple months ago which precipitated a re-thinking of what great dynamic headphones do and don't do vs my Stax setup.
I travel a moderate amount for work and always have had in the back of my mind wanting to travel with my primary headphone and a transportable amp/dac. The Utopia seemed it could do double duty. Then I found out that Doug of ECP was batch producing a Focal optimized DSHA variant and my decision was made.
I've owned his L-2 and DSHA-1 several years back and his Walnut V DAC currently and have long found him my preferred non-Stax amp and dac designer.
So I sold all my Stax stuff for the Utopia and inbound DSHA-3F. I also bought a Verite Closed because my wife and I are both home based (when not traveling) and 5 years of subjecting her to the open 007 and 009 made her want to kill me, or worse, divorce me. Life has been much better since I use the VC now when we both are working at home even though I prefer the Utopia. The VC is the first closed headphone I've ever found tolerable aside from the super funky W3000ANV, which I still own and probably will never sell, even though I only listen to it a couple times a year.
Thanks to the Used Deal thread I also stupidly bought a Stellaris in my town even though I've never listened to a tube amp that I prefer to a solid state in the same performance bracket. I really need to stop browsing that thread.Interact