Submitted by wiggan1989 t3_ynxw76 in headphones
Thought this would be an interesting discussion. My current set up is as follows:
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Headphones: Hifiman Sundaras
IEM's: CCA CRA and Letshuoer S12
DAC: iFi Zen DAC Signature
Amp: iFi Zen CAN Signature
Portable DAC: Fiio KA3
TWS: Samsung Galaxy Pro
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The above for me is enough and I shouldn't be looking to upgrade. I have every thing covered for different use cases and I would be just simply wasting my money.
I don't know what would improve this massively in the future.
Edit: I'm such a hypocrite, seems like I wasn't satisfied and just ordered the Qudelix 5k 🤦🏿♂️.. I promise I am done.
milotrain t1_ivbcw0z wrote
Depends on what my goal is. Enjoyment? Sure. Reference? Almost never.
As far as function, it's hard to do much better in a cost/performance model than the Etymotic ER4XR with comply tips. Especially when they go on one of their sub $200 sales.
But... compared to my reference speaker system I've not found a headphone system that can match, and that's troublesome because I need to work on headphones sometimes to match into the stage. Closest I can get there is currently HD800s + Smyth A16, but they are shit for isolation. Working on tuning in a pair of Aeon 2 Noirs with the Smyth but I'm not sure if it's going to work out.