Not quite the thousand dollar Arya but I like the dampening/venting work and signal testing he did + nice cables + I switched to a balanced xlr setup with my amp as I have grounding issues in my house.
I personally find the amp the most interesting part over headphones. I really like the tone of tube amps. It's fun testing out the (noticeable) differences. As long as headphones are relatively flat I'm happy. Not sure the planar thing is as dramatic as people say but I only have a modified entry level one.
If I was going this path again I'd probably get a (modified) 990 Beyer again cuz I loved that one and I don't find much value in spending a couple K since it's never just the headphone purchase... I know from experience a new fancier speakers/headphones means you then notice how bad your amp is, or your phono preamp, or turntable, or your DAC, etc and you invest a tone of time/money on upgrading everything.
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Not quite the thousand dollar Arya but I like the dampening/venting work and signal testing he did + nice cables + I switched to a balanced xlr setup with my amp as I have grounding issues in my house.
I personally find the amp the most interesting part over headphones. I really like the tone of tube amps. It's fun testing out the (noticeable) differences. As long as headphones are relatively flat I'm happy. Not sure the planar thing is as dramatic as people say but I only have a modified entry level one.
If I was going this path again I'd probably get a (modified) 990 Beyer again cuz I loved that one and I don't find much value in spending a couple K since it's never just the headphone purchase... I know from experience a new fancier speakers/headphones means you then notice how bad your amp is, or your phono preamp, or turntable, or your DAC, etc and you invest a tone of time/money on upgrading everything.