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Thanks Bruce but I think it is having something / anything “in” my ears that I just don’t like. Just feels intrusive somehow. I bought some etymotics yeaars ago which had different pieces to choose from and I just couldn’t use them.

So I think it’s over ear for me, though there seems to be excessive choice available. I suppose the air pods max have the advantage of working more or less automatically with my phone etc, but will have to have a listen to see if they are up to snuff

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Yes, same here with holidays. With the DAP I just take portable full-size or one of my old IEMs: Westone/Triple Fi/Senn IE8 etc with whatever adaptor needed. Being cabled doesn’t bug me at all.

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Focal Bathys…

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Not sure I want a dodgy volume change scale :wink: but I daresay in need to listen to some




Master & Dynamic MW75.

My 3rd successive purchase of their top-of-the-line model - their sound signature (plus aesthetics) just work for me.

Apparently they have the same innards as Mark Levinson 5909’s which are 2x the price (+ I got these with a Black Friday 40% discount).

Lovely materials - lambs leather cups. Noise cancelling is good enough but isolation is pretty good anyway on my train/tube commute. Compared to others at the price eg B&W, nice thing about these is being able to use in wired passive mode with a DAC, and USB-C cable means they can actually take a hi-res feed straight from the iPhone regardless.

For hat weather/gym, I have B&O E6 with custom sleeves - outstanding, they replaced Shure SE846’s. Wire between earphones means much harder for an idiot like me to lose them and don’t have to take the silicone sleeves off for charging in a box (which would eventually loosen the material).

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ZMF Atriums in an aged cherry finish. So natural compared to my Focal Elegia.

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Lovely. I added a pair of ZMF Auteur Classic to my collection recently. Different characrer to my Verite Closed. Very enjoyable, and beautiful too.

The wood is ambrosia maple.

Bruce

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Why do you have them on a bust of Lenin?

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It’s supposed to be Brian Cranston

Lovely looking things aren’t they. A work of art, visually and sonically.


Alternative view. I can’t get over how stunning they are. Love at first sight! Nice personality as well, once you get to know them.

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They have a lovely ‘vintage’ look.

Bruce.


Sennheiser and in ear monitors Vision Ears Phönix

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Little upgrade on cable and strap.
Hifiman He1000 Stealth

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Grado RS2e into nac-n272, enjoyable sound, changed F cushions to G one, better comfort and airy sound (70$ can). I love the wood and leather materials. Does the nac amp could make-it with higher level from Grado?

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Listening with headphones tonight for the first time in, yes, probably half a year… I had almost forgotten how good it sounds, what richness of nuance and what presence!

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Focal Utopia with Cardas Clear Beyond Headphone Cable. 4.5m into SN3 Headphone Amp. Took at least 200 hours to begin to open up. Both headphones and cable are new.

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Quite expensive headphones, don’t you need a better headphone amp to do them justice than the one you have in the SN3? Like Atom HE :thinking: (Just wondering)

Sansui SS2. My first pair - purchased in September 1968 and still going strong.

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