Description

About fifteen years in the making. Beginning with an iPod and headphones, with dozens of iterations to prove once again it is a system and every component counts.

By far the biggest changes were the Woo WA5 with Takasuki 300B tubes... the Aurender N100 Music server and the upgraded Ayre DAC.

I also still have some of the stuff I used to get here. Woo WA6SE, several other amps, DACs, LCD2 headphones, Beyerdynamic T2 headphones... etc.
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Room Details

Dimensions: 26’ × 16’  Large
Ceiling: 8’


Components Toggle details

    • Focal Utopia Headphones
    • Sennheiser HD-800s
    • Aurender N100 Music Streamer
    • Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty
    • Woo Audio WA5

Comments 11

Yeah, I could see myself hanging out there on some evenings!

blisshifi

Owner
@baxman  Thanks for your kind words. 

When I upgraded to this system, I listened to my main system and was appalled at its sterile but detailed sound. So, I set out to fix it. $70K later my headphone system and main system have the same sonic character and are equally satisfying (well, my main system, while of the same sonic character, it is far more satisfying because doesn’t have the inherent limitations of a headphone system. But… then the ratio of investment is ten to one. Ten x for main. Good financial choice on your part.

I am using a WireWorld Silver 7 (?) power cord on my headphone amp.

ghdprentice

That's a nice looking headphone system you have there. I enjoy headphones so much, that I sold my 2-channel set up many years ago. Which power cord do you use on your headphone amp?

baxman

Owner
Thanks. I really enjoy them. Been 50 years in creation.

ghdprentice

You have two very nice systems, I've also been at this for over 40 years.

havocman

Owner
@rhutch  Yes, the Beyer are very uniquely musical.

ghdprentice

Sweet deal. That’s a nice mix of headphones for the WA5. I love my Beyer T1 – shines on my SET amp and on my solid state amp.

rhutch

Owner
@rhutch 

Thank you. I have LCD2. Haven’t listened to them on this rig in a while... typically I use them as well as Beyerdynamic T1 in my office system. Woo WA6SE, Schiit Gundir DAC, streamed from my PC.

ghdprentice

Nice rig. You run any planars on the WA5?

rhutch

Owner
@jond 

Thanks... funny you say that... it can power speaker...

ghdprentice

That is the most serious headphone system I've ever seen not to mention gorgeous! And that amp is so serious it looks like it could power speakers too. Really nice system ghdprentice.

jond

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