Best audio purchase of the year? - 2020 Edition

I just finished assembling and mounting my DIY acoustic diffusers. These might tie the miniDSP SHD for best audio purchase this year. The way these improve the soundstage and allow you to hear the acoustic space of the recording rather than your listening room is remarkable.

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99% dope that :+1: just need some vinyl? lol

I’ve done vinyl before. As much as I love the big artwork and the sound, it wasn’t worth it for me. I’m really pleased with how clean this setup is. It’s a great base to start upgrading amps and speakers. I just picked up a pair of Wharfedale EVO4.2 to replace the Q Acoustics 3030i which were sort of a placeholder to get the rest of the system set up.

Bought a lot of cheap shit this year and went a bit much with the buds endeavor. At the end of the year my most used pieces of gear are my btr5 I love the added flexibility oof these little Bluetooth units and I also got into tws Iems ending up with my galaxy buds + proving their worth to me in my long 10 hour days at work without having to be charged keeping me
company with features I didnt even know I needed before

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Nice setup :+1:

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Q-Acoustics :+1:t2:

Good choice!

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Aye it’s tidy as, love it :+1: but a Linn would look sick adding a bit of an old school HIFI set up :smiley:

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Or maybe this one :drooling_face::

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Lol

5448-full

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This foo got c*m in his mouth?

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NSFW comment man :stuck_out_tongue: it’s just Homer’s… sugary saliva, I guess.

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Neumi BS5.

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Man those look great! I ordered 9 GIK acoustic panels. ETA Jan though. I imagine it will be a huge improvement.

Oh, cool! I have four of the narrow GIK panels on the side walls (first reflection points). What pattern did you get? Mine are Digiwave V but I’m thinking of swapping some of them to a more open pattern like Palomar. I’ll also be ordering 4 bass traps once I settle on which pattern I want.

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Oh, cool. I’m was afraid those panels would get attacked by my cats even though I’m sure they work better. I have the Impression 2" panels:

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Purchased? I’m not sure yet. This year I have this list.

jds labs atom/dac stack
takstar pro82
grado sr80e headphones detachable cable mod
sennheiser hd 660s

Now, I say I’m not sure yet because I have tow other things I’ve purchased.
airist r2r dac and the thx aaa one linear amplifier.

So I can’t say for sure yet but as of right at this moment, the hd660s are great.

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Definitely the WM1A (The renaming to DMP-Z1 is part of a firmware mod). Since I received it, I don’t use my desk setup as often. I don’t have to worry about any future IEMs being limited by my source. It helped me to realise that I prefer IEMs most of the time. It keeps whispering something about the IER-Z1R though…

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I love my ZX300. It has been the center piece of my desktop system for two and a half years.