Share snapshots of your present ENDGAME =D

This is my main setup at home, its a bit cramped and filling up with more and more stuff. I don’t think it’s strictly endgame as this hobby is constantly changing and listening to / enjoying your music from new angles and viewpoints but this is rather the current state of my setup. I don’t have one particular headphone and amp that I use daily but instead have different systems that I use depending on what I am listening to and how I feel.

Headphones:


Mr. Speakers Ether CX
Stax SR300 Limited Edition
Audeze LCD-X
Meze 99 Noir
Sennheiser HD6XX
Hifiman HE-400i
Fostex T-X0 (Mark 2)
Fostex TR-X00 Purplehearts
Grado SR80e
Grado SR325e
Grado RS2e


DACs:
Grace SDAC Balanced
Schiit Modi 2 Uber
Topping D70

Amps:
Lehmann Audio Rhinelander
Schiit Valhalla 2
Schiit Jotunheim
THX AAA 789
Stax SRM-353X BK

Sources:
Aiwa Turntable
Custom Built PC

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Nice collection. Very extensive. I’ve been wanting a pair of TH900mk2 to Lawton mod.

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Damn, thats nice. :stuck_out_tongue: I would suggest a R2R DAC next, since you does not seem to have one. Everything else from electrostats to tubes is covered :smiley:

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Yeah, the argument “I need it because I don’t already have it” is what got me into this state :slight_smile:

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Now that’s a mindset I can get behind lol

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Not endgame, but, cheapest +100dB SINAD combo, probably.
Edit: Limited to 48khz though.

Not shown: Blu-tac :slight_smile:

More infos:

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Erzrtich Phobos
SMSL SU-8
SMSL SP200
…for now

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how are the phobos?

Present stuff

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Very nice photo =)

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THAT is dope!

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Thanks guys !

This cable looks like a chain, lol, nice.

(Wtf, first time I wrote XLR, half asleep. 2nd time I wrote balanced. Google image search and it’s a 1/4" jack. Final edit FFFFFFF)

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Why did you decide on the Phobos?

Kinda funny but the wood around the Phobos always looks to me like some kind of wax

Very amazing bass and extended soundstage, vocals presentation is recessed but other than that are great. My review

Ha, it’s a little complicated.
I live in Taipei, Taiwan, it’s easy to go to the headphone shops by 20-minute drive so I tend to buy the headphones that are not easy to have a chance to try. And the reviews on the internet convinced me to take a shot.

For the sounds and the uniqueness it’s total worth the price IMO.


Office Rig, Updated for 2020:

Replaced Topping DX7s with D90
“Vintage” THX AAA 789 (from before the rebrand that “DROPped” the “Mass”)
Focal Stellias w/ custom 2.5mm balanced cable by Forza Audioworks
Massdrop 2.5mm to XLR adapter

EDIT: used a smaller version of image so it shows up OK

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On a spicy debate between “objectivists” and “subjectivists” (I claim membership to neither group, btw) on another forum I mixed up the two words. Sleep also the culprit.

I ended up with everyone mad at me. :laughing:

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I shouldn’t be looking in here lol beautiful stuff people

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Is there an official ‘setups’ thread? I enjoy this sort of thing

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