Share snapshots of your present ENDGAME =D

PhilPhone is def. an endgame contender.

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New portable Endgame, Audeze LCD-X with Astell&Kern Sr15

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Beautiful collection there!

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Well done. Is this collection stable now or will there be change? I would be pretty OK with that grouping. But ya know, thatā€™s just me! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Looks like you will get your answer right here:

actually the picture is very misleading.

Mysphere, 1266tc (not pictured), susvara are staying.
009 may stay, Jr likely will not.
Verite open, lcd4z are not staying.
Lcd r and utopia are likely not staying.

LCD5, CRBN, Stealth, SR1a on the way or not pictured.

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You need a larger table to showcase your collection :wink:

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So you are saying there will be change, then? :laughing:

Well either way itā€™s fantastic. Iā€™m sure you are having quite a bit of fun with it.

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Yeah, the gist of it is that everything comes and goes and msyphere, susvara and 1266tc seem to stay.
Havent heard lcd5 or CRBN yet thoughā€¦

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I must admit I am intrigued by the Mysphere set.

believe it or not, if I had to have only one headphone, I think I might choose the mysphere 3.2
Although very different than a traditional headphone, it is amazing imo

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Tell me about it. It looks like something from the future, like from the newer/remake Total Recall or Minority Report.

Then you have the Abyss TC which looks like itā€™s a brace to correct problems with your head, skull, and/or neck.

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Although this is probably not my ultimate end game, This is where I am today now that the SA-1 is here.

Not pictured are the Focal Elegias. I took the cable plant apart and have reconfigured so that now the Bifrost 2 is the central DAC and feeds the DA-8S, the SA-1 and the TA-20 through the switcher. I had to keep the SP200 in the system, so itā€™s being fed through the pre-out of the TA-20. I would not run that amp any other way, actually; doing it this way has given it a whole new life.

Also Itā€™s nice hearing the Frost driving the speaker amp now. The sound is just a little richer and more natural than the already great sounding SU-8, which is really nice, but migrating the DA-8S onto the switcher is really big because it gives everything a more integrated feel to it.

Overall Iā€™m very pleased with the system. Itā€™s big fun having the different sound signatures available. They are all pretty amazing, too! This thing is gonna give me a lot of joy for a long time to come.

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FLASH UPDATE! :grin:

As you can see in the pic above, the SU-8 is not running. The reconfig left that device out in the cold, so to speak. I was going to lift it, but I couldnā€™t do it. I really like this DAC. So I grabbed my trusty V40, took the Cinnamon USB cable and connected the SU-8 to the SP200 via balanced cables.

I now have a completely stand alone system! I plugged in the Elegias over the balanced jack, and oh my word! Itā€™s freakin fantastic! Iā€™m listening to it right now and itā€™s really surprising how good it is. A real testament to the SU-8, I think. Itā€™s nice to have it back in play. And the mighty might SP200, now doing double duty! With this setup I can get my Atmos fix in and not have to mess with the main system.

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Still missing that DAC upgrade but I donā€™t see myself upgrading my headphones everā€¦ would rather put the money into 2ch.

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God damn, whenever I see the HPA-1, my jaw drops. It looks so beefy, masculine, and sexy!

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Main listening area (front room):

Home office (DT880 600 ohm are plugged into the amp):

Bedroom (Sendy Aiva plugged into the amp):

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Flavors of the monthā€¦Exogal Comet DAC and ION amp combo has to be one of the best used value products on the market currently as an all-in-one solution to your desktop woes. If you find one used snatch it up, performance is exceptional, though Iā€™m not crazy about the remote or interface. Monoprice K-Bass speakers provide all I desire in this environment, the transmission line design works well on my desktop.

Amps&Sound Pendant continues to be an exceptional tube rollersā€™ pleasure. Itā€™s kicking ass w/ my Audeze pre-fazorsā€¦all of them, High Z out is quiet on my unit.

Pass HPA-1 is rock solid and just chugs along like a Juggernaut in all it does.

Thereā€™s a Border Patrol SE-i DAC hiding back there behind the A&S, too many soft genreā€™s it does well for me, that unit will be around a long time, always hanging out in the background of a bigger system for days I want to actually listen to music and not the equipment.

Last but not least sitting unobtrusively in the corner is a KOSS 95xx energizer patiently awaiting use, canā€™t beat the value of this piece.

Happy listening always and happy holiday season to all.

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An update since 10/30. Some holiday deals happened so I decided to make one more move! Here is the new landscape.

No changes on the other side of the desk. I saw the DA-9 for a price I could not say no to. It has really added some oomph to the speaker side. Fantastic upgrade for next to nothing. I think this will do it for quite a while now. :wink:

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