What did you buy today? (Part 1)

lol fast food builds character quick worked in one for years up till last year. learned a lot but also got me a lot of free food.

Iā€™ve worked for Wendyā€™s and a Chinese restaurant (the owners where actually from China, and hated anyone who wasnā€™t Asian). Now a pizza place that my sister works at a different location, my younger brother has pissed off the owners with how he quit (the owners had made him manager, and while they where out of town, he quit over text), and they are friends with my step-dad. Dispite NEVER wanting to set foot in food service again, beyond the cafe I ran the kitchen at, weā€™ll see how this goes.

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These look like they come from another planet.

And waistlines! :rofl:

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How much were they?

After much deliberation Iā€™ve purchased a Freya+ and 2 pairs of ge gtb tubes for it

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Facts. I was fortunate enough to graduate around the time of the 2008 recession and even with my degree I worked for an entire summer delivering pizzas. Iā€™m not too good to work. I think that mentality has helped get me where I currently am today.

$40 off linsoul, was cheaper on ali express but linsoul gets to me faster

bruh

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Ampsandsound Bigger Ben finally delivered today and set up. Iā€™m putting it through the paces, but so far itā€™s delivering what I was hoping for. The Seahorse case it shipped in alone was a pretty great impression, but thankfully its sounding really good with all the headphones and speakers Iā€™ve hooked up to it so far. Iā€™ll give more impressions in a couple weeks once I have my head wrapped around it:


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Very curious to see your thoughts, the bigger ben is pretty sweet

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Awesome amp and awesome setup you have there!
Is your Verite silk wood? Looks good.

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Thatā€™s awesome! Gorgeous setup, congratulations. :+1:t4:

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@M0N The first headphones Iā€™ve plugged in were the Verites and HE6SE because I know I never really properly drove them before, and both sounded way better than Iā€™ve heard them sound before. But, I would have been disappointed if that wasnā€™t the case.

@Rhodey Yes, stock silk wood on the Verites. I originally ordered them with a black grille, and then saw some pics with silver and changed my order. Iā€™m glad I did, I really like the way they look. I wish I had the patience to cable manage like you do though. You should have seen the disaster I had to disconnect before I set this up

@ValentineLuke Thanks man, initial impressions are very good

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It looks good man! Enjoy those wonderful headphones with that setup/new amp.

The only reason I asked about the wood was because it has a lot of detail. Kinda reminded me of a Burl in a way. Looks really good.

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Eikons are Camphor Burl, and the grain pops a little more than the Verites in person, but Zach doesnā€™t make too many ugly headphones that Iā€™ve seen. I was debating the Ironwood when I bought the Verites, but I didnā€™t want to drop the extra cash

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Yeah itā€™s interesting how different wood looks in photos.

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Missed this pic. The different impedance taps is the reason I went with the Bigger Ben over the Mogwai I was originally looking at:

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I wanna buy a couple albums, but I can only find them in two maybe three fucking placesā€¦ AND I AM NOT BUYING FROM APPLEā€¦
I can only locate this one on iTunes and straight from Japan


Then this son of a B*** I can find on Amazon, or a bit cheaper before shippingā€¦ straight from Japan. (There are some REALLY obscure sites, and I thing Google Play, but Iā€™m not even looking at them for reasonsā€¦)

Great tastes!

Iā€™ve also got the Eikons in camphor burl and Auteurs in cocobolo with black hardware. My Verites will be closed, though, and Iā€™m getting a Pendant amp. Both of those are still in the pipeline.

FWIW, 800S and Empyreans have also both been on my want list for a long time, but Iā€™m in no rush thanks to Focal. :slight_smile:

In any case, Iā€™m also looking forward to your impressions, particularly because weā€™ve got essentially the same ZMF lineup and will have similar amps.

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