What did you buy today? (Part 1)

Well… Just dropped some decent cash on some new custom cables from HAC:

  1. A locking 2.5mm (for compatablity with my M40X) in Dark Knight
  2. Right angled TRRS 3.5mm for balanced Dekoni Blue in Colonial Blue
  3. Dual 3.5mm for 5XX in Darkside
  4. 1/4" IC in a 1’ length, also in Darkside.

This is on top of scheduling my MD-100 exam for Nov 30 and MD-101 exam for Dec 21, along with needing to help my folks fix the sub-floor in their kitchen… Life just can’t help but throw me curve balls right now.

To make it clear, I’m not bitching about the cables. Hart is awesome, and I love their stuff. It’s the other crap that life seems determined to screw me over with.

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Got the Neumann ndh20 at a nice used price. I like em. Pad swaps can be fun.

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I might be guilty of double posting as I already mentioned that I bought these Here

But, these arrived today and I am stoked, and can’t wait for my workday to complete and chores finished so that I can give them a proper listen.
HEX V2

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Chores?!?! You should be firing large planar sound down your ear canals now! :rofl:

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I am - sort of. I am in my dedicated work from home office . I have my Atom Stack setup in there and I am jamin’. Honestly too soon to say these things but these headphones sound better than anything else I’ve had on the Atom. I can’t wait to get to the other room and hook up to my Modius/Asgard3 and then Zendac/Asgard3 combo’s.

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Sold the LS and got the CTH+SDAC

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Snagged a used Aune X8 Magic DAC. Thinking about paring it with a Rebel amp at some point. Really liking it so far. The Burson Op Amp in it is a really good sound.

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A pair of JBL 570’s.

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what do you think of it so far in comparison the LS?

what kind of music are these horny speakers good for?

LS was a great amp to start with. The CTH just sounds smoother and more refined. And weirdly the longer I have the amp in, the better it sounds. Maybe the tube needs some time to completely warm up. But very happy with the CTH

While debating the 570’s I picked up a pedal for my board, gonna be a nice Thanksgiving break

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Z can explain it better than me.

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Anyone who might have wanted these now, f’d up as Z said to ‘hurry, don’t f this up’ will now have to wait until mid-December. JBL lists them as out of stock this morning until Dec 15th.

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Picked up a pair last night! Now I need to buy and amp and figure out how to fit it into my living room set up. Down the rabbit hole!

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I picked up those IKKO OH10s that were on sale. Why not?

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Same here. I’ll be watching for deals and sales next week for A/V receivers and a center channel speaker. Also want to pick up another Roku Ultra. Those are $30 off right now.

I was thinking of pulling the trigger on those as well! Kind of glad I waited as it left me with extra funds to snag those JBL 570s.

Nice! Any recommendations for receivers/amps? I may end up foregoing hooking them up to my tv and just have a standalone music tower. My wife and I don’t want too much tv. Although that may change with these!

Nope. I have no recommendations. I’m looking around myself and would appreciate anyone else with recommendations.

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