# Current Set-Up Pics - Official Picture Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Gear Pics\ **Created:** [May 2, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845 "2018-05-02T21:54:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 50
**Author:** ![mfadio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/mfadio/32/32019_2.png) [@mfadio](https://forum.headphones.com/u/mfadio)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/998 "2021-07-02T04:34:48Z")
It’s all Nicholas Sparks novels. ---
**Author:** ![perogie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/perogie/32/13801_2.png) [@perogie](https://forum.headphones.com/u/perogie)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/999 "2021-07-02T04:43:06Z")
Ive borrowed a couple from him, sometimes I need a good cry. ---
**Author:** ![Roark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/roark/32/9724_2.png) [@Roark](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Roark)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1000 "2021-07-02T05:11:09Z")
Since you asked so kindly ![IMG_1156](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/5/0/507f791007bdf85917f4d55506b6829280b27dc9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jthvac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/jthvac/32/56107_2.png) [@jthvac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/jthvac)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1001 "2021-07-03T02:18:59Z")
Didn’t see your comics @mfadio. Just gave my 45yo collection to my nephew. (They weren’t all 45 yo, that’s just how long ago I started collecting seriously). Interested in your fav books. You strike me as more of a Betty than a Veronica type of guy. ---
**Author:** ![mfadio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/mfadio/32/32019_2.png) [@mfadio](https://forum.headphones.com/u/mfadio)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1002 "2021-07-03T18:12:32Z")
All the comics I have read lately come from people that read 10x the amount I do, and I just skim the top off their recommendations. My top three series (after Calvin and Hobbes and the Far Side): Hawkeye: [Hawkeye (2012 - 2015) | Comic Series | Marvel](https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/16309/hawkeye_2012_-_2015) Saga: [Saga | Image Comics](https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/saga) Planetary: [Planetary | Comic Book Series | Fandom](https://comics.fandom.com/wiki/Planetary) I also just gave my nephew a pile of books. I find my self rereading less as I get older, so am much more willing to move things along and clear out room for MOAR CRAP! ---
**Author:** ![Earmuffs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/earmuffs/32/43974_2.png) [@Earmuffs](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Earmuffs)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1003 "2021-07-03T20:57:32Z")
All great comics! I’m hoping they will do a Saga movie or tv show. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened already based on all the other less creative comic sources that they have used so far. A couple favorites of mine are Preacher, Sandman, fear agent, and Sin City. Anything done by Tom King super hero wise too. That Hawkeye is awesome and written by a great writer. Bro bro lol. ---
**Author:** ![jthvac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/jthvac/32/56107_2.png) [@jthvac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/jthvac)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1004 "2021-07-03T21:16:22Z")
Most of my comics were from the 60s-80s with a little from the 90s mixed in. Absolutely love Planetary, it’s probably my all time favorite series, closely followed by Grant Morrison’s run on JLA. Warren Ellis who wrote Planetary has a lot of great titles including Global Frequency and Ocean as short runs. Scott Snyder’s run on Batman was really good especially Court of Owls, but it feels to me like he’s gone from over the top to jumping the shark recently ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Freeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/gordon_freeman/32/35845_2.png) [@Gordon\_Freeman](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Gordon_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1005 "2021-07-04T18:54:29Z")
> **[Top 10 Moebius Works You Can Actually Find](http://comicsbulletin.com/top-ten-moebius-works-you-can-actually-find/)** > > Legendary French comics creator Jean Giraud, a.k.a. Moebius, died this past weekend. Because Moebius isn't as widely published as he should be in the US, it's possible that a lot of reade… Moebius is by far my favorite comic writer/artist. Under his own name (Jean Giraud) he made “Blueberry”, but I prefer his sci-fi work under the Moebius alias. He had the best way to draw I have seen. ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1006 "2021-07-05T03:12:18Z")
I admit to being a fan of the underground comix of my day. Zap 1-4, Meef 1 & 2, [S Clay Wilson - Captain Pissgums](https://www.yellowbullet.com/threads/captain-pissgums-and-his-pervert-pirates.414254/) - [Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous_Furry_Freak_Brothers) Long since lost all of them, Fat Freddie’s Cat, my fave. ---
**Author:** ![jthvac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/jthvac/32/56107_2.png) [@jthvac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/jthvac)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1007 "2021-07-05T04:34:24Z")
I love talking comics, but we’ve hijacked the gear pics thread. Created a new topic could one of the mods please move this? > [@Off Topic Comics!](https://forum.headphones.com/t/off-topic-comics/13314): > > Great Convo going on in gear pics that needs to be moved! ---
**Author:** ![jthvac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/jthvac/32/56107_2.png) [@jthvac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/jthvac)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1008 "2021-07-05T04:38:34Z")
Gordon, love your Rorschach. Have you read Denny O’Neil’s Question? Seminal reading for a comics fan. There’s even an issue when The Question dreams he’s Rorschach (All The Watchmen are modeled after Carlton comics heroes and Rorschach is based on the Question). ---
**Author:** ![funkur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/funkur/32/30737_2.png) [@funkur](https://forum.headphones.com/u/funkur)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1009 "2021-07-11T19:50:18Z")
![FullSizeRender](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/a/6/a6d637045756eb222ec81b9b0d45730591717131.jpeg) Long time lurker, first time poster. Great info on this forum! Current setup: ZMF VC Auralic Aries G1 Musician Pegasus MHA200 is 2 days old - NOS Mullard input tubes. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/rhodey/32/63535_2.png) [@Rhodey](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Rhodey)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1010 "2021-07-11T20:13:48Z")
Awesome setup! Loving the look of the MHA200. How does it sound? ---
**Author:** ![funkur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/funkur/32/30737_2.png) [@funkur](https://forum.headphones.com/u/funkur)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1011 "2021-07-11T20:23:15Z")
I’m pretty smitten so far; it is shockingly good. I almost pulled the trigger on a LTA amp last year but had been waiting for something to come out with balanced input. I’ve always been a SS Class A headphone listener before getting the VC’s and this is just perfect for me. I was running a Flux Lab FA-10 prior. ---
**Author:** ![funkur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/funkur/32/30737_2.png) [@funkur](https://forum.headphones.com/u/funkur)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1012 "2021-07-11T20:58:58Z")
I’m pretty smitten so far; it is shockingly good. To be fair though, I have not heard many high end headphone tube amps and I should give it another few days before being critical. I almost pulled the trigger on a LTA amp last year but had been waiting for something to come out with balanced input. I’ve always been a SS Class A headphone listener before getting the VC’s and this is just perfect for me. I was running a Flux Lab FA-10 prior. My dealer/friend bought the demo from the 1st production run so I had to wait for the 2nd run, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Earmuffs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/earmuffs/32/43974_2.png) [@Earmuffs](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Earmuffs)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1013 "2021-07-11T22:07:47Z")
I love the look of that Macintosh amp too. Really cool how they kept it looking like there bigger brothers. Makes me think I wish Audio Research would do a headphone amp too! ---
**Author:** ![Torq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/torq/32/16384_2.png) [@Torq](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Torq)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1014 "2021-07-11T22:10:17Z")
It’s a pretty piece, especially with the tube cover removed. I do wish they’d rotated it 90 degrees, however … so the tubes were front and center. And it’d be more McIntosh if it had the “Blue-Vues” … ---
**Author:** ![Earmuffs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/earmuffs/32/43974_2.png) [@Earmuffs](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Earmuffs)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1015 "2021-07-11T23:30:54Z")
It’s trying look like the old school 275 type of Macintosh amps which I really like look wise. The green tubes is something they have been do a lot lately but I like the blue atmosphere of their other gear a lot more. Personally I’m an Audio Research fan and value their amps over Macintosh when I’ve compared in the past. I own the Ref75 and used to have a ref150 both being stellar amps and would love to see them use it to influence a ref5 (lol 5 watt kt120/150 headphone amp built with similar circuitry and Sonics using OT’s with 300 hm taps). I think audio research does tube sound majestically however untubey they are in reality. Best middle ground of solid state and tubes for both schools of thought to like. But when it comes to looks for me Macintosh wins tenfold. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/6/e/6e7a29c0434bc376c17c5b21ea69447e864774e9.jpeg) In comparison to the looks of the ref150 being very simple and nothing creative: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/2/7/2759439017706762f7b8e03b21cc80b921ef26fc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Earmuffs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/earmuffs/32/43974_2.png) [@Earmuffs](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Earmuffs)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1016 "2021-07-11T23:42:37Z")
@Torq Maybe you would disagree as I thought you didn’t care for chassis showing transformers on top, correct? Maybe you would favor the more conservative look of the ref150 although switching it into a headphone amp wouldn’t be anything that stands out being very creative vs how cool the above Macintosh headphone amp looks. ---
**Author:** ![Torq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/torq/32/16384_2.png) [@Torq](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Torq)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845/1017 "2021-07-12T00:12:24Z")
> [@Earmuffs](#): > > Maybe you would disagree as I thought you didn’t care for chassis showing transformers on top, correct? I don’t mind transformers showing on top. I just don’t like the flat, grey, boxes that cover the transformers on the DNA Sellaris. The one at the back left that of the Stellaris that just has bells on, or those exposed on the Pendant or BHC or ampsandsound stuff are fine. [Previous page](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845.md?page=49) [Next page](https://forum.headphones.com/t/current-set-up-pics-official-picture-thread/845.md?page=51)