# General purchase advice: Ask your questions/for advice here! **URL:** \ **Category:** I need advice!\ **Created:** [May 18, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/general-purchase-advice-ask-your-questions-for-advice-here/6620 "2020-05-18T17:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2487
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> [@jhsmastering](#): > > That’s an awesome setup, man! Do you buy and sell at a regular rate, or do you collect headphones? You used past tense referring to the Eikon and Verite Closed, so I was wondering. I wouldn’t say I buy and sell at a regular rate. My desire is to keep everything that I buy, but it isn’t always possible to demo before buying. I try to do my due diligence and enjoy exploring. I’d like to have a stable of gear that suits my various moods, genres, and preferences – but not more than that. I use the MZ2 mainly as a preamp into the Mogwai SE for my 2-channel listening. > [@jhsmastering](#): > > I need great technical performance as well as a quality “listener’s desire” presentation of the music (if that makes any sense lol). This makes sense and lines up with my preferences/objectives also. > [@jhsmastering](#): > > I don’t want headphones that add anything to compensate. Just a straightforward presentation is all I need. I have similar preferences, but for different reasons. Since I lean toward Class A single ended tube amps and their associated harmonic richness and even order harmonics (which some refer to as coloration/distortion, favorable), I’ve found that I prefer a more transparent headphone. A colored amp and colored headphone can be too much of a good things to certain ears. I’ll share my impressions when I get my RADs. In the meantime, you might want to check out this thread: [Rosson Audio - RAD-0 - Official Thread](https://forum.headphones.com/t/rosson-audio-rad-0-official-thread/3537). Good luck! > [@huntca](#): > > The RAD-0 also works well with low powered amps Good point. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.headphones.com/t/general-purchase-advice-ask-your-questions-for-advice-here/6620)._