The enormously complex setup I was running in Seattle is no more. Somewhat ironic, given the dramatic increase in available space. But it is an irony I can fully embrace.
All good things come to an end.
Active/critical listening will now be through my office speaker rig, at least until I put in the new “big” speaker system in its own room. I imagine a sizeable percentage of that listening time will be spinning vinyl.
Listening while I am “working”, or at least at my workstation, will either be with the speaker rig (behind me) or via the Devialet Phantom IIs on the desk (or maybe the AirPods Max if I need isolation for some unforeseen reason).
I will keep a headphone rig. Whether it is the Chord/Woo stack, and a choice selection of flagships, or the HE-1 will depend largely on what Sonova/Sennheiser have to say.
And I’ll keep a portable setup, if only for listening by the pool and for travel. Probably the 2Go/Hugo2 for the former and the AK SP200/Odin for the latter.
The part I am most excited about, however (other than the unfathomable tedium of all the stuff I now get to sell off) will be having my grand piano back in the house … really cannot wait for that!