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Repping New York! Hola

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Possibly a new alternative to ??
You can find me by the same username elsewhere : )

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Johnie from Austin,TX here. My first purchase from headphone.com was around 15 years ago. I became an audiophile while living in Germany in 1998 (my Dad was stationed there in the military). I saved my money and bought a pair of B&W 804ā€™s and soon found that parents and neighbors donā€™t appreciate late night listening as much as I do. Go figure. So I bought a set of Beyer Dynamics. I canā€™t remember the model, but I loved them. They were my first non crappy headphones.

Also, I really appreciate all the honest and unbiased reviews. Iā€™ve told friends over the years to check out the site because whether itā€™s a $20 or $2000 pair of cans youā€™ll hear if they are worth the money or not.

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Nice seeing a fellow Austinite. Willkommen!

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Hello headphone audiophiles. Iā€™m new to the group. I recently lost a pair of Shure SE425ā€™s at the gym. :sleepy: Iā€™m looking for a replacement set of IEMā€™s under $400. Any advice. The Shureā€™s were fine, a little bulky, sound was perfectly fine but didnā€™t WOW me. Iā€™m considering another pair unless there is something better. Iā€™m considering Westone W20ā€™s, Etymotic ER-4XRā€™s as well. I listen to mostly jazz, classic rock, blues, with some hip hop, pop, classical in pretty much that order. Like many audiophiles I listen to a bit of everything. Would be interested in everyoneā€™s opinions.

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I really love Airbag and Bjorn Riisā€™ Solo albums a lot. Bjorn is from Norway and used to be in a Pink Floyd cover band. Airbagā€™s style is very similar.

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I joined a while ago but never introduced myself. I am a long time audiophile (over 50 years) and have always enjoyed headphone listening.

I am 65 years old and have been working in the computer industry since 1974. I have over 35 years in software development and over 10 years of software security experience. Currently I work as an application security engineer and provide static code analysis for a big US government agency.

I work from home 100% of the time and get to listen to music under my headphones with my dog around my feet every day. I collect vinyl records and have recorded thousands of tracks from those LPs and stored that work in 24/192 FLACs. The rest of my music comes from downloaded high resolution files or some Redbook stuff ripped from CDs.

I have all of those files on a NAS box on my home network and play it all back via Foobar 2000 with kernel direct support and use the following on my work setup:

  1. Toshiba 17 inch laptop w/24GB RAM and 1.5TB SDD internal storage.
  2. Schiit Audio Wyrd USB filtering box
  3. Schiit Audio Modi Multibit DAC
  4. Schiit Audio Loki tone controls
  5. Schiit Audio Lyr 2 headphone amp w/Philips 7DJ8 tunes
  6. USB cables are 0.5 meter Pangea Silver USB
  7. All ICs are Kimber Heros w/WBT connectors
  8. Headphones are Focal Clears

Yeah I am hopelessly stuck in audiophile land. The Kimber Hero ICs cost more than some of the Schiit Audio boxes. It is a screwy hobby.

Downstairs I have my main stereo rig that is focused on playback of LPs.

You can find my stuff at http://www.edsstuff.org

I am divorced after 26 years of marriage and have 3 kids. They are all grown and on their own but my oldest son made me a grandfather this past month. Pretty cool.

Ed

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Welcome Ed.

-Paul-

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Welcome jfour.

-Paul-

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Welcome to you Jfour. Look forward to learning about your headphones and equipment. :wink:

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hi Jfour, welcome to you ā€¦

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Will need to check this out. Thanks for sharing. :grinning:

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Bjorn, the guitarist for Airbag, has a website called Gilmourish.com as well. Heā€™s like a freaking Gilmour historian. Itā€™s amazing. Talks about gear, and technique to get that Gilmour sound.

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Hi all.

Found the forum through another site @Torq is on. Thought Iā€™d hop over here and see what is going on.

Looking forward to some good discussions.

Thx

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What? @Torq has time for another site? We will have to look into this.

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Iā€™ve posted, at length, on many sites over the years. Most of my time is here now - participation other sites is mostly just chatting with people I know there that arenā€™t here.

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Torq mentioned on this other site that he pays some street kids to do his posts here so he can read sailboat magazines all day. Itā€™s true. I have pictures.

(Not true. =P I have no pictures.)

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So, thatā€™s how he manages it. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hi everyone, just like @ProfFalkin, I stumbled in from SBAF. I mainly lurk and enjoy reading Torqā€™s reviews, which is why I joined here. The more Iā€™ve been around and the more (expensive) gear I hear, I realize I still have a lot to learn. I like reading posts that offer contrasting opinions and may not necessarily follow the mainstream.
I look forward to interacting with everyone.

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@gaspasser Itā€™s great youā€™ve joined the party. Itā€™s all about wherever any of us are on our musical journey/ Beginners, Ancient gurus, and whatever. No rights no wrongs enjoying each others experiences.

Iā€™m sure Iā€™ll from you, and it sounds like youā€™re already learning from us. Welcome . :sunglasses:

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