Hello and welcome @iariawan, @Giraffe_Burgerz, @mo_dollar, @Svadhyaya and @Wojo.
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Hello and welcome @MikeO.
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Hi I am Mike I am an addict … I feel like I am in a circle making confessions.
I British but have lived in South Africa for 27 years (currently Johannesburg but also a spell in Cape Town). I am 73 and strange mix of Retired Brewer and Retired MS Developer
I have been an Hi Fi addict for over 50 years , starting out with low key systems getting to a pinnacle with Quad 34/405-II and Quad ESL 63 with a Linn LP12 / Ittok / Troika (before they invented CD’s) and finally a Linn Karik CD player. For tape I had a Revox A77 and a couple of Nakamichi cassette decks culminating in the CR7e and 582.
My headphones have gone through stages early a pair of Stax SR3 , Beyer Dynamic ( not sure which model) then a lapse and a variety of low level headphones , Sennheiser 220 etc I was donated a pair of Sennheiser 485 Noise Guard .
When I retired I bought the Sennheiser HD800 which I drove via an Audiolab M-DAC and a Cambridge Audio CXN , then 2 years ago I reduced box count again and went Naim Uniti Atom HE . I m now 100% headphones with a couple of BT speakers for kitchen and patio etc.
All my source these days is via a NUC Running Roon ROCK (previously a desktop running JRiver and then latterly Roon. The JRiver system is still current and Live) I am 100% digital.
Literally just before Xmas I added to my headphone stock with a pair of HiFiMan Arya Stealth and a pair of Focal Clear Mg’s. I am sill bedding these in.
For travel etc I have Sony WH-1000 XM4 and I recently bought Sony WF- 1000 XM4 ear buds as I was about to wear a neck collar for 8 weeks (following a neck op) that would stop me using normal headphones .
I also have a Bose QC15 and 25 mostly unused now
Does that constitute addiction - who knows ?
My musical taste is wide from 70’s Rock to Bach & Beethoven
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Hi , I am in Fourways JHB ,
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Hi @prfallon69. Good morning to y’all. I’m Ron. 56 years, no kids, lots of animals, and a music lover. In terms of hifi equipment, I’ve just re-started investing in new equipment. Been too busy renovating my old farm house. Recently I added a Burson Audio Conductor 3X Performance and a Mark Levinson No5909 to my old setup. My old setup revolves around a Denon AVC-A11XV and Denon DVD-A11, with SVS Ultra Tower speakers. The SVS’s were a compromise but a very pleasant one. Next up: new speakers, additional headphone (Audeze?), new amplifier and Streamer.
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Hello and welcome @hanumanbob, @pine, @Jamihan_Faruku, @AzulShiva and @klaabu.
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Hello and welcome @dcoulet, @Hernandez54, @Zack_Crowther and @RICKEE.
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Hi folks! Alex from San Jose, CA.
Bought a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-M50s at B&H back in 2010 after some light research on head-fi.org. Thought I was at the peak of my audio hobby considering my budget at the time.
I’ve come back in 2023, armed with a bit more budget and with an appetite to expand my music listening experience. I find the objective, data driven evaluation a bit steep and most of my experimentation has been to develop my subjective tastes first.
Genres: R&B, Hip-hop, Kpop, Pop, Jazz, Classical
Current artists of interest: SZA, NewJeans, Samara Joy, Jacob Collier, Laufey, beebadoobee, Holly Humberstone, J.Cole, Jazmin Sullivan,…
Music service: Apple Music
Equipment: iPhone 14 Pro, MacBook Pro, iPad Pro
Headphones: that ol’ ATH-M50, recent Senn HD650 and just bought Hifiman Arya on the latest sale to experiment with planar magnetic.
DAC/AMP: ifi hip-dac2 for mobile and ifi zen dac v2 for desktop
Always open to hearing and reading on how to optimize variables based on my setup. And looking forward to learning with ya’ll.
Cheers!
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Hello and welcome @wakeupmrkim, @snz, @Conandrum and @Suraki.
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Hello, I was hoping to ask community for replacement of discontinued ears, hopefully posting here will bump the trust level so I could post a new thread. 
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Welcome @stangri !
You can post your question in the General Purchase Thread: General purchase advice: Ask your questions/for advice here! - #5970 by Audiophool
Your first posts will need to be approved (to avoid Spam).
Post some details in about what it is that you are looking for specifically (I’m guessing your ears haven’t been discontinued ) and you will find that the thread gets quite a lot of views and traction, so someone will probably be able to help you out.
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Hi I am Patrick,
Interested in audio related hobby since 2004. Tied with music since I started to play trombone at 14. Currently still connected with music but in more academic way than performing it.
My main audio system is as follows: Rose 250A → Benchmark LA4 → Benchmark AHB2 → Wilson Benesch A.C.T.
Few years ago I have started to build my desktop headphone system. Firstly I was interested mainly in IEM, so I bought Topping G5 dac/amp and 7hz Timeless. Then I wanted to try different IEM setups: single DD (Moondrop Kato), Tribrid (Kinera Imperial URD), full BA (SeeAudio RB). In IEM I like the feeling to be a bit like in the middle of the band :). Lately I have got Audezee LCD-X and FIIO K9 pro ess but I have sold LCD-X. Currently looking for full size headphones in high-end segment. I want something precise but with a good space. I came to this community after reading a lot of reviews by Resolve and DMS.
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Hello and welcome @stangri, @Bux, @freeryder05 and @wanderingsounds.
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Hello and welcome @Jerry_Clinkstan, @Kahntraband, @E3EndedMyGame, @Chuchito, @JosephP732 and @miku.
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Hello and welcome @Grooveturtle67, @Knight091, @Monke and @MarkHam.
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Thank you sir, glad to be here
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Hello and welcome @Bill_Young.
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Hello and welcome @testmonkey.
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Hi everyone thanks for letting me join . I’m on a couple of other forums. I’m more into the music collecting , but do love and use various headphones. Started collecting records early 70s. And still collect vinyl, cd, plus still have a large cassette & mini disc collection. Tend to play my music via home hifi , turntable, tape, cd, and audio players like fiio. I don’t do streaming , prefer to have the real thing and do my own files , etc . Don’t know if this is where you supposed to put down your headphones list ? So hi from the UK. Martyn
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