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Different headphones for different types of music?

yea, and closed back for when it’s a bit noisy around the house.
 
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Which device are you using for streaming?

I've been using a DIY RPi setup, but it's a bit quirky. I'm ready to try something else.

For the formation audio setup I use their app with Tidal and Qobuz. For my headphones, laptop via usb to my dac
 
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yea, and closed back for when it’s a bit noisy around the house.
Yes, I have a Focal Clear (open back) and a Focal Radiance (closed back), different sound experience for each.
 
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I have an Andover Audio songbird streamer, inexpensive around the house.
 
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Room actually sounds great. I put in a nice big rug. I’m not running the REL sub. I am going to run speaker cables under the floor, so these are just stand-ins at the moment.
 
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At the risk of breaking PC protocols, please allow me to say "Nice rack!"
 
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Room actually sounds great. I put in a nice big rug. I’m not running the REL sub. I am going to run speaker cables under the floor, so these are just stand-ins at the moment.
I mounted these on my sub woofer. Results were great.

SVS SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System
Screw-in feet for powered subwoofers (4-pack)

Item # 946SPSIS4P

Install these in place of your sub's factory feet, and see instant improvements in performance.


 
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I second Larry’s suggestion. The SVS mini subs did not have screwable feet so I built a little Platform with Isoaccoustic Gaia feet.
Night and day.
 
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I second Larry’s suggestion. The SVS mini subs did not have screwable feet so I built a little Platform with Isoaccoustic Gaia feet.
Night and day.
I’m a big believer in sound ISO tech. Just about everything, including the gear furniture sits on ISO feet and pads. Herbie’s, isotech, SVS. I have a Danish floating hardwood floor in my family room. Any resonance or boomi-ness, stylus skipping vanished.
 
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I have the Audiolab 6000N streamer feeding my Cyrus Pre2 DAC QXR, PSX-R2, two Cyrus X-Powers and Acoustic Energy AE509s (Linn K200 speaker cable). Sounds great, cheers all!
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Larry S
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I have the Audiolab 6000N streamer feeding my Cyrus Pre2 DAC QXR, PSX-R2, two Cyrus X-Powers and Acoustic Energy AE509s (Linn K200 speaker cable). Sounds great, cheers all!
So no surround receiver? Smart TV with sound bar?
 
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So no surround receiver? Smart TV with sound bar?
You'd be surprised how much is in that stereo track when you have a good phase-coherent system. The same phase relationships that position the instruments in space in a musical recording are often mixed into TV shows and movies. I've had doorbells that have sounded far left and behind me, for example.

Psychoacoustics is a fascinating subject... I did some reading on it. Sometimes there is sufficient information that, for example, you can tell the size of the booth that a singer is recording in based on the echo information stored in the recording.

Fun fact: some people hear the soundstage behind the speakers, while others (like me) hear it in front of the speakers. No one (at the time I did my research) knew why that is. My theory is that people who played in musical ensembles of any type would tend to hear the soundstage in front of the speakers.
 
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You'd be surprised how much is in that stereo track when you have a good phase-coherent system. The same phase relationships that position the instruments in space in a musical recording are often mixed into TV shows and movies. I've had doorbells that have sounded far left and behind me, for example.

Fun fact: some people hear the soundstage behind the speakers, while others (like me) hear it in front of the speakers. No one (at the time I did my research) knew why that is. My theory is that people who played in musical ensembles of any type would tend to hear the soundstage in front of the speakers.
I look at setups like this with interest. This one seems focused on music, with the TV handling AV. Mine has AV at its core but is also set up for music. My Sony TV is getting up there, my Rotel AV receiver is 7 years old. Smart TV’s don't really mean anything to me, as all the TV is is a monitor. Thinking about replacement strategies.
 
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So no surround receiver? Smart TV with sound bar?

No surround system for the tv apart from the Sonos Beam that does a reasonable job. I like the idea of 5.1sound bouncing around the room by adding a couple of Sonos Play 1 wireless speakers but haven’t got around to it yet. For now it’s just 2 channel stereo. 👍😀
 
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I look at setups like this with interest. This one seems focused on music, with the TV handling AV. Mine has AV at its core but is also set up for music. My Sony TV is getting up there, my Rotel AV receiver is 7 years old. Smart TV’s don't really mean anything to me, as all the TV is is a monitor. Thinking about replacement strategies.
My setup is centered around the AppleTV and the TV itself and an outboard DAC. I use my MacBook Pro for all source material, whether it's my ripped library, Apple Music, YouTube, or anything on TV. AppleTV receives the audio, the TV acts as a switch, and the DAC, a modified Stax DAC-Talent, feeds the analog, Parasound components and some old niche speakers made here in Milwaukee. That setup has worked out quite well for me. When I still had turntable and records, which I ended up never using anymore, that was connected to the Parasound. These days, I am all digital with the source material, and it remains digital up to the DAC.
 
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SkunkPrince SkunkPrince
You'd be surprised how much is in that stereo track when you have a good phase-coherent system. The same phase relationships that position the instruments in space in a musical recording are often mixed into TV shows and movies. I've had doorbells that have sounded far left and behind me, for example.

Psychoacoustics is a fascinating subject... I did some reading on it. Sometimes there is sufficient information that, for example, you can tell the size of the booth that a singer is recording in based on the echo information stored in the recording.

Fun fact: some people hear the soundstage behind the speakers, while others (like me) hear it in front of the speakers. No one (at the time I did my research) knew why that is. My theory is that people who played in musical ensembles of any type would tend to hear the soundstage in front of the speakers.
There is a lot of information (in the classical world) on how each label intentionally mic’d and mixed to give a specific experience. Whereas Columbia was going for a middle of the hall sound (full hall acoustic included) DG was going for an on-the-stage with the performers perspective. I have always marveled at how much spatial data can be recorded.
 
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Hifi enough, ha another AR XA won it back in Nov 3 and it finally showed up a few days ago. After a bit of cleaning and cart dialing played some Croce. Is the second AR for a couple of projects. The wood(plinth) is almost perfect.
 
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I’ve been offered for £70 a pair of audioquest quartz x3 cables which I propose to run between my pre amp and mono blocks. I’ve no idea as to whether this is a good price.

Anybody here have a view please?
 
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Can you try before you buy?

If not, that's not a whole lot of cash to try.

What are you using now? That is an important connection, let your ears tell you after things settle.
 
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