No, the wife hasn't divorced me... yet. But she did walk in and say "wow" and left. It wasn't a great "wow", either LOL
I'm a collector of the bizarre for aesthetics, and/or what sounds good to me at a reasonable price, not necessarily the pricy. We recently moved and I've been able to start a new headphone listening room, and I still have many more hooks to hang for many more cans. Most are not top end, but all are dear to me. My favorites are my AKG k444 that I converted to bluetooth, (I like it for the aesthetics, it's just a piece of it's time). The 6xx is my favorite all-rounder, but the AKG k240 DF is catching up. For moderns, the SV-004 and the Fischer Jubilate 64's are mighty awesome and took me by surprise, and the KPH-30is are my portable choice. The Pioneer A-1000's are okay sometimes.
(The Sonic Pro-26's next to the Pioneer SE-L40's are SURPRISINGLY great sounding. Dare I say, they sound better than what they're trying to copy.)
Many of the ones without cables are either converted to balanced with detachable cables or bluetooth. Yet others WERE bluetooth, but my curious side converted them to wired. Hit and miss. The balanced ones are usually higher impedance cans, only to achieve a more suitable volume level when used on the go with my Fiio and A/K devices. I made a pair of portapros balanced as well when I converted them to be detachable. I was in there anyway, may as well do the thing since they're dual input.
I'm a collector of the bizarre for aesthetics, and/or what sounds good to me at a reasonable price, not necessarily the pricy. We recently moved and I've been able to start a new headphone listening room, and I still have many more hooks to hang for many more cans. Most are not top end, but all are dear to me. My favorites are my AKG k444 that I converted to bluetooth, (I like it for the aesthetics, it's just a piece of it's time). The 6xx is my favorite all-rounder, but the AKG k240 DF is catching up. For moderns, the SV-004 and the Fischer Jubilate 64's are mighty awesome and took me by surprise, and the KPH-30is are my portable choice. The Pioneer A-1000's are okay sometimes.
(The Sonic Pro-26's next to the Pioneer SE-L40's are SURPRISINGLY great sounding. Dare I say, they sound better than what they're trying to copy.)
Many of the ones without cables are either converted to balanced with detachable cables or bluetooth. Yet others WERE bluetooth, but my curious side converted them to wired. Hit and miss. The balanced ones are usually higher impedance cans, only to achieve a more suitable volume level when used on the go with my Fiio and A/K devices. I made a pair of portapros balanced as well when I converted them to be detachable. I was in there anyway, may as well do the thing since they're dual input.