nerdstrike
Active Member
Greetings from the UK.
I'm a scientist and a musician, so in retrospect it's no surprise that I've sunk many hours into reading content on this forum. Ever since I was inspired to take some in-room measurements, I realised it would be rude not to register. What a fantastic resource/seething pit of rationalist vipers.
Hello to you all, please don't ask me to double-blind test my conviction that I am a scientist or some part of my soul will implode!
Gear:
B&W P7 headphones - Very nice, very comfy on my head. Best headphone I could audition within budget.
Audioquest Dragonfly Red - Turns out to be a poor choice for the money, shouldn't have bought it before reading ASR...
B&W 602 s3 - My first, best purchase back in 2004. Having a "proper hifi" really opened my ears to enjoying music outside of playing it.
Rotel RA01, RCD02 - Yes. I was cheap. They've served me well, just wished I had sprung an extra £50 for the remote volume control option...
and latterly:
Arcam SA30 - Best one-box package with Dirac that I could find within budget, and got a discount I couldn't refuse. I was tempted by talk on here of some sweet class D Hypex/Purifi gear, but couldn't find a combo with a receiver/pre-amp+DAC that didn't cost twice as much as the integrated option.
Looking to replace my speakers with some floor-standers soon... I'm compiling a shortlist of graphs for when I'm allowed to audition without catching the plague.
I'm a scientist and a musician, so in retrospect it's no surprise that I've sunk many hours into reading content on this forum. Ever since I was inspired to take some in-room measurements, I realised it would be rude not to register. What a fantastic resource/seething pit of rationalist vipers.
Hello to you all, please don't ask me to double-blind test my conviction that I am a scientist or some part of my soul will implode!
Gear:
B&W P7 headphones - Very nice, very comfy on my head. Best headphone I could audition within budget.
Audioquest Dragonfly Red - Turns out to be a poor choice for the money, shouldn't have bought it before reading ASR...
B&W 602 s3 - My first, best purchase back in 2004. Having a "proper hifi" really opened my ears to enjoying music outside of playing it.
Rotel RA01, RCD02 - Yes. I was cheap. They've served me well, just wished I had sprung an extra £50 for the remote volume control option...
and latterly:
Arcam SA30 - Best one-box package with Dirac that I could find within budget, and got a discount I couldn't refuse. I was tempted by talk on here of some sweet class D Hypex/Purifi gear, but couldn't find a combo with a receiver/pre-amp+DAC that didn't cost twice as much as the integrated option.
Looking to replace my speakers with some floor-standers soon... I'm compiling a shortlist of graphs for when I'm allowed to audition without catching the plague.