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rjohn79395 Posted 8 years 5 months ago
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Thanks, Wayne!

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anthem Posted 8 years 5 months ago
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Hey Rick:

Portable Headphone amps...have you considered the Decware Zen Head 9 volt battery personal headphone amp?www.decware.com/newsite/zenhead.htm
D-Sonic m3a-600m Mono > McIntosh MC152 > Primaluna ProLogue Premium Preamp > Oppo UDP205 > Decware ZLC > Triton Reference > Isoacoustics Gaia 2 > Canare 4S11 Speaker Cables > Audience Forte 3, Anticable L3 & Shunyata Venom PC's

Every great performance deserves an Audience!
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T Cobe Posted 8 years 5 months ago
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GREAT to hear from you, Wayne!! I have had my eyes on the HE400i and the HE400S for some time and had narrowed down the headphone amp to either the Sony PHA-1 or an iFi model. My only issue is I really don't like wearing headphones unless I'm traveling, and in that case I don't want to share my music with the world as it is sometimes offensive or will have people feeling like they are riding an elevator rather than a plane... :laugh:

I still think once you get up towards $1000 for a pair of headphones and portable amp, your right around the cost of a pair of Aons. Of course, you will still need to drive your Aons, but at least when Rick does that, his Wife might break out into spontaneous dance! Much better she get the urge to dance than feel like Rick is ignoring everyone with his headphones on.

Just my .02 on the topic. You can absolutely get great sound on a good pair of headphones and for home listening, the HiFiMan models would be right up there with Oppo for me. Between tuning out the rest of the world, potential hearing loss, and comfort for extended listening, on ear solutions are not my preference unless I'm on the go.

Wayne, I hope you and the family are well. Hopefully we start hearing a bit more of you here. TexThai's opinions are respected here!

Cheers,

T Cobe
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rjohn79395 Posted 8 years 5 months ago
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Thanks, Anthem!

Choices, choices.... I've been reading more about Wayne's iBasso, and just started reading about the Decware Zen Head... then there's T Cobe's suggestion of trying Aon's so my wife can dance along instead of feeling ignored ... :P

Ha! Ain't this hobby fun???!!!!

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5.4.4 HT speakers: T Ref fronts/LFE 1, SuperCenter Ref, T1 surrounds/LFE 2 + SuperSub XXL, HTR 7000 top fronts, HTR 8000 top rears
Zone 2 speakers; 2 Invisa 525's
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rjohn79395 Posted 8 years 5 months ago
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T Cobe wrote:
Wayne, I hope you and the family are well. Hopefully we start hearing a bit more of you here. TexThai's opinions are respected here!

Cheers,

T Cobe


PERFECTLY said, T Cobe! I will always look forward to any/all "Tex Thai" posts.. always a treat.

Rick
5.4.4 HT speakers: T Ref fronts/LFE 1, SuperCenter Ref, T1 surrounds/LFE 2 + SuperSub XXL, HTR 7000 top fronts, HTR 8000 top rears
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Roman Johnston Posted 8 years 5 months ago
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Dragonfly Red

Dragonfly RED. Check it out. Even if you have an iPhone or Android...it will work.

Do the research. I have one in my future.

Audioquest to the rescue.

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