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The_D0lph1n t1_j2bloc8 wrote

Reply to Multiple headphones - How do you cycle through your collection? by Djee-f

I generally allocate my headphones to different rooms, with that allocation occasionally changing. I find that moving headphones between rooms is too much of a hassle, so I just have different setups in each room, and choose which room I want to be in. It works both ways: if I want to listen in the living room where my wife usually is, then I'm listening to either the Hifiman R7DX or the Sennheiser HD6xx, because that's where they live, and if I want to listen to a specific headphone, then I'll go to where that headphone is. In the home office, I have my SR-L700mk2, Aeon 2 Closed, and Sundara. In my computer room, I have the Shangri-La Jr and a second R7DX.

As for picking which headphone in a room to use, it's sometimes based on practicality (like how much noise is there in the background), often it's based on preference (my SGL Jr gets the vast majority of listening time at my computer desk because I like it the best), and sometimes it's based on laziness, like sometimes I'll use my R7DX simply because I don't feel like waiting for my estat amp to warm up. And other times it's just for variety, like I want to feel a different flavor today. I don't divide up my time based on music or genre, all of my music is played on all of my headphones, and I enjoy the different flavors that each headphone imparts upon the music. As an analogy, I love eggs, and fried eggs are my favorite, but sometimes I like them poached, and occasionally I'll have them scrambled; I usually season them with salt and pepper, but sometimes I like them with soy sauce or hot sauce too.

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UglyQuad OP t1_j2bg0fe wrote

Reply to new thingies. K7 and Salnotes Zero by UglyQuad

recently switched from a magni 3 / modi 2 stack to the Fiio K7, along with snagging my first pair of enthusiast IEMs so i figured id give my uneducated opinion on both

first with the K7, its great honestly. i dont use any of the output features, just as an all in one amp dac so keep that in mind. in my opinion it sounds slightly better than the schiit stack, along with being more convenient for my personal setup. no RCAs and not as tall.

now onto the Salnotes Zero. decided to just try them out as i haven’t had IEMs in years, and my first impressions are pretty good. they’re not gonna have you floating feeling like you’re ascending into heaven, but for $20 they’re really solid and a good introduction for people getting into the hobby. solid bass response and generally sound pretty clear.

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