I got it a couple of months ago and it's one of the best audio purchases I've made. Not that it sounds any different from my older Burson Conductor, but I was starting to get some issues with the Burson which is why I bought the RME. And the amount of features. Nothing on the market comes close, especially in this price range.

The menus are a bit clunky at first, but once you get used to it it's super intuitive to navigate. I have individual PEQ profiles for all my headphones and it drives anything with ease. The remote is great and the quick access to treble/ bass was something I didn't think I would need as much as I do. If you use Crossfeed you can bind it to the remote so you don't have to go to the menus every time you wanna enable/ disable it. It's truly a "end game" DAC, whether or not you believe a quality DAC can change the sound.

Depends. When I use IEMs it usually means that I'm not on the main rig. So I clean, out grocery shopping, or at work welding or CNC plasma cutting.

When I'm using my main rig which is my desk setup. I tend to play games, Search internet, read, work in CAD or whatever there is to find on the internet.

That's fair and I can see it then. I'm fortunate to be at a job where I do much of my logic focused time in one part of the day and managerial stuff in another part. I can handle managerial tasks while listening to music.

It depends on what I’m doing and what kind of music a bit, and I listen at relatively low volumes. Sometimes it gets distracting and I have to turn it off, but sometimes it’s quite helpful when waiting for something (a build to finish, Tests to run, whatever) since the music stops me from starting to do something else.

I got into YouTube videos of walks in cities around the world, and long drives too, so I listen to music and podcasts while watching those.

Either spinning in my chair or just play a chill game

My drug is music…… Listening equipment

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Sometimes I play with a rubix cube. It gives my hand something to do and I can be focused on the music at the same time.

Stare at my Lava Lamp

Forza

Usually studying or homework

Some planars sound just as loud on the outside as the inside, so you don't have to wear them on your ears to listen.

Cleaning, cooking, shopping, yardwork, etc. Good IEMs make any chore a thousand times more tolerable.

Usb-C dongle?

no, but his bones do 💀

I used to do this when I was just getting into this hobby and I've found that it's really not worth the hassle. After 2 years of listening for a difference, I've concluded that there isn't one.

edit: 128kbps AAC sounds better than flac. The compression artifacts are like a savory seasoning that I like to sprinkle on all my tracks

Get Zen air dac and enable xbass

Looks like grandos mixed with Koss portas

Thought about doing this, but I don't want to get them addicted so young!

Not 100% sure but the dac he’s using is the Schiit Aardvark. Headphones Grados maybe???

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I work. The joys of working from home!

I’ll use lofi stuff or my own play lists for work. But with getting better headphones I do sometimes stop and listen to how great my headphones are and how much better the music sounds.

Listening in the dark is awesome. It makes you hear things better for real!