I took the advice of the know-it-all’s on this sub (while ignoring the normal interesting people) and run the following stack:

tv (SE rev2) -> phone cord (galvanic isolated) -> kazoo (zeos collab), sitting on vibration isolation milk crates.

Yessss, the pool of incorrect opinions gets an infusion of new blood

Buyers remorse tier list:

S: hd800s, abyss diana (can’t remember which version but it was an earlier model), ath-50s, qudelix 5k, DCA expanse

A: >$100 headphones cables, chord qutest, schiit mjolnir

B: topping a90/d90 but only because of price

C: nos tubes. New production tubes work fine for me. But I still collect nos for fun

These are purely a taste thing and dont mean any are bad. Except the qudelix. That thing is unbearably gritty.

You haven’t lived until you paid $6k for a tube amp and hear your friends dump on the tube noise.

All seriousness, I’m happy listening on any >$50 DAC, but in all cases prefer my nicer one.