I am using two pair of headphones today in my systems. The Ultrasone Edition 9 is the better of the two. The Audio-Technica AT-ESW9 is my portable. The ESW9 has displaced my AT-ANC7 in my use. One would say that I am a hard-core headphone user. I have dedicated amps and sources just for them.
Other headphones that have come and gone but which I have enjoyed are:
AT-W5000 with it's matching amp the AT-HA5000;
AT-W1000;
AT-A900LTD;
AT-EW9;
Beyer DT880;
Ultrasone Proline 2500;
Ultrasone iCan;
My sources are the Lavry DA10 and a Beresford TC-7510 Mk6/v3 digital analog converters.
My amps are the Berning micro-ZOTL and Yamamoto HA-02 (SEP).
Cables are Bettercables Silver Serpert and Virtual Dynamic Nite with Carda XLR-RCA Rhodium adapters for the Lavry DA10's XLR input.
I am using computer files in the FLAC format. These are being converted from USB to S/PDIF using either my M-Audio USB Audiophile or the Hagtech.com's HagUSB-XLR devices. I also stream my files from my computer over to my easy chair to a Squeezebox 3 into the Beresford feeding the micro-ZOTL.
For my portable I use the custom modified iPod 5.5g into a Portable amp from Xin called the Reference. Or I use this as a fixed unit using a dock on my table next to my easy chair from ALO. This dock uses Auricap's since the internal iPod coupling caps have been bypassed. For my iPod I use Apple Lossless format for all my music.
Yamamoto HA-02 headphone amp:
Berning micro-ZOTL:
Lavry DA10;
Ultrasone Edition 9 headphone on my ear:
Audio-Technica AT-ESW9:
Modified iPod in custom Dock from ALO located at my computer before moving it over to my easy chair area:
Atlantis Reference 3 Audio Rack beside my easy chair. This is a
PR picture from manufacturer:
