About the Audiofool

I am a long time audio enthusiast, but make no claim to be an audiophile, thus the title of the site which my wife (swmbo) helped coin.  She says I am just an old fool for buying all this stuff and she is usually right.

I got the bug early.  While still in junior high school, I saved money to buy my first stereo set.   Unlike other kids of that era, I wasn’t interested in a boombox, I wanted a true hi-fi system.   I bought a Sansui tuner, Dynaco St70 amp, a Denon turntable, and a set of second hand infinity speakers.   From that day forward a disproportionate amount of my income went into upgrades and records.  Components have come and gone, but the desire has remained.

As I have grown older and times have changed,  I have gone from speakers the size of a phone booth and mono-block amps you could cook dinner on, to headphones that offer amazing sound without the space, cost, and damage to swmbo’s sanity caused by my earlier setups.   Children (amongst other things) have made certain that funds for hobbies are always limited, so I try and find things that provide the best bang for the buck.   Having spent (and quite frankly wasted) a good bit of money on items related to audio, I decided to put some of my misadventures, and some of the better choices on this site to help others who might be following the same path.

My current systems include:

Where:		Source	DAC	Amp	Headphones
Home	Den	Dell Precision 7740	RME ADI-2 FS BL Auris Euterpe Burson Swing w SparkOS Op-amps	Xduoo Ta-30, Ta-26 Burson Fun w SparkOS Op-amps	Sennheiser800/700/6xx HifiMan He6 Beyerdynamics T5, T1. DT990
	Study	Dell T410 with SB ZxR	Schiit Bifrost MB	Schiit Asgard2 Schiit Valhalla	Fostex TH-x00PH
	bedroom	Bluetooth Phone/Tablet	Xduoo XQ50Pro	Dynaco ST-70	JBL Venue Monitors
Work		Dell Precision 7740	Audio GD NFB 11.28		Campfire Cascades
On the go		A&K Kann Alpha Sony WM1A Dethonray Prelude Cayin N3 Pro		earmen TR-AMP Xduoo XD-05 bal iFi Xcan / XDSD	JH JH13v2 Fir Audio 5x5 Dunu EST112 Eartech Quint Empire Ears Bravado