u/Black_Sarbath

Hello,

I recently got a pair of Dali Spektor 2 and a Taga Harmony hta 25b tube amp.

I love the set up so far and slowly experimenting with placement of speakers. Currently, I don't have any stand and speakers are on flower stools, not too close to the wall maybe 1 feet away. My source is my laptop or phone through an apple dongle.

I have no complaints with sound and the tube amp let me use my headphones as well (hd600). It sounds warm and nice thrugh headphones. They sound nice on speakers as well, however, this is my very first Speaker experience, it in itself sounds very new and exciting to me. If there are any comments on improvements, could you please share.

I plan to get a turn table in future, and maybe a good dongle dac (like used Questyle m15i) or a desktop dap if I get it cheap.

Thank you!

Hello!

I got a pair of Dali Spektor 2 recently as my first speakers. I am looking to get some used amplifier that works with it. Looking for suggestions on that.

I had headphone amps in the past for driving Sennheiser hd600, and would like to have an amp that I can for that as well. I might end up using my dongles (bluetooth/otherwise) as source so a non integrated amp maybe. I am setting a budget of 100 pounds and a bit more.

Thank you!

I used to see myself on the lower end of consumption. Most of the things I use are old and mended, try to shop local, don't have an amazon account etc. It was also the way for me as I grew up struggling which automatically put a lot of things into luxury category.

Recently, I moved to a new country. Used Vinted to sell off a lot of things, with the hope of buying them back in the new place. The buying back has been a disaster for me. Browsing experience on the website is quite awful, and I ended up keeping the app which I think is deliberate. I got sucked into the fomo, discounted prices, and recommendations of things I don't want. I excused purchases with the logic of them being used, not expensive and having the option for resale while having no regards to the courier involved.

I wanted a formal shirt, and ended up buying 3 or 4. Vinted has this algorithmic recommendation, and I kept seeing better shirts after buying the one I needed. Same with a lot of other things, clubbed with the adrenaline shot of getting a deal, buying something others want etc. I ended up getting a lot of junk.

There was also the danger from selling things. The money comes back to your wallet, and gives the temptation to buy more. I spent so much time and money there on things I don't need, with app reaching the top in terms of screen time.

I know its all an issue of self discipline, but this experience did made me realise the slot machine design format of most things now. Just wanted to share, I think I will stick with real shops from now on, thrifts or not.