A funny thing happened on the way to using headphones for watching films...

[figrin_dan]

I occasionally plug in my Sennheiser HD570s into my Marantz NR1608. Unfortunately my actual speakers are at offset distances which is adjusted for in the amplifier's menu so Marantz choose to apply that offset to the headphone socket as well. As if my right ear is 2 foot away from my head.

So I had to buy a set of HD35s which came with an inline balance control. I had no use for the actual on-ear headphones but, after removing the headband, they fit nicely into the speaker pockets in my ski helmet. Unfortunately the cable is quite short so I then had to buy a bluetooth receiver for that.

[GlacierTuba]

Originally Posted by figrin_dan

after removing the headband, they fit nicely into the speaker pockets in my ski helmet.

Now that is an interesting use case!

How did you get it set up to work with bluetooth?

By the way, I did a little more looking around and happened upon a new desktop amp/dac with a small footprint also from Fiio, the K11:

https://www.fiio.com/k11

This one has similar specs to the Brian Harvey E17 but is obviously not a portable amp/dac. To be honest I've struggled to find anything that looks to be half decent with spdif/coax inputs that isn't at flagship prices. I think another from Fiio, the Q5s, meets the criteria and is portable, but also costs around 800 Euro.

Tempted to look in to a K11 as it's far more capable that Brian Harvey on the stats side e.g. is DSD capable, higher bitrates yadda yadda. It's firmly on my radar anyway.

EDIT: ...and now I've just gone and bought a K11. FFS...