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I'm a big fan of my Audio Technica ATH-M30X headphones. I find them neutral but engaging and very comfortable. The cable is about 40,000 miles long though.

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Wood certainly warm up the sound with it lit.

But the Missions are 3x the price. What would you prefer in the same price band as the Linton's?

I prefer floor standers. I don't think they're bigger than stand mounters unless you have an actual bookshelf to put them on. A stand mount on a stand is as big as a floor stander, but less stable.

Reminds me of the time I offered some advise on someone struggling to get their car up a slight icy slope. 'Put it in second or third gear and go slowly', I said. 'No, you need to spin the wheels to get the grip', they replied. I walked away. There's just no telling some people. Sounds like...

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen sound track is really fantastic all round too

Stronger by Ghost Rider I always find a fun and engaging listen and a good workout.

Is £500 the original retail price or the current eBay second hand price?

I'd take a long cat6 cable and professional installation back to your switch/router. Can be made very neat and it's an incredibly useful thing to have. Add a switch and you can add a wireless access point for wifi too

I'd only heard of this band until recently and they're scratching that Led Zepp itch. Their name just makes me think of a fleet of vans though. This song in particular I think is superb Greta Van Fleet - Age of Man View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd9te6ZQXpQ

With regards to the Wiim, coax can support higher sample rates than optical. Whether you'll notice any difference is a different matter as optical goes pretty high anyway.

If your cable isn't faulty then there is literally no difference between Ethernet cables that could possibly in any way affect sound quality. Get a cheap switch that shows you stats on packet loss as that's the only thing that could impact anything and it's extremely unlikely in a residential...

The Wiim mini connected to your wifi then into a DAC offers a number of radio options, including BBC Radio. I have digital inputs on my amp, which means I dont need another DAC and makes it a very good value and high quality option

I've never seen one of these before, but from skimming the manual, you need another CD player to be the input as it records to the CD in itself? That's madness. Especially at a time when most PCs and laptops had DVD drives. Simple bit of software would copy any audio CD easy. Edit: now many...