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Head-Fi Gear

Headphone Inventory
✪ = Using regularly now

✪ Symphones Magnums (balanced with APSv3 cable)
✪ Sennheiser HD-800 (balanced with APSv3 cable)
✪ Stax Lambda Nova Signature
Stax SR-5NB Gold
✪ Grado HF-2 (balanced, with jumbo/bagel pads)
✪ Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 with Null Audio cable.
MB Quart QP55X (first ever high quality phones).
Sennheiser HD-424 (My father's vintage pair)

Gone:
Hifiman HE-5 (tough call, drew the short straw in the end)
Sennheiser HD600 with Zu cable. (displaced by HD-800s)
Etymotic ER6i (displaced by TF10s)
MB Quart QP250
Sennheiser HD-650 (Swapped for HD-600s)
Sennheiser PX200
Ultrasone Edition 9 w/APureSound V3 cable (D5000s were more fun in the end)
Denon D5000 (with mulga cups and full Markl mods but not re-cabled. HD-600s were better all-round)
Audio Technica ATH-A1000X

Borrowed or tried:
Stax Omega 1 (borrowed, wished I didn't have to return)
Stax SR-007 "Omega 2" MKI (borrowed, need to win the lottery for a Blue Hawaii or similar for them)
Stax SR-4070 (Vocal reproduction up there with R10 and HD-800)
Stax SR-003 (borrowed, biggest headphone bargain, period)
Audio Technica ESW10JPN (borrowed)
Audio Technica A2000X (in store)
Audio Technica W1000X (in store)
Audio Technica L3000 balanced (awesome bass, sucky everything else)
Audio Technica W1000 (in store)
Audio Technica W5000 (in store)
A bunch of other AT limited edition woodies.
Sony R10 (tried both bass light and bass heavy versions)
Headphone Amp Inventory
✪ Audiovalve RKV MKII (with Impedanzer and OPA627s)
✪ Audio-gd Phoenix
✪ Stax T1S (borrowed)
Fitz-modified Stax SRD-X.
Pico Slim (ordered)

Gone:
Luxman P-1 (borrowed, wish I'd bought one in the first place)
Stax 007t (borrowed long term)
Stax SR-717 (borrowed)
Meier Corda Move MK1
Little Dot MKV (seriously lacking power and clarity)
Audio-gd C2C (original version with silver hand-made case)
Audio-gd C2C upgrade version (with Goldpoint attenuator)
Source Inventory
✪ Apple MacBook Pro
✪ Audio-gd Reference 1 + Reference 3
Audio-gd Compass
Audio-gd FUN (with all modules)
✪ Onkyo DV-SP502 SACD player
✪ iPhone 3GS
iPod Classic 160 GB
iPod 2G Nano
✪ CryoParts PCLink II

Gone:
iPod 5G 30 GB
Northstar M192
Lavry DA-10
ZERO DAC w/HDAM
Apogee Duet
M-Audio Fast Track Pro (screw M-Audio's crap drivers)
Audiotrak Prodigy Cube (died)
Audio-gd Compass (Testers version)

Borrowed/tried:
Benchmark DAC 1
Marantz Project D-1
Assemblage DAC 3
Nakamichi Dragon DAC
Cable Inventory
✪ Van Den Hul Orchid XLR & RCA (Imagine the Nordost Valhalla for 1/10th the price)
Van Den Hul Thunderline XLR
✪ Van Den Hul The First Ultimate MKII RCA (used for digital mostly and sometimes analogue)
✪ Van Den Hul The Second RCA (used for digital)
Van Den Hul D300 w/DIY plugs
✪ SAEC SN-1903 RCA
Van den Hul Optocoupler
✪ Sony 3m Mini-Optical to Toslink cable
✪ Acoustic Research Toslink cable
✪ Canare BNC 75 Ohm digital cables
Audioquest Mini
Harmony Gold mini to RCA (some Dick Smith cable that isn't half bad).
Oyaide iPod LOD

Gone:
Nordost Heimdall XLR
Van Den Hul Flexicon RCA
Power-Related Components
✪ Silver Circle Audio Juice Box Jr.
✪ PS Audio xStream Statement (thanks Patrick82)
✪ DIY CryoParts CryoMax III power cable with Furutech plugs.
✪ Audio-gd power cables.
Other Audio Equipment
✪ Paradigm Titans
✪ Parasound Zamp

Airport Express
Koss Hold-A-Fone headphone desk hangers.
Some Kensington portable speaker thing which I use for teaching.

«Gone:»
Luxman LV-103U integrated amp
Bose Micro Music Monitors. (Forgive me Head-fi for I hath sinned)
Audio-Related Tweaks
Herbies Ultrasonic Tube Dampers
Herbies cable dampers (experimenting with them)
Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)
MacBook Pro
Mac Mini
Nikon D80 with 18-200mm and 35mm lenses.
Panasonic HDC-SC5
XBox 360

Visitor Messages

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  1. rosgr63
    05-18-2009 06:48 AM - permalink
    rosgr63
    Hello,
    I am based in Athens, Greece.
    I am about to order the P-200 from Japan.This is a one way trip, ie it can't go back if I don't like it.
    Have you had a chance to listen to it?
    I can't find anybody who has, or any reviews about it.
    Please help me if you can and kindly reply to rosgr63@mac.com
    Many thanks
    Stavros
  2. Currawong
    04-13-2009 04:48 AM - permalink
    Currawong
    I'd hunt for a portable DAC/amp such as the Corda Move I own. I've seen them go for <$200 and because they are small, shipping wouldn't be much.
  3. naes41091
    04-12-2009 10:15 PM - permalink
    naes41091
    Hey, so, I have some questions about the zero dac and it's competitiors, etc.

    I really want to buy a dac / pre amp combination type thing like the zero. I was really excited about buying one until the april 2009 edit you added, I'm a little freaked out. I really like the price point on the zero, and that's what drew me the most to it. If you were to recommend another, where would you direct?

About Me

  • About Currawong
    Biography
    I'm an Australian living in western Japan. Computers became boring, so I got into head-fi instead.
    Location
    Fukuoka, Japan (was Australia)
    Interests
    Computers, hi-fi, gadgets.
    Occupation
    Fixing computers, building web sites and terrorising small Japanese children with English.
    Music Preferences
    Jazz, jazz and more jazz.
    Mozart, Bach, Chopin and other classical.
    Stevie Ray Vaughan
    John Lee Hooker
    Soundgarden
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Van Halen
    Schpongle
    Art of Noise
    Moby
    Amon Tobin
    Ayub Ogada
    Tom Waits
    dZihan & Kamien
    Too much else to mention right now.
    Interests (non-headphone)
    Stax Baby/HF-2 baby (see pic) and the rest of my family.
    Self-realisation (don't get me started).
    I'm vegetarian, don't drink, smoke or take drugs (except coffee, which I really should quit).
  • Head-Fi Gear
    Headphone Inventory
    ✪ = Using regularly now

    ✪ Symphones Magnums (balanced with APSv3 cable)
    ✪ Sennheiser HD-800 (balanced with APSv3 cable)
    ✪ Stax Lambda Nova Signature
    Stax SR-5NB Gold
    ✪ Grado HF-2 (balanced, with jumbo/bagel pads)
    ✪ Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 with Null Audio cable.
    MB Quart QP55X (first ever high quality phones).
    Sennheiser HD-424 (My father's vintage pair)

    Gone:
    Hifiman HE-5 (tough call, drew the short straw in the end)
    Sennheiser HD600 with Zu cable. (displaced by HD-800s)
    Etymotic ER6i (displaced by TF10s)
    MB Quart QP250
    Sennheiser HD-650 (Swapped for HD-600s)
    Sennheiser PX200
    Ultrasone Edition 9 w/APureSound V3 cable (D5000s were more fun in the end)
    Denon D5000 (with mulga cups and full Markl mods but not re-cabled. HD-600s were better all-round)
    Audio Technica ATH-A1000X

    Borrowed or tried:
    Stax Omega 1 (borrowed, wished I didn't have to return)
    Stax SR-007 "Omega 2" MKI (borrowed, need to win the lottery for a Blue Hawaii or similar for them)
    Stax SR-4070 (Vocal reproduction up there with R10 and HD-800)
    Stax SR-003 (borrowed, biggest headphone bargain, period)
    Audio Technica ESW10JPN (borrowed)
    Audio Technica A2000X (in store)
    Audio Technica W1000X (in store)
    Audio Technica L3000 balanced (awesome bass, sucky everything else)
    Audio Technica W1000 (in store)
    Audio Technica W5000 (in store)
    A bunch of other AT limited edition woodies.
    Sony R10 (tried both bass light and bass heavy versions)
    Headphone Amp Inventory
    ✪ Audiovalve RKV MKII (with Impedanzer and OPA627s)
    ✪ Audio-gd Phoenix
    ✪ Stax T1S (borrowed)
    Fitz-modified Stax SRD-X.
    Pico Slim (ordered)

    Gone:
    Luxman P-1 (borrowed, wish I'd bought one in the first place)
    Stax 007t (borrowed long term)
    Stax SR-717 (borrowed)
    Meier Corda Move MK1
    Little Dot MKV (seriously lacking power and clarity)
    Audio-gd C2C (original version with silver hand-made case)
    Audio-gd C2C upgrade version (with Goldpoint attenuator)
    Source Inventory
    ✪ Apple MacBook Pro
    ✪ Audio-gd Reference 1 + Reference 3
    Audio-gd Compass
    Audio-gd FUN (with all modules)
    ✪ Onkyo DV-SP502 SACD player
    ✪ iPhone 3GS
    iPod Classic 160 GB
    iPod 2G Nano
    ✪ CryoParts PCLink II

    Gone:
    iPod 5G 30 GB
    Northstar M192
    Lavry DA-10
    ZERO DAC w/HDAM
    Apogee Duet
    M-Audio Fast Track Pro (screw M-Audio's crap drivers)
    Audiotrak Prodigy Cube (died)
    Audio-gd Compass (Testers version)

    Borrowed/tried:
    Benchmark DAC 1
    Marantz Project D-1
    Assemblage DAC 3
    Nakamichi Dragon DAC
    Cable Inventory
    ✪ Van Den Hul Orchid XLR & RCA (Imagine the Nordost Valhalla for 1/10th the price)
    Van Den Hul Thunderline XLR
    ✪ Van Den Hul The First Ultimate MKII RCA (used for digital mostly and sometimes analogue)
    ✪ Van Den Hul The Second RCA (used for digital)
    Van Den Hul D300 w/DIY plugs
    ✪ SAEC SN-1903 RCA
    Van den Hul Optocoupler
    ✪ Sony 3m Mini-Optical to Toslink cable
    ✪ Acoustic Research Toslink cable
    ✪ Canare BNC 75 Ohm digital cables
    Audioquest Mini
    Harmony Gold mini to RCA (some Dick Smith cable that isn't half bad).
    Oyaide iPod LOD

    Gone:
    Nordost Heimdall XLR
    Van Den Hul Flexicon RCA
    Power-Related Components
    ✪ Silver Circle Audio Juice Box Jr.
    ✪ PS Audio xStream Statement (thanks Patrick82)
    ✪ DIY CryoParts CryoMax III power cable with Furutech plugs.
    ✪ Audio-gd power cables.
    Other Audio Equipment
    ✪ Paradigm Titans
    ✪ Parasound Zamp

    Airport Express
    Koss Hold-A-Fone headphone desk hangers.
    Some Kensington portable speaker thing which I use for teaching.

    «Gone:»
    Luxman LV-103U integrated amp
    Bose Micro Music Monitors. (Forgive me Head-fi for I hath sinned)
    Audio-Related Tweaks
    Herbies Ultrasonic Tube Dampers
    Herbies cable dampers (experimenting with them)
    Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)
    MacBook Pro
    Mac Mini
    Nikon D80 with 18-200mm and 35mm lenses.
    Panasonic HDC-SC5
    XBox 360
  • Signature
    "The trouble with most people is not what they don't know, but what they know for certain that isn't true." -- Mark Twain
    Mac → Audio-gd Reference 3+1 → Audio-gd Phoenix, Audiovalve RKV MKII or Stax T1S → Sennheiser HD-800, Symphones Magnums, Grado HF-2 (all balanced) or Stax Lambda Nova Signature

    Head-fi Blog: What can portable amps accomplish?, Spectrum showing the terms we use in audio, Sufficient Volume vs. Sufficient Amping & Critical Listening.

    currawong.net
    | Head-fi Blog | Head-fi feedback | Twitter | Instant-message me |
    I'm Australian by the way. A Currawong is an Australian bird.

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Posted 03-02-2010 at 05:36 AM by Currawong Comments 0
WalkGood has written up a good summary about portable amps, and what they can or cannot do in the Why bother with portable amps? thread. It's important as people seem to have the mistaken impression that an amp and expensive LOD will give them some kind of audio nirvana, when a better pair of IEMs is really what they need.

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I’ve been using a portable amp over 2 years now and in June of last year I decided to post my opinion on abi about “What Can Portable Amps Accomplish?,” below is
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Posted 02-27-2010 at 12:32 AM by Currawong Comments 0
There's a handy thread here with a bit more explanation than one usually gets. From it:

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Originally Posted by eucariote View Post
Square waves are actually made up of an infinite series of sine waves (sum of odd multiples of the harmonic), that gradually drop off in amplitude as they get smaller. Since materials with mass and elasticity oscillate and do not just assume some spatial position in proportion to an applied magnetic force, I believe that the graphs show the degree that all of those frequencies don't happen exactly
...

Posted 02-20-2010 at 12:50 PM by Currawong Comments 0
I realised when making a post just now that I haven't written much anywhere on comparisons I've done with my Phoenix to other high-end amps. I've only had experience with 3, including the Phoenix, so I wouldn't regard myself as knowledgeable. I bought an Audiovalve RKV from another Head-fier because I was keen to find out what high-end tube amps were capable of. At present I'm using it as a speaker amp of all things, using the impedance adaptor, and the Phoenix as a pre-amp to it (and a kind of...

Posted 02-05-2010 at 09:54 AM by Currawong Comments 1
I remember a while back finding information in the forums on this DIY amp was troublesome, as searching for "M^3" doesn't work and, as well, it's referred to as the "MMM" and "M3". So, without further ado, courtesy of a couple of other Head-fiers, here is a list of M^3 threads:

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Posted 02-01-2010 at 02:51 AM by Currawong Comments 0
Posted in DIY
From time-to-time someone wants to get into DIY'ing their own gear, but doesn't know where to begin. Learning to solder is a good start, along with some electrical circuit basics. Some good suggestions for resources for this have been suggested by people in this thread which is worth book-marking for future reference.
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