Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

Head-Fi Gear

Headphone Inventory: Headphpile/Grado HF-1 #20 in Zebrawood, balanced
Sennheiser HD650s w/ Black Dragon Balanced cable
Koss KSC-75
Altec Lansing iM716s (wife lost) (and found again) (and a spare pair)
Altec Lansing iM616s
Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 3s
Audio Technica ATH-ESW9

Westone UM2s (sold)
Audio Technica ATH-W10VTG (sold)
Sony CD3000s (sold)
The Monsters (Headphile Grado PS3000s in Screened Maple Glory) (sold)
Grado PS1 (carved up and put in PS3000s)
Grado HP1 w/ bowls (Traded for ATH-W10VTG/ATH-W11JPN)
Grado RS1 (sold)
DT770-250 (woodied, ported, darth-beyered) (sold)
AKG K501s (sold)
AKG K701s (sold)
Etymotics ER4P (sold)
Hearos Studiophonic 25s (sold)
The Mules (Yamaha RH-5M w/ KSC35 drivers) (sold)
Audio Technica ATH-W11JPN (Sold)
Sony MDR-V6 (custom recable, black beyer DT250 velour pads) (given away)
Sennheiser HD580s w/ hardwired Enigma Audio Oracle Cable, balanced (sold)
Sennheiser HD600s (sold)
Sennheiser HD580s (sold)
Koss ESP950s (traded)
Headphone Amp Inventory: TooleAudio Balanced Mosfet Amplifier (M3 based)a
Apogee Duet

HeadAmp Pico (borrowed, returned to voltron)
SinglePower MPX3 (Silver Chassis Version) 6sn7, 6bl7gt (sold)
Veda Dynahi SA (sold)
Blueberry Audio Emotion+ (sold)
GoVibe v4 (returned)
Black Xin SuperMacro V1 (5534-OB) (sold)
Silver Xin SuperMacro V3 (5534-OB) (sold)
Xin SuperMacro-3 (no switches, NE5534OBCA) (sold)
Xin SuperMacro V3 (no switches, OPA637 CA, SA5534OBCA) (sold)
Ray Samuels Emmeline SR71 (sold)
Source Inventory: 1gb iPod Shuffle, 2gb iPod Nano (black), 30gb iPod 5th gen (black)
Denon DVD-2900 (Being TooleAudio Modded)
Cambridge DV89
Apogee Duet
Sony X-500 Turntable (no cart)

HeadAmp Pico (returned)
CEC DA-53 (traded to agile_one)
Pioneer 578A SACD/DVDA (modified by Red Wine Audio) (sold)
Apogee MiniDac USB (Sold)
Cable Inventory: Enigma Audio RCA to mini
Headphile Black Silver RCA interconnects
Sennheiser 1/4" to 1/8" adapter
TooleAudio Balanced Cables
NateJeans RCA Interconnects
NateJeans DUET Cable
Rockhopper 4pin to 3pin xlrm

Enigma Audio Oracle cable, hard wired to HD580s (sold)
RnB180 Gold Reference Mini (sold)
black max darth beyer cable (sold)
Headphile BlackSilver Balanced cable w/ adapters (sold)
Enigma Audio Gold/Silver Hybrid RCAs (traded)
Tweaks: Zebrawood shells on HF1s

About Me

About grawk

Biography

Married Father of 4

Location

Glen Rock, PA/Gaithersburg, MD

Interests

Digital Photography, Motorcycles, Music, my BMW E34, and my kids.

Occupation

Running the Global Climate Research Supercomputer

Music Preferences

I listen to almost everything, with a preference towards quality rather than style....

I particularly like the Flaming Lips, Gov't Mule (with Allen Woody on bass), the Grateful Dead, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, the Cowboy Junkies, X, and Devo.

Interests (non-headphone)

Digital Photography, Motorcycles, Music, my BMW E34, firearms, and most importantly, my kids. I spent a large part of the 90s as a live concert taper, so I have a lot of live music.
Head-Fi Gear

Headphone Inventory

Headphpile/Grado HF-1 #20 in Zebrawood, balanced
Sennheiser HD650s w/ Black Dragon Balanced cable
Koss KSC-75
Altec Lansing iM716s (wife lost) (and found again) (and a spare pair)
Altec Lansing iM616s
Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 3s
Audio Technica ATH-ESW9

Westone UM2s (sold)
Audio Technica ATH-W10VTG (sold)
Sony CD3000s (sold)
The Monsters (Headphile Grado PS3000s in Screened Maple Glory) (sold)
Grado PS1 (carved up and put in PS3000s)
Grado HP1 w/ bowls (Traded for ATH-W10VTG/ATH-W11JPN)
Grado RS1 (sold)
DT770-250 (woodied, ported, darth-beyered) (sold)
AKG K501s (sold)
AKG K701s (sold)
Etymotics ER4P (sold)
Hearos Studiophonic 25s (sold)
The Mules (Yamaha RH-5M w/ KSC35 drivers) (sold)
Audio Technica ATH-W11JPN (Sold)
Sony MDR-V6 (custom recable, black beyer DT250 velour pads) (given away)
Sennheiser HD580s w/ hardwired Enigma Audio Oracle Cable, balanced (sold)
Sennheiser HD600s (sold)
Sennheiser HD580s (sold)
Koss ESP950s (traded)

Headphone Amp Inventory

TooleAudio Balanced Mosfet Amplifier (M3 based)a
Apogee Duet

HeadAmp Pico (borrowed, returned to voltron)
SinglePower MPX3 (Silver Chassis Version) 6sn7, 6bl7gt (sold)
Veda Dynahi SA (sold)
Blueberry Audio Emotion+ (sold)
GoVibe v4 (returned)
Black Xin SuperMacro V1 (5534-OB) (sold)
Silver Xin SuperMacro V3 (5534-OB) (sold)
Xin SuperMacro-3 (no switches, NE5534OBCA) (sold)
Xin SuperMacro V3 (no switches, OPA637 CA, SA5534OBCA) (sold)
Ray Samuels Emmeline SR71 (sold)

Source Inventory

1gb iPod Shuffle, 2gb iPod Nano (black), 30gb iPod 5th gen (black)
Denon DVD-2900 (Being TooleAudio Modded)
Cambridge DV89
Apogee Duet
Sony X-500 Turntable (no cart)

HeadAmp Pico (returned)
CEC DA-53 (traded to agile_one)
Pioneer 578A SACD/DVDA (modified by Red Wine Audio) (sold)
Apogee MiniDac USB (Sold)

Cable Inventory

Enigma Audio RCA to mini
Headphile Black Silver RCA interconnects
Sennheiser 1/4" to 1/8" adapter
TooleAudio Balanced Cables
NateJeans RCA Interconnects
NateJeans DUET Cable
Rockhopper 4pin to 3pin xlrm

Enigma Audio Oracle cable, hard wired to HD580s (sold)
RnB180 Gold Reference Mini (sold)
black max darth beyer cable (sold)
Headphile BlackSilver Balanced cable w/ adapters (sold)
Enigma Audio Gold/Silver Hybrid RCAs (traded)

Tweaks

Zebrawood shells on HF1s
Signature
mac mini -> apogee duet -> tooleaudio balanced mosfet amp -> luxman lv-113 -> home theater direct level 3 bookshelf speakers
mac mini -> apogee duet -> tooleaudio balanced mosfet amp -> grado/headphile zebra hf1s
tooleaudio denon dvd2900 -> tooleaudio balanced mosfet amp -> grado/headphile zebra hf1s
1st gen ipod shuffle 1gb -> Altec Lansing iM616

"And so that's how a silly joke turned into one of the seminal rock songs of all time"

Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em

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