ironmine

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Head-Fi Gear

Headphone Inventory: Denon AH-D2000 (full "Markl mod")
Sony MDR-CD380 (for TV only)
Creative EP-630 (for use outside with iRiver HP-120)
Sony MDR-EX32LP (for wife)
Sennheiser MX-400 (broken)
Headphone Amp Inventory: April Music Stello HP-100 headamp & pre-amp
Source Inventory: NAD C521BEE cd-player (sold)
SONY DVP-NS330 dvd-player (used it before for mp3)
April Music Stello DA100 DAC
Creative Zen Nano Plus mp3 flash-player (for wife)
iRiver IMP-150 mp3-cd disk-player (not using it anymore)
iRiver H-120 flac player (for the use outside and for feeding the signal to the DAC)
computer (foobar, asio, vst plugins)
Cable Inventory: Tartan, Daxx (don't really care as I don't see difference between them)
Power-Related Components: No (don't really care)
Other Audio Equipment: Acoustic Energy Aegis EVO 3 floor-standing three-channel speakers
NAD C320BEE Integrated Amplifier (used as a power amp only)
Audio-Related Tweaks: VST plugins:
Electric-Q (to bring down the rooms peaks found with Room EQ Wizard)
Ruby Tube (to add tube sparks)
KarmaFX Reverb (studio or default)
RS Balance (to control the balance)
Bass Tightener (to center the drums)
Inspector (to analyze the music tracks)
Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets): eBook devices: Sony PRS-505 & REB1100

About Me

About ironmine

Biography

I am a human being

Location

Russia, Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Interests

Weight-lifting, music & hi-end/hi-fi stuff, reading, internet

Occupation

English interpreter

Music Preferences

Heavy metal, power metal, black metal, death metal, hard rock, etc (before 80%, now 20%). I listen to other genres too (blues, jazz, etc.), depending on my current mood (before 20%, now 80%).

Interests (non-headphone)

Weight-lifting, books, internet, computers, travelling.
Head-Fi Gear

Headphone Inventory

Denon AH-D2000 (full "Markl mod")
Sony MDR-CD380 (for TV only)
Creative EP-630 (for use outside with iRiver HP-120)
Sony MDR-EX32LP (for wife)
Sennheiser MX-400 (broken)

Headphone Amp Inventory

April Music Stello HP-100 headamp & pre-amp

Source Inventory

NAD C521BEE cd-player (sold)
SONY DVP-NS330 dvd-player (used it before for mp3)
April Music Stello DA100 DAC
Creative Zen Nano Plus mp3 flash-player (for wife)
iRiver IMP-150 mp3-cd disk-player (not using it anymore)
iRiver H-120 flac player (for the use outside and for feeding the signal to the DAC)
computer (foobar, asio, vst plugins)

Cable Inventory

Tartan, Daxx (don't really care as I don't see difference between them)

Power-Related Components

No (don't really care)

Other Audio Equipment

Acoustic Energy Aegis EVO 3 floor-standing three-channel speakers
NAD C320BEE Integrated Amplifier (used as a power amp only)

Audio-Related Tweaks

VST plugins:
Electric-Q (to bring down the rooms peaks found with Room EQ Wizard)
Ruby Tube (to add tube sparks)
KarmaFX Reverb (studio or default)
RS Balance (to control the balance)
Bass Tightener (to center the drums)
Inspector (to analyze the music tracks)

Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)

eBook devices: Sony PRS-505 & REB1100
Signature
Source: iRiver H120 (toslink) or PC (USB, ASIO, Foobar2000)
Room Acoustics: Active (diagnosed by Room EQ Wizard, corrected by Electri-Q VST EQ plugins separately for each channel)
DAC: April Music Stello DA100
Preamp/Head Amp: April Music Stello HP100
Power Amplifier: NAD C320BEE (its power section)
Speakers: Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo 3
Subwoofer: Rel Acoustics Quake
Headphones: Denon D2000 (home), Creative 630 (street).