Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

Head-Fi Gear

Headphone Inventory: Grado:
RS-1, RS-60, SR-325 (black), HP-2, Head-HI HF-2

AKG:
K1000, K240sextet

Sony:
MDR-F1, MDR-CD900ST, MDR-E888SP, MDR-R10

Beyerdynamic:
DT-250/250
DT-880/250

senheiser:
HD-580

Etymotic:
ER4S balanced

Stax:
Gamma Pro

DIY:
koss-heiser: HD-75/KSC-580
Grado-dynamic: DT-125/SR-770
Ultra-SFI: HFI-ortho/SFI-780
Headphone Amp Inventory: Melos:
SHA-Gold eargasmatron
SHA-1 (out of commission)

Wolrd Audio Design:
WAD-83

DIY:
The Silver Ghost an OTL balanced amp.
"The small transformer coupled amplifier with 1 tube that did not come out quite as hammer-toned as I would have liked"
The cage match
Balanced mahogany Cmoy with JRC4556 op-amps.
xiang-sheng 708B with grid-biased & CCS'ed gain tubes, and deliberately un-optimized output stage.
Source Inventory: Analog:
ITVR DIY turntable (Ikea plinth, Rega arm, VPI heavy-platter, Teres motor)
Bottlehead Seduction with C4S
DIY opamp based phono-stage with single stage passive RIAA

digital:
Esound E5 with a couple mods
MCM-beresford clone
Cable Inventory: I make cables with some clear tape, and some not so clear tape.
Power-Related Components: monster power conditioner
Audio-Related Tweaks: I drink a tall glass of something strong.

Visitor Messages

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09-05-2009 01:25 AM - permalink
starman1951

Hello Ari, Thanks again for the HD-424's, you are a blessing! Geoff in Lakeland
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06-23-2009 06:09 PM - permalink
shellylh

Hi nikongod, it was nice to meet you at CanJam. It's too bad we didn't have more time to chat!
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04-16-2009 02:35 AM - permalink
Sync

Can you please clean out your pm's...I cant send you anything
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10-01-2008 03:37 AM - permalink
kool bubba ice

Hi, how is the detail on the DT48's compared to the K1000/Q10/Upper end Stax.
Thanks,
Mike.
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About Me

About nikongod

Biography

i like to go hiking, climbing, and listen to headphones. i also like diy a LOT.

Location

northern NJ

Occupation

i am a lowley employee of a retail store.

Music Preferences

alllll over the map, not much recorded after about 1995 though.
Head-Fi Gear

Headphone Inventory

Grado:
RS-1, RS-60, SR-325 (black), HP-2, Head-HI HF-2

AKG:
K1000, K240sextet

Sony:
MDR-F1, MDR-CD900ST, MDR-E888SP, MDR-R10

Beyerdynamic:
DT-250/250
DT-880/250

senheiser:
HD-580

Etymotic:
ER4S balanced

Stax:
Gamma Pro

DIY:
koss-heiser: HD-75/KSC-580
Grado-dynamic: DT-125/SR-770
Ultra-SFI: HFI-ortho/SFI-780

Headphone Amp Inventory

Melos:
SHA-Gold eargasmatron
SHA-1 (out of commission)

Wolrd Audio Design:
WAD-83

DIY:
The Silver Ghost an OTL balanced amp.
"The small transformer coupled amplifier with 1 tube that did not come out quite as hammer-toned as I would have liked"
The cage match
Balanced mahogany Cmoy with JRC4556 op-amps.
xiang-sheng 708B with grid-biased & CCS'ed gain tubes, and deliberately un-optimized output stage.

Source Inventory

Analog:
ITVR DIY turntable (Ikea plinth, Rega arm, VPI heavy-platter, Teres motor)
Bottlehead Seduction with C4S
DIY opamp based phono-stage with single stage passive RIAA

digital:
Esound E5 with a couple mods
MCM-beresford clone

Cable Inventory

I make cables with some clear tape, and some not so clear tape.

Power-Related Components

monster power conditioner

Audio-Related Tweaks

I drink a tall glass of something strong.
Signature

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackie

keep 'em heated, ninjas

No, I will not fix your SP amp.