Quaddy

Headphoneus Supremus

Last Activity: Today 11:16 AM

Head-Fi Gear

Headphone Inventory: Current
├ Sennheiser HD800 #00498
├ Sony PFR-V1
├ HiSoundAudio PAA-1
├ Sennheiser RS 4200
├ AKG K1000 #10035
├ Sennheiser HD-555
├ Panasonic RP-HTX7
├ Sennheiser MX90VC
└ Sennheiser MX-500

Departed
├ Grado PS-1000 #202
├ Sennheiser RS-140
├ Ultimate Ears
├ Sony PFR-V1
├ Stax SR-001 MKII
├ Denon D5000 Markl Modded|Jena Balanced
├ Etymotic Red & Blue ER4P|S - HYS Clear Customs
├ Grado SR-325i (#5170)|modded
└ Shure SE530 PTH
Headphone Amp Inventory: Current
├ RWA TEAC A-L700P
├ Benchmark HPA2
├ Sony BAM-P1
├ Firestone Audio "Big Joe"
├ Fiio E5 B/W
├ Fiio E3 Black
└ BioScienceGeek CMOY|OPA2227

Awaiting
├ Xin SuperMicro IV Black
├ Xin SuperMicro IV Black
└ Xin Reference 'D' all silver 1/4 /1/8 (out)

Departed
├ SPL Phonitor
├ Sony BAM-P1
├ BioScienceGeek CMOY|OPA2134
├ Stax SRM-001 MKII
├ HeadRoom Balanced Desktop Amp+DPS+DAC+Stepped Attenuator
├ Graham Slee Voyager
├ Xin SuperMicro IV|4/11 tweaks
├ Xin SuperMacro III V6b (1x OPA2134PA + 2x high-C BUF634P)
└ Practical Devices XM4 W/ Charge Circuit
Source Inventory: Current
├ HifiMAN HM-801|PCM1704UK (pre-ordered: 1st Aug 09)
├ AMP3 Pro 1 Silver 12GB DAP
├ Logitech Squeezebox Boom
├ Apple Power CD
├ 4G 20GB iMod
├ Sony Walkman Pro WM-D6C
├ Empirical Audio Off-Ramp Turbo 2 [FOR SALE-PM ME]
├ Intel iMac
├ Archos 7 IMT 160GB
├ Rega Jupiter Transport
├ iMac G3
├ Sony D-VE7000S x2
├ Benchmark DAC-1 Pre
├ Dell Inspiron 1520
├ HTC S620
├ Sony CDP-411
├ Sony PS1 SCPH-1002|modded
├ Sumvision Yumi Pro 2GB
├ Dell Latitude X300
└ Creative Zen Stone 1GB

Departed
├ Rega Planet CDP
├ Behringer Ultra Curve Pro DEQ2496|Audiosmile Modded
├ 4G iPod photo 60GB
├ Sansa Clip 2GB Black w/ Radio
├ Tonium Pacemaker 120GB
├ Cowon Q5W 80GB
├ Trends Audio UD-10.1 w/ regulated PSU
├ Cowon Q5W 40GB
├ iBook
├ EEEPC netbook
├ Rega Io DAC
├ NOS Sony D-25S PCDP
├ Sony Walkman Pro WM-D6C|SMT
├ HTC S621
├ 4G DIY iMod (32GB Flash, Twin tapped HP-out & Line-Out)
├ iMod 5.5G 80GB
├ Sony NW-HD5/B 40GB W/RM-MC40ELK Remote
├ iPhone 8GB - Jailbroken @O2 PAYG|running offline wikipedia (2GB) | RIP DEV Kate Unlimited.
├ iPhone 8GB
├ Sony NW-HD5/B 20GB
├ NOS Sony NW-HD1 20GB
├ Sumvision Yumi Pro 4GB
├ Sony NW-HD1
├ Sony Walkman Pro WM-D6C|SMT
├ Sony NW-HD5/R 20GB
├ Sony NW-HD5/S 20GB
├ Sony NW-HD5H 30GB
├ iRiver i-HP140 40GB W/Remote
├ iMod 4G photo 60GB
├ iPod 1G Shuffle 1GB
├ iPod 1G 10GB
├ iPod 2G 20GB
├ iPod 3G 40GB
├ iPod 4G ClickWheel 40GB
├ iPod photo 60GB
├ EIGER MPman F10 32mb upgraded to 64mb
└ MSI MegaStick
Cable Inventory: Current
├ The USB Cable
├ 2 x 1m Adam Hall XLR patch leads
├ 1M Van Den Hul HDMI Flat
├ Van Den Hul Optocoupler MKII 1M x2
├ 1.5m QED J2P RCA to Mini x3
├ 1m QED Signature 75 rhodium coax x2
├ 5m 75Ω Neutrik/V-damme BNC to Coax
├ 2m 110Ω AES/EBU Digital Neutrik/V-damme
├ 5m 75Ω Neutrik/V-damme Coax to Coax
├ Ixos RCA to Mini 1.5m
├ Mark Grant digital coax to coax 75Ω, 5m
├ QED Qunex Qwire-P
├ Profigold PGD561 1m TOSLink - courtesy of lisnalee!
├ Balanced Neutrik-->1/4"
├ Blue Jeans BJC LC-1 RCA
└ vdamme/neutrix 3.5mm --> 1/4" converter

Departed
├ CryoParts Axis USB
├ 10" Mark Grant 1694a canare/belden coax to coax
├ Grado 4.5M HP Extension cable
├ 1m QED Qunex SR75 coax - courtesy of lisnalee!
├ Shure Vol. Attenuator
├ Grado 3.5mm --> 1/4" adapter cable
├ Cryo-Parts USB cable
├ SK Silver Custom Micro RA to RA Mini
├ MIT Shotgun S1 RCA, 1.5m
├ Virtual Dynamics Reference 1M RCA to RCA
├ Nordost Valhalla 0.6m Balanced Pair (orig.fact.term)
├ Nordost Valhalla 0.6m Balanced Pair w/ Furutech Rhodium XLRs
├ RCA to mini Jena silver/copper eichmann
├ Nordost Frey 1.0m Balanced XLR pair
├ C&C Crystal Mini
├ Etymotic OEM P -> S Cable
├ Apuresound Etymōtic ER•4P Recable
├ SK iMod Copper+Silver Charge 'N Play
├ ALO P-VCap OIMP 4.7uF¹/Teflon 0.1uF¹ (4parallel)
├ Shure PTH Module
├ RnB Audio Black diamond reference|right to right
├ Ety er4p->s 75Ω resistance adapter cable
├ ALO Cryo X Silver|right to straight
└ V-Cap OIMP Dock 8.0uF¹
Power-Related Components: Current
├ IsoClean 1.6A Gold plated directional slow blow fuse
├ 1m Solid Silver Fig.8 Rhodium/Teflon Power cable
├ 2 x Mark Grant - DSP 2.5 Dual Screened IEC power cable w/ silver plated toughplugs
├ Merlin Funnelweb MKII X 2
├ Belkin Net Series Pro Black 1400 Volt-Amp Sine Wave Backup Generator/UPS
└ Tacima CS929 mains conditioner x 3

Departed
├ HR DPS
└ HR Astrodyne
Other Audio Equipment: Current
├ M-Audio CO2
├ Audioengine W1
├ Audioengine A5 White
├ Sony ECM-MS907 condenser mic
├ Sega iDog iPod Speakers ;)
├ Griffin Powermate Volume Knob
├ Rega Solar Remote
├ SMPro iNano Passive Attenuator x 2
├ Logitech Audiostation Express
├ Sony ICD-P620 DVR
├ Creative X-FI Elite Pro 7.1
├ Logitech 10.2 Z-5500
└ Toshiba SW1000

Departed
├ Grado Liberators (nickerators)
├ Kensington FX 300 'Speaker-To-Go'
├ Kensington FX 300 'Speaker-To-Go'
├ Sony RM-MC40ELK
├ Creative Audigy 4 Pro 7.1
├ Logitech Z5300
├ Klipsch Promedia Ultra 5.1
├ Altec Lansing ACS495 2.1
├ Harmon Kardon 2.1
└ TECHNICS SL-1200's
Audio-Related Tweaks: ├ Adam A5 white speaker stands
├ 10x Telos Audio Teflon, Non-Shorting RCA Caps
├ set of 4 teflon HAL-O Jr RCA dampening rings
├ maple cones galore!!
├ free tweak: absolute phase in effect on CDP
├ Zero Upsampling
├ Statmat CDi Blue
├ 4 sets of 4 x large isonodes
├ 4 sets of 4 x small isonodes
├ PWB Electret rainbow foil strips placed on back of any spinning media to negate deleterious effects of moving parts
├ Asparagus bands (minty green)
└ Frequently fill listening chamber with liquid bubbles for enhanced acoustics, taking into account polydispersity, finite liquid compressibility, and non-adiabatic thermal changes.
Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets): LHC (Large Hadron Collider)
Archos 7
Theatre Master MX-500
Logitech Harmony 1100 + RF extender kit
Xtreamer Network Media Tank|Scythe mod
Mosa 1/2L cream whipper
Popcorn Hour C-200|IRK200|LG GGC-H20L BD
Sony DVD Walkman Tablet (D-VE7000S)
Fenix LD01 S/S Edition AAA Led flashlight
POF for optical none of this fancy glass malarkey
ͨ 5 ͪ 11ᴼᴺᴼ
Grand Piano
Reed and Pipe Organ
Glockenspiel
Bass Guitar
Double Speed Guitar
Two Slightly Distorted Guitars
Mandolin
Spanish Guitar and Introducing Acoustic Guitar
Plus Tubular Bells

About Me

About Quaddy

Biography

International Fellow of The Explorers Club

Location

Argleton, UK

Interests

Installing additional, smaller detectors in project FP420 R&D

Occupation

Particle Physicist

Music Preferences

D:Ream & Radiohead

Interests (non-headphone)

TV Science Presenter
Gia Milinovich
Head-Fi Gear

Headphone Inventory

Current
├ Sennheiser HD800 #00498
├ Sony PFR-V1
├ HiSoundAudio PAA-1
├ Sennheiser RS 4200
├ AKG K1000 #10035
├ Sennheiser HD-555
├ Panasonic RP-HTX7
├ Sennheiser MX90VC
└ Sennheiser MX-500

Departed
├ Grado PS-1000 #202
├ Sennheiser RS-140
├ Ultimate Ears
├ Sony PFR-V1
├ Stax SR-001 MKII
├ Denon D5000 Markl Modded|Jena Balanced
├ Etymotic Red & Blue ER4P|S - HYS Clear Customs
├ Grado SR-325i (#5170)|modded
└ Shure SE530 PTH

Headphone Amp Inventory

Current
├ RWA TEAC A-L700P
├ Benchmark HPA2
├ Sony BAM-P1
├ Firestone Audio "Big Joe"
├ Fiio E5 B/W
├ Fiio E3 Black
└ BioScienceGeek CMOY|OPA2227

Awaiting
├ Xin SuperMicro IV Black
├ Xin SuperMicro IV Black
└ Xin Reference 'D' all silver 1/4 /1/8 (out)

Departed
├ SPL Phonitor
├ Sony BAM-P1
├ BioScienceGeek CMOY|OPA2134
├ Stax SRM-001 MKII
├ HeadRoom Balanced Desktop Amp+DPS+DAC+Stepped Attenuator
├ Graham Slee Voyager
├ Xin SuperMicro IV|4/11 tweaks
├ Xin SuperMacro III V6b (1x OPA2134PA + 2x high-C BUF634P)
└ Practical Devices XM4 W/ Charge Circuit

Source Inventory

Current
├ HifiMAN HM-801|PCM1704UK (pre-ordered: 1st Aug 09)
├ AMP3 Pro 1 Silver 12GB DAP
├ Logitech Squeezebox Boom
├ Apple Power CD
├ 4G 20GB iMod
├ Sony Walkman Pro WM-D6C
├ Empirical Audio Off-Ramp Turbo 2 [FOR SALE-PM ME]
├ Intel iMac
├ Archos 7 IMT 160GB
├ Rega Jupiter Transport
├ iMac G3
├ Sony D-VE7000S x2
├ Benchmark DAC-1 Pre
├ Dell Inspiron 1520
├ HTC S620
├ Sony CDP-411
├ Sony PS1 SCPH-1002|modded
├ Sumvision Yumi Pro 2GB
├ Dell Latitude X300
└ Creative Zen Stone 1GB

Departed
├ Rega Planet CDP
├ Behringer Ultra Curve Pro DEQ2496|Audiosmile Modded
├ 4G iPod photo 60GB
├ Sansa Clip 2GB Black w/ Radio
├ Tonium Pacemaker 120GB
├ Cowon Q5W 80GB
├ Trends Audio UD-10.1 w/ regulated PSU
├ Cowon Q5W 40GB
├ iBook
├ EEEPC netbook
├ Rega Io DAC
├ NOS Sony D-25S PCDP
├ Sony Walkman Pro WM-D6C|SMT
├ HTC S621
├ 4G DIY iMod (32GB Flash, Twin tapped HP-out & Line-Out)
├ iMod 5.5G 80GB
├ Sony NW-HD5/B 40GB W/RM-MC40ELK Remote
├ iPhone 8GB - Jailbroken @O2 PAYG|running offline wikipedia (2GB) | RIP DEV Kate Unlimited.
├ iPhone 8GB
├ Sony NW-HD5/B 20GB
├ NOS Sony NW-HD1 20GB
├ Sumvision Yumi Pro 4GB
├ Sony NW-HD1
├ Sony Walkman Pro WM-D6C|SMT
├ Sony NW-HD5/R 20GB
├ Sony NW-HD5/S 20GB
├ Sony NW-HD5H 30GB
├ iRiver i-HP140 40GB W/Remote
├ iMod 4G photo 60GB
├ iPod 1G Shuffle 1GB
├ iPod 1G 10GB
├ iPod 2G 20GB
├ iPod 3G 40GB
├ iPod 4G ClickWheel 40GB
├ iPod photo 60GB
├ EIGER MPman F10 32mb upgraded to 64mb
└ MSI MegaStick

Cable Inventory

Current
├ The USB Cable
├ 2 x 1m Adam Hall XLR patch leads
├ 1M Van Den Hul HDMI Flat
├ Van Den Hul Optocoupler MKII 1M x2
├ 1.5m QED J2P RCA to Mini x3
├ 1m QED Signature 75 rhodium coax x2
├ 5m 75Ω Neutrik/V-damme BNC to Coax
├ 2m 110Ω AES/EBU Digital Neutrik/V-damme
├ 5m 75Ω Neutrik/V-damme Coax to Coax
├ Ixos RCA to Mini 1.5m
├ Mark Grant digital coax to coax 75Ω, 5m
├ QED Qunex Qwire-P
├ Profigold PGD561 1m TOSLink - courtesy of lisnalee!
├ Balanced Neutrik-->1/4"
├ Blue Jeans BJC LC-1 RCA
└ vdamme/neutrix 3.5mm --> 1/4" converter

Departed
├ CryoParts Axis USB
├ 10" Mark Grant 1694a canare/belden coax to coax
├ Grado 4.5M HP Extension cable
├ 1m QED Qunex SR75 coax - courtesy of lisnalee!
├ Shure Vol. Attenuator
├ Grado 3.5mm --> 1/4" adapter cable
├ Cryo-Parts USB cable
├ SK Silver Custom Micro RA to RA Mini
├ MIT Shotgun S1 RCA, 1.5m
├ Virtual Dynamics Reference 1M RCA to RCA
├ Nordost Valhalla 0.6m Balanced Pair (orig.fact.term)
├ Nordost Valhalla 0.6m Balanced Pair w/ Furutech Rhodium XLRs
├ RCA to mini Jena silver/copper eichmann
├ Nordost Frey 1.0m Balanced XLR pair
├ C&C Crystal Mini
├ Etymotic OEM P -> S Cable
├ Apuresound Etymōtic ER•4P Recable
├ SK iMod Copper+Silver Charge 'N Play
├ ALO P-VCap OIMP 4.7uF¹/Teflon 0.1uF¹ (4parallel)
├ Shure PTH Module
├ RnB Audio Black diamond reference|right to right
├ Ety er4p->s 75Ω resistance adapter cable
├ ALO Cryo X Silver|right to straight
└ V-Cap OIMP Dock 8.0uF¹

Power-Related Components

Current
├ IsoClean 1.6A Gold plated directional slow blow fuse
├ 1m Solid Silver Fig.8 Rhodium/Teflon Power cable
├ 2 x Mark Grant - DSP 2.5 Dual Screened IEC power cable w/ silver plated toughplugs
├ Merlin Funnelweb MKII X 2
├ Belkin Net Series Pro Black 1400 Volt-Amp Sine Wave Backup Generator/UPS
└ Tacima CS929 mains conditioner x 3

Departed
├ HR DPS
└ HR Astrodyne

Other Audio Equipment

Current
├ M-Audio CO2
├ Audioengine W1
├ Audioengine A5 White
├ Sony ECM-MS907 condenser mic
├ Sega iDog iPod Speakers ;)
├ Griffin Powermate Volume Knob
├ Rega Solar Remote
├ SMPro iNano Passive Attenuator x 2
├ Logitech Audiostation Express
├ Sony ICD-P620 DVR
├ Creative X-FI Elite Pro 7.1
├ Logitech 10.2 Z-5500
└ Toshiba SW1000

Departed
├ Grado Liberators (nickerators)
├ Kensington FX 300 'Speaker-To-Go'
├ Kensington FX 300 'Speaker-To-Go'
├ Sony RM-MC40ELK
├ Creative Audigy 4 Pro 7.1
├ Logitech Z5300
├ Klipsch Promedia Ultra 5.1
├ Altec Lansing ACS495 2.1
├ Harmon Kardon 2.1
└ TECHNICS SL-1200's

Audio-Related Tweaks

├ Adam A5 white speaker stands
├ 10x Telos Audio Teflon, Non-Shorting RCA Caps
├ set of 4 teflon HAL-O Jr RCA dampening rings
├ maple cones galore!!
├ free tweak: absolute phase in effect on CDP
├ Zero Upsampling
├ Statmat CDi Blue
├ 4 sets of 4 x large isonodes
├ 4 sets of 4 x small isonodes
├ PWB Electret rainbow foil strips placed on back of any spinning media to negate deleterious effects of moving parts
├ Asparagus bands (minty green)
└ Frequently fill listening chamber with liquid bubbles for enhanced acoustics, taking into account polydispersity, finite liquid compressibility, and non-adiabatic thermal changes.

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

LHC (Large Hadron Collider)
Archos 7
Theatre Master MX-500
Logitech Harmony 1100 + RF extender kit
Xtreamer Network Media Tank|Scythe mod
Mosa 1/2L cream whipper
Popcorn Hour C-200|IRK200|LG GGC-H20L BD
Sony DVD Walkman Tablet (D-VE7000S)
Fenix LD01 S/S Edition AAA Led flashlight
POF for optical none of this fancy glass malarkey
ͨ 5 ͪ 11ᴼᴺᴼ
Grand Piano
Reed and Pipe Organ
Glockenspiel
Bass Guitar
Double Speed Guitar
Two Slightly Distorted Guitars
Mandolin
Spanish Guitar and Introducing Acoustic Guitar
Plus Tubular Bells
Signature
DAC1 Pre & Sen HD800 or RWA TEAC AL700P & AKG K1000
Head Direct HiFiMAN HM-801|PCM1704UK |& Sony PFR-V1

Portable rig... ;-)
Grand Piano ♪ Reed & Pipe Organ ♫ Glockenspiel ♪ Bass Guitar ♪
Double Speed Guitar ♪ Two Slightly Distorted Guitars ♪ Mandolin ♪
Spanish Guitar & Introducing Acoustic Guitar ♫ Plus...Tubular Bells ♫♪

Quaddy is a sax addict and a midnight caller fanboi & jack killian wannabe, "Good night America… wherever you are."