AKG 301
Grado SR-60
Grado SR-325i
Koss Pro 4AA (circa 1974--my second set of cans, the first being something really cheap from The Army Navy Store in Regina, Saskatchewan).
Sennheiser HD-202
Sennheiser HD-595
Yuin PK1
Headphone Amp Inventory
Decware Zen Head
Headroom Total Bithead
Source Inventory
Philips LHH1000 CD transport and dac.
Philips MP3/Wave player of some sort
Sony SACD/CD/DVD player
Pioneer 25 CD changer
Thorens 145 mkII turntable with okay Ortofon MC cartridge
Apple Shuffle
Rotel Cassette deck
Luxman K-15 cassette deck
Nakamichi 250 cassette deck
Revox A77 reel-to-reel deck
Rotel am/fm tuner
Cable Inventory
Stuff by Monster, Vampire Wire, Grado, Custom House Cable, RCA, MIT, and so on. Some of it is very good, some not so good. I don't get too hung up on cable.
Power-Related Components
McIntosh MA5100 integrated amp
Adcom 565 pre-amp
Dynaco Pas 3 preamp
Decware Zen amp
Quad Active 12L speakers with 2 amps built into the speakers.
Yamaha Home Theatre Receiver
Other Audio Equipment
Quad Active 12 L speakers
AR M1 speakers
Gallo Micro speakers
Radio Shack speakers (small metal clad used as surround speakers).
BIC 12 inch powered subwoofer
AMC 8 inch powered subwoofer (B1-20 Ace-Bass).
BIC centre channel speaker
Audio-Related Tweaks
Got my beard trimmed.
About Me
About yashicaman
Biography
I was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Married and have 2 young lads. I have a beard.
Location
Western Pennsylvania
Interests
Filmmaking, composing music, playing guitar, music, writing fiction, cooking, travel.
Occupation
Professor of Sociology
Music Preferences
World Music
Folk
Avant-garde classical
Rock
Folk Metal
Pirate Metal
Country
Country Rock
Female vocalists
Opera
R & B
Hiphop
Indian classical
Indian film music
Bhangra music
Interests (non-headphone)
Composing music
Writing (fiction and non-fiction)
Cooking (gourmet and anything I can burn on a grill)
Fine wine (and the stuff that I can afford)
Single malt scotch
Making the perfect gin & tonic (and drinking my mistakes!)
Independent films and filmmaking
Science fiction
Travel and just generally wandering around
Sociology
Crime mapping
Dog (have a black lab and a golden retriever)
Cities
Canadian television and film
Dulcimer (playing)
Tablas, bongos, and djembe drumming
Fishing
Indian film (Bollywood and Mollywood)
Hot tubbing
Watching documentaries
Theremin
Cars
Beard growing
Head-Fi Gear
Headphone Inventory
AKG 301
Grado SR-60
Grado SR-325i
Koss Pro 4AA (circa 1974--my second set of cans, the first being something really cheap from The Army Navy Store in Regina, Saskatchewan).
Sennheiser HD-202
Sennheiser HD-595
Yuin PK1
Headphone Amp Inventory
Decware Zen Head
Headroom Total Bithead
Source Inventory
Philips LHH1000 CD transport and dac.
Philips MP3/Wave player of some sort
Sony SACD/CD/DVD player
Pioneer 25 CD changer
Thorens 145 mkII turntable with okay Ortofon MC cartridge
Apple Shuffle
Rotel Cassette deck
Luxman K-15 cassette deck
Nakamichi 250 cassette deck
Revox A77 reel-to-reel deck
Rotel am/fm tuner
Cable Inventory
Stuff by Monster, Vampire Wire, Grado, Custom House Cable, RCA, MIT, and so on. Some of it is very good, some not so good. I don't get too hung up on cable.
Power-Related Components
McIntosh MA5100 integrated amp
Adcom 565 pre-amp
Dynaco Pas 3 preamp
Decware Zen amp
Quad Active 12L speakers with 2 amps built into the speakers.
Yamaha Home Theatre Receiver
Other Audio Equipment
Quad Active 12 L speakers
AR M1 speakers
Gallo Micro speakers
Radio Shack speakers (small metal clad used as surround speakers).
BIC 12 inch powered subwoofer
AMC 8 inch powered subwoofer (B1-20 Ace-Bass).
BIC centre channel speaker
Audio-Related Tweaks
Got my beard trimmed.
Signature
Headphones: SR-Grado 325i, Sennheiser HD-595, Yuin PK1.
Headphone Amps: Decware Zen Head ZH1, Headroom Total Bithead. Music Playback Machine: Philiips something or other.