Lohb
- Location
- Surfing on Electro
- Interests
- Producing Denon/Fostex headphone wood cups/leather comfort accessories (Lohb Strap) in my spare time...(funds my mid-fi gear buying adventures).
Travel
Motorbikes
Mountain bikes
- Headphone Inventory
- Love to find underdog audio equipment good for electronic music that punches above its weight/price class.
Signature I'm seeking = " Speaker-like" (vs this clinical mastering tonality with artificially boosted treble crap)=....natural side of neutral tonality with a balanced FR....a balance of musicality and technicalities basically.....in planar form ONLY.
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****OWN****
Audeze LCD-34.....hybrid 30-ohm unique LCD-3 planar discs with Double Fluxor magnets, carbon headband + ostrich leather strap, real 24k gold-plated grills and LCD-4 ebony exterior !
Better than LCD-4z IMO...more "dynamically immersive musical immediacy".
Monoprice M565C/M570 Hybrid.....keeper - modded inside out/upside down and this can is truly amazing for the price...! Own 2.
Fostex T20-RP Mk3 - keeper - LOVIN' IT ! Exotic wood DIY cups + **Torac Audio** Baffle modification.
Tuning style - bass enhanced from stock tuning, mids neither forward or back with custom pads, treble spike (10-11Khz or so) tamed a bit....
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****OWNED****
**PLANARS**
Fostex T50 Mk-2/3 (5 sets)
HFM HE-400
HFM HE-500
HFM HE-5XX
HFM Sundara (2019)
HFM Sundara (2020)
HFM Sundara Closed-back (2023)
HFM Ananda
HFM Ananda Stealth
HFM Arya
HFM HE-1000SE (x2)
Monoprice M1060C (2 sets)
Monoprice M565C (3 sets)
Monoprice M570
Monoprice M1570
Audeze Sine
Audeze iSine10
Audeze iSine20
Audeze LCD-i3 (2)
Audeze LCD-i4
Audeze LCD Mobius
Audeze LCD-1
Audeze LCD-2.1 (2)
Audeze LCD-2F
Audeze LCD-2C
Audeze LCD-2CB (2)
Audeze LCD-3 (2022)
Audeze LCD-34 *(Low run in-house hybrid of unique 30-ohm LCD-3 planar disc + LCD-4 double fluxor/body prototype can apparently)
Audeze LCD-XC (2016)
Audeze LCD-X + Bubinga Cups (2021)
Audeze LCD-4z (2021) - Pads + mesh revision version
Audeze LCD-4 (2020) - Custom wood cups
MrSpeakers Alpha Dog
DCA AeonC
DCA Aeon2C
DCA Ether CX
DCA E3
Abyss Diana V2
Meze Empyrian
Kennerton Odin Thridi
Kennerton Rognir
ThieAudio Phantom
Quad Era-1
Verum 1 V1
Verum 1 V2
Gold Planar GL400
**DYNAMICS**
Denon AH-D2000
Denon AH-D7000
Denon AH-D7200
Denon AH-D9200
Sony MDR-Z7
Sony MDR-Z7M2
Sony MDR-Z1R
Kennerton Magni Ltd Ed.
Kennerton Gjallarhorn JM Edition
Phillips Fidelio
Audioquest Nightowl
ZMF Atticus
Fostex TH-610
Beyerdynamic T5 2nd Gen.
Modified NAD VISO HP-50
Superlux 662 (gateway can into the hobby)
**WIRELESS DYNAMICS**
Sony WH-1000XM5 - so bad they left me speechless..the flimsiest headphone with crappiest sound.
PreSonus Eris HD10BT -
Bose QuietComfort -
Many many many dynamic/hybrid/planar IEMs...60+ IEMs since 2014.
Found cheaper and solidly designed Sony XBA-N1+N3 / LCD-i3 IEMs best for my taste so far....
- Headphone Amp Inventory
- ****OWN****
Portable : Cayin RU7
Desktop : Chord Hugo 2
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****OWNED****
Audio-gd Master 19
Flux Lab Acoustics FA-10
Cayin Ha-1A Mk2
Topping A90
Monolith Hybrid Tube Amp
THX887
Project Sunrise 3
Burson Fun
iBasso PB2
Oriolus BA tube amp
Neco Soundlab V4 with ADA4627B
CAYIN C5
****SOLD**** Multiple crappy aliX amps/DACs.
- Source Inventory
- OWN
Cayin RU7
Chord Hugo 2
OWNED
Holo Audio Spring 2 KTE (Level 3) DAC
Denafrips Ares 2
QP2R
iBasso Dx220
iBasso DX240 + Amp 8 (Fidelizer Ultimate Mod)
Cayin N3Pro
Hiby R6
Audio-gd R2R11
HFM SuperMini
HRT MicroStreamer
Chord Mojo
Beresford Bushmaster MKII DAC/AMP
Qudelix 5k
E1DA 9038S V2 balanced DAC/AMP
E1DA 9038D V1 balanced DAC/AMP
E+ 9038Q2M DAC/AMP with OPA1622
LIGHT HARMONIC GO1000
Fiio BTR-7
- Cable Inventory
- "Cable cautious" rather than "all-out $$$$$$$$ cable improvements believer".
I buy high quality DIY parts built for close to standard cable prices.
ANTI-CABLES 0.2M RCA-RCA
DIY 3-line 24AWG UP-OCC USB Cable (Data LINE-Only Modification)
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TERADAK USB Data+Power Y-Merger Cable
PSA TYPE 6 LITZ INTERCONNECT with CRYO'd 3.5's
8-line balanced Sterling Silver IEM cable
- Power-Related Components
- iFi Power plug conditioners
iFi iPurifier 3
Ferrite clip-on barrels here-and-there
AQ Jitterbug
- Music Preferences
- Bleep
- Gender
- Male
- Gear-Fi
- My custom-built 2.8" balloon tyre carbon fibre mountain bike converted for single-speed city road thrashing madness with Shokz OpenRun Pro Mini 'bone phones' wrapped round my head.....whoosh !
Hisense 4k UST Cinema...whoosh !
Custom Yamaha XMAX 300cc motorbike.....double whoosh !
Signature
iBasso DC-Elite → Modified M565C Planar + M570 Headband Hybrid | Koss SportaPro | Shokz OpenRun Pro Mini
Audirvana / UAPP / Hiby → DDC or OTA Transport → Balanced 4.4" Hugo 2 → PSA OCC (Type 6 Litz) → Audeze LCD-34 Hybrid (30-Ohm)
F/T F/S Kennerton Rognir Planar
Audirvana / UAPP / Hiby → DDC or OTA Transport → Balanced 4.4" Hugo 2 → PSA OCC (Type 6 Litz) → Audeze LCD-34 Hybrid (30-Ohm)
F/T F/S Kennerton Rognir Planar
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