SunByrne
From Michigan, Minnesota, California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas...
- Interests
- Raising my boys, MTG, fantasy football
- Headphone Inventory
- ATH-R70x, AKG K553 Pro, ATH-MSR7, ATH-ANC9, ATH-ES7, MX760, Yuin PK2, KSC-75, MX685, AKG K181DJ UE, HD595 (120-ohm), ATH-A700, other random earbuds and small portables that I basically never use.
- Headphone Amp Inventory
- Schiit Magni 2 Uber, TEAC HA-P50, iBasso T4, FiiO E11, Headsave Classic, Headsave PiMETA
- Source Inventory
- Study rig: various transports but mostly Mac Pro/iTunes/BitPerfect->Schiit Bifrost Multibit, Yamaha DVD750 (for SACD).
HT: Oppo BDP-83, Apple TV (4th Gen), Fire TV Stick
Mobile: iPhone 6, iPad Air 2, TEAC HA-P50
- Cable Inventory
- Coat hangers. OK, not really, but it's all just copper wire, man.
- Power-Related Components
- To quote the Schiit Ragnarok user manual: "You can also use fancy audiophile types, but they won’t really do anything—what about the thousands of feet of crap copper cables in your walls, huh?"
- Other Audio Equipment
- HT setup is Denon 3808 into PSB Image 4T, 8C, S50, SubSonic 5. Running Yamaha A-S500 into Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1 NRTs in my study. The Sierras are amazing.
- Music Preferences
- Rock, classical, electronica, 80s europop
- Gear-Fi
- iToys, my MazdaSpeed3
- Occupation
- University professor (human factors & cognitive psychology)
Signature
Ultramobile rig: iPhone 7 > MX760 or Yuin PK2 or Bragi Headphone or Jaybird X3 or ATH-ES7
Mobile rig: iPad Pro > TEAC HA-P50 > ATH-MSR7
Air travel rig: iPad Pro > TEAC HA-P50 > ATH-ANC9
Stationary rig: Mac Pro > TOSLink > Bifrost Multibit > Magni 3 > ATH-R70x or AKG K553 Pro
Work rig: MacBook Pro > TB3 dock > TOSLink > Modi 2U > Magni 2U > HD598 or ATH-A700
Mobile rig: iPad Pro > TEAC HA-P50 > ATH-MSR7
Air travel rig: iPad Pro > TEAC HA-P50 > ATH-ANC9
Stationary rig: Mac Pro > TOSLink > Bifrost Multibit > Magni 3 > ATH-R70x or AKG K553 Pro
Work rig: MacBook Pro > TB3 dock > TOSLink > Modi 2U > Magni 2U > HD598 or ATH-A700
