charliex
charliex's Community Profile
| Location: |
Alcona Beach (since have moved to the Sea of Tranquility) |
| Forum Post Count: |
2081 |
| Join Date: |
11/27/08 |
| Last Online: |
1 day, 14 hours ago |
| About Me: |
Aging frustrated idealistic hippie.... 16 during the Summer of Love and 18 at Woodstock (all a blur) |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
Music, Headphones, Music, 60s, Music, Criminology, Music .... |
| What I do for a living: |
Retired ................... |
| Headphone Inventory |
First of all my top 8 Favorite Headphones of my current collection and in no particular order: Sennheiser HE60 (Baby Orpheus) Stax SR-007 Omega II Mk 1(s/n: SZ1-1189) AKG K-1000 (s/n: 04023) Black Box - Bass Heavy Grado HP-1 (HP-1000) 'Joe Grado's' Grado HP-2 (HP-1000) 'Joe Grado's' HE Audio Jades Sennheiser HD-800 Koss ESP-950 Audeze LCD 2 (Rev 1) Alphabetically by Manufacturer: AKG K 1000 AKG K 400 AKG K 240 Sextett (mp) AKG K 140 Audeze LCD 2 (Rev 1) Audio Technica ATH-ESW9 Bose BW-1 In-Ear Headphones (sorry :( Fostex T 40 Fostex T50RP (x2 - heavily Modded ) Grado HP-1 (HP-1000) Joe Grado's with Polarity Switches Grado HP-2 (HP-1000) Joe Grado's with intact lettering Grado HF 1 Grado HF 2 Grado SR 225 Grado SR 125 Grado SR 60 HE Audio Jades HiFiMAN HE-300 Jecklin Floats (Original first series) Koss ESP-950 Koss Porta Pros (25th Ann. Ed) Magnums - V4 Drivers Gold Aluminum 325 cups "gorgeous" (built by AmbChang) Magnums - V5 Turbulent X Drivers, (aka Magnum V5) Classic Vibro Grado Mahogany Cups Sennheiser HE-60 (Baby Orpheus) Sennheiser HD 800 Sennheiser HD 650 Sennheiser HD 600 Sennheiser HD 580 Sennheiser HD 201 Stax SR-007 Omega II Mk 1 Stax 404LE Stax Lambda [Normal Bias] Stax SR-5NB (Black Gold Edition) Stax SR-X Mark 3 |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
HeadAmp KGSS (built by Justin) Cavalli eXStata Hybrid Electrostatic Amplifier SAC KH 1000 (AKG K-1000) amp HeadRoom Maxed Out Home Headphone Amplifier Gilmore Lite Headphone Amplifier and Dedicated Power Supply Little Dot MK 3 Tube (heavily modded) franken ZERO Dual D/A Converter (DAC/AMP) Stax SRM -T1 (Vacuum Tube output) Stax SRM -1 / Mk-2 Stax SRD -7 /Mk-2 Stax SRD -6 / SB Millet Starving Student DIY Hybrid Tube |
| Source Inventory |
Cambridge Audio DacMagic Upsampling Dac Keces USB Interface D/A Comverter DA-151 Zero Amp/Dac [FrankenZero] 'Three Phase Prickeley Peete Mod +' Xitel MD-PORT-DG2 Technics SU-V5 / Technics ST-Z25 |
| Cable Inventory |
Moon Audio - Black Dragon Stefan AudioArt Equinox Eace HD600/650 Pure AWG 7N copper wire With Neutrik gold plated Cardas (Smurf) Blue Stax 404LE Recable on a (HE-60) |
| Power-Related Components |
A brief list of my current 'WANTS and DESIRES' in headphones and amps: Headphones: AKG K-340 (Bass Heavy) Stax SR-Ω Stax SR-009 TakeT H2 Jecklin Float QA Amplifiers: Cavalli Liquid Fire (Dynamic) Cavalli Liquid Lightning (Electrostatic) Schiit Lyr (Orthodynamic) Stax SRM-717 or SRM-727 |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Technics SU-V5 Stereo Integrated DC Amplifier Technics FM/AM ST-Z25 Stereo Tuner Heathkit AA-32 DIY Tube Amplifier |
| Audio-Related Tweaks |
My ears : ) |
| Music Preferences |
OLD: Sixties (1965 - 1975) Psychedelic/Rock/Blues/Progressive/Reggae/Folk NEW: Post-Rock, Progressive/Ambient/Experimental/Electronic, Art-Rock etc. |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
Collecting, '60s, Criminology |
charliex's Recent Activity
WTB: AKG K501 and STAX LNS (Lambda Nova Signature)
charliex posted in this thread in Headphones for Sale / Trade 5/19/13 at 6:52pm | 0 replies | 22 views
Old HE60 review: Discuss
charliex posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/13/13 at 7:55pm | 43 replies | 2684 views
Spring Toronto Meet - Saturday May 04, 2013 Impressions
charliex posted in this thread in Head-Fi Meet Impressions, Trade Show... 5/6/13 at 8:16pm | 72 replies | 1553 views
Spring Toronto Meet - Saturday May 04, 2013
charliex posted in this thread in Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties,... 5/4/13 at 2:08am | 103 replies | 2650 views
Songs that make your headphone WOOOOOW!!!
charliex posted in this thread in Music 5/4/13 at 2:00am | 2881 replies | 286648 views
SMEGGY Thunderpants - After being badly let down by fellow Head-fier
charliex posted in this thread in Headphones for Sale / Trade 3/31/13 at 10:08am | 2 replies | 346 views
IC: Upcoming Toronto Meet
charliex posted in this thread in Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties,... 3/22/13 at 1:19pm | 246 replies | 6507 views
Audiophile rage
charliex posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 3/17/13 at 3:06pm | 60 replies | 1262 views
What headphones are you currently rocking?
charliex posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 3/16/13 at 11:33pm | 1191 replies | 22221 views
Seller Negative Feedback
charliex posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 3/13/13 at 11:34pm | 4 replies | 117 views
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SR-007Mk1, 404LE, SRΛ, SR-5NB, SR-X/Mk3, K-1000, LCD-2 (r1), HP-1, HP-2, HF-1, HF-2, SR-225, SR-125, SR-60, HE-60, HD-800, HD-650, HD-600, HD-580, ESP-950, ATH-ESW9, T-40, T-50RP, K501, K-400, K-140, HeadAmp KGSS, Cavalli eXStatA Hybrid, SAC KH-1000, T-1, SRM-1/MK-2, SRD-7mk2, SRD-7, LD Mk3,...
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