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Location:

GTA, Ontario

Forum Post Count:

358

Last Online:

on 9/30/11

Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):

Photography, computers, the usual geek stuff

What I do for a living:

PhD student in Chemistry.

Headphone Inventory

Shure SE530, Stax SR-404LE, Koss PortaPros

Sold:
SR-404, SR-202 (upgraded to SR-404LE)
Grado HF-2 (engaging, great bass, but too much for everyday listening)
Sennheiser HD600 (great cans, smooth, laid-back)
Shure SRH-840 (great cans, didn't fit my large head)
ATH-M50 (also nice cans, just didn't use them over the IEMs)
Stax SR-6/SRD-5 (awesome detail, no bass)

Died because of poor quality:
Shure E2C, Sony EX-51, EX-71, EX-81 (cables cracked/torn/fell apart), triple.fi 10 (earbud broke, twice)

Headphone Amp Inventory

Pico Slim, SRM-006t

Retired/Deceased/Sold:
SRM-252II (kit amp with SR-202, OK)
Gilmore Lite (v1) (great amp, but no more dynamics for me)
SRM-313 (good SS amp, preferred tubes)
Pico DAC/Amp (amazing combo, but wanted Pico Slim)
Gilmore Lite (v2) + custom DPS (awesome amp, sold b/c I didn't need two!)
CKKIII built by keyid (sold to buy Gilmore Lite)
Practical Devices XM5 (didn't like)
Apogee Mini-DAC (too expensive)
Little Dot MKII (too tubey)
Meier Headfive (too much hiss with IEMs)

Source Inventory

Parasound 1500
MisterX Gamma2 USB
iPhone 4

Sold:
Beresford TC-7510
Pico Upsampling DAC

Cable Inventory

DIY RCA interconnects (mogami neglex)

Grand Enigma Sennheiser Cable (shorty, with 1/8" termination)

Music Preferences

Techno, Rock

Interests (non-headphone)

Computers (Mac), BBQ & Grilling (Weber), Photography (Nikon)

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oogabooga posted in this thread in Buyer/Seller Feedback ARCHIVE 8/27/10 at 11:51am | 24 replies | 1289 views
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    SOLD: Gilmore Lite v1
    oogabooga posted in this thread in Amplification For Sale / Trade ARCHIVE 7/16/10 at 7:30pm | 2 replies | 1479 views
    Apogee mini dac
    oogabooga posted in this thread in Dedicated Source Components 2/20/10 at 1:04am | 5 replies | 840 views
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    oogabooga posted in this thread in Buyer/Seller Feedback ARCHIVE 2/15/10 at 10:12pm | 0 replies | 100 views
    FS: Shure SE530 (SOLD)
    oogabooga posted in this thread in Headphones For Sale / Trade ARCHIVE 2/22/10 at 3:38am | 10 replies | 931 views
    SOLD: HiFiMAN HE-5 (Canada/USA)
    oogabooga posted in this thread in Headphones For Sale / Trade ARCHIVE 2/14/10 at 7:37pm | 8 replies | 1319 views

     

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    Home Rig: Macbook Pro (15" Core i7, 160 GB X25-M SSD) --> Parasound 1500 --> SRM-006t --> SR-404LE
    Work Rig: Macbook Pro --> MisterX γ2 (USB) --> Pico Slim --> Shure SE530Feedback

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