average_joe

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Location:	Orange County, CA
Forum Post Count:	5031
Join Date:	12/5/08
About Me:	Night job: Reviewer of high end IEMs, DAPs, Smartphones, DACs, Amps, and Cables
Headphone Inventory	Multi-CIEM review and resource thread: http://www.head-fi.org/t/541494/ Custom IEMs owned: Spiral Ear 5-way Reference (new and original) Fabs Fabulous Earphones EarPower EP-10 Plus EarSonics EM3 pro Kozee Sound Solutions Infinity X3 Kozee Sound Solutions reshelled Triple-fi 10 Rooth LS8 Thousand Sound TS842 JHA JH16 DRM Earz aud-5X Ultimate Ears In-Ear Reference Monitor Wan Xuan i9pro Hidition NT-6 Alclair Reference Earsonics EM4 ACS T1 Live! DUNU Custom 4 unit Hidition NT-6 pro Ambient Acoustics AM4 pro Lear LCM-5 Heir Audio 8.A Unique Melody Platform Pure \| PP6 Dream Earz aud-8X Alclair RSM Lime Ears LE3 Universal IEMs owned: EarSonics SM3 Hisoundaudio Golden Crystal Ultimate Ears TF10 NuForce NE-7M Phillips SHE9500 Earbuds Owned: Hisoundaudio PAA-1 Stock Ipod Nano & Sansa Fuze Over-the-ear headphones owned: Audeze LCD-2 Superlux 668B Audio Technica ATH-ANC7b IEMs Previously owned or extended audition: Fit Ear To Go! 334 AKG K3003 Hisoundaudio Golden Crystal Future Sonics Atrio MG7 Sony EX1000 Monster Turbine Pro Copper Audio Technica ATH-CK10 Grado GR8 Ortofon e-Q7 JVC-Victor FX700 Sennheiser IE8 Mingo WM2 gold Mingo WM2 silver Yuin PK3 Cresyne C750E Denon C710 Phonak Audeo PFE (black/no mic) J-Labs J2 (wife still owns a pair) V-Moda Bass Freq Cyclone PR2 Ultrasone Zino HiFiMan RE0 JVC-Victor FX500 Klipsch S4 Sleek Audio SA1 Audio Technica ATH-CKS70 Modified Audio Technica ATH-CKS70 Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 vi Westone W3 Westone UM3X Sennheiser CX300 Thinksound Thunder Thinksound Rain Cyclone PR1 Pro Apple Dual Driver (ADDIEM) Audio Technica ATH-CK90Pro HiFiMan RE252 Fisher Audio DBA-02 JVC-Victor HP-FX24 RE-ZERO Headphones/IEMs Auditioned for a short time HiFiMan RE272 Future Sonic Atrio (original) Etymotic HF3 Etymotic ER4S Sony XBA-4 Sony XBA-1 Puresound Clarity One Monoprice 8320 Over-the-ear headphones previously owned or auditioned: Sony HDR-SA5000 2x KSC-75, 1 Kramer modded, 1 stock Beyerdynamic Tesla T1 Sennheiser HD600 AKG K701
Headphone Amp Inventory	Headphone Amp Review Thread: http://www.head-fi.org/t/585786/ Current Amps Owned: Headstage The Arrow 12HE Meier Audio Stepdance Hisoundaudio AMP3/Studio Headamp Pico Slim i.Fuzen HP-1 Neco Soundlabs V2 Headstage Arrow G4 Shonyun 306 Leckerton UHA-6S MKII On Loan: Portaphile 627 Epiphany EPH-O2 Just Audio uHA-120 Furutech Cruise Previously owned/extended audition: NuForce Icon Mobile RSA Shadow RSA Mustang Fiio E5 ALO Rx RudiStor RPX-33 iBasso T3 iQube V2 iBasso D10
Source Inventory	Source Info: http://www.head-fi.org/t/541494/m...#post_7302115 (6th post in my custom IEM thread) Current Sources: Anedio D1 iBasso DX100 HiFi Man 801 with GAME and balanced cards RoCoo BA Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 HiFi with rolled op amps (OPA627) Hisoundaudio AMP3 Pro2 DIY modded iPod 5.5g 240GB w/ internal film caps DIY modded iPod 5.5g 80 GB & film cap docks 1GB & 2GB Clip Clip+ Headstage USB-DAC-Cable (modded) Audinst HUD-MX1 (OPA1611) RoCoo Uber Muzik Tiny Tube DAC V2 Previously owned/extended audition: ALO iMod with standard LOD Hisoundaudio AMP3 Pro1 8GB Sansa Fuze S:flo2 Hisoundaudio Studio, original Hisoundaudio Studio V Hisoundaudio ROCOO D
Cable Inventory	Cable review and info thread: http://www.head-fi.org/t/564978/ - Whiplash Audiio TWag TWcu Hybrid V3 - Whiplash Audio TWag V3 - Whiplash Audio TWag V2 OM (tested pin compatibility: JHA) - Beat Audio Cronus (tested pin compatibility: JHA) - Beat Audio Ruby Supreme (tested pin compatibility: JHA) - Effect Studio Athena for Ultimate Ears TF10 (tested pin compatibility: TF10) - Effect Studio Crystal for Ultimate Ears TF10 (tested pin compatibility: TF10) - Jaben ES8 for Ultimate Ears TF10 - Null Audio Arete for Ultimate Ears TF10 - Chris_Himself cable for JHA, Westone, UE - Moon Audio Silver Dragon for JHA, Westone, UE, UM, Rooth, Earsonics - Whiplash balanced TWag - Chris_Himself balanced cable - Chris_Himself 1/4" to 1/8" extension cable, silver (for D1) Cables, extended audition: - Double Helix Symbiote IEM cable for JHA, Westone, UE, EM, Rooth, Earsonics, etc. - Null Audio Lune for Ultimate Ears TF10 Custom made Sansa Fuze LODs Whiplash Audio Mini-mini Modified Griffin Dock for Fuze Custom made iPod LOD
Other Audio Equipment	TV setup (Toshiba 52xf550u TV): 2 Sennheiser RS-130s JVC/Victor SU-DH1
Music Preferences	Just about everything, as I listen to my collection on random, but I have been known to listen to a lot of trance for hours on end! And I workout to metal and rap.
Interests (non-headphone)	My kids Go Lakers