average_joe
average_joe's Community Profile
| Location: |
Orange County, CA |
| Forum Post Count: |
4300 |
| About Me: |
Reviewer of high end IEMs, DAPs, Smartphones, DACs, Amps, and Cables |
| Headphone Inventory |
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 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: 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 |
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 On Loan: Portaphile 627 Epiphany EPH-O2 Just Audio uHA-120 iBasso D10 Furutech Cruise Previously owned/extended audition: NuForce Icon Mobile RSA Shadow RSA Mustang Fiio E5 ALO Rx RudiStor RPX-33 iBasso T3 iQube V2 |
| Source Inventory |
Current Sources: Anedio D1 HiFi Man 801 with GAME and balanced cards 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 |
- 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 |
average_joe's Recent Activity
** Multi-Custom IEM Review, Resource, Mfg List & Discussion (20 reviews: Rooth demos added 5/24/12)
average_joe posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... Yesterday at 10:45 pm | 1638 replies | 151936 views
ACS T1 Live! Custom IEM Review: Silicone for the Big Stage
average_joe posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... Yesterday at 10:39 pm | 24 replies | 3656 views
Rooth demos: the evaluation of Rooth lineup – liquid clarity
average_joe posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... Yesterday at 10:36 pm | 26 replies | 946 views
Review & Appreciation: Spiral Ear SE 5-way Reference - A new level of resolution? (Review posted 5/15/12)
average_joe posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 5/25/12 at 6:47am | 454 replies | 22326 views
Review: Spiral Ear SE 3-way Reference – Powerful Sound, Immense Isolation
average_joe posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 5/23/12 at 10:25pm | 11 replies | 465 views
AKG K3003 Universal IEM Review: Challenger to the Custom IEM World?
average_joe posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 5/22/12 at 9:28pm | 35 replies | 3050 views
Rooth LS8 Custom IEM Review: Crystal Clear Power & Dynamics
average_joe posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 5/20/12 at 11:31pm | 59 replies | 4863 views
I need high quality custom fitted IEM for mixing and producing
average_joe posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 5/20/12 at 9:24am | 13 replies | 190 views
Dream Earz aud-5X Custom IEM Review: Pure Value @ $565 - Also the appreciation thread!
average_joe posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 5/19/12 at 8:09pm | 327 replies | 12870 views
Ultimate Ears In-Ear Reference Monitors Review
average_joe posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 5/18/12 at 11:52pm | 180 replies | 8204 views
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