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Orange County, CA

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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

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