amb

Member of the Trade: AMB Laboratories

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amb's Community Profile

Location:	Sunnyvale, CA. USA
Forum Post Count:	4860
Join Date:	4/1/04
Last Online:	on 4/17/13
About Me:	Man of too many interests.
Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):	High-end audio DIY, founder of CDDB®, music, computers, Audi cars, Unix/Linux, health/fitness, beach
What I do for a living:	High-end DIY audio tinkerman, Linux/Unix geek
Headphone Inventory	Sennheiser HD800, HD600, HD580, PX100, HD410SL, HD50
Headphone Amp Inventory	AMB β22 with σ22 PSU AMB M³ with σ11 PSU AMB Cavalli-Kan Kumisa III AMB Mini³ high performance AMB Mini³ extended runtime AMB β18 (modified SDS Labs MOSFET amp) Gilmore Dynahi Millett Hybrid
Source Inventory	Logitech Squeezebox Touch, Slim Devices Squeezebox 3 / Squeezebox server on openSUSE Linux NAD C520 CD player Oppo BDP-83 Blu-Ray disc player Philips DVP5982/37 DVD player Sony DVP-NS575 DVD player AMB γ1 modular miniature DAC AMB γ2 compact high-performance DAC (two) Benchmark DAC1 RME ADI-2 ADC/DAC Alien USB DAC (two) M-Audio Firewire Audiophile M-Audio Transit E-MU 0404 USB Rotel RSP-1068 surround sound processor/preamp Behringer DCX2496 digital electronic crossover AMB λ1 turntable + Linn Basik Plus tone arm + Dynavector 17D2 mk.2 MC cartridge Systemdek IIX turntable + Linn Basik Plus tone arm + Ortofon OM40 MM cartridge CEC BD-5200 turntable (heavily modded) + Dynavector 23R MC cartridge Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck Nakamichi CR-7A cassette deck Pioneer CT-F1250 cassette deck (two) Kenwood KX-660HX cassette deck Rotel RT-850A AM/FM tuner Apple iPod 5.5G 120GB + Rockbox Apple iPhone 4
Cable Inventory	DIY interconnects, etc.
Other Audio Equipment	AMB α3 moving-coil pre-preamplifier AMB α6 stereo pre-amplifier AMB α8 stereo pre-amplifier AMB α10 stereo pre-amplifier with σ10 PSU (σ22 + σ25) AMB β3 stereo power amplifier AMB β8 stereo power amplifier AMB β24 fully-differential stereo power amplifier AMB ε10 Line level summing amplifier Sound Valves SV100 JFET stereo pre-amplifier Hafler DH-100 Series 2 stereo pre-amplifier Hafler DH-120 stereo power amplifier Hafler DH-220 stereo power amplifier (two) Dayton Audio DTA-1 (formerly Sonic Impact T-Amp) Velodyne SMS-1 subwoofer management system Audio Artistry CBT36K curved line-source array AMB θ3W subwoofers AMB θ6S satellite speaker system AMB θ6W subwoofer AMB θ18 speaker system AMB θ19 speaker system AMB θ20 speaker system NHT VT1 speaker system Sunfire True Subwoofer Mk. II (two) Ölevia 242T-FHD 42" 1080p LCD HDTV
Music Preferences	Just about everything except country/western or gangster rap.
Interests (non-headphone)	High-end audio DIY, music, Audi cars, Linux/Unix, good food, ocean/beach.