billyearle
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| Forum Post Count: |
155 |
| Last Online: |
on 1/8/12 |
| About Me: |
graduated Art Institute Of Chicago, lived in New York for 16 years, moved to Japan on Dec. 7, 2010. |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
genre movies, history a bit. |
| What I do for a living: |
English teacher in Japan |
| Headphone Inventory |
HD800 (my 2nd pair, 6-2010)(with Bellatone Audio Cables), PS1000 w. Black Dragon cable ( and a J-Money headband because it makes less mechanical noise) (also had em stock cabled for almost a year). Had: GS1000 w. Black Dragon cable, Stax Omega SR-007 mk1, Sony CD3000 Headphile Purple Heart woodied w. Apuresound cable, JH13 Pro (tiny sounding). circa 1987 SR Lamdas, Lamda Nova Basic 30-day tried: Beyer Dynamic T-1, GS-1000 (stock), Denon AHD 7000, Audio Technica ATH-W5000 (didn't finish burning in, seemed the bass would never show up from what I read), various mid to hi-end dynamic phones in the 80s & 90s, which I've forgoten the names of (sony, akg, beyerdamic, senns, etc.) Want: R10. or a non sibilant flagship with similar soundstage to HD800. |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
EAR/Yoshino HP4 had: Stax 717. 30-Day tried: Headroom Balanced Ultra Desktop & Power Source, Headroom Basic Desktop Amp. liked Headroom's crossfeed, Had Zana Deux for short while, but 1st was damaged, 2nd picked up loud intermittent buzz through AC current, sounded good while it was working, and dang, I will miss looking at those big glowing tubes while listening to music. |
| Source Inventory |
Sony/Modwright XA-5400SE SACD Player w. "Truth" umbilical. (had EAR/Yoshino Acute CD Player with Mullards-Holland gold pin) Thorens TD 316 Turntable with Dynavector DV-10X5 high output mc cartridge via an EAR/Yoshino 834P mm Phono amp with Mullards. 20 year old Harmon Kardon tuner which I never use anymore. |
| Cable Inventory |
Crystal Connect Standard XLR VS. Bellatone Audio XLR cables for CD Player to HP4 (Which to keep?). Synergistic Research Alpha Sterling (3 pairs), mmwwhats's yaccocables "lucky 7" silver rca(1 pair) HD800 cables: Bellatone Audio (IpodPJ) SPC balanced cables with 1/4" adapter (modeled somewhat on the popular "Double Helix" cables). HAD Warren Audio but he never replaced my defective poorly soldered return with the "upgrade" I payed for, check his recent feebback!! HAD: Balanced & SE Cardas, and APureSound w. Furutech. |
| Power-Related Components |
PS Audio Power Plant Premier (2009 model) (Sonic Frontiers) Anthem PRE 1-L preamp (with Telefunkens), Adcom GFA-549 power amp |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Meier Audio Corda-Cross 1 (external passive crossfeed device) Living Voice IBX series speakers. Cambre audio racks. used to have so so Mirage speakers with built in subwoofers. |
| Audio-Related Tweaks |
VPI 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine, VPI HW-1 Disc Resonace Damper for turntable Audioquest Q Sorbothane isolation/dampening feet for CD Player, Finite Elemente Ceraballs isolation feet for Phono Amp, Deoxit contact enhancer. Trying some cotton (sweatpants) strips inside front steel mesh of HD800 to make "sibilance" less harsh, a la IpodPJ mod, Seems to help a bit. Periodic bouts of tube rolling. |
| Music Preferences |
Classical (esp. orchestral), Soundtracks (esp. vintage Italian, horror & sci fi), prog-rock esp. with few or no vocals, analogue synth, 60s-80s Bollywood, and any weird 3rd world pop/folk esp. Cambodian, miscellaneous exotica (in the broader sense of the word), Funk & Disco, experimental Jazz from 20s & 30s, etc. Beatles, Stones, Led Zep. The following on Vinyl only: BEASTIE BOYS. Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Punk/Hardcore, and the Cramps. Always looking for new stuff to try, catching up on all the classic rock-type music I passed on as a kid. |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
movies esp. cult cinema like mario bava & jess franco, sci-fi and genre pictures, or anything that looks or sounds cool, girl-watching, history, art. |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
had to give up all my TV/DVD stuff moving to Japan. need good multiregion blu-ray and TV here, if the wife will ever help me replace it. |
billyearle's Recent Activity
EAR HP4 / Luxman SQ100 / Manley Neo Classic 300B RC (OPINIONS NEEDED!!! :-)
billyearle posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 9/10/11 at 1:17am | 37 replies | 3833 views
ModWright Sony XA-5400ES Truth Mods
billyearle posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 8/26/11 at 10:55pm | 21 replies | 2115 views
REVIEW: Sennheiser HD 800
billyearle posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 7/19/11 at 4:01am | 630 replies | 63038 views
Warren Audio (formerly Fidelity Audio)
billyearle posted in this thread in Member of the Trade (Vendor) Feedback 6/12/11 at 2:34am | 35 replies | 3660 views
Anyone hear anything about Warren-audio cable
billyearle posted in this thread in DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions 6/7/11 at 9:57pm | 6 replies | 320 views
HeadRoom's Ultra Balanced Desktop Package
billyearle posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 1/9/10 at 2:13pm | 11 replies | 739 views
2nd ps1000 jackpot, i am with zanth!
billyearle posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 1/9/10 at 1:47pm | 164 replies | 6697 views
SOLD: HD800 APS V3 SINGLE ENDED CABLE W. FURUTECH
billyearle posted in this thread in Headphones For Sale / Trade ARCHIVE 1/1/10 at 5:55pm | 3 replies | 823 views
dvd-a or sacd
billyearle posted in this thread in Dedicated Source Components 1/11/10 at 1:32am | 70 replies | 2349 views
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