Cynips
Cynips's Community Profile
| Location: |
Ö–rsundsbro, Sweden |
| Forum Post Count: |
122 |
| Join Date: |
4/10/09 |
| Last Online: |
on 4/14/13 |
| About Me: |
Married, 2 kids |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
headphones, opamps |
| What I do for a living: |
Systematic entomologist, Taxonomist |
| Headphone Inventory |
Beyerdynamic DT150 Plantronics Gamecom 777 (headset) Philips SBC HP890 (broken) Monster Turbine |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
ASUS Xonar Essence STX |
| Source Inventory |
Stationary: mp3 + foobar2000 + KS out Portable: Nokia C5 |
| Power-Related Components |
Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650W |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Amplifier: NAD 3020 (original release) Speakers: Carlson OA-51 (modded with better tweeters) Cable: Monster Cable w/ Duraflex insulation Turntable: Systemdek II w/ Grado ZF3 cartridge Bass amplifier: U66 Bass driver B-3 Subwoofer: home built 120l bass reflex w/ 2 x 15" coupled elements -3dB@14Hz Used to own: Yamaha CD-X1 from 1984 M-Audio BX5a active studio monitors connected to computer Logitech Z-2300 for home theater :p |
| Music Preferences |
Eclectic but mostly Progressive rock, Neo-prog, Progressive Metal, Metalcore, Deathcore, Progressive Death Metal, Math Metal |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
Music, Computers, Whiskey, HL2DM, Insects |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
Alexander 103 french horn Kowa TSN-1 spotting scope Computer that houses the Xonar Essence STX Case: Thermaltake V9 VJ40001N2Z Case fans: 2 x Fractal Design Silent Series 140mm 2 x 3-pin to 4-pin fan cable adapters Fan controller: Zalman ZM-MFC1-Plus PSU: Corsair CMPSU-650TXEU 650W MB: Asus P5Q-Pro CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz Box @ 4.0GHz CPU cooler: Thermalright Ultra-120 Xtreme Cooler fans: 2 x Scythe Slipstream 1200 Thermal paste: Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound RAM: Corsair DDR2 Dominator TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD4850 Multi Core Cooling Dual-DVI 1GB (passively cooled) SSD: Intel X25-M G2 80GB with Windows 7 x64 Ultimate HDD: WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 32MB 640GB, WD Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 16MB 500GB, Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ32MB 1TB DVD: Samsung SH-S223F Monitor: 22" LCD Samsung 2233RZ 1680x1050@120Hz Mouse: Logitech G500 Mouse pad: QPAD CT Large Black 4mm Keyboard: Logitech UltraX Premium |
Cynips's Recent Activity
The Xonar Essence STX Q/A, tweaking, impressions thread
Cynips posted in this thread in Computer Audio 2/19/13 at 4:37am | 4395 replies | 501992 views
Monster Turbine Appreciation Thread
Cynips posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 9/26/09 at 6:27am | 1106 replies | 112596 views
Beyerdynamic DT 150: Bloody Brilliant!
Cynips posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 4/26/09 at 10:14am | 233 replies | 35997 views
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STATIONARY: Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650W -> ASUS Xonar Essence STX (2xLT1057ACN8 in I/V, HP Analog out) -> Beyerdynamic DT150 or Amp out -> M-Audio BX5a active studio monitors
PORTABLE: Nokia C5 -> Monster Turbine fit with Comply T-400
