DeadEars
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| Location: |
Connecticut USA |
| Forum Post Count: |
263 |
| Last Online: |
1 day, 6 hours ago |
| About Me: |
Old Fart, one dead ear, no stereo! You won't hear me talking about soundstage! Tube aficionado. |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
whitewater kayaking, track days with sports car club, rebuilding vintage tube stuff |
| What I do for a living: |
Market Modeling, statistical analysis |
| Headphone Inventory |
Sennheiser HD580 modded to HD-600 + DIY cables Grado SR60 BeyerDynamic BT880 (broken- only one ear works, but that's OK for me) Latest acquisition: Audez'e LCD-2's |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
Mapletree Audio HD+ Super-II (EL84 output tubes, 12AX7 input tubes) McIntosh MCD7007 (CD Player w. integrated HPA amp) Welborne/Kimmel ST-70 all transformer coupled, used as HPA Eico HF-81 has 32 ohm outputs, used as HPA Pilot SA-232 used as HPA |
| Source Inventory |
Lots of stuff. Primary digital source is Modwright Transporter (Tung-Sol Round Plate 6SN7 tubes + 5U4G rectifier). About 60% of source time is via LP's, have about 1500 LP's and appropriate VPI deck and Rhea phono stage through First Sounds Presence Mk.III preamp. Vintage McIntosh MC7007 CD player, Philips CD recorder, Musical Fidelity A5 CD player, plus various DAC's including Perpetual Tech P5 (modwright modded), Bel Canto 2.5 (on loan), Modwright Transporter as DAC, Benchmark DAC1 (selling). |
| Cable Inventory |
Make my own, lots of experimenting |
| Power-Related Components |
Toro lawnmower... what? Oh. DIY mostly + Welborne Labs Gatekeeper |
| Other Audio Equipment |
4 systems in house: * Bedroom (Eico HF-81, PSB speakers, Tandberg 3001A tuner); * Living Room (Pilot SA360 amp, Mapletree Audio Ultra4 pre, McIntosh MCD7007 -also used as HPA, Squeezebox Duet; North Creek Eska speakers, Vandersteen 2Wq subs); * Home Theater (Denon 4808, Vandersteen 3a + Vandie center/surrounds, not used for music); * Music Room (twin Citation-II amps as monoblocks, First Sound pre, Modwright Transporter, VPI Scoutmaster, Aesthetix Rhea phono stage, Magneplanar 1.6qr speakers or Quad 2805 w. Sandersound Magtech amp, Mapletree Audio HD+ Super-II HPA) |
| Audio-Related Tweaks |
My life is a tweak |
| Music Preferences |
Mostly classical, + world music, some folk, blues, alt-country, adult alternative (whatever the hell that is) |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
Whitewater kayaking, sports car racing, restoring vintage tube amplifiers (at least a dozen in various states of disrepair at any given time). Currently rebuilding a few Tektronix scopes from the mid-70's. |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
mostly cars (Alfa's, Audi's, Porsche's, old Mercedes). Just bought a new 370Z which is fun, fun, fun! |
DeadEars's Recent Activity
Philadelpia,New Jersey and Deleware January 28 2012 Mini Meet
DeadEars posted in this thread in Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties,... 1/20/12 at 7:47am | 114 replies | 1842 views
Best bang for your buck audiophile products
DeadEars posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 12/11/11 at 7:27am | 57 replies | 3304 views
Xonar STX > Little Dot MKIV > HD650's?
DeadEars posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 12/10/11 at 12:13pm | 1 replies | 61 views
Logitech's Squeezebox Touch - opinions sought on quality
DeadEars posted in this thread in Dedicated Source Components 12/8/11 at 10:36am | 268 replies | 16605 views
LCD-2 and LCD-3 Owners - which aftermarket cable do you use?
DeadEars posted in this thread in Cables, Power, Tweaks, Speakers,... 9/24/11 at 11:27am | 2064 replies | 103263 views
REVIEW: Red Wine Audio “Audeze Edition” balanced Headphone Amplifier – DAC combo
DeadEars posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 9/23/11 at 2:01pm | 99 replies | 5522 views
LCD-2, LCD-3, Owners and the Music They Love...
DeadEars posted in this thread in Music 8/26/11 at 12:50pm | 994 replies | 30638 views
Amp recommendations for Audeze LCD-2
DeadEars posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 8/19/11 at 8:17am | 4693 replies | 395969 views
Audeze LCD-2 Orthos
DeadEars posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 8/13/11 at 11:09pm | 18459 replies | 1212900 views
Help me pick! HD800 LCD2 possibly more.....
DeadEars posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 8/11/11 at 5:18pm | 84 replies | 4216 views
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"Deaf, dumb & proud of it"
Modwright Transporter > MAD Ear+ Super > Sennheiser HD600 or Audeze LCD-2's
Modwright Transporter > MAD Ear+ Super > Sennheiser HD600 or Audeze LCD-2's
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