AustinHorn
AustinHorn's Community Profile
| Location: |
Austin, Texas |
| Forum Post Count: |
226 |
| Join Date: |
11/20/09 |
| About Me: |
BS & MS from UT-Austin, Investor, Retired |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
audio/vido/speaker gear, reading, listening to music, watching football, & photography |
| What I do for a living: |
Retired Investor/consultant |
| Headphone Inventory |
FULL SIZE: Senn. HD 800 & HD 650, Audez'e LCD-2 v1 & v2.5, Hifiman HE 500, Grado RS-2, AKG K702 & K550, K240, ATH AD900, Shure SRH840, Grado SR325is, Ultrasone HFI-700, PORTABLE: Beyer DT 1350, Senn/Adidas HD 25-1 II Originals, AT ATH-M50 & ATH-ESW9a, B&W P5, Creative Arvana Live!, Aiaiai TMA-1, Koss Porta-Pro & KSC75, Sony MDR-Z700, Marshall Major, SOL Republic Tracks Ultra, Phillips Uptown, Incase Sonic, Noontec Zero, Bose QC-15, Soul SL300, Senn RS-160, Urbanears Plattan+, Monoprice 8323, IEMs/CIEMs: Atomic Floyd Superdarts, Heir Audio 4.Ai, Ety. er-4, hf-3, hf-5, er-6, er-6i, UE Triple.fi 10vi, Klipsch Image X-10i, Shure SE530, Westone 3 & 4 , Hifiman RE0, RE-262 & RE-272, VSonic GR01 & GR07s, Monoprice 8320, Monster Pro Copper, Sony MDR EX600/EX1000, Phonak Audéo PFE 232, MEE A-151 & CC51, Fischer Audio DBA-02 Mk II, AT ATH-CK10 & CK100, Urbanears Medis, Aftershokz Sports M2, Senn CX-880, Livewire Trips, 1964Ears 1964-v3, |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
DESKTOP AMPS: Woo WA7 Fireflies, Woo WA6 Maxxed , HiFiman modded ef5, Earmax OTL, Modded Bottlehead Crack/w Speedball, Audio-GD Phoenix, CEntrance DACmini CX & DACport, Doge 6210 2+ tube amp, LD MK-V, Nuforce HDP amp/dac, Yaqin MS-34C Tube headphone amp, AudioQuest Dragonfly, Modded Bravo v2, PORTABLE AMPS: ALO RXII, ALO Continental, Corda2 Stepdance, RRA Emmeline-P-51,HR Total Bithead, PA2V2, + several cMoy amps running a variety of Opamp chips, Fiio E17, |
| Source Inventory |
Highly Modded Benchmark DAC1 HDR, EE Minimax DAC, Nuforce HDP & uDac , CE DACmini & DACport,, Glow One Amp, Marantz DV9500, Oppo BDP-83SE, Oppo DV-983H, NAD C542, RWA-iPod iMod, Zune HD + Zune 80, Sanza Clip+,modded Zero Amp/DAC, SuperPro 707-Dac, Music Streamer II+, Bel Canto Link 24/96, HiFace USB/BNC converter, Audioquest Dragonfly, Fiio E17, |
| Cable Inventory |
Primarily Cardas Cross, Kimber Kable Silver Streak & Hero w a variety of other medium to high end brands being used as tests with various gear. Also Several DIY cables & speaker wire recommended by 6-Moons website. |
| Power-Related Components |
3 Dared tube amps & Pre-amps, Krell S 300i, Classic Nad 320 (very highly modified) pre-amp/amp combo, Denon POA 2400 |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Onkyo TX-NR reciever, Pioneer VSX 1015-TX reciever, Outlaw RR-2150 stereo recever. Panasonic SA-XR57 (highly modded), Marantz Model 2265 receiver (highly modded), NAD tuners 1 digital & 1 analog. Speakers: Magnepan 1.7s,MMGs, & CC3, Klipsch Kliphorns , Klipsch Heresy IIs, Klipsch 7.2 RF-7, HT System, Klipsch 5.1 RF5 HT System, Mirage OM-10 HT 5.1 System, 2 Klipsch KLF-10 towers, 2 Hornshoppe Horns, 2 Omega Super 3 XRS, 3 SuperNova 15" subs, 2 Klipsch RT-12d subs. |
| Audio-Related Tweaks |
Tube & Opamp rolling + modding & upgrading amps, receivers, DVD & CD players, upgrading/repairing/refinishing & selling primarily Klipsch speakers (esp. Heritage series) |
| Music Preferences |
Eclectic, just about anything: Rock, Pop, Jazz, Classical. R&B, some country, & almost any combo there of |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
Buying/selling & modding modern & classic Klipsch & Wilson Speakers & other Audio/Video gear, reading (Apple iPad, Kindle2 & Sony 505 e-books, watching sports, esp. college football, photography |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
Epson & Sony HT Projectors, Panasonic 65" & 54" 3D TVs, Apple & Vudo TV boxes, Sony OLED-TV, ipod/imod, Zune HD, Kindle Fire HD+ 8.9", Kindfire, Kindle Papaerwhite, plus Kindle 2 & 3 as well as 2 Sony e-book readers. |
AustinHorn's Recent Activity
WOO-HOOOO... WA7 "fireflies"!!!
AustinHorn posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 3/7/13 at 5:24pm | 406 replies | 24081 views
Where is the Earmax?
AustinHorn posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 1/26/13 at 5:28pm | 344 replies | 33394 views
Amp/dac for disappointed HD800 owner
AustinHorn posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 12/29/12 at 9:23pm | 156 replies | 18571 views
Yuin OK-1 (PRICE DROP)
AustinHorn posted in this thread in Headphones for Sale / Trade 6/25/12 at 1:05pm | 5 replies | 395 views
Review: Glow Audio Amp One w/ Denon Lawton D2000, K701, HD650, ER-4S, Audio Tech AD2000, DT880/600
AustinHorn posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 4/13/12 at 6:41pm | 51 replies | 5588 views
Fischer DBA-02 MKII - Impressions and review thread: CK10 threatened!
AustinHorn posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 3/22/12 at 3:07pm | 341 replies | 28558 views
Which portable headphone has reference class/hi-fi sound quality?
AustinHorn posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 3/21/12 at 9:09pm | 26 replies | 1050 views
Giveaway: at least a dozen entry-level earphones
AustinHorn posted in this thread in Headphones for Sale / Trade 3/20/12 at 11:15am | 203 replies | 4682 views
LCD-2 plus Continental v.2 or Rx mkII?
AustinHorn posted in this thread in Portable Headphone Amps 3/16/12 at 11:52pm | 27 replies | 1745 views
FS: Meier Audio Stepdance + 15V solution (AU)
AustinHorn posted in this thread in Amplification For Sale / Trade 3/9/12 at 8:33pm | 4 replies | 754 views
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