bowersj
bowersj's Community Profile
| Location: |
San Francisco |
| Forum Post Count: |
6 |
| Last Online: |
on 3/22/11 |
| About Me: |
I've loved headphones since I was a kid - so primitive in the 50s/60s Into 2-Channel and tubes |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
Baseball, Ballet and HiFi I've been a Giants fanatic since they moved to SF in 1958 |
| What I do for a living: |
Electrical Engineer Juice company owner |
| Headphone Inventory |
Senn HD800 with Moon Audio Silver Dragon 3 cable, Senn HD650 with Moon Audio Silver Dragon 2 cable, Grado RS-1 with Moon Audio Black Dragon cable, AKG K701 with Moon-Audio Black Dragon cable, Ultrasone ED-9 with Moon Audio Silver Dragon 2 cable, Stax SR-001 portable, Shure SE530 In Ear with stock cable. (DruBrew rules) |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
Primary headphone amp is Cary SEI-300 (300B based SET Tube Integrated) with vintage RCA 6SN7 input, Mullard ECC38 drivers, and current production Emission Labs 300B Meshplates. Backup/burn-in amp is Woo Audio 6 with Sophia Electric 274B rectifier and WA6 capacitor upgrades. |
| Source Inventory |
Esoteric SA-10 CD/SACD, Cary 306 CD/SACD, iPod G5 with Wadia Transport into PS Audio DLIII DAC. I love 2-channel. Haven't (yet?) crossed over to vinyl. |
| Cable Inventory |
100% Cardas Neutral Reference throughout the main system. Moon Audio can cables exclusively. |
| Power-Related Components |
Richard Gray Substation and Pole Pig. PS Audio Quintescence Power Center, Shunyata power whips and wall outlets throughout |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Cary SLP-05 tube pre-amp, McIntosh MC-275 tube amp (1996 Gordon Gow re-issue) with current production Genalex Gold Lion KT88s, B&W 802 speakers with Cardas Neutral Reference cables |
| Audio-Related Tweaks |
Lots. I especially love the Mapleshade HeavyFoot and HeavyHat brass isolation devices. Mapleshade maple platforms and Billy Bags racks. |
| Music Preferences |
Traditional and contemporary jazz, large orchestral, da' blues old and new, old choral music... |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
Baseball, ballet, symphony, high-tech of all sorts, cinema, travel abroad... |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
All things brought by Steve Jobs |
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Can't Say Enough GOOD Regarding Moon-Audio
bowersj posted in this thread in Moon Audio Premier Sponsor Forum 3/18/11 at 10:26am | 0 replies | 244 views
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