DefQon
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| Location: |
Melbourne, Australia |
| Forum Post Count: |
3569 |
| Join Date: |
1/14/11 |
| About Me: |
I can't stand forum cry-babies. |
| Headphone Inventory |
Current: Headphones: Sennheiser HD800 balanced/se Sennheiser HD600 (580 headband) se Audeze LCD2 rev.1 (last batch) balanced/se Sony MDR CD3000 balanced/se Sony MDR SA3000 dual xlr balanced/se Sony MDR CD850 dual xlr balanced/se Sony MDR CD950 dual xlr balanced/se Sony MDR CD480 x 2 se Fischer Audio FA-011 balanced/se Fischer Audio FA-003/w balanced/se Stax SR-Lambda Pro w/revised 202 pads Stax SR-Gamma Pro Stax SR-404 Signature - to fix Stax SR-202 w/Lambda Pro pads Stax SR-5 Non Gold Stax SR-30 electret Stax SR-001MKII Ultrasone H-Fi 2400 Sennheiser HD438 modded /se Koss UR40 modded /balanced IEMS: JVC FX700 Sennheiser IE7 recabled Sony EX90SP Ultimate Ears MetroFi 100 Ultimate Ears MetroFi 200 Ultimate Ears MetroFi 220 Fischer Audio Tau And more. Special Mentions: Sony EX700/1000 - Sold Sennheiser IE8 - Sold Westone ES5 - Lost Stax SR-Sigma Pro - Sold Stax SR-Omega S/N 34X - Sold And various other iem's. Past/Auditioned: Everything on the market except most rare/vintage/high-end Sennheiser, Sony and Stax/unobtaniums |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
Bottlehead Crack/Speedball - fully upgraded Fiio E5 Fiio E11 Banzai v2 Cmoy w/AD8597 dual mono - portable Banzai v2 Cmoy for rolling - desktop Bravo Audio V2 tube amp Darkvoice 336SE Little Dot MK VI + Marantz PM-32 integrated amp Stax SRD-7SBmk2 electrostatic energizer Stax SRM-1 MK2 Pro Bias modded Stax SRM-Xh recapped Stax SRM-001 portable amp Stax SRD-4 electret energizer Beta22 2 channel maxed out WIP Beta22 - balanced 4 channel WIP Millets Jonokuchi Yaqin VK-2100 integrated amp Meixiang MINI 6P1 integrated amp Soon: BHSE And more... To be updated: |
| Source Inventory |
Desktop PC > Re-capped Creative Fatal1ty Pro sound card digital optical out to DAC's Asus 1215N laptop > CEntrance DACport LX/M2Tech HiFace/ other full-sized DAC's iPod Nano 4gb (4th gen silver) Sony Xperia Z black w/32GB Class 6 Sandisk MicroSD, Winamp, Sony Walkman and Poweramp audio app's Rockboxed Toshiba Gigabeat MES60V (60gb) Microsoft Zune 30GB (100gb hard drive mod) Audio Request Nitro Pro music server (re-capped, ground and added filter PSU, 80GB upgraded drive, Apexi PCI filter card, upgraded CPU and RAM) > digital optical out > DAC's Sony SCD-XB940 QS SACD transport > DAC's Lampizised Shanling CD300 with tube buffer CD transport > DAC's DIY Lampizator + Lampucera tube buffered DAC + various other sub $1k tube/balanced DAC's. Soon: Lampizator Level 5 DAC Sims Audio Moon 380D |
| Cable Inventory |
DIY Crystal Piccolino 5ft balanced - HD800 DIY Crystal Piccolino 5ft balanced - LCD2 Crystal Cables 0.5m CrystalConnect Interconnects x2 Various Nordost Red Dawn/Chord SilverScreen speaker cables All else are DIY using 24/26awg solid core/pure silver/silver plated/occ silver/ofc copper/silver plated/mogami/canare |
| Power-Related Components |
DIY belden power cables. Power station/conditioner - soon. |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Tubes, adaptors, DIY anti-vibration/cone platforms |
| Audio-Related Tweaks |
Cryo'd ears, Plants and pots as well as rocks on hifi equipment to bring out better sonic improvements to sound |
| Music Preferences |
Electronic, classical, metal, rap. |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
Women, Japanese culture, vodka, rakija, beer, single malt whiskey and scotch. |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
Phones, cars, computers, women, tablets, martial arts, anime |
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Full-sized headphone that does metal decently?
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AKG K712 PRO Announced
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Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...
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New Abyss planar magnetic headphone
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Bravo Audio - funny looking little tube amps
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AAC Encoding 320kbps vs 512kbps
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Hi quality Fuses: do they improve sound?
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Found his headphone audio nirvana 11/2012.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself--and you are the easiest person to fool." - Feynman
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