JaZZ
JaZZ's Community Profile
| Location: |
Switzerland |
| Forum Post Count: |
6471 |
| Join Date: |
5/9/02 |
| Last Online: |
1 week, 4 days ago |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
Existing |
| What I do for a living: |
Editor |
| Headphone Inventory |
2 homegrown electrostats on the basis of Stax Lambda Pro and Lambda Signature Pro; Stax Lambda Nova; AKG K 701; Sennheiser HD 800 (modified), HD 650, HD 600, HD 595, HD 238 Precision, PX 200, PX 100; Shure SE535; Etymotic ER-4PT (modified); Phonak Audéo PFE 112; Sennheiser IE 8 |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
Stax SRM-727II, SRM-T1 (modified); Meier-Audio Corda Symphony, Opera, Aria prototype; Mapletree Ear++ (Black Gates); Talisman T-3H; passive «amp» (500-Ω potentiometer) for the connection to high-level sources |
| Source Inventory |
McCormack UDP-1 (universal player); Philips DVD 963 SA; Audiolab 8000CDM (drive); Bel Canto DAC2; Corda Symphony and Opera internal DACs; Computer/foobar2000; SanDisk Clip Zip (8 GB + 32 GB), Clip+ (8 GB + 32 GB); Cowon iAudio 7 (16 GB), U3 (4 GB); Archos Gmini 220 (20 GB HDD) |
| Cable Inventory |
HD 800 cables: Silver Dragon, DHC Clone; HD 600/650 cables: Zu Mobius, Silver Dragon (V1, V2, V3, most DIY), several homegrown silver/copper magnet-wire cables; interconnects: Zu Gede, Silver Dragon, several homegrown silver/copper magnet-wire cables |
| Power-Related Components |
PS Audio Ultimate Outlet |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Passive pre-«amp» (Alps 10-kΩ potentiometer); power amps: Metaxas Solitaire (modified), BEL 1001; homegrown 1- and 2-way speakers with homegrown fiberglass dome tweeters |
| Audio-Related Tweaks |
All of my stereo recordings are crossfeeded, all mono recordings are stereophonized – by means of Steinberg's Wavelab and sophisticated proceedings. |
| Music Preferences |
Creative (progressive/alternative/independent...) rock/pop, (contemporary) jazz, (contemporary) classical... |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
Sound editing, photography, motorcycling, mountainbiking, jogging, tennis, science-fiction books, movies... |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
Nikon D800 system, Kawasaki Z1000 (2010, white/orange) |
JaZZ's Recent Activity
Portable earphones – optimal EQ settings (by means of iAudio 7)
JaZZ posted in this thread in Blog Archive 8/4/12 at 8:19am | 1 replies | 1707 views
Want more bass from your HD 800? – Easy mod
JaZZ posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 10/19/10 at 5:30am | 84 replies | 17998 views
HD800 Cable Advice
JaZZ posted in this thread in Cables, Power, Tweaks, Speakers,... 9/5/10 at 3:25pm | 51 replies | 7801 views
My theory as to why headphones appear to 'burn in'.
JaZZ posted in this thread in Sound Science 9/3/10 at 12:42pm | 260 replies | 13542 views
Hifiman HM-801 RMAA Tests
JaZZ posted in this thread in Sound Science 8/30/10 at 3:51pm | 794 replies | 106441 views
Amp recommendations for Audeze LCD-2
JaZZ posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 8/28/10 at 10:45am | 6191 replies | 549679 views
Best HD800 Amp
JaZZ posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 8/21/10 at 3:30pm | 653 replies | 118633 views
How do you 'burn in' headphones? Repeat or shuffle?
JaZZ posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 7/26/10 at 8:58am | 36 replies | 4663 views
Do headphones run on AC or DC?
JaZZ posted in this thread in Sound Science 7/24/10 at 1:51am | 33 replies | 4494 views
does soundstage become broader as your headphones burn in?
JaZZ posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 7/21/10 at 6:16am | 13 replies | 1069 views
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JaZZ's Forum Signature
McCormack UDP-1 ― Corda Symphony / MAD Ear++ ― HD 800
McCormack UDP-1 ― Bel Canto DAC2 ― 500 Ω pot ― HD 800
McCormack UDP-1 ― Stax SRM-727II ― Electrostat 1 / Electrostat 2
Computer ― Corda Opera ― HD 800
SanDisk Clip Zip ― SE535 / ER-4PT / PFE 112 / IE 8 (all equalized)
