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Location:	Gdańsk, Poland
Forum Post Count:	74
Join Date:	12/19/11
Last Online:	3 hours, 3 minutes ago
Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):	IT, high-end audio, sport (sometimes)
What I do for a living:	IT specialist: Software/Integration Architect
Headphone Inventory	eletrostatic: Koss ESP/950 (with E/90) - darker, mine one of the best also Stax Lambda Nova Classic Stax SR-Gamma Pro (with SRD-X Pro) - pure old Stax sound... I think Stax SR-X MK3 Stax SR-5NB "Gold" ? Stax SR-5NB "Gold" ? Jecklin Float Electrostatic Stax SR-003 (SR-005A) - dark, not as detailed and spatial as larger brothers * Stax SR-007 MK1 - too clean, too spatial, too good, the best electret: Sennheiser Unipolar 2000 * Stax SR-80 (SR-84 set with SRD-4) - fast, detailed, but almost lack of low bass * Philips N6326 - quite nice electret with a little plastic echo * Philips N6325 - similar to N6326 electret-dynamic hybrid: AKG K340 - great AKG K340 - great ? AKG K340 (one electret weaker) planar/isodynamic/orthodynamic/magnetostats: HiFiMAN HE-6 - way cleaner than HE-500, my one of the best ? Yamaha YH-100 - great Fostex T50RP - requires a lot of modding to be worth of using Fostex T50RP (a spare pair) Elektronica TDS-5 Elektronica TDS-5M RFT HOK 80-2 (another one) * HiFiMAN HE-500 - better than most dynamic, but somehow sounds dirty * HiFiMAN HE-500 (a spare pair) * Elektronica TDS-5 - natural, nice middle range above the rest, but quite a lot of bass, and quite clear trebles * RFT HOK 80-2 - inefficient, but nice after a little modding dynamic: AKG K240 Sextett 600 ohm - a decent one AKG K240 Sextett 600 ohm (another one) AKG K240 Sextett 600 ohm (modded) AKG K280 Parabolic 75 ohm - with fast bass, and "wall of sound" effect AKG K290 Surround 4x150 ohm -> 75 ohm - long 6m cable is an issue AKG K401 [120 ohm] - great middle range AKG K500 [120 ohm] - too airy AKG K501 [120 ohm] - great, analytical, hard to make them to sound "musical" AKG K501 [120 ohm] (another one) AKG K701 [62 ohm] - great, but sterile, requires perfect source and amp Audio Technica ATH-909 (another one) Beyerdynamic DT931 600 ohm - waiting for recabling Beyerdynamic DT901 600 ohm - something between DT880 and DT990 Beyerdynamic DT880 600 ohm Silver vintage - a decent one, but likes current driving Beyerdynamic DT880 600 ohm Gold vintage (modded) Beyerdynamic DT880 2005 Premium Audiophile 600 ohm - a decent one Beyerdynamic DT880 2005 Premium Audiophile 600 ohm (a spare pair) - FOR SALE!!! Beyerdynamic DT150 250 ohm - a decent one (DT190 with DT100 earpads) Beyerdynamic D48 [5 ohm] Beyerdynamic DT990 2005 Premium 600 ohm - balanced and refined Pro Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro 250 ohm - too much everything, requires proper source Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 250 ohm (waiting for modification) - super in the night Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 600 ohm (waiting for modification) - super in the night Beyerdynamic DT550 mk II [600 ohm] - quite interesting one (like DT990?) Beyerdynamic DT550 mk II [600 ohm] (in grey) Beyerdynamic DT330 mk II [40 ohm] - nice after recabling and with strong amp Beyerdynamic DT860 [32 ohm] - "V" even more than DT990 Beyerdynamic DT440 [32 ohm] - like not very refine DT880 Creative Aurvana Live! - (waiting for modification) - stock are boring Creative Aurvana Live! (for daughter Julia) Creative Aurvana Live! (for daughter Anna) Jecklin Float Model One [200 ohm] - K1000 like..., almost ;) Philips SHP9000 (recabled with use of RCA sockets) Revox Synergy [600 ohm] SuperLux HD-330 [150 ohm] - quite good for 1/4 of the price of DT990 SuperLux HD-660 [150 ohm] (at work) - quite good for 1/4 of the price of DT770 SuperLux HD-660 [150 ohm] (a spare pair) Sony MDR-CD3000 - a little specific for me, but great in the night Sony MDR-CD850 - similar to CD3000, but not as much clean, and too bright Sony MDR-ZX700 - not for an audiophile, but I like it * Audio Technica ATH-909 * AKG K120 600 ohm * AKG K140 600 ohm * AKG K141 Silver 600 ohm - a nice one * AKG K141 Golden 600 ohm - a nice one * AKG K272 HD [55 ohm] - a little specific, quite decent, but too sealed pads * Beyerdynamic DTX900 [32 ohm] - surprising after re-cabling with use of RCA sockets * Beyerdynamic DT294 250 ohm (DT250 with a mic) - I prefer other from this brand * Philips SHP9000 (a spare pair) * Philips SHP8900 - a little lack of middle range, but very dynamic * Philips SBC HP800 - cheap but good for a price after mounting RCA sockets * Pioneer SE-M390 - too showy * SuperLux HD-668B - too aggressive, way too bassy with a long cable ꝉ Creative Aurvana Live! - broken headband ꝉ Sennheiser HD-565 Ovation - completely broken, not durable at all ꝉ Sennheiser HD-580 Precision - not durable at all - my last Sennheiser! ꝉ Sennheiser HD-425 portable: Koss PortaPro * - not longer owned ꝉ - R.I.P.
Headphone Amp Inventory	Breeze Audio E4 (A-class, symmetrical JFET/MOSFET design) - nice, very natural, but without enough kick, control and air Breeze Audio E5 (A-class, symmetrical JFET/MOSFET design) - maybe a better space and details, but a little sharp and less natural Koss E/90 driver/amplifier - good match for ESP/950, but too technical Stax SRM-1 driver/amplifier (modded to Pro) - musical, airy with a lot of space on SR-Gamma Pro Stax SRM-252A driver/amplifier (in modding) - stock very disappointing Stax SRD-X Pro driver/amplifier (modded) - design flaws make me mod it to regain the lower bass Stax SRD-7 Pro driver/energizer Stax SRD-7/MK2 * Stax SRD-4 driver/adapter current buffers mine old DIY devices few awfully sounded op-amp based amps * Breeze Audio E3 (Beyerdynamic A1 clone) - thin without heavy modding * FiiO E5 - bad, bad, bad * FiiO E7 - bad, bad, bad as an amplifier * - not longer owned
Source Inventory	CDP: Pioneer PD-91 CD player [2 x PCM65] - unmodified and great Harman Kardon HD7525 [4 x PCM61P] - modded, great especially for rock Harman Kardon HD7525 [4 x PCM61P] - unmodified Kenwood DP-7020 [2 x PCM1701P] - in the middle of modding Kenwood DP-7020 [2 x PCM1701P] - unmodified Kenwood DP-6020 [2 x PCM1701P] - awful sound Kenwood DP-4020 [PCM1700U] - not bad, waiting for modding Denon DCD-685 [2xPCM1702P-L] - for playing with the modding Denon DCD-660 [2xPCM61P] - for playing with the modding Kenwood DP-1510 [2xPCM56P-L] - for playing with the modding Pioneer PD-S503 CD player [PD2029A] - modded DAC: DIY NOS DAC [AD1865N-K] - great DIY NOS DAC [4xTDA1543] - decent one, no, great one Cambridge Audio DACMAGIC 1 [2xTDA1305] - quite decent one DIY DAC [WM8740] - decent one, but too dynamic, to technical DIY DAC [WM8741] - decent one, but too dynamic DIY DAC [CS4398] - too cold, but CS4398 can drive 600/250 ohm headphones directly DIY DAC [PCM2706 + PCM5100] - too dynamic, too artificial like OPA2134 * DIY DAC [PCM2702] (another) - quite decent, but too raw * HA Info Coax [PCM2902E] - too large jitter without modding it * Nostromo USB DAC [PCM2706 + PCM1781] - too analytical, too cold, too light many other not important sigma-delta DAC's * FiiO E7 + L7 [PCM2706, WM8740 DAC, AD8692, TPA6130A] - E7 has an awfully sounded headphone output, but L7 is a passive connector skipping volume control and headphone amp in the same way as FiiO E9 do it, which unmodified (OPA2134 should be replaced to OPA2132, OPA2107 or another) is also awfully sounded headphone amp * Sound Blaster USB [STAC9460, TDA1308] - modded nice, but clumsy * DIY DAC [PCM2702] - quite decent, but too raw * Meridian 206 - great, but Pioneer PD-91 was better * Marantz CD 60 [TDA1541] - too sharp, too chaotic and I have no courage to modify (fix the sound) it at that time * NAD 5440 CD - quite nice, but very weak error correction * Akai CD - medicore, but way better than Technics * Technics SL-PS 50 - every CD sounds the same, the same bad * Philips CD104 [2xTDA1540] (I have it three times: first died, second was destroy by me during modification, third was sold) - very solid sound, but way too raw * - not longer owned
Cable Inventory	Kimber Silver Streak RCA Kimber Silver Streak XLR Kimber PBJ RCA Kimber PBJ RCA Kimber TC8 (bi-wiring)
Power-Related Components	the power distribution station near the house and modern, fully copper electric installation in the house ;) oversized electrolytic capacitors in every equipment ;)
Other Audio Equipment	JPW AP3 Hafler 9270 [Excelinear JFET/MOSFET] * mine DIY amplifiers * JPW Sonata * Wharfedale (?) * Infinity (?) * Hafler 9130 * Aura (50?) * NAD 320i * - sold
Audio-Related Tweaks	recabling skipping of amping removing op-amps from the path
Music Preferences	electronic/psychedelic/progressive/mathematic/acoustic rock, modern celtic, klezmer, modern jazz, classic I frequently listen to: Kari Bremnes - 2000. Norwegian Mood Alanis Morissette - 2005. Jagged Little Pill Acoustic Jan Garbarek - 1993. Twelve Moons Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet - 1992. The Last Concert Henryk Miskiewicz & Simple Acoustic Trio - 2001. Lyrics Renaud Garcia-Fons - 2006. Arcoluz Primus - 1993. Pork Soda Primus - 1999. Antipop Yello - 1988. Flag Yello - 1991. Baby Yello - 2009. Touch Yello Shpongle - 2009. Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland Ozric Tentacles - 2006. The Floor's Too Far Away Younger Brother - 2007. The Last Days of Gravity
Interests (non-headphone)	informatics, electronics
Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)	silent PC clone with GNU/Linux as a desktop other PC clone with GNU/Linux as a server Sharp LC-52LE830E TV set Sony PlayStation 3 few smartphones with Android