Norman314
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| Location: |
New York City (Astoria) |
| Forum Post Count: |
54 |
| Last Online: |
8 hours, 31 minutes ago |
| About Me: |
Born in 1984, male |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
travel, gaming (go, euro games), science fiction, philosophy, food, art, nature |
| What I do for a living: |
Ph.D. student in math |
| Headphone Inventory |
In order of acquisition Denon AH-D1001 (broken and well-loved) Sennheiser PX100 (rarely used, got for travel but ended up travelling with the Denon, Sold March 2012) Audio Technica AD-900 -- great soundstage, terrible (lack of) bass Sennheiser HD25 -- too tight, Sold April 2012 Fischer FA-003 -- my current second favorite, balanced but kind of boring Creative Aurvana Live -- Denon 1001 reincarnated, the king of comfort, and shiny too Audio Technica ES10 -- Not the most balanced headphone, but lots of fun and great detail level. After I bought it, I listened to it almost exclusively for several days. My current favorite. V Moda M80 -- Not burned in yet . . . more balanced than ES10, much more forward vocals, but less detailed highs Thinking of buying the Z1000, but the graphs make it look like it has a limited frequency response -- the lowest and highest octave are barely present. That's surprising given its price and good reviews. Generally interested in acquiring headphones that are comfortable, have short cords, and sound great without amplification. Vaguely thinking about buying a top-tier headphone such as Sennheiser HD800, Audeze LCD2, or a Stax. I'll see what I think after I try out some top-tier headphones at the upcoming New York area meet. Z1000 thread http://www.head-fi.org/t/510768/m... |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
Soundmagic A10 -- broke after being dropped on the floor Digizoid z0 Trying to learn more about what's actually affected by an amp vs. what's marketing hype. http://www.head-fi.org/t/583300/w... I'm not a big fan of amps. They add an extra degree of hassle to the listening experience, thereby decreasing my overall enjoyment and making any gain in sound quality largely irrelevant since my goal is good sound for the sake of enjoyment, not good sound for the sake of good sound. |
| Source Inventory |
Just an iPod nano, a sansa Fuze, and a computer with a basic sound card. Based on Uncle Erik's comments in this post, I'm don't think that upgrading my digital player or DAC would make a big difference. http://www.head-fi.org/t/555690/w... |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Harmon Kardon Soundsticks II |
| Music Preferences |
Lots of variety. Roughly speaking, stuff earlier in the list I listen to the most, but it really depends on my mood. Electronic (Tangerine Dream, Infected Mushroom) and various instrumental (Evelyn Glennie, Myo Kyo), heavy metal (Sepultura, Manowar), , Progressive Rock (Really enjoying Pink Floyd recently), Classical (Beethoven, Chopin, Sibelius, Orf, Holst), alternative (Cake, The Offspring, Bloodhound gang), Hard rock, rock and roll oldies (my favorite genre before I got into hifi), jazz, folk, pop, bluegrass, dance, rap, country, . . . |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
Droid X, kindle |
Norman314's Recent Activity
Official NYC Meet Sat June 2nd 2012
Norman314 posted in this thread in Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties,... Yesterday at 7:26 am | 426 replies | 9842 views
Best Pink Floyd album besides Dark Side of The Moon and The Wall
Norman314 posted in this thread in Music 5/25/12 at 7:15pm | 41 replies | 644 views
Review and comparison: ES10, FA003, Aurvana, AD900, HD25
Norman314 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/16/12 at 12:02am | 16 replies | 476 views
MDR-Z1000 new Sony flagship headphones
Norman314 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 4/17/12 at 1:56am | 1404 replies | 142129 views
Best unamped portable cans?
Norman314 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 4/17/12 at 12:36am | 40 replies | 3043 views
Audio Technica ATH- ES 10 Appreciation Thread!!
Norman314 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 4/17/12 at 12:13am | 45 replies | 4374 views
DAP review and comparison: iPod nano 3G with apple software vs. Sansa Fuze Sansa (standard and rockbox)
Norman314 posted in this thread in Portable Source Gear 4/11/12 at 10:38pm | 1 replies | 108 views
WTB: Short cable for Fischer FA-003
Norman314 posted in this thread in Cables, Speakers, Tweaks, Accessories For... 3/10/12 at 7:39pm | 0 replies | 34 views
WTB: Digizoid z02.3
Norman314 posted in this thread in Amplification For Sale / Trade 3/5/12 at 11:35pm | 0 replies | 49 views
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