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Magick Man

Daddy Warbucks

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Location:

East Coast, USA

Forum Post Count:

3856

Join Date:

1/4/12

About Me:

The details of my life are quite inconsequential.

Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):

Reading, collecting books, massive petrolhead, Hi-Fi, Head-Fi, playing guitar and piano.

What I do for a living:

Retired

Headphone Inventory

In rough approximation of preference:

STAX SR-009
STAX SR-007 early Mk1
Fostex TH900 (balanced termination)
STAX 4070
Grado HP-1000 HP-2 (balanced termination)
Sennheiser HE60 (STAX termination)
HiFiMAN HE-6 (balanced termination)
Fostex TH600
Koss ESP/950 (STAX termination)
Sennheiser HD800 (balanced termination)
Fostex T50RP - Rastapants modded (balanced termination)
Grado PS500 w/ bagels (balanced termination)
Denon AH-D5000 (last rev, damped, J$ pads, and balanced termination)
Beyerdynamic T1 (balanced termination)
STAX SR-003
AKG K240 Sextett
Yamaha YH-100
AKG K702 65th Anniversary Ed.
Sennheiser HD650 (silver drivers) (balanced termination)
Grado SR-60i (taped bowls and mesh mod)
V-MODA True Blood V-80
MB Quart QP220
AKG K422
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Denon AH-D7000 (markl mod) - Wife's
House of Marley Exodus - Wife's
Sennheiser HD598 - Wife's

Headphone Amp Inventory

Cary Audio SLI-80 Signature F1 (quad vintage Genalex Gold Lion KT88s)
Antelope Audio Zodiac Gold w/ Voltikus
Woo WES (quad Shuguang 50yrs Treasure "Black Bottle" 6CA7-Z)
Eddie Current Balancing Act (duo KR Audio PX4)
STAX SRM-717
Fostex HP-P1
Kenwood Basic M2A
HiFiMAN EF-5 (Mullard M8136 & OPA627s)
Woo WEE
Matrix CUBE
Schiit Magni
Objective2/ODAC combo
CMoy RA1 (JRC4556 dual op-amp, 18V rechargeable, in Ouija tin)
Little Dot I+ (Voskhod 6J1Ps & OPA2107)
Yaqin MC5881A - Wife's

Source Inventory

Antelope Audio Zodiac Gold w/ Voltikus
Weiss MAN301 network transport w/ DAC202 board
Linn Sondek Unidisk 2.1
Audioquest Dragonfly
Onkyo P-3000R
Fostex HP-P1
Little Dot DAC I
Matrix CUBE
Schiit Modi
Pioneer Elite PD-F17 CD changer
McIntosh MT10 w/ Clearaudio Stradivari V2 cart
Denon DP-62L turntable w/ Stanton 681 EEE Mk III cart
MS Phonomena II phono preamp
Cambridge iD100 iPod/iPad dock
ASUS Xonar Essence ST
iPod Classic
iPhone 5
My self-built Hackintosh running Win7 64 and OS X

Cable Inventory

Self-built interconnects using 22AWG silver with PTFE dielectric
Audioquest Gibraltar speaker cables
Transparent MusicLink Ultra RCA interconnects
Transparent Premium PowerLink
Various Monoprice, AR, and Blue Jeans cables

Other Audio Equipment

Wilson Watt/Puppy Series 8
Wilson Watch Center Series 2
McIntosh MX151
McIntosh MC60 (x2) (NOS `56 Genalex/Mullard KT88s)
McIntosh MC402
McIntosh MC205
OPPO BDP-105
Accuphase E-560
OPPO BDP-93
Integra Research RDC-7.1
Integra Research RDA-7
McIntosh MA6100
B&W N802s
B&W CDS6s (x4)
Swan Diva 2.1s
Sony CDP-C85ES
Monitor Silver RX1s
Marantz 2240B
Custom EBS aligned sub with dual 15" Titanic MkIII drivers and 1000W amp, tuned to 12Hz (aka. The Fridge)

Music Preferences

Anything but Hip Hop, Rap, and modern Country

Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)

Some of my cars:

2013 McLaren 12C Spider, Volcano red w/ black & red int.
2013 Porsche 911 Carrera S, black on black w/ red int., M/T
2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4, Heffner TT, black metallic w/ black int.
2011 Ferrari 458 Italia, Heffner TT, Giallo Modena w/ black int.
2011 Audi R8 V10, Heffner TT, Daytona gray & black w/ silver int. M/T
2010 Cadillac CTS-V sedan, Lingenfelter SC, raven black w/ silver int., A/T
2010 Range Rover HSE SC, Galway green w/ Sand Blenheim int., A/T
2009 Bentley Brooklands, beluga & silver w/ beluga and walnut int.
2006 Aston Martin Vanquish S, titanium w/ titanium int., M/T (AM conversion)
2005 Ford GT, Heffner TT, yellow and black w/ black int. "The Bee"
2005 Mercedes SLR McLaren Mansory, silver & black w/ black & red int., A/T
2002 Ferrari 360 Modena, Rosso Scuderia w/ black & red int., M/T
1997 McLaren F1 GTR, conv'd LT, Victory orange w/ black int. chas. 2xR
1997 Acura NSX-T, Stage II twin-turbo, electric blue w/ black int., M/T
1989 Ferrari F40, Rosso Corsa w/ black & red int., SN 8473x (WIP)
1988 BMW E28 M5, black w/ tan int., M/T
1987 Buick GNX, black w/ black & grey int. (WIP)
1986 Lamborghini Countach 5000QV, Alpine white w/ white int.
1985 Rolls Royce Corniche, ivory w/ ivory & blue int.
1977 Maserati Bora, cobalt blue w/ cream and blue int. (WIP)
1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS (re-creation), white & green w/ black int.
1972 Fairlady Z, RB25DET, papaya orange w/ black int.
1971 Dino 246 GT, Rosso Corsa w/ red and black int.
1970 Plymouth Barracuda Hemi 528 convertible, black w/ red int., M/T
1969 Lamborghini Miura S, Fly yellow & silver w/ blue int. (WIP)
1967 Shelby Mustang GT500 Super Snake (re-creation) pepper gray & black, M/T
1965 Shelby AC Cobra 427 replica, pearl blue & white w/ saddle brown int.
1963 Maserati 3500 GTi, Mediterranean blue w/ fawn int. (WIP)
1962 Jaguar XKE OTS, pearl silver w/ black int.
1962 Ferrari 250 GT California SWB (replica), Rosso Corsa w/ black int.
1961 Alfa Romeo 2000 spider, black w/ red and black int. (WIP)
1954 Lancia Aurelia B20 coupe, Verde Marino w/ tan int. (WIP)
1938 Ford V8 pickup, maroon & black w/ maroon interior

*WIP = work in progress

Wife's micro/mini car collection

1968 Morris Mini Cooper S, white & black w/ Caribbean blue int.
1960 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite, BRG w/ tan int.
1959 Fiat 500 Bianchina cabriolet, red & white w/ red and white int.
1959 Nash Metropolitan, midnight blue & white w/ white & blue int.
1956 BMW Isetta 300, cherry red & white, w/ red & white int.
1950 Crosley Super Sport, cream w/ red int.
1941 Fiat 500 Topolino, midnight blue & sky blue w/ sky blue int.

Bikes

2008 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy custom
2006 Von Dutch Kustom Dutch Angel w/ sidecar
1970 Vespa 150cc w/ sidecar

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Magick Man's Forum Signature

Cans: STAX SR-009, STAX SR-007 Mk1, STAX 4070, Fostex TH900, Sennheiser HE60, HiFiMAN HE-6, more...
Amps/DACs: Cary SLI-80 Signature F1, Antelope Zodiac Gold, Woo WES, STAX SRM-717, Eddie Current BA, more...

Cable agnostic, grumpy old man, and automobile fanatic. Everything I state is "IMO".

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