Magick Man
Daddy Warbucks
Magick Man's Community Profile
| 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 ----------- 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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New Abyss planar magnetic headphone
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Magick Man posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 5/17/13 at 7:13pm | 12424 replies | 188645 views
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Magick Man posted in this thread in Sound Science 5/17/13 at 8:01am | 94 replies | 4888 views
Denon D7100?!
Magick Man posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/16/13 at 7:35am | 1634 replies | 86584 views
Funny comments from the forums.
Magick Man posted in this thread in Currawong 5/15/13 at 12:16pm | 380 replies | 27270 views
What if you could only have one headphone....or two. What would you choose?
Magick Man posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/14/13 at 9:31am | 132 replies | 4218 views
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Fostex TH900 Impressions & Discussion Thread
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