Cante Ista
Cante Ista's Community Profile
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Forum Post Count: |
593 |
| Join Date: |
4/15/12 |
| Last Online: |
9 hours, 5 minutes ago |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
hanging with wife and daughter; outdoors activities; Aikido |
| What I do for a living: |
Acquisitions and Sourcing Management (RDT&E) |
| Headphone Inventory |
- HD 800 with ALO Salty Pepper 1/4 inch jack for Sonett and Phonitor/Black Dragon 4pin XLR + Silver Dragon speaker to HP adapter for First Watt F3 ; - HE-6 with Reign 24.; - HD 600 with Silver Dragon; - AKG k702 with ALO SXC Cryo Cable; - AKG k550 with Silver Dragon; - Shure 535 Gone: DT1350 with Black Dragon (sold); T70 (sold); Bunch of other Sennherser and Shure IEMs that I lost or got broken from use; Sennhersier hd595 (given away) |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
Current:: DNA Sonett w/ upgraded Supertube; First Watt F3; RSA SR-71A; ALO Continental v2; HeadAmp Pico; GS-X mk2 second batch- Summer 2013 Past: SPL Phonitor; |
| Source Inventory |
MacMini w/ Amarra; PS Audio Perfect Wave mk2; NAD m51 DAC; PS Audio Digital Link iii; Cypher Labs Algorithm Solo; Onkyo ND-S1; iMod 5.5 gen; iPod Classic 160 gb; Mac Book Pro; Onkyo C-S5VL Super Audio CD/CD Player |
| Cable Inventory |
Reign 24; ALO Salty Pepper; Audioquest King Cobra RCA; Audioquest King Cobra XLR; Wire World Starlight USB; Cables To Go Optical SPDIF; Silver dragon; Black Dragon; Audioquest HDMI cinnamon; Audioquest optical; Audioquest Columbia RCA and XLR interconnects |
| Power-Related Components |
Pangea AC-9SE PC; VH Audio Flavor 4 PC; Black Sand Cable Violet ZII PC; APC H-type Power Conditioner; Monster HTS 1000 MK III Power Conditioner |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Onkyo TX SR-806, JBL surround sound speakers, sub and Polk RTI A5 - for music and movies (7.1 set up) |
| Music Preferences |
Electronic; Classical; Rock; Jazz |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
Aikido; Outdoors activities like hiking, climbing, running, swimming, etc. |
Cante Ista's Recent Activity
New Abyss planar magnetic headphone
Cante Ista posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum Yesterday at 7:58 pm | 264 replies | 9162 views
SPL Phonitor Black
Cante Ista posted in this thread in Amplification For Sale / Trade Yesterday at 5:47 am | 2 replies | 94 views
Perfect Wave DAC Owner Unite
Cante Ista posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 5/22/13 at 1:06pm | 1162 replies | 60987 views
VA / MD / DC meet - Saturday, May 25, 2013
Cante Ista posted in this thread in Local / Regional Head-Fi Meets, Parties,... 5/22/13 at 12:11pm | 176 replies | 3522 views
SPL Phonitor Roll Call & Appreciation Thread
Cante Ista posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 5/22/13 at 10:28am | 661 replies | 68822 views
Amps that can drive the HiFiMan HE-6 planar headphones
Cante Ista posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 5/22/13 at 3:35am | 1257 replies | 89351 views
The (new) HD800 Appreciation Thread
Cante Ista posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 5/19/13 at 6:49pm | 2899 replies | 92692 views
The HeadAmp GS-X Thread
Cante Ista posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 5/19/13 at 6:09am | 1233 replies | 68197 views
NAD M51 Direct Digital DAC Impressions
Cante Ista posted in this thread in Dedicated Source Components 5/17/13 at 5:45pm | 858 replies | 120395 views
Metrum NOS Hex Flagship DAC
Cante Ista posted in this thread in Dedicated Source Components 5/11/13 at 7:15am | 15 replies | 1873 views
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Cante Ista's Forum Signature
Source: Amarra 2.5.x; iMod 5.5 gen; iPod Classic; PWD mk2; NAD M51; PS Audio DLiii; CLAS; Onkyo C-S5VL
Amps: GS-X MK 2 (incoming); First Watt F3; DNA Sonett; Onkyo TX SR 806; HeadAmp Pico; SR-71a; ALO Continental
Headphones: HD800; HE6; K702; HD600; Shure SE535
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