takato14

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Location:	Michigan, USA
Forum Post Count:	1310
Join Date:	7/23/12
Last Online:	7 hours, 13 minutes ago
About Me:	I love technology and all forms of art. Headphones are rapidly becoming my life. Furry and proud.
Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):	Vintage headphones Music Composition Singing
What I do for a living:	Soon-to-be computer repair technician. Living off my parents until college is done :)
Headphone Inventory	Modern sets: --Audio Technica ATH-M50 --AKG K240 Studio --Beyerdynamic DT1350 --Sony MDR-SA3000 --Grado RS2i (borrowed from a friend for a while) Vintage sets: --Audatron SH-608R --Numark HV-215V --KOSS K/6x Plus --KOSS Reference One --KOSS Pro/4AAA (Heavily modded) --Pioneer SE-700 (x2) --Pioneer SE-500 --Sony DR-Z5 IEMs/Earbuds: --Monoprice 8320 IEMs --Dingoo A320 earbuds --stock iBuds Had: --Fostex T50RP(were never actually mine, bought for friend) Heard: --Sennheiser HD800 (Thanks JWahl!) --Sennheiser HD600 --V-MODA M-80 --Skullcandy Aviators --Klipsch Image ONE --KOSS PRO/4AAA Plus --Skullcandy Hesh --Sony MDR-XB500 --Skullcandy Fix --Skullcandy Skullcrushers --All models of Beats The "Heard" Section is in order from best to worst, in my opinion.
Headphone Amp Inventory	FiiO E7 AudioQuest Dragonfly Will eventually have a Schiit Asgard 2.
Source Inventory	iPhone 3G iPod Nano (4th gen) Laptop (Gateway NV55S) Desktop (Custom) FiiO E7 AudioQuest Dragonfly Open Pandora Rebirth Edition
Cable Inventory	AudioQuest Sydney IC Will be making my own cables for two SE-700s soon.
Other Audio Equipment	OG-5050 "Power Woofer" desktop speaker system. Nice sound, though not quite Hi-Fi-grade. Panasonic SE-3510 Stereo Receiver. Has turntable and cassette deck. Some old Zenith receiver. Missing model number. Has turntable and 8-track player. Grado Mini Adapter Cable
Audio-Related Tweaks	My Pioneer SE-500s have been converted from open to closed-back. -- Better imaging, better treble -- Less distant, more cohesive -- Major isolation and leakage improvement My Audatron SH-608Rs have had damping and earpad modifications. The drivers were also lifted off the baffle and suspended away from the ear. -- Opened up soundstage, made sound airy and light -- Fixed boomy and peaky mids -- Sound is no longer suffocating and oxygen-deprived -- Still sounds bad :( My KOSS Pro/4AAA has had damping modifications. I also cut holes in the earcups to make it open-backed. --Removed an annoying echo that was interfering with the soundstage --Evened out the frequency response --Removed a slight bloom on the low end --Possibly a slight increase in treble
Music Preferences	Virtually all genres. Classical, Jazz, Swing, Soul, Orchestral, EBM, EDM, Hip-Hop, Eurobeat, Hardstyle, Breakcore, Metal, Melodic Metal, Rock, Techno, Electronica, Ambient, Industrial, Dark Electro, Glitch Hop, Harsh, Psytrance, Darkwave, Video game, Dubstep...
Interests (non-headphone)	Dragons, computers, video games, art...
Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)	Sony PSP-1001 w/ Extended life battery Running 6.20 PRO-B10 CFW ------------------------- Sony PSP-3001 Running 6.35 PRO-B5 CFW ------------------------- HP 620LX PocketPC ------------------------- OpenPandora Rebirth Edition ------------------------- My desktop setup: Intel Core i7 2600 Quad-Core @ 3.4GHz ASUS P8H67-V Motherboard MSi Cyclone GTX-550 Ti (OC edition) 8GB RAM Primarily used for emulating Wii games in 1080p -------------------------