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Location:

South Spain

Forum Post Count:

52

Join Date:

8/23/12

Last Online:

1 day, 14 hours ago

About Me:

50+ year old male trying to avoid the 9 - 5

Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):

Cycllng obsessive, gym obsessive, outdoor freak.
Live music, flamenco or classical or rock.

What I do for a living:

I do web design and e-shop creation. Prior to that I was a graphic designer in the UK for 20+ years.

Headphone Inventory

Stax SR-007 Mk2s

Headphone Amp Inventory

SRM-717

Source Inventory

Mac Mini, M2Tech Evo full stack, Audio Note DAC 3.1 SE KIT, CEC TL51 CDP, Audio Note M3 Pre amplifier, Audio Note Conquest Monoblock 300b SETs, Zingali Overture 2s.

Cable Inventory

Audio Note AN-V throughout except speakers where I use 2 x 2 mm solid copper core cabling.

Power-Related Components

Custom Power cabling, separate ring mains, surge protector plugs (by Cables R Us UK).

Other Audio Equipment

JBL Extreme Base Station for casual portable bluetooth connected music.

Audio-Related Tweaks

Upgraded parts in 3.1 DAC including Tantalum resistors throughout and V-Cap Teflon coupling caps.

Music Preferences

Electronic, Rock, Trance, Classical, Organ Music.

Interests (non-headphone)

Walking, swimming in the Med, None Textile Sunbathing.

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

iPad, Canon G10, Proflex Full Fuel suspended mountain bike, Honda Civic 2.2 CDTI.

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The Stax thread (New)
astrostar59 posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 5/5/13 at 11:41am | 22405 replies | 1497177 views
Mods for SR-009
astrostar59 posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 4/27/13 at 3:59pm | 89 replies | 3394 views
Stax SR-009: suggestions to tone down the brightness?
astrostar59 posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 4/10/13 at 11:57am | 165 replies | 10590 views
Got the Stax SR-009, still hungry!
astrostar59 posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 4/8/13 at 12:32pm | 47 replies | 2530 views
Check out my Audio Note DAC 3.1 SE build!
astrostar59 posted in this thread in Dedicated Source Components 4/3/13 at 9:57am | 9 replies | 562 views
Heard: Top Quality Tube headphone amp & the Hi-FiMan HE-6
astrostar59 posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 4/1/13 at 9:44am | 8 replies | 437 views
Audio Note Tubed DAC 3.1 SE Build! (None Oversampling)
astrostar59 posted in this thread in DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions 3/24/13 at 6:22am | 9 replies | 571 views
Anyone found their headphone nirvana yet?
astrostar59 posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 1/19/13 at 10:37am | 288 replies | 15612 views
AudioNoteKits DAC 4.1 Success!
astrostar59 posted in this thread in DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions 1/11/13 at 2:18pm | 10 replies | 1020 views
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