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PianoForte

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Location:

Ehime-ken, Shikoku, Japan

Forum Post Count:

67

Last Online:

on 4/20/12

About Me:

My degree is in music performance, but I'm currently teaching English in Japan.

Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):

Exploring different genres of music, learning about the brain, japanese culture/language, running,

What I do for a living:

Currently teaching English to Elementary and Junior High students in Japan

Headphone Inventory

OWN:SR-303, ER-4P, ATH-AD700, standard iPod headphones,
OWNED: HD-600, HD-650

Headphone Amp Inventory

OWN: SRM-323a, Total Bithead

Source Inventory

OWN: Macbook Pro, Ipod NANO (2nd Gen.)
OWNED: NAD 521BEE, NAD 542, MF X-RAY 3

Cable Inventory

OWNED: IC-Audioquest Copperhead 2m (2 pr.)

Other Audio Equipment

OWN:Audioengine A2
OWNED: Monitor Audio S1, RS6, PSB IMAGE B25, Audioengine A5B

Music Preferences

Orchestra/"Classical"/Fine Art Music- Pretty much everything... but especially Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, some Bruckner (sometimes the repetition in certain symphonies of his fatigues me), Bernstein, Copland, Debussy, MAHLER!, Messiaen, Mozart, Prokofiev, Ravel, Respighi, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Stravinsky, Strauss, Tchaik. , and much more...

For minimalism, I'm a big Steve Reich/Philip Glass fan, as well as John Adams, but I don't hear his music as minimalist always

Rock -(if it's unique and refreshing and not reused and formulaic) such as Pink Floyd, Zepplin, U2, Coldplay, Flaming Lips, NYCO,

Jazz - anything and everything, pretty much

Electronic - new to the genre, but would love recommendations...has anyone heard of the group YMCK?

Interests (non-headphone)

Many interests... but for a couple standards, i'll say reading, running, sleeping, learning about neuroscience, trying to learn Japanese, trying to become less material by the day, and more...

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Beyerdynamic BT-880 250ohm for sale/trade
PianoForte posted in this thread in Headphones for Sale / Trade 4/7/12 at 10:00am | 0 replies | 49 views
The Stax thread (New)
PianoForte posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 8/13/10 at 6:22am | 18461 replies | 1204249 views
What's your view on custom headphone cables?
PianoForte posted in this thread in Sound Science 8/4/10 at 2:45am | 820 replies | 30485 views
Fostex HP-A7 Amp/DAC
PianoForte posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 3/8/10 at 3:00am | 2 replies | 1846 views
Fostex HP-A7 AMP/DAC
PianoForte posted in this thread in Dedicated Source Components 3/6/10 at 2:25pm | 1 replies | 585 views
rs1i, d7000, or stax 3030iisystem
PianoForte posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 3/5/10 at 11:15am | 22 replies | 867 views
Vacation in Japan - what to get?
PianoForte posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 2/18/10 at 6:28am | 22 replies | 967 views
How important is sound quality to your enjoyment of a CLASSICAL performance?
PianoForte posted in this thread in Music 12/15/09 at 2:55am | 24 replies | 838 views

 

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Cans: Stax 3050 system (purchase in Japan)/ SR-303, Etymotic ER4P, ATH-AD700
Sources: Macbook Pro 15" (2008), iPod nano, Broken 0404 USB (Will sell)
DAC: Headroom Bithead
Amplification: SR-323A, Headroom Bithead
Cables: Audioquest Copperhead IC

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