Spareribs
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3143 |
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10 hours, 40 minutes ago |
| About Me: |
Growing up, I loved to climb trees and breath the fresh air. |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
Fine dining and passionate kissing |
| Headphone Inventory |
AKG K1000, AKG K701, Sennheiser HD650 with Cardas cable |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
Woo Audio 5 300B Amplifier (with capacitor upgrades of Black Gate, Jensen and V-Cap. Mills and Kiwame resistors and hand wound transformers) (This Woo amp model has a K1000 input jack as well as the standard headphone jack) VACUUM TUBES IN ROTATION: Western Electric 300B tube Sylvania 6SN7 (1952 "bad boys") Sylvania 6SN7 GT VT-231 (1940's World War II military issue) RCA 6SN7 GT VT-231 (1940's World War II military issue) Ken Rad 6SN7 GT VT-231 (1940's World War II military issue) Raytheon 6SN7 GT VT-231 (1940's World War II military issue) General Electric 6SN7 GTB (1955 Joint Army Navy military issue) Crosley 6SN7 GT (Sylvania rebranded) RCA 5U4G VT-244 (1940's World War II military issue) Sylvania 5U4G (1950's stock) General Electric 5U4G (1950's stock) Sophia 274B Bedroom Amp: Ming Da MC 84 C07 Tubes for the Ming Da: 1959 Baldwin organ 12AX7 (RCA rebranded) Early 60s Philco EM87 (German made) 1963 Dynaco label 6BQ5 (EL84 type Sylvania rebranded) or 1959 Raytheon 6BQ5 Transportable Amp: Head-Direct EF 1 (hybrid tube amp) using 12AU7 tube (1961 Baldwin organ label-Sylvania rebranded) |
| Source Inventory |
Main Digital source: Bel Canto DAC 2 with Marantz DV4001 as transport and Denon 2910 for SACD Bedroom DAC: Musical Fidelity V-DAC Turntable: Thorens TD 125 MK II (made in 1972) |
| Cable Inventory |
Power Cords: Volex and Signal Cable power cords. Interconnects: Dimarzio M Path stereo cable, Blue Jeans stereo cable, Moon Audio-Blue Dragon stereo cable, Signal Cable Analog Two stereo cable, Stereovox HDXV coaxial digital, Blue Jeans optical and coaxial cable |
| Power-Related Components |
General Electric power surge protection strip |
| Other Audio Equipment |
DIY type guitar tube amps, various guitars, Effectrode tube over drive pedal using 12ax7 tubes. |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
1930s Western Electric 202 telephone (black oval shape you've seen in the film noir movies) 1952 Bulova automatic wrist watch Late 70s Canon AE-1 camera. Great shots for film photos. |
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Should members that steal money from other members remain members?
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 5/26/12 at 9:21pm | 12 replies | 135 views
Symptoms of being unfit?
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 5/26/12 at 8:41pm | 6 replies | 74 views
Ken Rockwell's review of the Woo WA6SE and other audio gear
Spareribs posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 5/21/12 at 6:11pm | 24 replies | 847 views
Uncle Eric ... O Brother , where art thou ?
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 5/20/12 at 7:56pm | 34 replies | 1206 views
Tube or SS for classical music?
Spareribs posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 5/14/12 at 5:21pm | 33 replies | 823 views
tube headphone amp for macbook pro
Spareribs posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 5/6/12 at 11:45am | 3 replies | 139 views
Ebay - The Source of All Evil (?)
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 4/29/12 at 5:54pm | 20 replies | 291 views
Visited the Martin guitar factory today
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 4/28/12 at 5:33am | 6 replies | 65 views
Tubes making noise on their own!?
Spareribs posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 4/16/12 at 9:12pm | 2 replies | 64 views
Average Joe Audiophile?
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 4/12/12 at 7:23am | 73 replies | 1298 views
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The ear is my favorite organ
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