Spareribs
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| Forum Post Count: |
3286 |
| Join Date: |
5/23/06 |
| Last Online: |
1 hour, 41 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. Eico 667 tube tester (mid 1960s production) |
| 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. |
Spareribs's Recent Activity
Head-Fi. The Community. The History. - Head-Fi TV
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Audio jokes
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 5/22/13 at 10:22pm | 13 replies | 127 views
Future Plans
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 5/15/13 at 9:28pm | 5 replies | 54 views
More expensive amp than headphones?
Spareribs posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 5/15/13 at 7:50pm | 8 replies | 287 views
The DIY thread.....
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 5/13/13 at 2:48am | 32 replies | 267 views
Anyone senior citizen audiophiles?
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 5/11/13 at 10:16pm | 2 replies | 45 views
What's your drink? (Cocktails)
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 5/10/13 at 5:35pm | 49 replies | 1363 views
How I spoiled hi-fi for myself
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 5/6/13 at 5:16am | 78 replies | 1355 views
Does Anyone Else Dislike 3-D Films?
Spareribs posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 5/3/13 at 7:25pm | 17 replies | 155 views
Axel Grell Interview - Sennheiser High End - Head-Fi TV
Spareribs posted in this thread in Head-Fi Network & Industry News 4/26/13 at 6:44pm | 22 replies | 4702 views
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