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Anaheim Hills, CA

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750

Last Online:

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What I do for a living:

Software Consultant

Headphone Inventory

Sennheiser: HD-600, HD650
Audio Technica: W1000
Ultimate Ears: UE11, TripleFi Pro 10vi
Shure: E500
Sony: MDR-E888sl, MDR-EX70sl
JVC: Marshmellows
KOSS: KSC-35 (x2) Balanced and Single Ended.

GONE but intimately familiar with:
Grado: GS1000, HF1, Ultrasone Ed. 9

Headphone Amp Inventory

Ray Samuels Audio B-52
Ray Samuels Audio Shadow
Ray Samuels Protector
NuForce ICON (sold)

GONE but intimately familiar with:
AMB Beta 22
Ray Samuels Audio Apache (Version III)
Rudistor RP7 (Sorely missed)
Maxxed Out Meta42
Benchmark DAC1 (Nice headphone amp section)
Lavry DA10 (Awesome DAC, but decent Headphone amp)
Ray Samuels Audio Tomahawk
Ray Samuels Audio Predator
XIN SuperMicro IV

Source Inventory

Digital
Rig 1:
Macbook Pro --> Red Wine USB Select --> Reimyo DAP-777 (modified by the Upgrade Company) --> Ray Samuels B52

Rig 2:
Macbook Pro --> Pico DAC --> Ray Samuels Protector / Ray Samuels Shadow

Analog Rig
Source:
VPI TNT VI "Hot Rod"
JMW 12.5 with two armwands
First armwand with Clearaudio Accurate (MC)
Second armwand with Ortofon Kontrapunkt B (MC) or Koetsu Black (MC)

Phono:
Einstein "The Turntables Choice" Phono
Ray Samuels F117 Nighthawk

Cable Inventory

RCA:
Furutech Audio Reference III, Virtual Dynamics Master Series 2.0, Harmonix HS101 Golden Performance RCA

Balanced:
Harmonix HS101 Golden Performance, Genesis Project Triton, DIY Magnet Wire

Headphone Cables:
Stefan Arts Equinox (SE and Balanced), Cardas Smurf Blue, Apuresound V2

Power Cables: Harmonix Studio Master, Electraglide Epiphany, Electraglide Reference Glide FATBOY, Black Sand Violet Z1 (x3) with Oyaide C-046/P-046 endings, Starsound Sonoran Plateau Lightening (x2), LAT International AC-II (x2)

Speaker Cables: Furutech Audio Reference III, Silver Audio Symphony 32

Power-Related Components

Power Conditioning:
Exactpower EP15a (Regenerator) and SP15X4 (Balanced Power)
Richard Gray Pole Pig, Richard Gray 400s, Richard Gray 600s, Monster HTS 3500 MKII
Power Outlets: Oyaide SWO-XXX (x3), Oyaide R1, WPZ Wall Plate
IEC Power Inlet: Furutech FI-09 Rhodium used on modded RGPC 400s

Other Audio Equipment

Speakers: Omega Superhemps, Dual Omega Deephemp Subwoofers Usher Be-718 (gone)
Speaker Amps: Consonance Opera Cyber 800 Monoblocks, Speaker Cables: Furutech Audio Reference III, Silver Audio Symphony 32, Paul Spletz AntiCables

Audio-Related Tweaks

Stillpoints ESS Rack
Symposium Ultra Shelf
Two Sistrum SP-1 Component Stands with (3 Audiopoints for each stand)
Two Sistrum SP-004
Rosinante Darkmatter Shelf
Symposium Rollerblock Jrs.
Symposium SuperCouplers
Spikes and Coupling Discs
Curly Maple platforms
Craig DeOxit
VPI 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
L'art Du Son record cleaning liquid

Music Preferences

Jazz, Electronica, Downtempo, Lounge, Rock, Trance, Lo-Fi, Ghazals, Indian Classical Music.

Interests (non-headphone)

Family, Cars, Engineering, Meditation...maybe music ;)

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Los Angeles meet 10/16/10
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FS: Stax SR Lambda Signature (PRICE DROP)
shaizada posted in this thread in Headphones For Sale / Trade ARCHIVE 9/20/10 at 1:59pm | 1 replies | 495 views
List of High-End Analog Source Owners on Head-Fi Continued
shaizada posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 9/9/10 at 1:39pm | 255 replies | 26746 views
SOLD: Stax SRD-5 and Stax SR-5 as a set: $OLD
shaizada posted in this thread in Headphones For Sale / Trade ARCHIVE 8/20/10 at 4:20pm | 4 replies | 765 views
A little package arrived today... oh my
shaizada posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 7/27/10 at 3:05pm | 29 replies | 2863 views
The SR71B, quad mono balanced . images pg 17 .Review pg 32, 34 .
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