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| Location: |
Milan (Italy) |
| Forum Post Count: |
3867 |
| Join Date: |
12/14/06 |
| About Me: |
The stream of digits going down a digital connection have no chronological disorder |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
Humour, Music, Poetry, Computer, Gadgets, Reading, Writing, Travels, Learning |
| What I do for a living: |
Developer-Analyst in IT Consulting |
| Headphone Inventory |
Current: Stax Lambda NB Audio-Technica AD2000 Etymotic ER4-P I would be interested in trying: Stax 4070, Stax SR-009, Koss ESP950 Had: Stax Omega 2 (3x) -> 7xxxx S/N: exceptional bass, resolution, tonality and layering capabilities. Extremely amp dependant... boring sound with SRM-717 and hollow on SRM-007t, I prefer stock SRM-727. The SZ1xxx production is harder to amp, has worse bass reproduction, seems generally less dynamic Stax SR-X Mk3 Pro (2x) -> great midrange, lean midbass, but extremely rumbling and powerful deep bass; small soundstage, extremely discomfortable, fantastic sound, great resolution Stax Gamma Pro -> Princess of the loudness war Stax 404/Spritzer modded -> I only remember it was sweaty Stax SRS001 Mk2 with Audiocats-modded amp -> fantastic Stax SR-003 -> lovely Audio-Technica AD2000 -> wonderful, live equalizer. Bass and treble are never out of place. Super involving midrange. Likes solid state, but could enjoy more a DHT amp. Tamboti Thunderpants -> super aggressive midrange, small soundstage, smooth highs, fast, tight bass LCD2 Rev1 -> unnatural, clinical, strong deep bass, empty midrange... sounds like it's making music for something else Yamaha HP3 -> a bullet must have killed the midrange frequencies. Otherwise super tight/deep bass, super comfortable, very fast if properly damped NAD RP18 -> darkish... Sennheiser HD650 -> thick; thick and sibilant when badly amped; I wish to hear it in a proper, balanced setup Sennheiser HD580 -> the bass goes its own way, constantly missing the timing of the music. Bloated. This is with CKKIII, regardless of the source and cables Sennheiser HD250 Linear I -> hole in the midrange, fast, spikey treble Sennheiser HD250 Linear II -> hole in the midrange, fast, more spikey treble, strong deep bass Sennheiser HD800 (only loaned) -> super fast, hypertextured, wrinkled bass; distant, hollow midrange, spikey treble; huge soundstage AKG K501 (repeatedly loaned) -> beautiful midrange, not very resolving, slightly sibilant, average soundstage and bass depth Apuresound Etymotic ER4P/S -> fantastic but aggressive, not really "warm", the bass is as tight as a stone, in general a lean, aggressive, addictive sound without any hints of sibilance (the P), or with some hints of sibilance (the S). Etymotic ER4P/S -> more linear midrange, but less emotionally addicting than the Apuresound version, easier to drive (the Apuresound P requires higher volume, go figure). The stock S is very sibilant Etymotic HF-5 -> inferior to normal Etys, the bass reaches less deep; less refined across the notes; exceptional for home use with the Etymotic PtoS adapter, especially with a warm/darkish signal path behind Westone 3 -> big sound, lovely low level details (echoes), the balance is weirdly u-shaped so that the midrange lacks some energy. Upper bass is full, treble is extended Westone UM3X -> warm as a womb could be. With triflanges it can also sound airy, otherwise suffocating JH13 -> transparent, neutral, small, polite midrange, transparent Triple.fi 10 Pro -> big bass, big soundstage, overpowering bass, ghastly midrange, extended treble HifiMan RE272, RE262, RE252, RE0 -> the RE272 and RE262 are very fine sounding, lifelike, if you can stand the comfort Yuin OK1, OK2, OK3, PK1, PK2, G1 -> I will remember the PK1 as the one with a meaningful personality Koss A250, KSC75 Grado SR60 (and I have heard RS1i, PS1000) Shure SE530 |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
Current: Stax SRM-727 (Spritzer Mod) Antelope Zodiac Gold headphone amp Headamp AE-2 Projects: DHT amplifier (thanks for the help, Frank Cooter) Preamp using Jisbos and KG digital attenuator with constant impedance Past: Stax SRM-717, Stax SRM-001 with SFC++ mods (by Audiocats, Vitq caps), Stax SRM-1 Mk2 Pro, SRM-Xh Burson HA-160DS CKKIII MisterX Mini^3 and less interesting portable amps. |
| Source Inventory |
Antelope Zodiac Gold + Voltikus Museatex Idat-44 Mobile with 2012 John Wright Upgrades/Blackgates, battery powered Metrum Octave Mk2 All time (in order of preference): Museatex Bitstream with 2010 upgrades (and Blackgates) -> unforgettable, first love April Music Eximus DP-1 Yulong D18 Audio-gd NFB-9.2 Assemblage DAC 2.7 -> easily forgotten, PCM1704 doesn't mean everything, until a DAC implements at least 8 of them (if not 16) Assemblage DAC 3.0 -> clean, polite, forgotten Halide DAC HD -> lovely warm tonality, small soundstage, not very detailed. Super compact Peter Daniels NOS DAC Museatex Bitstream (stock) Yulong DAH1 (better than your average mp3 player) AMB Gamma 1 (not better than your average mp3 player) various portables, Imods, etc |
| Cable Inventory |
Belkin Synapse Platinum digital cable Forza AudioWorks USB cable (2 in, 1 out) Forza AudioWorks RCA cables (1.5 m) Di Marzio RCA analogue cables |
| Music Preferences |
Rock: Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Tim Buckley, Robert Wyatt, Gong, Faust, Can, Amon Duul II, Red Crayola, The Velvet Underground, The United States of America, Jefferson Airplane, The Moody Blues, Silver Apples, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Public Image Ltd, Traffic, Royal Trux, Television, Pere Ubu, Talking Heads, John Cale, Lou Reed, Nico, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Van Morrison, John Fahey, Leonard Cohen, Cat Stevens, Roy Harper, Yes, Area, Van Der Graaf Generator, Henry Cow, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Cocteau Twins, Buggles, Jimi Hendrix, Pixies, Husker Du, Violent Femmes, Foetus, Mr. Bungle, Phish, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Lydia Lunch, Franco Battiato, Mercury Rev, Red House Painters, Lycia, Morphine, Solex, Peter Gabriel, Steven Ridgway, Antibalas, Sonata Artica, Dream Theater Jazz: Charles Mingus, Carla Bley, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Miles Davis, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, David Holland, Dexter Gordon, Eric Dolphy, Joni Mitchell, Alice Coltrane, Paroah Sanders, Zu, Paolo Conte Classical: Shostakovic, Mahler, Beethoven, Arvo Part, Philip Glass, Oistrakh, Kogan, Lutoslavski Modern: Penderecki, Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis Avantgarde: Moondog, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Steve Roach, Penguin Cafè Orchestra, Diamanda Galas Trance/Psytrance/Goa: Shpongle, Ott, Hallucinogen, Younger Brother, Juno Reactor, Shulman, Amethystium, Spectral, Maneesh De Moor |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
Motorola Photon Q Toshiba Portege' R830-138 Nintendo 3DS Samsung Captivate Glide -> screen cracked... |
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