kostalex
kostalex's Community Profile
| Location: |
Novosibirsk, Russia |
| Forum Post Count: |
1867 |
| Last Online: |
8 hours, 3 minutes ago |
| About Me: |
enlightener |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
usability, industrial design, branding |
| What I do for a living: |
entrepreneur |
| Headphone Inventory |
Current rigs: [laptop] > HM-602 > KDE250 | RE262 Sansa Clip+ > MDR-Q68LW Gone but not forgotten: TM5, PK3, KSC-35km, ER-4P/S with custom tips, PK1, G2A, G1A, DT770/80 Pro, RE0, MDR-F1, AH-D2000, SR225, Shure E500, ER-6i, ATH-AD700. I auditioned 100+ headphones and owned 30+ of them. |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
See above. Gone: - HDP - Pico DAC/amp - iBasso D10 - XIN Supermicro IV (best for Ety, DT990, nice for Kosses) - TTVJ Millet Portable (best for Yuins OK1) - iBasso D3 - FIIO E5, E3, E1 (useless crap, sorry) - Meier Corda Move (drives HD650 well) - Laconic LunchBox II (brings life to DT880) - iBasso D2 Viper (drives D2000 well when op-amp rolled) - PA2V2 - Headroom Total Airhead - Headroom Total Bithead - Audio-Technica AT-HA2 |
| Source Inventory |
See above. Gone: - Pico DAC/amp - Sansa Clip - Classic 160 Gb - Sansa Fuze 8 Gb - Cowon D2 - Echo Indigo DJ - Squeezebox Duet - iPod 5.5G 80GB - iPod 5G 60GB - iPod Nano 4GB 1st gen |
| Cable Inventory |
- Chorus - Some DIY Mogami Neglex and navships SPC ICs and headphone cables - SendStation PocketDock line out usb - many inexpensive cables |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Basic multimedia 5.1 set + 5.1 USB sound card |
| Audio-Related Tweaks |
KSC-35km, PortaGold, PK1km |
| Music Preferences |
Too many genres to list, I love music and hate noise. My most favorite genre is blues. |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
philosophy, psychology, tai chi chuan |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
e-cigarettes, bags |
kostalex's Recent Activity
Best path to cheap, tiny, good notebook audio
kostalex posted in this thread in DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions 5/23/12 at 11:41am | 9 replies | 205 views
Best clip-ons: Yuin G1A, ATH-EW9, KSC-35km, modded KSC-35, Yuin G2A, MDR-Q68LW, DIY Grado clip-ons, KSC-75
kostalex posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 5/21/12 at 8:52pm | 160 replies | 34835 views
If you still love Etymotic ER4, this is the thread for you...
kostalex posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 5/21/12 at 8:21am | 252 replies | 21095 views
Sony MDR MA 900 (new release from Sony)
kostalex posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/6/12 at 8:31pm | 437 replies | 16016 views
Sony Ericsson "Live with Walkman"
kostalex posted in this thread in Portable Source Gear 2/24/12 at 8:21am | 45 replies | 2721 views
RE272 review and comparisons to ER-4P, HD650, ATH-CK10, IE8
kostalex posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 1/27/12 at 10:40pm | 54 replies | 3276 views
Today, finally receivediBasso Reference DAP DX100
kostalex posted in this thread in Portable Source Gear 1/20/12 at 7:10pm | 125 replies | 9756 views
450 dollar budget...full headphone setup... TOTAL noob... need lots of help...
kostalex posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 1/16/12 at 12:29pm | 95 replies | 1528 views
Pictures Of Your Portable Rig (part XV)
kostalex posted in this thread in Portable Source Gear 1/16/12 at 10:42am | 5218 replies | 713893 views
Sennheiser HD650 Appreciation Thread!!
kostalex posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 1/8/12 at 6:05am | 6816 replies | 443263 views
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Buyer's guides to the Best Earbuds & Clip-ons
HM-602 · iPod 240GB | HD650 · RE262 · BLOX TM5
