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Location:

Denver, North Carolina

Forum Post Count:

5457

Join Date:

1/6/07

Last Online:

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About Me:

Retired in 1999 after 32 yrs. in IT. Started when 16K made a main frame. Into audio since I was 12.

Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):

Throwing pots, I fire ^6ox, and a little Raku or reduction when the opportunities arise.

What I do for a living:

Retired

Headphone Inventory

<<<< Currently Own >>>>
AKG K1000 #5142, Balanced
Denon AH-D7000, Balanced, my 2nd pair
Etymotic ER4P w/custom fit tips
Grado RS-1, #5086 Balanced
Sennheiser HD420 circa 1982
Sennheiser PX-100 II
Sennheiser RS-180...my TV watching phones
Sony MDR-V6 circa 1990

<<<< Previously Owned >>>>
Alessandro MS-1
AKG K702, now in NY
Audio Technica ATHES7
Adudez'e LCD-2 v1 #5312331 Balance, now in AZ
Beyerdynamics dt770 (250 ohm)
Bose QC-1.....traded to Bose for QC-2
Bowers & Wilkins P5, now in Philly
Bose QC-2.....dont fly without them!
Denon AH-D2000
Denon AH-D7000 Balanced...beautiful, now in Canada
Grado SR-80...gone but not forgotten
Grado SR-325i, #5693 w/headphile mods
Grado GS-1000 #347, nice, but I am an RS-1 kinda guy
Grado HF-1, #302, liked'em but underused, now in MN
Grado HF-2, #144, Ditto ^
iGrado
Klipsch Custom 1....my granddaughters lovin them
Pioneer SE-50 circa 1972....now in Missouri
Sennheiser HD-280
Sennheiser HD-650...gone and forgotten, just not my sound
Sennheiser PX-100
Sennheiser PMX-200
Sennheiser RS-140
Shure E2G.......now leading a new life in Singapore
Shure SE310....now in The Netherlands
Sony MDR-F1
Sony SA5000

Headphone Amp Inventory

<<<< Currently Own >>>>
FiiO E11 portable
Woo Audio 22 balanced desktop
Yamaha A-S300 speaker amp - dedicated K1000 power source

<<<< Previously Owned >>>>
Grado RA1/HG...now a French Grado
Grado RA1 9v
PA2V2................ nice little amp
C&C Box V2....a pretty little thing
C&C XO...........not very reliable
Woo Audio 3+.....bought from Jack at CanJam08
Woo Audio 2........great amp but wanted balanced
Headamp AE-2..nice portable amp, just never used
iBasso T3D......lost twice on the way to Paris

Source Inventory

<<<< Currently Own >>>>
Yamaha CD-S2000 w/balanced o/p
PDP - Samsung Galaxy 4 8gb/32gb SD

<<<< Previously owned >>>>
Cambridge Audio DacMagic....now living In Salisbury, NC
Cambridge Audio DVD-99 SACD
Marantz CD-5001
Pacific Valve Vanguard CDM12....now in NJ
PDP - Samsung YP-R0 8gb - my Wifes now
Sansa e280 v1 8gb
Sansa clip 2gb
Yamaha 1800 DVD/SACD

Cable Inventory

ALO 1 meter power cable
Isotek 1.5 meter premium power cable
Blue Jeans Optical and analogue interconnects

Power-Related Components

Isotek Orion AC line conditioner w/Isotek premium power cord, won at CanJam08 from Let There be Sound

Other Audio Equipment

Bose Lifestyle 12 surround system
Snell KII

Music Preferences

Pretty much everything with the exception of a few Genres I find annoying like Rap, Metal, Dubstep...etc.

Interests (non-headphone)

I use Music Collector to keep track of my CD collection, 1107 albums, 1267 discs, 16314 tracks, 1109 hr 2 min 1 sec.........05/02/13

Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)

My Kartcher G-2000-QT powerwasher with T-racer & Canon T3i DSLR with18-135mm & 70-300mm IS lens

And I still like my 1999 Tacoma, looks good and runs great with 181k miles

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Grado HF-2
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