Thermionic
Thermionic's Community Profile
| Location: |
Looking at the trees in the UK |
| Forum Post Count: |
149 |
| Join Date: |
6/10/07 |
| Last Online: |
on 7/3/12 |
| About Me: |
I have had a serious interest in HI-Fi and sound recording for over 40 years, wheelchair user. |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
Photography, Horology (clocks and watches), Making live recordings, The Arts, Radio Ham, Good Food. |
| What I do for a living: |
Retired |
| Headphone Inventory |
Senn. HD650 + Equinox Noir , Senn. CX300 and IE8, AT little wood things, Stax SR5 (rebuilt), Stax SR001MK2, Stax Lambda Nova Signature, Koss ESP6 (rebuilt), Grado SR125 (modified). |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
Stax SRMt-1, SRD6, SRX, Graham Slee Solo 2007, MiniBox E and E+, Hifiman HM101 |
| Source Inventory |
Portable: Qube, HiFiman HM-801 (balanced module), Cowon D2, Ipod Classic 160gb, Ipad 16gb, Sony PCM D50, Sony Pro Walkman and DAT Walkman, Stellavox SU8 (reel-to-reel) Uher 4000 Fixed: Marantz cd/da12, Yamha CT7000, Lorricraft 401, SME 3009 mk 1, AT F7, Nagra T- Audio + Dolby A., Ferrograph Logic 7 Wadia 170i |
| Cable Inventory |
Some VDH but home made mostly. |
| Power-Related Components |
Live in the country with little EMC pollution. |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Have a small collection of vintage equipment acquired over the years including LS3/5a, Harbeth P3ESR and Quad ELS57's, Tannoy Monitor Gold / Lancaster, Garrard 401 with home machined unipivot arm, Dynavector or AT carts, Trichord Dino pre, Audio Research LS7, Quad303, rebuilt Leak Stereo 20 Ferrograph Logic 7, Akai GX77, Decca mastering system with IVC tape transport and protype optical drive etc. |
| Audio-Related Tweaks |
I made a Plastecine turntable mat once, and usually shorten signal leads. |
| Music Preferences |
Mainstream (acoustic) Jazz, Classical |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
The classic 35mm still cameras, precision timekeepers, 1980's broadcast television equipment including that by Ampex and Nagra. Sometime Ham radio operator. |
Thermionic's Recent Activity
Rate The Last Movie You Watched
Thermionic posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 12/1/11 at 8:11pm | 13226 replies | 386188 views
HM-801 Balanced Amplifier Module
Thermionic posted in this thread in Head-Direct Premier Sponsor Forum 12/1/11 at 1:54pm | 117 replies | 8572 views
Stax sr5 gold (white) and srd6sb
Thermionic posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 9/21/11 at 12:20pm | 6 replies | 635 views
What foods won't you eat?
Thermionic posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 9/16/11 at 5:29am | 423 replies | 6046 views
Recommendations for clip-on headphones?
Thermionic posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 9/16/11 at 5:14am | 10 replies | 583 views
WORST headphone you ever heard?
Thermionic posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 9/16/11 at 4:56am | 741 replies | 55772 views
cassette decks
Thermionic posted in this thread in Dedicated Source Components 9/2/11 at 2:28am | 21 replies | 915 views
sennheiser hd650....
Thermionic posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 8/2/11 at 5:15am | 22 replies | 1292 views
High end equipment, and their amp circuits
Thermionic posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 7/28/11 at 2:55am | 23 replies | 2551 views
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Thermionic's Forum Signature
Main Headphone system: HHB professional CD recorder via AES into Decca mastering DAC, Stax SRM-T1S + Stax Lambda Nova Signature
Computer: MBP, M-Audio Transit, Slee Solo, Equinox, HD650 or Stax SRD-X + SR5 (both modified)
Mobile: Ipod Classic, Ipad, Hifiman 801 balanced, Senn. IE8 or Stax SR001
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