Quaddy

Currently offline

Quaddy's Community Profile

Location:	Argleton, UK
Forum Post Count:	7581
Join Date:	6/29/07
Last Online:	3 weeks, 6 days ago
About Me:	ex-audiophile, turned to dark side of videophile purgatory
Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):	Installing additional, smaller detectors in project FP420 R&D
What I do for a living:	Particle Physicist & homeless vagrant
Headphone Inventory	Current â”œ Sennheiser Surrounder â”œ Sennheiser HD-555 â”œ Panasonic RP-HTX7 â”œ Sennheiser MX90VC â”” Sennheiser MX-500 Departed â”œ Sennheiser HD-600 â”œ Sennheiser HD800 #00498 â”œ Sennheiser RS 4200 â”œ AKG K1000 #10035 â”œ HiSoundAudio PAA-1 â”œ Sony PFR-V1 â”œ Grado PS-1000 #202 â”œ Sennheiser RS-140 â”œ Ultimate Ears â”œ Sony PFR-V1 â”œ Stax SR-001 MKII â”œ Denon D5000 Markl Modded\|Jena Balanced â”œ Etymotic Red & Blue ER4P\|S - HYS Clear Customs â”œ Grado SR-325i (#5170)\|modded â”” Shure SE530 PTH
Headphone Amp Inventory	Current â”œ Sennheiser Lucas â”œ Fiio E1 ultra modded â”œ Fiio E5 B/W â”œ Fiio E3 Black â”” BioScienceGeek CMOY\|OPA2227 Awaiting on order since aug 2007 - yep, still not arrived in 2011 â”œ Xin SuperMicro IV Black â”œ Xin SuperMicro IV Black â”” Xin Reference 'D' all silver 1/4 /1/8 (out) Departed â”œ Benchmark HPA2 â”œ Firestone Audio "Big Joe" â”œ RWA TEAC A-L700P â”œ SPL Phonitor â”œ Sony BAM-P1 â”œ BioScienceGeek CMOY\|OPA2134 â”œ Stax SRM-001 MKII â”œ HeadRoom Balanced Desktop Amp+DPS+DAC+Stepped Attenuator â”œ Graham Slee Voyager â”œ Xin SuperMicro IV\|4/11 tweaks â”œ Sony BAM-P1 â”œ Xin SuperMacro III V6b (1x OPA2134PA + 2x high-C BUF634P) â”” Practical Devices XM4 W/ Charge Circuit
Source Inventory	Current â”œ Apple iPod Shuffle 1st Gen 1GB â”œ Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 â”œ Intel iMac â”œ iMac G3 â”œ Dell Inspiron 1520 â”œ Sony PS1 SCPH-1002\|modded â”œ Dell Latitude X300 â”” Creative Zen Stone 1GB Departed â”œ Apple iPhone 4 32GB â”œ Apple iPad + Camera Connection Kit â”œ Logitech Squeezebox Boom â”œ Apple Power CD â”œ Benchmark DAC-1 Pre â”œ HTC S620 â”œ Sony CDP-411 â”œ Sumvision Yumi Pro 2GB â”œ Sony D-VE7000S x2 â”œ Archos 7 IMT 160GB â”œ Rega Jupiter Transport â”œ Sony Walkman Pro WM-D6C â”œ 4G 20GB iMod â”œ AMP3 Pro 1 Silver 12GB DAP â”œ Empirical Audio Off-Ramp Turbo 2 â”œ Rega Planet CDP â”œ Behringer Ultra Curve Pro DEQ2496\|Audiosmile Modded â”œ 4G iPod photo 60GB â”œ Sansa Clip 2GB Black w/ Radio â”œ Tonium Pacemaker 120GB â”œ Cowon Q5W 80GB â”œ Trends Audio UD-10.1 w/ regulated PSU â”œ Cowon Q5W 40GB â”œ iBook â”œ EEEPC netbook â”œ Rega Io DAC â”œ NOS Sony D-25S PCDP â”œ Sony Walkman Pro WM-D6C\|SMT â”œ HTC S621 â”œ 4G DIY iMod (32GB Flash, Twin tapped HP-out & Line-Out) â”œ iMod 5.5G 80GB â”œ Sony NW-HD5/B 40GB W/RM-MC40ELK Remote â”œ iPhone 8GB - Jailbroken @O2 PAYG\|running offline wikipedia (2GB) \| RIP DEV Kate Unlimited. â”œ iPhone 8GB â”œ Sony NW-HD5/B 20GB â”œ NOS Sony NW-HD1 20GB â”œ Sumvision Yumi Pro 4GB â”œ Sony NW-HD1 â”œ Sony Walkman Pro WM-D6C\|SMT â”œ Sony NW-HD5/R 20GB â”œ Sony NW-HD5/S 20GB â”œ Sony NW-HD5H 30GB â”œ iRiver i-HP140 40GB W/Remote â”œ iMod 4G photo 60GB â”œ iPod 1G Shuffle 1GB â”œ iPod 1G 10GB â”œ iPod 2G 20GB â”œ iPod 3G 40GB â”œ iPod 4G ClickWheel 40GB â”œ iPod photo 60GB â”œ EIGER MPman F10 32mb upgraded to 64mb â”” MSI MegaStick
Cable Inventory	Current â”œ iPad Camera Connection Kit â”œ Monster PowerflowLED Helix500Mhz USB Interconnect â”œ 2 x 1m Adam Hall XLR patch leads â”œ 1.5m QED J2P RCA to Mini x3 â”œ 1m QED Signature 75 rhodium coax x2 â”œ 5m 75Î© Neutrik/V-damme BNC to Coax â”œ 2m 110Î© AES/EBU Digital Neutrik/V-damme â”œ 5m 75Î© Neutrik/V-damme Coax to Coax â”œ Ixos RCA to Mini 1.5m â”œ Mark Grant digital coax to coax 75Î©, 5m â”œ QED Qunex Qwire-P â”œ Profigold PGD561 1m TOSLink - courtesy of lisnalee! â”œ Balanced Neutrik-->1/4" â”œ Blue Jeans BJC LC-1 RCA â”” vdamme/neutrix 3.5mm --> 1/4" converter Departed â”œ Van Den Hul Optocoupler MKII 1M x2 â”œ 1M Van Den Hul HDMI Flat â”œ CryoParts Axis USB â”œ 10" Mark Grant 1694a canare/belden coax to coax â”œ Grado 4.5M HP Extension cable â”œ 1m QED Qunex SR75 coax - courtesy of lisnalee! â”œ Shure Vol. Attenuator â”œ Grado 3.5mm --> 1/4" adapter cable â”œ Cryo-Parts USB cable â”œ SK Silver Custom Micro RA to RA Mini â”œ MIT Shotgun S1 RCA, 1.5m â”œ Virtual Dynamics Reference 1M RCA to RCA â”œ Nordost Valhalla 0.6m Balanced Pair (orig.fact.term) â”œ Nordost Valhalla 0.6m Balanced Pair w/ Furutech Rhodium XLRs â”œ RCA to mini Jena silver/copper eichmann â”œ Nordost Frey 1.0m Balanced XLR pair â”œ C&C Crystal Mini â”œ Etymotic OEM P -> S Cable â”œ Apuresound EtymÅtic ER•4P Recable â”œ SK iMod Copper+Silver Charge 'N Play â”œ ALO P-VCap OIMP 4.7uF¹/Teflon 0.1uF¹ (4parallel) â”œ Shure PTH Module â”œ RnB Audio Black diamond reference\|right to right â”œ Ety er4p->s 75Î© resistance adapter cable â”œ ALO Cryo X Silver\|right to straight â”” V-Cap OIMP Dock 8.0uF¹
Power-Related Components	Current â”œ IsoClean 1.6A Gold plated directional slow blow fuse â”œ 1m Solid Silver Fig.8 Rhodium/Teflon Power cable â”œ 2 x Mark Grant - DSP 2.5 Dual Screened IEC power cable w/ silver plated toughplugs â”œ Belkin Net Series Pro Black 1400 Volt-Amp Sine Wave Backup Generator/UPS â”” Tacima CS929 mains conditioner x 3 Departed â”œ Merlin Funnelweb MKII X 2 â”œ HR DPS â”” HR Astrodyne
Other Audio Equipment	Current â”œ M-Audio CO2 â”œ Sega iDog iPod Speakers ;) â”œ Griffin Powermate Volume Knob â”œ SMPro iNano Passive Attenuator x 2 â”œ Sony ICD-P620 DVR â”œ Creative X-FI Elite Pro 7.1 â”œ Logitech 10.2 Z-5500 â”” Toshiba SW1000 Departed â”œ Rega Solar Remote â”œ Audioengine W1 - 2 pairs â”œ Audioengine A5 White â”œ Sony ECM-MS907 condenser mic â”œ Logitech Audiostation Express â”œ Yamaha YSP-600 â”œ Grado Liberators (nickerators) â”œ Kensington FX 300 'Speaker-To-Go' â”œ Kensington FX 300 'Speaker-To-Go' â”œ Sony RM-MC40ELK â”œ Creative Audigy 4 Pro 7.1 â”œ Logitech Z5300 â”œ Klipsch Promedia Ultra 5.1 â”œ Altec Lansing ACS495 2.1 â”œ Harmon Kardon 2.1 â”” TECHNICS SL-1200's
Audio-Related Tweaks	â”œ Adam A5 white speaker stands â”œ 10x Telos Audio Teflon, Non-Shorting RCA Caps â”œ set of 4 teflon HAL-O Jr RCA dampening rings â”œ maple cones galore!! â”œ free tweak: absolute phase in effect on CDP â”œ Zero Upsampling â”œ Statmat CDi Blue â”œ 4 sets of 4 x large isonodes â”œ 4 sets of 4 x small isonodes â”œ PWB Electret rainbow foil strips placed on back of any spinning media to negate deleterious effects of moving parts â”œ Asparagus bands (minty green) â”” Frequently fill listening chamber with liquid bubbles for enhanced acoustics, taking into account polydispersity, finite liquid compressibility, and non-adiabatic thermal changes.
Music Preferences	D:Ream, cause things can only get better.
Interests (non-headphone)	TV Science Presenter Gia Milinovich
Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)	Question Time - BBC - Thursdays @ 2235 GMT Philips 58PFL9955 & 56PFL9954 Cinema 21:9's 3 X PTA03 migraine goggles Pusher Trilogy Forbydelsen Primer, Timecrimes and Triangle Blu's Qlink Pendant Fully FTP'ed, Samba'd, Networked, Telnetted, DLNA'd Hummy Foxsat 1TB HDR Meet the Robinsons Walkie Talkie watches Philips BDP-9600 Lumagen Radiance XE3D+ ISF'ed LHC (Large Hadron Collider) Xtreamer Network Media Tank\|Scythe mod Mosa 1/2L cream whipper Fenix LD01 S/S Edition AAA Led flashlight POF for optical none of this fancy glass malarkey Í¨ 5 Íª 11á´¼á´ºá´¼ Grand Piano Reed and Pipe Organ Glockenspiel Bass Guitar Double Speed Guitar Two Slightly Distorted Guitars Mandolin Millenium Trilogy Spanish Guitar and Introducing Acoustic Guitar Plus Tubular Bells Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Logitech Illuminated Keyboard Soto Pocket burner!