Chromako
Chromako's Community Profile
| Location: |
Ann Arbor, USA |
| Forum Post Count: |
88 |
| Join Date: |
12/5/07 |
| Last Online: |
4 minutes ago |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
Head-fi, Computer-fi, Photography-fi, Cat-fi, Wikipedia, Design, Kvetching, Anime, Illuminati. |
| What I do for a living: |
Student and Biomaterials Researcher |
| Headphone Inventory |
HD800, DT880, ATH-ANC9, Shure E-530, ATH-D1000 Digital Art Monitor, ATH-A900, ATH-FC700 |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
Meier Audio Corda Opera, Benchmark Dac1, and various integrated chipsets. |
| Source Inventory |
Benchark Dac1, Xeon Hackintosh, Macbook Pro, iPod 1G, iPod Nano, Apple G4 Cube, Powermac G5, Motorola RAZR Maxx |
| Cable Inventory |
Monster 200 Shielded Power Cables, Zombie-X Adapters, Audio-Technica Balanced Microphone Cables, generic glass fibre Toslinks, generic shielded USB cables, Molecule Headphone cable, Toxic Cables Headphone cable. |
| Power-Related Components |
Medical Grade Online Double-Conversion Opti-UPS D1000 Filter/UPS, Generic 5V Regulated Linear PSU, Sanyo Eneloop AAA, random Li-Po batteries, Computer PSU's by Seasonic and Delta. |
| Other Audio Equipment |
Ears, Tannoy Reveals. |
| Audio-Related Tweaks |
Gaff Tape, Heatshrink, Zip Ties, CyanoAcrylate, aluminium foil, mylar, Sorobothane footies, earpads, chop-chop. |
| Music Preferences |
Trip-Hop (e.g. Imogen Heap, Dido, Jem), Israel-Pop (e.g. Korem, Mesika, Peles, HaDag Nachash), Modern Jazz (e.g. Hiromi), Classical (e.g. Tchaikovski, Rostropovich, Mendelssohn ), Soundtracks (especially Nyman, Kanno, Kawai, Hisaishi), J-pop (Origa), Symphonic Metal (newer Nightwish and Within Temptation), "Alternative" (e.g. Faulilage, Fine Frenzy, Marlin, Carlton, McLachlan, Jones, Coldplay, Sting, Furtado), Electropop (Uh Huh Her, Metric, Delerium) Pop (Madonna, Lilly Allen, Lavigne), Trance (Sleepthief, Above and Beyond), "Indie" (BoA) No particular order. |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
Canon 5D, Canon EOS L Lenses, Hackintosh, my beloved and largely useless G4 Cube, and Herman Miller designs, SEMs, PS3, Alternative persona of Captain Riboflavin |
Chromako's Recent Activity
Cable Burn-In....what physically changes in the cable?
Chromako posted in this thread in Sound Science 1/3/13 at 6:54am | 94 replies | 8730 views
In theory, is it better to downsample from 192 to 96 or go straight 96?
Chromako posted in this thread in Sound Science 1/3/13 at 6:18am | 13 replies | 352 views
24bit vs 16bit, the myth exploded!
Chromako posted in this thread in Sound Science 1/3/13 at 5:59am | 1153 replies | 187896 views
FS: Beyerdynamic DT880 600 Ohm w/ Blue Dragon
Chromako posted in this thread in Headphones for Sale / Trade 12/8/12 at 2:26am | 6 replies | 972 views
Widest Soundstage?
Chromako posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 6/26/12 at 1:22am | 57 replies | 4125 views
What Are You Listening To Right Now? -New thread, new rules. Please read them.
Chromako posted in this thread in Music 6/26/12 at 12:57am | 42366 replies | 1104178 views
1000 things you've learned from Head-Fi
Chromako posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 6/25/12 at 12:21am | 437 replies | 11186 views
Meet 'Typical Headfier' Andy
Chromako posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 6/23/12 at 2:46am | 2244 replies | 124250 views
Any anime series that you've been enjoying?
Chromako posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 6/23/12 at 1:27am | 6322 replies | 235512 views
Head-Fi wallpapers & logos
Chromako posted in this thread in Members' Lounge (General Discussion) 6/23/12 at 1:21am | 204 replies | 23767 views
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Chromako's Forum Signature
Lossless > iTunes > Core Audio > Music Fidelity V-Link (TAS1020B) > Optical Cable > Benchmark DAC1 (AKM2112 > AD1853 > NE5532) > Blue Jeans Cable (Belden) > Corda Opera (Modified w/ 12xOPA627; Active Ground) > Molecule Cable > HD800 > Ears
"Though Shalt Not Violate Causality."
