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Currawong
It's all in your head.
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| Location: |
An Australian living in Fukuoka, Japan. |
| Forum Post Count: |
9000 |
| About Me: |
Listening with speakers was inconvenient so I use headphones instead. |
| What I do for a living: |
IT, social media (ie:helping jude kick spammers & trolls off Head-Fi) & teaching Engrish. |
| Headphone Inventory |
__________________________________________________________________________ Main Source: Mac → Oyaide Neo d+ USB cable → Olimex USB Isolator (using an Audio-gd Digital Interface PSU) → Audiophilleo 1 → Audio-gd Reference 7.1 Dynamic: Audio-gd Phoenix or Cavalli Audio Stacker II → headphones. 'Stats: ??? → Stax SR-009. Desk speakers: Metric Halo ULN-2, Audio-gd NFB-10SE or dynamic rig → Emotiva Airmotiv 4s. Livingroom frankenrig: Apple TV → Parasound DAC1600HD → Audio-gd Phoenix → HeadRoom monoblocks → Paradigm Titans. Transportable: iDevice → Fostex HP-P1 → Triad Audio L3 → Symphones Magnums. __________________________________________________________________________ Stax SR-009 Audeze LCD-3 (with Norse 8-wire shoelaces) Symphones Magnums V4 (325is-based with Norse Audio cable) Symphones Magnums V2 (MS2i-based with APSv3 cable) Audio Technica W3000ANV VectorScan VSH5 (Audio Technica ATH-2) MB Quart QP 400 MB Quart QP55X (my original "high-end" headphones) Head-Direct RE-ZERO Gone: Audio Technica AD-2000 Thunderpants Audeze LCD-2 (Rev. 2) Audeze LCD-2 (Rev. 1) Sennheiser HD-800 (Though thinking of revisiting them now I have a great tube amp) Stax Omega II (borrowed, so couldn't keep) Stax SR-404LE Stax Lambda Nova Signature (overall, the best all-around vintage Lambda I've owned) Stax SR-5NB Gold Ultrasone Edition 8 (Sound isn't bad, but for $1500 you have to be joking) Ultrasone Edition 9 (Twice, including a re-cabled and damped version.) Head-Direct HE5 (the original wooden one) Ultimate Ears Triple-fi.10 Ultimate Ears Super-fi.3 Studio Audio Technica A1000X Audio Technica ESW10JPN Denon D5000 (with the pre-Lawton Audio markl mods) AKG K701 (ALO re-cabled) Tried: Audio-Technica W1000X, A2000X, W11JPN, W10LTD, W10VGT, ESW10JPN, ES10, ESW9 and others. Denon D2000, D7000 Stax Omega I Shure SH-440, SH-840 Sony MDR-Z1000 Lots of IEMs at Yodobashi and Bic Camera stores. |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
__________________________________________________________________________ Blue Hawaii (DIY, being re-constructed) KGSSHV (Being built) KGSS (Being built) Stax 007t (with Herbies tube dampers, borrowed) Audio-gd Phoenix Audio-gd NFB-10SE Cavalli "Agent Orange" Stacker (being re-built into a Stacker II eventually) Cavalli Stacker II (with 5U4-GB rectifier) Fostex HP-P1 Triad Audio L3 Headamp Pico Slim Parasound Zamp (For sale) Gone: Audio-gd Fun Audio-gd NFB-11 Audio-gd Sparrow Headroom Portable Desktop Audiovalve RKV Mark II with Impedenzer (A heap of fun with HD-800s and speakers in nearfield) Audio-gd C2C Audio-gd Compass Luxman P-1 Luxman D-321 (long before Head-fi) Tried: Luxman P-1u Luxman SQ-N100 Yamamoto HA-02 |
| Source Inventory |
__________________________________________________________________________ Metric Halo ULN-2 Audio-gd Reference 7.1 Audio-gd Reference 1 (v5 DSP) Parasound DAC 1600 HD Audio-gd Reference 3 (digital interface with updated DSP, not in use) Audio-gd Digital Interface (w/TCXO clock) Audiophilleo 1 USB to S/PDIF converter (using the Audio-gd Digital Interface PSU and Olimex USB Isolator) Onkyo DV-SP502 SACD player iPad 2 iPhone 4S iPhone 4 iPhone 3GS MacBook Pro 2011 Fostex HP-P1 Gone: Cambridge Audio Azur 840c Northstar M192 MKI Lavry DA10 Zero DAC/amp (modified) Luxman D-121 (Long before Head-fi) Tried: Marantz Project D-1 Assemblage DAC 3.0 Nakamichi Dragon DAC Benchmark DAC 1 Yamaha S1000 SACD Player Esoteric D05 DAC |
| Cable Inventory |
__________________________________________________________________________ Headphone: Norse Audio APureSound Interconnects: Van Den Hul The Orchid XLR and RCA (Great value second-hand IMO). Van Den Hul The Thunderline XLR . Van Den Hul The First Ultimate Metal Screen RCA. Van Den Hul The First Ultimate RCA . Norse Audio RCA and XLR. Bellatone RCA and XLR. DIY Audio Technica EA-1000 + Canare RCA. Digital: Van Den Hul The Professional Digital with Oyaide BNC plugs Van Den Hul The Optocoupler (mini to Toslink) Synergistic Research optical cable Sony optical cable Canare RCA and BNC cables. Power: DIY Oyaide + CryoMax III power cables. DIY Oyaide + Van Den Hul Mainstream BS power cables. Oyaide PA-23 Bellatone |
| Power-Related Components |
__________________________________________________________________________ Audio-gd Power Filter Silver Circle Audio Juice Box Jr |
| Other Audio Equipment |
__________________________________________________________________________ Emotiva Airmotiv 4 active speakers. HeadRoom monoblocks Paradigm Titans |
| Audio-Related Tweaks |
___________________________________________________________________________ Audio-gd DIgital Interface PSU → Olimex USB Isolator for the Audiophilleo 1 Herbies Tube Dampers Herbies cable dampers (use them to isolate tube amps as much as possible) Herbies Tenderfeet and speaker dots |
| Music Preferences |
___________________________________________________________________________ Jazz mostly at the moment, but just about everything except crappy pop, non-mainstream metal, country, western. |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
___________________________________________________________________________ Gnosticism and practical, no BS spirituality (don't get me started). |
| Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets) |
___________________________________________________________________________ Nikon D7000 with 35mm and 18-200mm lenses XBox 360 Halo Edition iPhone 4S iPad 2 |
Currawong's Recent Activity
Audio Technica W3000ANV Headphones. Price is shipped inc. Paypal fees.
Currawong posted in this thread in Headphones for Sale / Trade Today at 12:24 am | 2 replies | 155 views
For sale: HeadRoom "Audiophile Desktop" monoblock amp pair. 110V.
Currawong posted in this thread in Amplification For Sale / Trade Today at 12:14 am | 0 replies | 24 views
New Audeze LCD3
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Currawong posted in this thread in Music Yesterday at 5:14 pm | 8 replies | 148 views
New Flagship from Audio-Technica: ATH-W3000ANV, 50th Anniversary Headphones
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DAC stereo audio fidelity: Diminishing marginal returns
Currawong posted in this thread in Dedicated Source Components 2/10/12 at 5:27am | 12 replies | 299 views
Fostex HP-P1 Portable Amplifier and DAC for iPod/iPhone (Short REVIEW and Impressions Thread)
Currawong posted in this thread in Portable Source Gear 2/8/12 at 4:46pm | 311 replies | 18909 views
HIFIMAN HE-400 Planar Headphones Pre-order
Currawong posted in this thread in Sponsor Announcements and Deals 2/8/12 at 2:33am | 902 replies | 81117 views
Audeze has my headphones and won't reply.....HELP!!
Currawong posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 2/7/12 at 6:53pm | 85 replies | 2779 views
Good Headphones vs Bad Ones?
Currawong posted in this thread in Sound Science 2/7/12 at 5:21pm | 10 replies | 345 views
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For Sale:Parasound Zamp V3 speaker and headphone amp. Pricing inc. shipping.
$250 (USD) or best offer |
