qusp
Member of the Trade: Twisted Cables
qusp's Community Profile
| Location: |
Woody Point, QLD, Australia |
| Forum Post Count: |
7751 |
| Join Date: |
6/18/08 |
| Last Online: |
1 day, 14 hours ago |
| About Me: |
audio bower bird |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
travel, music production, reading |
| What I do for a living: |
Owner of Twisted Cables, Cables, mods and audio design (Chef, graphic designer seems a lifetime ago) |
| Headphone Inventory |
Westone UM3X SE530 PTH (gone) Sennheiser HD600 Woody modded Denon D2000 (gone) KSC75 (TWcu recable ;) JH13 (various cables, bal and SE) |
| Headphone Amp Inventory |
RME fireface 400 firewire interface (gone) iBasso D10 (ubermod) iBasso FiQuest The Wire Bal->Bal DAO (build suspended temporarily) Lisa III (with LLP) Larocco Diablo Dual mono QRV08 (gone) |
| Source Inventory |
i5 Mac Mini 2011 with OWC SSD->Titan multichannel USB to i2s convertor Mac G5 Dual 2ghz, RME fireface 400, with behringer adat interface (gone), yamaha 01V digital mixer (gone) Portable: Buffalo II with OPA1632 and all SMD Zfoil and relcap film signal path Rockboxed DIYMOD 5.5G IPOD W/32GB CF card MOD, 3G IPhone, iriver H132CF, Cowon X5L Home: Buffalo II, Buffalo32S, RME9632 (modded), COD, Main: Dual Ackodac ESS9012 reference AKD12P with i2s fifo buffer, titan 4 x 32bit/384kHz interface. NTD1 IV (TX220Z power resistors) A123 powered SEN Jfet IV output stages |
| Cable Inventory |
Low profile piccolino blackgate LOD, various TWCu and SCSCAg LODs and interconnects, piccolino mini to mini, kimber AGSS low profile mini2mini, Twisted Cables Vortex TWCu cryo HD6XX cable (balanced and portable version) Twisted Cables Custom TwCu JH13 cable SCSCAg coax, SCSCAg BNC, SCSCAg RME breakout cable with AES and BNC etc etc |
| Power-Related Components |
The Lawbreaker 12AWG Neotech UPOCC solid core copper with Oyaide 034 rhodium, Furutech SPC AC cable with Rhodium Furutech AU ends. massive collection of discrete regulators and PSUs |
| Other Audio Equipment |
KRK V6 pro active monitor speakers, Micro Korg Synth/ controller/ VOCODER in progress building full multiway digital crossover with digital in and out using i5 Mac Mini 2011 with OWC SSD running puremusic and allocator->Titan multichannel USB to i2s convertor->ackodacs with adding 4 channels of 'the wire' Class AB power amp with Lateral Mosfets, fully regulated supply 2 channels LPUHP Pass F5X for highs and Aleph JX for bass power Jfet Circlotron, DAO. (all on hold till casework is finished) 2 ways biamped Scanspeak Revelator 18W/8531G0 and D2904/9700 |
| Music Preferences |
Electronica, Electro, House, Hip/trip hop, Dubstep, Punk, Ska, Alternative, IDM, Jazz, cheezy 80's pop and alternative |
| Interests (non-headphone) |
Photography, Cooking, italian motorbikes, Jap imports, Reading |
qusp's Recent Activity
Stax Interview and Factory tour 12/12/12
qusp posted in this thread in High-end Audio Forum 2/22/13 at 5:11am | 198 replies | 18422 views
Audioengine A5+ Speaker Upgrades
qusp posted in this thread in DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions 2/1/13 at 7:10pm | 119 replies | 4212 views
The FiiO X3 Thread UPDATE: Project Back On! Read the First Post for Information.
qusp posted in this thread in Portable Source Gear 1/31/13 at 8:02am | 3612 replies | 337659 views
The Apple diyMod: My Take on the Famous iMod [56k killer] Featuring 3G, 4G, 5G and nano 1G!
qusp posted in this thread in DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions 12/30/12 at 11:38pm | 2618 replies | 490244 views
Balanced B22 and buffalo dac build
qusp posted in this thread in DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions 12/30/12 at 11:21am | 25 replies | 1450 views
Altmann Tera Player
qusp posted in this thread in Portable Source Gear 12/30/12 at 9:33am | 1957 replies | 78325 views
The Opamp thread
qusp posted in this thread in DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions 12/29/12 at 11:47pm | 4401 replies | 338039 views
Listening to line-out
qusp posted in this thread in Portable Headphone Amps 12/27/12 at 12:07am | 1 replies | 138 views
Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)
qusp posted in this thread in Portable Source Gear 12/25/12 at 1:09am | 4149 replies | 511632 views
What is the best DIY DAC up to $500
qusp posted in this thread in DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions 12/24/12 at 6:23am | 12 replies | 1040 views
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Portable: iriver->D10->FiQ->TWCu wired JH13
Transportable: Iriver->portable ES9018->modified Bal-Bal 'the wire'->balanced JH13 w TWCu
Main Home : iPad remote->i5 Mac Mini w OWC Mercury SSD->Titan 4 x 32/384khz USB->i2s->Ackodac AKD12P->D1 IV->The Wire/DAO
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