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Trance88

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Location:

Grand Rapids MI

Forum Post Count:

95

Last Online:

6 days, 13 hours ago

About Me:

I'm currently a student going to GRCC majoring in Recording Tech.

Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):

Vintage and antique electronics and comic books.

What I do for a living:

Full time college student. In the summer, I work at Interlochen Fine Arts Camp.

Headphone Inventory

Lafayette F990 (circa 1971)
Pioneer SE-30 (1971)
Realistic Pro 20 [Re-badged Koss K/6A] (circa 1980)
Fostex T20 [Version 2] (circa 2003)
Sony MDR ZX100 (2011)
Sennheiser HD 201 (2011)

Headphone Amp Inventory

None. I don't have any headphones that need one.

Source Inventory

I just use the headphone jack on my stereo systems.

Cable Inventory

Cables? Just what ever came with the headphones!

Other Audio Equipment

Teac AG-370 stereo receiver (2006) (50 watts per channel)
Akai AA-R31 stereo receiver (1980) (38 watts per channel)
Pioneer SX-636 stereo receiver (1975) (27 watts per channel)
Panasonic RX-F3 Boombox (1984)
Denon DP-15F direct drive turntable (1984)
Realistic MC-1200 speakers (1980) (25w per speaker max)
Sanyo RD-5030 cassette deck (1979)

Audio-Related Tweaks

Usually when I try to tweak stuff I make it worse.

Music Preferences

Trance, Deep House, Classic Rock, Jazz Classical/Orchestral (19th and 20th century preferred)

Interests (non-headphone)

Sonic the Hedgehog games and comics, recording and editing music, radio and TV broadcasting, vinyl records and other analog audio formats.

Gear-Fi (Favorite Non-Audio Gear & Gadgets)

Emerson Silver Swan table fan (circa 1938)
Bersted Eskimo table fan (circa mid to late 1940's)
Knapp-Monarch Koldair table fan (circa early 1950's)
Western Electric first gen rotary dial Trimline Telephone (Circa late 1960's, converted to modular in 1978)


Trance88's Recent Activity

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Best of the $50ish headphones?
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 2/3/12 at 9:37am | 30 replies | 409 views
Budget Headphones : Sennheiser Hd202 ii VS. Sony ZX100 VS. JVC HA-RX500
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 1/23/12 at 10:54pm | 1 replies | 199 views
JVC Flats...No, I'm Not Crazy!
Trance88 posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 10/21/11 at 8:57am | 9 replies | 2738 views
Calling All "Vintage" Integrated/Receiver Owners
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphone Amps (full-size) 10/14/11 at 8:28pm | 4122 replies | 165900 views
Ortofon e-Q5 Impressions Thread
Trance88 posted in this thread in Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear... 10/13/11 at 8:50pm | 685 replies | 39560 views
What makes a good headphone?
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 9/19/11 at 9:47pm | 18 replies | 505 views
Sennheiser HD 201 Headphones
reviewed by Trance88 6/20/11 at 5:33pm
Whats the difference - Sennheiser HD-201 and HD-201S
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 6/16/11 at 12:55pm | 13 replies | 420 views
will excess dust damage my open headphone??
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 6/15/11 at 8:47pm | 8 replies | 236 views

 

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Best cans I own:
Lafayette F-990 (1971?) [avatar]
Pioneer SE-30 (1971)
Fostex T20 (Version 2) (2003)
JVC "Flats" HA-S160-A (2011)
Sennheiser HD 201 (2011)

*R.I.P. Sony MDR-V150 (2007-2011)*

Trance88's Lists

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My List 5 Headphones
Last Updated 6/20/11
My List 2 Headphones
Last Updated 6/7/11

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