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Trance88

Trance88's Community Profile

Location:

Grand Rapids, MI

Forum Post Count:

116

Last Online:

3 days, 15 hours ago

About Me:

I'm audio enthusiast with an Associates degree in music with emphasis in Recording Tech.

Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):

High quality vintage and antique electronics, recording and editing music, and comic books.

What I do for a living:

Full-time Hospital Valet attendant.

Headphone Inventory

Lafayette F990 (cosisting of parts from both a 1971 and a 1973 model)
Pioneer SE-30 (1971)
Realistic Pro 20 [Re-badged Koss K/6A] (circa 1980)
Fostex T20 [Version 2] (circa 2003)
x2 JVC "Flats" HA-S160 [Blue & Black] (2011)
Sennheiser HD 201 (2011)
Audio-Technica ATH-M50 (2012)

Headphone Amp Inventory

I don't have any headphones that need a dedicated headphone amp. My vintage Pioneer SX-636 stereo receiver (1975) is what I usually use to drive all my headphones.

Source Inventory

CD Player - Sony Playstation [1999]
Computer - Dell Optiplex GX150 /w stock sound card (POS!!!) [2001]
Cassette Deck - Yamaha KX-R470 [1993]
Turntable - Sony PS-242 [Circa 1981]
MP3 Player - Sony NW-E105 [2005]

Cable Inventory

Cables? Just what ever came with the headphones!

Power-Related Components

Pioneer SX-636 stereo receiver [1975] (27 watts per channel)
Teac AG-370 stereo receiver [2006] (50 watts per channel)

Other Audio Equipment

Panasonic RX-F3 Boombox (1983)
Realistic MC-1200 speakers (1980) (25w per speaker max)

Music Preferences

Trance, Deep House, Classic Rock, Jazz, Classical/Orchestral (19th through present 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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Headphones - WORN!!! - new thread - no nudity
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/24/12 at 11:05pm | 4006 replies | 464105 views
Top 5 Closed Back Cans
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/23/12 at 11:08pm | 66 replies | 2003 views
Has the fake ath-m50 arrived?
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/21/12 at 9:28pm | 333 replies | 60705 views
closed, over ear, around $150 relatively neutral
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/20/12 at 10:51pm | 47 replies | 927 views
Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80-Ohm Appreciation Thread
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/18/12 at 9:56pm | 33 replies | 1955 views
Audio Technica Vs Sennheiser
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/17/12 at 10:10pm | 8 replies | 160 views
Best headphones for electronic music (trance, progressive)?
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/17/12 at 9:24pm | 28 replies | 2103 views
Just listened to some Fostex T50RPs today... WOW!
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/16/12 at 10:02pm | 8433 replies | 445978 views
Audio-Technica Ath-M50 Drivers
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/16/12 at 9:43pm | 6 replies | 138 views
Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...
Trance88 posted in this thread in Headphones (full-size) 5/14/12 at 11:45pm | 6372 replies | 753861 views

 

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Best cans I own (in descending order):

Audio-Technica ATH-M50s [2012]

JVC "Flats" HA-S160-A [2011]

Fostex T20 (Version 2) [2003]

Pioneer SE-30 [1971]

Lafayette F-990 [1971?] [avatar]
Sennheiser HD 201 [2011]

 

Trance88's Lists

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My Headphones 3 Headphones
Last Updated 5/6/12
My List 6 Headphones
Last Updated 6/20/11
My List 2 Headphones
Last Updated 6/7/11

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