Interests

music | movies | literature | philosophy | technology / IT / computing | gaming | photography | bicycles & biking

Headphone Inventory

Focal: Utopia
ZMF: Caldera American White Oak | Vérité Open Pheasantwood | Vérité Closed Desert Ironwood | Atrium Bubinga | Atrium Closed Stabilized | Auteur Classic Manchurian Ash | Eikon Padauk | Aeolus Cocobolo
Sennheiser: HD800 | HD650 | PX100
Drop x Sennheiser: HD6XX | HD58X
Dan Clark Audio: ETHER 2

64 Audio: U4s
Elysian Acoustic Labs: Diva
Effect Audio x Elysian Acoustic Labs: Gaea
ThieAudio: Monarch | Monarch mk2 | Monarch mk3 | Prestige
Symphonium: Meteor
SoftEars: RSV
Yanyin x HBB: Mahina
Campfire Audio: Andromeda
Letshuoer x HBB: EJ07M Kinda Lava Edition
TangZu x HBB: Zetian Wu HeyDay Edition
Letshuoer: S12
7HZ: Timeless
Moondrop: Kato
SeeAudio: Yume II
SeeAudio x crinacle: Yume:Midnight
Kiwi Ears: Quartet
Tripowin x HBB: Olina

Headphone Amp Inventory

ECP Audio: T4 | Ravenswood/DSHA3F
HeadAmp: GS-X mini
Shortest Way 51+
Schiit: Mjolnir 3 | Lyr 3 | Jotunheim 2
NITSCH × Schiit: Pietus Maximus
Eddie Current: Zana Deux
WooAudio: WA6

Source Inventory

Chord Electronics: Qutest | Mojo
Soekris: dac2541
Matrix Audio: X-SABRE Pro (MQA)
Schiit: Bifrost 2/64 | Bifrost Uber
Shanling: M6 (21) | UP5
Luxury & Precision: W2-131
Cambridge Audio: Azur 840C
HeadAmp: Pico Upsampling USB DAC
SanDisk: Sansa Clip

Cable Inventory

Forza AudioWorks: Noir Hybrid HPC | Noir HPC Mk2 | Claire Hybrid HPC | Claire HPC Mk2
XINHS: various IEM cables
OIDIO Sound: Mongrel Series (SPC)
Van den Hul: 3T The Rock Hybrid (XLR Analog Interconnect) | The First Metal Screen (RCA Analog Interconnect) | The First Ultimate (S/PDIF Digital Interconnect) | The Digi-Coupler 75 Ohm BNC
Atlas: Hyper Achromatic RCA–BNC S/PDIF
The Chord Company: Shawline Analogue RCA
Wireworld: Starlight 8 USB A → B | Aurora 7 | Stratus 7
AudioQuest: Cinnamon USB A → B | Forest USB A → micro-B | Cinnamon USB A → USB-C
Schiit: PYST RCA & USB
Moon Audio: Black Dragon XLR Interconnect | Blue Dragon 1/8" to 1/4" adapter cable
Nordost: Blue Heaven | Purple Flare
Merlin Cables: Tarantula Mk6
SignalCable: MagicPower Power Cord | MagicPower Digital Reference
ATL Audio: Power Cable

Power-Related Components

iFi audio: AC iPurifier

Other Audio Equipment

Raspberry Pi 3 B+ with Pi 2 Design Pi2AES Pro Audio Shield
Raspberry Pi 4 with Pi 2 Design Pi2AES-Lite Pro Audio Shield
Allo USBridge Signature Player

Audio-Related Tweaks

iFi audio: iDefender3.0 | iDefender+ | iSilencer+ | iPurifier3

Music Preferences

Experimental | Avantgarde | Jazz | Metal | Rock | Electronic | Hip-Hop | (Contemporary) Classical

Gender

Male

Occupation

PhD in Computer Science | Assistant Professor | Music Writer | Engineer