Interests

genre movies, history a bit.
movies esp. cult cinema like mario bava & jess franco, sci-fi and genre pictures, or anything that looks or sounds cool, girl-watching, history, art.

Headphone Inventory

HD800 (my 2nd pair, 6-2010)(with Bellatone Audio Cables),
PS1000 w. Black Dragon cable ( and a J-Money headband because it makes less mechanical noise) (also had em stock cabled for almost a year).

Had: GS1000 w. Black Dragon cable, Stax Omega SR-007 mk1, Sony CD3000 Headphile Purple Heart woodied w. Apuresound cable, JH13 Pro (tiny sounding).
circa 1987 SR Lamdas, Lamda Nova Basic
30-day tried: Beyer Dynamic T-1, GS-1000 (stock), Denon AHD 7000, Audio Technica ATH-W5000 (didn't finish burning in, seemed the bass would never show up from what I read), various mid to hi-end dynamic phones in the 80s & 90s, which I've forgoten the names of (sony, akg, beyerdamic, senns, etc.)

Headphone Amp Inventory

EAR/Yoshino HP4
had: Stax 717.
30-Day tried: Headroom Balanced Ultra Desktop & Power Source, Headroom Basic Desktop Amp. liked Headroom's crossfeed, Had Zana Deux for short while, but 1st was damaged, 2nd picked up loud intermittent buzz through AC current, sounded good while it was working, and I will miss looking at those big glowing tubes while listening to music.

Source Inventory

Sony/Modwright XA-5400SE SACD Player w. "Truth" umbilical.
(had EAR/Yoshino Acute CD Player with Mullards-Holland gold pin)
Thorens TD 316 Turntable with Dynavector DV-10X5 high output mc cartridge via an EAR/Yoshino 834P mm Phono amp with Mullards.
20 year old Harmon Kardon tuner which I never use anymore.

Cable Inventory

Crystal Connect Standard XLR VS. Bellatone Audio XLR cables for CD Player to HP4 (depending on which tubes).
Synergistic Research Alpha Sterling (3 pairs), mmwwhats's yaccocables "lucky 7" silver rca(1 pair)

HD800 cables: Bellatone Audio (IpodPJ) SPC balanced cables with 1/4" adapter (modeled somewhat on the popular "Double Helix" cables).
HAD Warren Audio but he never replaced my defective poorly soldered return with the "upgrade" I payed for, check his recent feebback!! HAD: Balanced & SE Cardas, and APureSound w. Furutech.
Pangea AC9s, 14 and AC9SE, and Bellatone power cables.

Power-Related Components

PS Audio Power Plant Premier (2009 model)
(Sonic Frontiers) Anthem PRE 1-L preamp (with Telefunkens),
Adcom GFA-549 power amp

Other Audio Equipment

Meier Audio Corda-Cross 1 (external passive crossfeed device)
Living Voice IBX series speakers. Cambre audio racks.

Audio-Related Tweaks

Marigo Mystery Feet for Cd player and HP4. Audioquest Q Sorbothane feet for CD Power source. Ordered set of custom Edensound feet for Modwright 5400ES and power source, we'll see.
Finite Elemente Ceraballs isolation feet for Oppo 93 bluray.
VPI 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine, VPI HW-1 Disc Resonace Damper or Ringmat system for turntable.

Periodic bouts of tube rolling.

Music Preferences

Classical (esp. orchestral), Soundtracks (esp. vintage Italian, horror & sci fi), prog-rock esp. with few or no vocals, analogue synth, 60s-80s Bollywood, and any weird 3rd world pop/folk esp. Cambodian, miscellaneous exotica (in the broader sense of the word), Funk & Disco, experimental Jazz from 20s & 30s, etc. Beatles, Stones, Led Zep. The following on Vinyl only: Beasty Boys. Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Punk/Hardcore, and the Cramps. Always looking for new stuff to try, catching up on all the classic rock-type music I passed on as a kid.

Gear-Fi

Oppo 93 multiregion bluray player. Japanese Regza 42" TV with a 17.8 Gbs Monster HDMI cable that really helps.

Occupation

English teacher in Japan