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Gender:

Male

Location:

Southern New England

Occupation:

Wire EDM Technician

Interests:

listening, 2 channel audio, gym, baking
wife...family...relaxing...weight training...cooking...eating...Jake...

Headphone Inventory:

Full ~
AKG K612 PRO Reference ~120 Ohm
Beyerdynamic DT880 600 Ohm Premium
Beyerdynamic DT990 600 Ohm Premium Limited Edition Black (sexy)
HiFiMan HE400i ~ 35 Ohm
Koss Porta PRO ~ 60 Ohm
Superlux hd668b ~56 Ohm
Superlux HD681 EVO (white) ~ 32Ohm


IEM ~
Puro IEM500
Kz ED-9 (x3)
Xiaomi Piston 2
ROCK Zircon
Meelec CW31 Wooden
Kz HDS1
Easy M2


Previously Owned headphones~
Phillips Fidelio X2 too heavy but sounded great
SENNHEISER HD600 hurt my jaw
AUDIO TECHNICA ATH-AD900 should have kept them
JVC HARX-700 no
TAKSTAR HI2050 I have the DT880
SENNHEISER HD598 looks good
Sennheiser PX100 gave away
Superlux HD681 EVO black (headband snapped)
KZ ED3 Acme
KZ EDSE
KZ ED3 Perfection
KZ ATE
KZ S3
KZ ATE-S
KZ ED-10
KZ EDR2
KZ ZS1
ROCK Mula
LZ Z03A
Mrice BALDOOR E300
VE Monk

Headphone Amp Inventory:

Little Dot MKIII with Novosibirsk power tubes
EI 6HM5 ( EC900 6HA5 6HQ5 ) Yugoslavian drivers

Keces HA-171

Loxjie P20

SMSL 793ii

biosciencegeek cmoy (TLE2082 op-amp)

Previously owned amps~
Beresford Capella
Beresford Bushmaster MKII
JDS Labs O2
Purity Audio KICAS/Caliente (great amp btw)
Qinpu A3
JDS Labs cMoyBB v2.03
Penguin Caffeine amp

Source Inventory:

Spinning my discs~
NAD C542 x2
Oppo DV-980h
Samsung BluRay BD-C6500
Panasonic DVD-RV31
all used as transports

DAC~
Keces DA131.1
Maverick Audio D2 DAC

EQ~
AUDIO CONTROL MODEL 520 EQUALIZER on SS system
AUDIO CONTROL C-22 OCTAVE EQUALIZER on tube system

Cable Inventory:

Esoteric Audio Graphis cable with Eichmann Bullet Plugs
Canare Cable 605 L-4E6S RCA
Esoteric Audio EA5 RCA
Signal Cable Analog 2 RCA
Signal Cable MagicPower Power Cord
Audio Art IC-3 RCA & SC-5 speaker cable

Power-Related Components:

Dedicated line for main system
The Blue Circle BC86 MKII

Other Audio Equipment:

Main 2 channel system-
NAD C542 CD->Audio Art IC-3 RCA-->
Placette Audio Remote Volume Control-->Esoteric Audio Graphis RCA-->
McCormack dna 0.5 amplifiers (X2) vertically bi-amping-->Audio Art SC-5-->
Monitor Audio RS6 speakers in Rosenut

Tube headphone system-
NAD C542 CD->KabelDirekt Optical Digital Audio Cable->Maverick Audio D2 factory upgraded tube & op-amps->Esoteric Audio Graphis RCA-->Audio Control C-22 EQ-->Little Dot MKIII Novosibirsk power tubes & EI 6HM5 Yugoslavian drivers

Solid State system-
Panasonic DVD-RV31-->Cable Matters Toslink Cable-->Keces DA-131.1 DAC->Esoteric Audio Graphis RCA-->Audio Control Model 520 EQ-->Keces HA-171

Hybrid system-
Oppo DV-980h-->Loxjie P20

Audio-Related Tweaks:

Speaker positioning is critical and often overlooked
Vertical rather than horizontial bi-amping
cables make a difference
kick family out before listening...
Sub while listening to headphones works great!

Music Preferences:

Rock
Folk
World
Prog Metal
Fusion Jazz
Instrumental

Gear-Fi:

Lenovo~ W10 Quad core, 8G Ram & 240G SSD
Acer Chromebbok 15
Kindle Fire
Galaxy S7

I do not listen through my computer, tablet or phone...
I do ride my Marin San Rafael