cspirou

Interests

electronics, DIY, cooking, reverse engineering, math

Headphone Inventory

HiFiMAN RE-400, Sennheiser HD 250 MK I, Koss MV1, ATH-AD700, Skullcandy Ink'd

Wishlist:
Phillips Fidelio X2
Beyerdynamic dt-880
HE-400 or HE-560
ATH-R70x
Noble IEM

Headphone Amp Inventory

HA-PRO DIY Class A LJM, Topping TP21

Wishlist:
Schiit Magni 2 Uber
Schiit Vali
Oppo HA-2

Diy projects planned:
6080 OTL headphone amp
Firstwatt F2 modified for headphone use
6C45Pi tube amp

Source Inventory

Schiit Modi USB DAC, iPod Touch

Wishlist:
Schiit Modi 2 Uber
Soerkris dam1021 R2R DAC
HiFiBerry DAC
Pro-ject elemental turntable with Schiit Mani
Oppo Blu-ray player

DIY project planned:
CDROM based CD transport

Cable Inventory

Whatever came with my system, Amazon basics

Other Audio Equipment

DIY FE83en speakers, DIY TABAQ, lm1875 gainclone

Wishlist:
JBL LSR305
Linkwitz LXMini
LX521
Kii Audio THREE
miniDSP
Hypex NC400

DIY Projects Planned:
Aleph 30 Clone
F1 amp
Hypex UcD180 multichannel amp or Neurochrome based amp
Bruno Putzey balanced preamp
2A3 based tube amp
12AX7 tube overdrive guitar pedal
Bass amplifier
PVC based speakers

Audio-Related Tweaks

None so far

Audio tweaks I would like to try:
Converting the RCA outputs of a turntable to XLR
Controlling an AC turntable motor with a cheap class D amp
Using an Arduino to control the volume on a miniDSP or dam1021
Using Burson Audio discrete opamps on an O2 amp, a Bugle2 phono preamp or a Cmoy portable amp
Replacing output electrolytic capacitors with film capacitors

Music Preferences

Classical symphonies, indie rock, hip hop, electronica...

Gear-Fi

watches, arduino, raspberry pi, HEKA amplifier, telescopes, HDTV, anything by Le Creuset, Weber Smokers, PID controllers, mac mini....

Equipment I use for DIY:
Laser cutter
various soldering irons
Digital oscilloscope
sine wave generator
+/-15v power supply

A list of software I use for DIY:
Circuitlab.com
Mathematica
Matlab
Comsol
Inkscape

Occupation

Biophysicist

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