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- Headphone Inventory
- HE60, HE500, Deep Darth Beyer, LCD3, Ananda BT, HD650, Denon AH-A100, RHA T20
- Headphone Amp Inventory
- Factory modded Cary 300SEI w/ WE300Bs, Mullard ECC32 and Tung-Sol smoked/round plate or Sylvania metal base 6SN7s. This was used for now sold K1000 headphones
SP Supra EXTREME - from Skylab; repaired, serviced & modified by Kevin Gilmore; Mullard ECC32 driving TS / Chatham 5998
Custom transformer coupled Valvo EL84 (or Mullard EL86) power tube and Sylvania 5687 (or Tung-Sol 7044 or Bendix 6900) signal tube w/ separate PS. Have two of these -- one for low impedance and another for high impedance headphones.
Meier CORDA Stepdance
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- Source Inventory
- Main system - analog: Redpoint Model D TT on Harmonic Resolution System (HRS) M3 Isolation Base atop Arcici Lead Balloon stand, Tri-Planar Mk VII, JMW 12.5/12.6, Moerch UP4 tonearms + an array of MC and MM cartridges
Other belt driven: VPI HW-19 MK3 with Moerch UP4, Dual Golden Stone.
Other dd tt: Dual 731Q, SABA PSP-350, Technics 1710 Mk2, Sony PS-8750, Sony TTS-8000
Main system - digital: Exemplar modded DVD 5910 with tube output stage and SE and balance out options // APL-modified Philips SACD 1000 with tube output stage // DAC of Peachtree Audio Nova
Office System - digital: APL modded Pioneer 563a (SS mods only)
Portables: Meier CORDA Stepdance + HiFiMAN HM-801 or iPhone 3GS
***** LOOKING FOR ***** GAME amp module for HM-801
- Cable Inventory
- IC: Verbatim for sources, Harmonic Technology (HT) Magic Link 2 for preamp, HT Truth Link or Harmonix Golden Performance phono
PC: Elrod Statement II to Sound Application line conditioner, Harmonix Studio Master for amps, pre, phonostage and digital dources
Speakers: Verbatim
Whiplash Elite and Jena Labs LOD + custom LOD to RCA, mini to RCA
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- Power-Related Components
- Sound Application XE-12s
Monarchy AC Regenerator
Dedicated 20 amp AC lines
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- Other Audio Equipment
- Wavestream Kinetics MC and custom battery powered Emotive Audio Circa MM phono stages, First Sound Paramount Mk II SE preamp with dual PS, and digital sources on Critical Mass Grand Master platforms with Black Label Rack System + HRS Damper Plates and Nimbus Couplers/Spacers or StillPoints or Cerapucs, as needed.
DeHavilland Aries 845-G monoblocks on Black Diamond Racing The Source carbon fiber platforms
Highly modified, Coincident Millennium with Scanspeak Revelator tweeter and Audax carbon fiber mids and Extreme wiring+IsoAcoustics footers --> 94 dB sensitivity, nominal impedance of 14 Ohms (never going below 8 Ohms)
Overall system FR as measured at ear level from the listening position (via digital or analog front end playing reference pink noise tracks): -2 dB at 20Hz, -2 dB @ 18.5kHz, flat elsewhere in between, the only exception being the acceptable +0.5 dB around 80Hz-100Hz.
RETIRED: HEV70 amp, Bayer 880/32, AKG K702+6N solid core OFC, ATH-CK10, DBA-02, RE0, iQube V1
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- Audio-Related Tweaks
- Vibration control throughout: Critical Mass Grand Master 3-shelf stand+Finite Elemente CeraBase, HRS Source Platform, Record Weight, Damper Plates, Nimbus Footers | Arcici Lead Baloon tt stand | BDR The Source & The Shelf | Finite Elemente CeraPucs | StillPoints | BDR Pucs & Cones
Signature
HEADPHONES: HE60+Spritzer/Mjolnir Stax adapter | HE500+honeycomb grill, AlphaDog plush leather extreme angle pads, ZMF Pilots & custom UPOCC Litz to 1/4" (or glitch39 crafted UPOCC 24awg x 8 solid core cat6 Litz to 4pin XLR) | DEEP DARTH BEYER DT990 Pro 600Ohm drivers+semi-open Koa Cups+hardwired custom 12ft Cardas UPOFC Litz to XLR (only 3 ever made by Larry of Headphile) | LCD3 NF (from RSA; Ray's very own pr)+Benjamin6264 crafted UPOFC Litz to 4pin XLR+1/4" adapter (or custom UP-Ag Litz to 1/4") | ANANDA BT | HD650+leather angle pads, ZMF Pilots & Amplifier Surgery Ag-plated UPOCC solid core to 4pin XLR (or Zu Mobius to 1/4") | DENON AH-A100 (from Mshenay, who modded with 4pin mini out)+PinkyPower crafted UPOFC Litz to 4pin XLR to (or ZMF 4pin mini to 1/4") | RHA T20 IEMs (standard & wireless) AMPS: SINGLE POWER EXTREME (Skylab owned, Kevin Gilmore corrected serviced & modded, further upgraded by JT Audio)+Mullard ECC32+TS/Chatham 5998, CUSTOM (JT AUDIO) transformer-coupled EL84 Valvo+5687 Sylvania (or 7044 GE or Bendix 6900), CARY CAD 300SEI (via speaker taps)+2x WE300B+Mullard ECC32+2x Sylvania 6SN7W, PEACHTREE NOVA 65 (taps & headphone out), CORDA STEPDANCE SOUCES: Exemplar Denon 5910, APL Philips SACD1000, APL Pioneer 563a, Oppo BDP-103D, HiFiMAN HM-801, iPhone 3GS RETIRED: HEV70, Bayer 880/32, AKG K702+6N solid core OFC, ATH-CK10, DBA-02, RE0, iQube V1
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