Interests

Sci-Fi, computing, PC gaming, music, writing, photography

Headphone Inventory

Audeze LCD 3F 282XXXX 2016
Audeze LCD 2F 2016
Audeze Mobius
Audeze Sine with Cipher and standard cable - Cipher is twinkly and has bumped up bass
Sennheiser HD6XX
Sony WH-1000XM3 - highly competent sound & balanced signature despite noise cancelling circuitry and Bluetooth, best wireless SQ for iDevice users
Sony WF-1000XM4 - ANC and battery life a big jump over XM3, but a bit less comfortable for me
Sony WF-1000XM3 - SQ preferred over Airpod Pros

Oppo PM-3 - utter and complete loss to the Audeze Sine

Final E5000 - my favourite IEMs of all time, balanced, organic and with a coherency and ease of presentation I have not yet found in any other IEM, even in TOTL universals that I've heard

Moondrop Aria - Was curious about the Moondrop house sound, am curious no longer. Typical IEM artificial treble
Moondrop Chu - Nope to the treble but for the price the clarity is to be commended
7z Salnotes Dioko - I had some hope for this but the bass is non-existent. And treble is artificial.

JH Audio Astell & Kern Billie Jean - Impulse audition & purchase, seemed great at first, punchy and dynamic but well beaten by the E5000 later
Audio Technica E70 - with solid bass and more refinement than my FLC8S
FLC Technology FLC8S - blue nozzle, grey bass filter and red sub bass filter, sounds like an LCD 2.2, absolutely gorgeous, previously top of my IEM pile
Vsonic VC1000 - Absolutely fantastic balanced and neutral sound...RIP,..fixed with super glue!


NAD Viso HP50...sold
Beyerdynamic DT880/250
Audio-Technica ATH-IM70
Westone W30
Fischer Audio TBA-04...lost
Fischer Audio DBA-02 MKII...RIP
Steel Series Flux
Ultimate Ears 600VI
Sennheiser PMX 100

Headphone Amp Inventory

Audio-gd Master 9
Audio-gd R11
Cayin iHA-6
Audio-gd Precision 1S
iBasso DX150
Alo Pan Am + Passport
Nwavguy Objective 2 amp
iFi iDSD Nano...sold
Venturecraft GoDap X Red (MUSE9820)...sold
Fiio E17 Alpen...turned into gaming PC soundcard
PA2V2

Source Inventory

Audio-gd R7 2020
RME ADI-2 DAC FS
Audio-gd DAC-19...just...wow but intermittently terrible after 4 years
Denafrips Ares II - a let down, inferior to DAC-19 and very low resolution for the money
JDS Labs ODAC
iPod Classic 160GB
iPhone 6+/5/iPad Air 2 Onkyo player (FLAC/DSD/WAV)
Foobar WASAPI OUT

Cable Inventory

Custom Canare Audeze to 4pin XLR
Custom 4pin XLR female to 6.3mm plug
Custom Canare RCA interconnect
Audioquest Rocket 22
Audio-gd pro ACSS cables

Power-Related Components

Ifi PowerStation
Ifi AC Purifier
Wired 4 Audio Recovery USB Reclocker
Ifi iPurifier

Other Audio Equipment

Speakers
Purifi 6R (Troels Gravesen DIY kit) - this is rocking my world and beats the Super HL5+ in just about every single way for $4000 less....
Harbeth Super HL5+
SB Acoustics Rinjani
Harbeth P3ESR
Elac Unifi UB5
Elac Debut B6
Pioneer BS22-LR
Pioneer FS52

Power Amp
Audio-gd A1
Hegel H90
Audio-gd Precision 1

Audio-Related Tweaks

Guilty pleasure - occasionally playing with Foobar DSPs and EQ.

Music Preferences

Orchestral, classical, jazz, indie, alternative, hip hop/rap, folk, electronic, anything that strikes my fancy that particular moment

Gender

Male

Occupation

Enterprise IT