fatcat28037
Location
Denver, NC, 20mi. NNW of Charlotte.
Interests
Throwing pots, I fire ^6ox, and a little Raku or Reduction when the opportunities arise.

I use Music Collector to keep track of my CD collection, 1526 albums, 1702 discs, 22038 tracks, 1488hr. 6min....5/2/24

I volunteer with HATS, "Helping Animals To Survive". We are an Animal adoption group working to make the Lincoln County, NC Animal Shelter a "no kill" facility.

I enjoy driving my 2008 Miata GT, it's my first car in 44 years with Automatic transmission.
Headphone Inventory
<<<< CURRENTLY OWNED >>>>
AKG K1000 #5142, Balanced
Bose QC25, Don't fly without them
Denon AH-D7000, Balanced, my 2nd pair
Etymotic ER4P w/custom fit tips
FiiO EX-1, these sound really good
FiiO F5, Balanced
Grado RS-1, #5086 Balanced
Grado SR-80e, my computer headphones
HiFi Man HE-400 Balanced
Koss ESP 950 electrostatic (w/E90 amp.)
Philips CitiScape
Sennheiser HD420 circa 1982
Sennheiser PX-100 II
Sennheiser RS-180...my TV watching phones
Sony MDR-V6 circa 1990

<<<< PREVIOUSLY OWNED >>>>
Alessandro MS-1
AKG K702, now in NY
Audio Technica ATHES7
Adudez'e LCD-2 v1 #5312331 Balance, now in AZ
Beyerdynamics dt770 (250 ohm)
Bose QC-1.....traded to Bose for QC-2
Bowers & Wilkins P5, now in Philly
Bose QC-2.....dont fly without them!
Denon AH-D2000
Denon AH-D7000 Balanced...beautiful, now in Canada
Grado SR-80...gone but not forgotten
Grado SR-325i, #5693 w/Headphile mods
Grado GS-1000 #347, nice, but I am an RS-1 kinda guy
Grado HF-1, #302, liked'em but underused, now in MN
Grado HF-2, #144, Ditto ^
iGrado
Klipsch Custom 1....my granddaughters lovin them
Pioneer SE-50 circa 1972....now in Missouri
Sennheiser HD-280
Sennheiser HD-650...gone and forgotten, just not my sound
Sennheiser PX-100
Sennheiser PMX-200
Sennheiser RS-140
Shure E2G.......now leading a new life in Singapore
Shure SE310....now in The Netherlands
Sony MDR-F1
Sony SA5000
Headphone Amp Inventory
<<<< CURRENTLY OWNED >>>>
FiiO A5 portable
Koss E90 (matched to ESP 950 phones)
Woo Audio 22 balanced desktop
Yamaha A-S701 speaker amp - dedicated Snell KII speaker & AKG K1000 power source

<<<< PREVIOUSLY OWNED >>>>
Grado RA1/HG...now a French Grado
Grado RA1 9v
PA2V2................ nice little amp
C&C Box V2....a pretty little thing
C&C XO...........not very reliable
Woo Audio 3+.....bought from Jack at CanJam08
Woo Audio 2........great amp but wanted balanced
Headamp AE-2..nice portable amp, just never used
iBasso T3D......lost twice on the way to Paris
Fiio E11......nice amp but I wanted nicer
Source Inventory
<<<< CURRENTLY OWNED >>>>
Yamaha CD/SACD S2000 w/balanced o/p
PDP - FiiO X3vIII w/256gb SD

<<<< PREVIOUSLY OWNED >>>>
Cambridge Audio DacMagic....now living In Salisbury, NC
Cambridge Audio DVD-99 SACD
Fiio X3 vI
Fiio X3 vII
Marantz CD-5001
Pacific Valve Vanguard CDM12....now in NJ
PDP - Samsung YP-R0 8gb - my Wifes' now
Sansa e280 v1 8gb
Sansa clip 2gb
Samsung Galaxy 4 8gb/32gb SD - sold to Amazon
Yamaha 1800 DVD/SACD
Cable Inventory
ALO 1 meter power cable
Isotek 1.5 meter premium power cable
Blue Jeans interconnects
Power-Related Components
Isotek Orion AC line conditioner w/Isotek premium power cord, won at CanJam08 from Let There be Sound
Other Audio Equipment
Bose Companion 3 series II for my computer
Bose RoomMate II Portable, 1987 vintage & sounds great!
Bose RoomMates, for tunes in the garage
Snell KII speakers powered by Yamaha AS-701
UE Boom, a great little portable speaker
JBL XLE990 speakers
Koss ESP950 Electrostatic headphone System
Music Preferences
Pretty much everything with the exception of a few Genres I find annoying like Rap, Metal, Dubstep...etc.
Gender
Male
Gear-Fi
Canon T3i DSLR with 18-135mm & 70-300mm IS lens

And I still like my 1999 Tacoma, looks good and runs great with 193k miles. It's gone, sold it I miss not having a truck...........but my new ride, a 2008 Miata GT with retractable hardtop is soooooooo much more fun to drive.

My DJI Phantom (std.) Drone is a blast to pilot.

>>> I last updated my profile May 2, 2024
Occupation
Retired in 1999 after 32 years in IT.

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You might be a Redneck if..........you wear a "Make America Great Again" Ball Cap

My CD library, cataloged using "Music Collector" My CDs

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