Interests

Music, Movies, Motorcycles, Racing, Photography, Electronic repairs/restoration/modding

Headphone Inventory

PSB M4U1, Grado SR-60...eyeballing an AKG or Stax

Source Inventory

Modified Windows-based Toshiba laptop dedicated as a music server, running optimized JRiver Media Center software powered by an outboard linear supply. Denon DVD-5900 multi-format player (SACD, DVD-A, HDCD, etc.) for spinning silvery discs.

Cable Inventory

Mixture of Canare True 75-ohm interconnects and hand-crafted solid core OFC speaker and USB cabling.

Power-Related Components

Modified ABM 9303D industrial linear power supply with three discrete adjustable voltage taps.

Other Audio Equipment

Completely re-capped Musical Fidelity V90-DAC with custom-built outboard linear power supply. Pure Class-A Kinergetics Research KBA-75 power amplifier (fully recapped), Muse Model 100 amp, vintage SAE Model 2300, heavily modded Muse-Audio DAC for PC audio.

Nearfield listening setup via George Cardas 'Golden Ratio' measurements. ADS L-1290, Infinity Reference 5 and CS-3009 towers. Moderate room acoustic treatment. Denon AVR-4802R for surround-sound decoding.

Audio-Related Tweaks

Tweaks? Those are endless! For some things, you just can't beat DIY.

Music Preferences

Everything from Mozart to Metallica. Lots of Jazz, very little country.

Gender

Male

Gear-Fi

Video stuffz: Hitachi 65XWX20B RPTV, Pioneer PRO-FPJ1 projector. Xbox, PS3.