Interests

Existing
Sound editing, tennis, jogging, photography, motorcycling, mountainbiking, science-fiction books, cosmology...

Headphone Inventory

HiFiMan HE1000se; HEDDphone; Dan Clark Audio E3, Æon² C); 2 homegrown electrostats on the basis of Stax Lambda Pro and Lambda Signature Pro; Stax Lambda Nova; AKG K 701; Sennheiser HD 800 (modified), HD 650, HD 600, HD 595, HD 238 Precision, PX 200, PX 100; Grado PS1; Campfire Atlas, Dorado 2020, Andromeda; Shure SE846, SE535; FiiO FH9, FH7, EX1; Sennheiser IE 800, IE 8; Etymotic ER-4PT (modified); Phonak Audéo PFE 112

Headphone Amp Inventory

Stax SRM-727II, SRM-T1 (modified); Chord Dave, Hugo₂, Hugo₁, Mojo₂, Mojo₁; Meier-Audio Corda Symphony, Concerto, Opera, Aria prototype; Mapletree Ear++ (Black Gates); Talisman T-3H; passive «amp» (actually a mere attenuator in the form of a 500 Ω potentiometer) for the connection to high-level sources

Source Inventory

Hugo M Scaler, Chord Dave, Hugo₂, Hugo₁, Mojo₂, Mojo₁; Bel Canto DAC2; Dodson DA.217 MK II; McCormack UDP-1 (universal player); Philips DVD 963 SA; Audiolab 8000CDM (CD transport); Corda Symphony and Opera internal DACs; Computer/foobar2000; FiiO M11S and M11 Pro (each with Neutron Player), X5 II, X3 II, X5; SanDisk Clip Sport, Clip Zip, Clip+

Cable Inventory

HE1000se cables: Norne Silvergarde S3, Lavricables Grand and Master Silver, Moon Audio Silver Dragon; HEDDphone cable: Norne Silvergarde S4; HD 800 cables: Norne Silvergarde S3, Lavricables Master Silver, Moon Audio Black Dragon, DHC Clone; E3 and Æon² C cable: Silvergarde SC; Dorado/Atlas/Andromeda/FH7/SE535/SE846 cable: Norne Silvergarde S3C, ALO Litz, Silver Litz, Reference 8, Lavricables Reference Silver, FiiO LC-3.5C, LC-3.5D, LC-4.4D; HD 600/650 cables: Zu Mobius, Silver Dragon, several homegrown magnet-wire cables; M Scaler–DAVE dual-BNC cables: Wave Storm, Amphenol RF; interconnects: Zu Gede, Silver Dragon, Rudistor, several homegrown magnet-wire cables

Other Audio Equipment

Passive pre-«amp» (with Alps 10-kΩ potentiometer), Corda headphone amps (theoretically) usable as preamps; power amps: Metaxas Solitaire (modified), BEL 1001; homegrown 1- and 2-way speakers with homegrown fiberglass dome tweeters

Audio-Related Tweaks

For maximum neutrality, all of my headphones are equalized (via custom presets). All stereo recordings are crossfeeded, all mono recordings are stereophonized (via Steinberg's WaveLab).

Music Preferences

Creative (progressive/alternative/independent...) Rock/Pop/Electronica/Ambient..., (contemporary) Jazz, (contemporary) Classical...

Gender

Male

Gear-Fi

Nikon D800 system, Kawasaki Z900RS SE

Occupation

(semi-)retired Editor