MasonStorm
- Location
- Honolulu
- Interests
- Audio, cooking, fitness, space exploration, wine & WW2 History
- Headphone Inventory
- Focal Utopia
JPS Labs Abyss AB-1266 (the original and the Phi TC)
- Headphone Amp Inventory
- Woo Audio WA-234 Monoblocks
- Source Inventory
- Innuos STATEMENT
iOS devices via Apple’s Lightning-to-USB adapter
Windows 10 PC
- Cable Inventory
- AudioQuest Diamond ethernet
AudioQuest Diamond USB
Double Helix Cables Prion 4S headphone cable
High Fidelity Cables Pro RCA (from DAVE to WA-234's)
High Fidelity Cables Ultimate Reference Helix power cables throughout
JPS Labs Superconductor headphone cable
WAV Storm Reference BNC cables between BLU and DAVE
- Power-Related Components
- Blue Horizon Mains Noise Analyzer
PS Audio DirectStream Power Plant P20
- Other Audio Equipment
- 274B tubes: Takatsuki, WE
2A3 tubes: Fivre (dual plate & monoplate), Ken-Rad, KR Audio HP, National Union black monoplate, PSVane Acme, RCA Cunningham Radiotron black monoplate, Raytheon, Sylvania & Visseaux.
300B tubes: Elrog, PS Vane, PS Vane Acme, Sophia Electric Royal Princess, Takatsuki, and WE 1930’s 300A & 300B
422A tubes: Western Electric
45 tubes: Emission Labs (mesh, solid & globe mesh versions), Eveready Raytheon box plate balloon ER245, Fivre, Raytheon box plate shouldered glass, RCA UX-245, Sylvania & Tung-sol
5692 tubes: CBS, RCA, Sylvania
5931 tubes: Sylvania (two variants)
5U4G tubes: GEC, Marconi, PS Vane & RCA
6SN7 tubes: Brimar (6SN7GT, CV1988 & 6SN7GTY); CBS; Electro-Harmonix; Fivre (black & brown base), GEC B65; Haltron, Jinvina, Ken-Rad VT-231; Melz (1578 & 6H8C), Mullard, National Union VT-231; Philips ECG 6SN7WGTA, Pope, PSVane (6SN7+ curved glass red base, CV181-T-MII, Grant Fidelity SE globe, & UK Hi-Fi); Raytheon (VT-231 and WGT); RCA (6SN7GTB & VT-231 grey glass); Sophia Electric; Sylvania (6SN7GTA, 6SN7GTB, Bad Boys, VT-231, and W [black plate, short black plastic base and tall metal base]); Tung-sol (BGRP VT-231 [both oval & round mica], 1950s, and new Russian versions); Valvo, Visseaux
GZ32 tubes: Dario Miniwatt
Adona equipment rack
AudioQuest Jitterbug
Chord BLU Mk. II with DAVE DAC
Fuses: Audio Magic BeesWax Ultimate (& the ones Woo included as stock with the monoblocks)
KEF LS50 desktop speakers
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Physician
Signature
Primary system: Modem -> NetGear Orbi mesh router -> NetGear daughter node -> JCAT/Telegärtner M12 Gold with linear power supply> Innuos STATEMENT -> Göbel Lacorde Reference USB cable -> Chord BluDAVE -> High Fidelity Cables Pro RCA cables -> Woo Audio WA-234 monoblocks (the older model with 6SN7 drivers) ->JPS Labs Superconductor headphone cables -> JPS Labs Abyss AB-1266 Phi TC. All power cables are various grades of High Fidelity Cables (the magnetic ones with the big waveguides in the middle), attached to a PS Audio P20.
Other amps: Eleven Audio Formula S w/PowerMan; HiFiMan Shangri-La; Woo Audio WA-33 JPS Elite Edition.
Other DACs: Holo Audio May KTE
Other headphones: Focal Utopia; HiFiMan Shangri-La; JPS Labs Abyss AB-1266 OG.
Two-channel system: PS Audio Air Lens -> PS Audio HDMI I2S cable -> PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream DAC MK2 -> High Fidelity Cables Pro Pure Helix 3D XLR cables -> PS Audio BHK Signature PreAmp (current tubes: Tungsram 7DJ8's) -> High Fidelity Cables Pro Pure Helix 3D XLR cables -> PS Audio PerfectWave BHK M600 Monoblocks (original tube complement) -> High Fidelity Cables Pro speaker cables -> MartinLogan CLX Art speakers.
Other amps: Eleven Audio Formula S w/PowerMan; HiFiMan Shangri-La; Woo Audio WA-33 JPS Elite Edition.
Other DACs: Holo Audio May KTE
Other headphones: Focal Utopia; HiFiMan Shangri-La; JPS Labs Abyss AB-1266 OG.
Two-channel system: PS Audio Air Lens -> PS Audio HDMI I2S cable -> PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream DAC MK2 -> High Fidelity Cables Pro Pure Helix 3D XLR cables -> PS Audio BHK Signature PreAmp (current tubes: Tungsram 7DJ8's) -> High Fidelity Cables Pro Pure Helix 3D XLR cables -> PS Audio PerfectWave BHK M600 Monoblocks (original tube complement) -> High Fidelity Cables Pro speaker cables -> MartinLogan CLX Art speakers.
