mikemercer
writer, musicBiz vet, audio evangelist
- Website
- http://positive-feedback.com
- Location
- Florida
- Interests
- writing, MUSIC, high-fidelity, hiking, reading, being a "docu-Junkie"
film, traveling, sunsets/sunrises!
- Headphone Inventory
- ABYSS Diana (1st edition)
Audeze LCD-5
Audeze LCD-3 (OG)
Audeze LCD-2 w/ Fazor
Audeze LCD-X
Audeze SINE
Dan Clark Audio/MrSpeakers ETHER
Centrance Cerene dB
JH Audio JH13 Pro VII
JH Audio Roxannes
Sennheiser Momentum on-ear (Ivory)
Sennheiser HD7 DJ
Sony WH-1000XM4 (for traveling)
- Headphone Amp Inventory
- ALO classic Rx IEM amplifier
Centrance HiFi-M8 VII
Centrance DACPort Pro
E.A.R HP4 Hand-Crafted by Tim de Paravicini
Lehmann Audio Traveler
Schiit Audio Jotunheim ver.1
Woo Audio WA7 Fireflies + Tube Power-Supply
- Source Inventory
- Macbook Pro running Amarra, Apple Music
Astell&Kern AK380
iPad Pro running VLC (for NAS access), Onkyo file player, Apple Music
iPhone 11 running Amarra Mobile, Onkyo file player, Apple Music
VPI Player turntable w/ Ortofon Blue + Sonicweld DampClamp & Gingko Audio Cloud9T isolation platform
- Cable Inventory
- Black Cat Cable Audeze Special Edition
Double Helix Cables Complement2 dual-XLR interconnects
Double Helix Cables ComplementC interconnects
Double Helix Cables ComplimentC - Audeze
Double Helix Cables custom - Dan Clark Audio
Kimber Kable AXIOS AG - Audeze
Moon Audio Silver Dragon IEM
- Power-Related Components
- Kimber Kable PK Ascent 14 power cords
- Other Audio Equipment
- vintage Counterpoint Dual Mono tube pre-amp
Lehmann Audio Black Cube phonostage
Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature (in bi-amp configuration for 2-channel)
New Era Loudspeakers (hand-crafted by Mike Johnson)
My grandfathers vintage McIntosh MAC1900
- Audio-Related Tweaks
- Bright Star bases
Black Ravioli resonance control devices & stands
Lehmann Audio isolation pucks
- Music Preferences
- Love TONS of music; if it moves me, it doesn't matter when, where, or how it was recorded or performed. But, examples of artists I love: Burial, Black Pumas, Jose Gonzalez, Mogwai, Radiohead, James Blake, Frank Ocean, Eskmo, Blitzen Trapper, Aphex Twin, Shlohmo, Was, The LOX, Gangstarr, Biggie, A Tribe Called Quest, Nosaj Thing, Iron & Wine, Grand Archives, Bat for Lashes, Ani DiFranco, Brian Eno, WAVVES, The Shins, The Morning After Girls, Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Hush Now, Ben Folds, Martin Sexton, Joy Division, Shiny Toy Guns, Bloc Party, Elbow, Machinedrum, Phonat, Beacon, Adele, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Mumford & Sons, tech-house, drum-n-bass, techno, to name a few..
- Gender
- Male
- Gear-Fi
- Love good hikers: Solomons or Merrells, my classic Craftsman toolbag + Bosch Core drill set,
My 2013 CooperWorks Limited Edition Mini Cooper (her name is SKY)
And she’s still running like a champ
- Occupation
- custom audio/video, freelance writer
Contact
- MikeMercer
Signature
Michael Mercer
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