Interests

Modding/Breaking/Fixing/Creating electronics, vintage everything, guitars and amps, Muscle Cars, Physics, and IT to name a few.

Headphone Inventory

Audeze EL-8 (open-back), SoundMAGIC HP150, Shure SE425, Nuforce NE-700X, Westone UM30

Headphone Amp Inventory

Schiit Audio Magni 2
FiiO E12 (DIY w/ Burson V5i-D)
Creative ZXR
Aune T1
FiiO X3K
Yamaha RX-V863
Pioneer VSX-919AH
Kenwood C-2
S.M.S.L. sAp-10 (2x 3-pin XLR in and 1x 4-pin XLR out)
Burson Play

Source Inventory

Hi-Fi PC (i7 3770K + ASRock Z77 OC Formula + Corsair 4x8GB DDR3 2400MHz + Modded Creative ZXR + Corsair HX750 + Samsung 850 EVO 500GB -> Analog Out (Canare L-4E6S Cables) ->Yamaha RX-V863)

ES9038Pro DAC (SS3601 + SS3602 w/ Vanguard 0.1ppm 100 MHz Golden TCXO)
Burson Audio Play v2.0
Kenwood C-2 (w/ 16V Zener Diode mod + V6-OPA-D Classics & V5i-D)
Aune T1
FiiO X3K
Cowon iAudio9+

Cable Inventory

Mogami 2534
Canare L-4E6S
Burson Audio Cable+ RCA to RCA (impedance matching, powered cable)
Custom Moon Audio EL-8 DIY Cable using Blue Dragon and Neutrik NC4MX

Power-Related Components

Cyberpower CP1500AVRLCD
Cybperpower CP1200AVR
Belkin 900VA
PS Audio Noise Harvester

Other Audio Equipment

Wharfedale Diamond 220s
Definitive Technology C/L/R 2002
Polk Audio 45s, 35s and C2
Onkyo and Sony Subs

Fender Blues Jr. (Heavily Modded) w/ Celestion G12H (England) + Schecter Tempest Custom

Audio-Related Tweaks

x7 metallic film Capacitors (ERSE PulseX) used on Creative ZXR for Direct Coupled IV + (2x AD8597, 4x ADA4627-1BRZ) or recently Burson V5-OPA-D's and Burson V5i-D's

Aune T1 Capacitors:

DAC Secondary Power Supply: ELNA SilmicII 470uF 25V
DAC Primary Power: Panasonic FR 3300uF 25V
Headphone Amp Coupling: ELNA SilmicII 47uF 50V
Headphone Amp Rail Voltage: ELNA SilmicII 470uF 25V

Two Primary Tubes Used w/ Aune T1:

1963 Amperex 7308 Holland Bugle Boy (Extremely Rare)
Siemens 6922 CCa - 05/1969 @ Wiener Radio Werkes Germany

Music Preferences

Classic Rock
Jazz
Motown
Alternative

Gender

Male

Gear-Fi

CPU: AMD 3950X@ 4.2ghz
GPU: MSI GTX 1070
LCD: HTC Vive + Viewsonic XG2703-GS + 4K LG
Mobo: ASUS X570-E
Sound: Singxer SU-1 Clone -> ES9038Pro DAC
RAM: G.SKill TridentZ 3666 64GB
SSD: 1TB & 500GB Sabrent Rocket (PCI-E 4.0)
PSU: Corsair HX 750W 80+ Silver (62A)
UPS: Cyberpower CP1500AVRLCD (900W)
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x64
Cooling: Corsair 650D + Corsair H110i + NZXT X62 Kraken + All Noctua PWM Fans

Occupation

Senior Year in Computer Engineering