Paul Graham

Birthday

Jun 10, 1977 (Age: 47)

Website

https://theaudiophilecafe.com/

Location

Plymouth UK

Interests

Audio, reading, gaming, DJ'ing, movies, bleh bleh bleh bleh...

Headphone Inventory

Over Ears -

Electrostatics -

STAX SR-L300.
STAX SR-007 MKII.

Planar Magnetic & Dynamic -

Sony MDR-SA5000 -
Brainwavz sheepskin earpads.
DIY Balanced Re-Cable.

Meze Audio Liric -
Various cables.

Sennheiser HD820S -
Sennheiser balanced cable.
Custom Cans balanced cable x2.

Sennheiser HD600 -
Dekoni PU Leather earpads.
Custom Cans Balanced cable with various pigtails.

Senn-Grado in Lignum Vitae cups -
Grado large pads.
Bespoke Balanced Mogami & Plus Sound Headband.

Hifiman HE400i 2020 -
Dekoni pleather pads.
Meze Audio balanced cable.

Hifiman Deva ( Wired ) -
Custom Cans balanced 4.4 cable.

Beyerdynamic Tesla T70p -
Beyerdynamic Head Cushion for DT1990 Pro in Dragon Leather.
Razer Nari cooling gel-infused memory foam pads.
Custom Cans internal re-cable.
Custom Cans Mini-XLR detachable, balanced cable mod.
Custom Cans 3 pole XLR balanced cable in charcoal.


On Ears -


Sennheiser HD414 50th Anniversary Edition.
Sennheiser HD400 600 ohm.

Sennheiser Amperior -
Toxic Cables Balanced White Widow, black Yaxi pads.

Sennheiser HD25 1 II Adidas Originals.

Sennheiser HD25 1 II - Furutech cable. ( For DJ use ONLY! )
Black Yaxi pads.

Grado SR125e.

V-Moda V80 True Blood Edition.

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Wireless headphones -

STAX Spirit S5. On order
STAX Spirit S3. On order
Final Audio UX3000.
Bowers & Wilkins PX7 ( Space Grey edition ).
Grado GW100.

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IEMs - ( includes electrostats and planar magnetics )

STAX SR-002.
STAX SR-003 mkII.
Sennheiser IE800-S - Sennheiser Balanced Cables.
Sennheiser IE8.
Sennheiser IE100 Pro. ( for gaming )
Periodic Audio Be.
Periodic Audio Ti.
Periodic Audio Carbon.
Westone UM1 team Corsa edition.
Westone WX10.
Shure SE425.
Shure SE215.
Meze Audio Rai Penta - balanced.
Meze Audio Rai Solo - balanced.
Moondrop Aria - balanced.
RHA T20 - balanced.


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True Wireless / Wireless -

Technics EAH-AZ80E-K.
STAX Spirit S10. On order
Final Audio ZE8000.
Apple AirPods Pro.
Beats Fit Pro.
Sony WF-1000 XM3.
Edifier NeoBuds Pro.
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay E8.
Hifiman TWS800.
Grado GT220.


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Wireless / Wired hybrid -

Audeze iSine 10 -
All cables and accessories including balanced cables made by Custom Cans.



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Gaming Headsets & True Wireless IEMs -

Beyerdynamic MMX200 wireless.
HyperX Cloud Alpha S Blackout.
SteelSeries Arctis 7 wireless.
Logitech G993 "Snow Wolf" wireless.
Logitech G735 wireless.
Asus ROG Cetra TWS. ( Paired with ROG Ally )

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Headphone Amp Inventory

STAX SRM-252S. ( With iFi iPower PSU. )
Eufonika H4. ( Tube. )
Eufonika H7. ( Tube. )
Ray Samuels Audio SR-71B The Blackbird.
STAX SRM-D10.
STAX SRM-D50 ( On hold )
STAX SRM-002.
Periodic Audio Ni.
Graham Slee Voyager.
iFi xDSD Gryphon. On order

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Source Inventory

DAC/Amp & BT/AptX Receivers:

Burson Audio Conductor 3X Performance. ( On hold )
Musician Audio Pegasus.
Schiit Audio Jotunheim.
Audioengine B1. ( Bluetooth receiver & DAC )
STAX SRM-D10.
STAX SRM-D50. ( On hold )
Audioquest Dragonfly Black v1.5. ( Dongle. )
iBasso DC04. ( Dongle. )
Periodic Audio Rhodium. ( Dongle. )
Astell & Kern XB10. ( Bluetooth Dongle. )
Cypher Labs Algorhythm Solo.
Teac HA-P50.
iFi xDSD Gryphon.

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Macs -

MacBook Air M1 2020.
MacBook Pro Retina 15" 2015.
iPad Pro 12.9” M2 2022.

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Portable Sources/DAP's -

Astell & Kern KANN ( 2tb storage )
Astell & Kern AK70 ( 1tb storage )
Sony NW-A35 ( 1tb storage )
iPhone 15 Plus
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus ( 2tb storage )


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Main system:

Technics SL1200 MKII.
Ortofon Quintet Red.
Musical Fidelity Vinl.
Hifi Rose RS201e.
Bowers & Wilkins DM601/S3.
Q Acoustics Q3060s.
Airpulse A200.
STAX SRM-D50. ( On hold )
STAX SR-007 MKII.

Home Theatre:

Sony Bravia KD-55XD7005 4K Android TV.
Sky Q 4K 2tb.
Apple TV 4K 32gb.
Sony ( Model? ) wireless home theatre headphones.
Yamaha Musiccast YAS306 soundbar.
Logitech Harmony Elite Remote.

Bedroom / Office space:

Visual & IT:
Samsung M7 32" smart monitor.
Apple TV 4K 32gb.
Sky Q Mini.
Sony PS4 Pro.
Xbox ONE X.
Xbox Series S.
ROG Huracan GL21.

Retro system:
Checkmate 19” Display.
Amiga A500 Plus ( Needs recapping etc ).
Atari 1080 STe ( Needs recapping etc ).
Atari 2600 Plus.
Retro Games A500 Mini.
Retro Games The C64.
Retro Games The Spectrum.
MiSTer FPGA.
Wireless Amiga Tank Mouse ( x2 ).
Wireless Retro style mechanical keyboard.
Wireless 8Bit-Do controllers.
Various Retro Joysticks for the Retro Games systems.

Audio:
ProJect Debut Carbon EVO.
Ortofon 2M Red.
Klipsch The Fives.
STAX SRM-D10.
STAX SR-L300.
STAX SR-003 MKII.

Spare Gear:
Silver Note 512 S.
Silver Note 502 C.
Rega RB202.
Michell Engineering RB300.




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Cable Inventory

Various “Custom Cans” cables, adaptors, conversions, repairs, & pigtails. ( Sponsors the blog )
AFAudio Interconnects, mains & speaker cables. ( Sponsors the blog )
Ray Samuels Audio Kobiconn to 2x 3 pole XLR x2.
Ray Samuels Audio Kobiconn to 4 pole XLR.
Balanced Mogami Quad on the Senn-Grado.
Balanced Van Damme on the Sony MDR SA5000s.
Forza AudioWorks Copper/Silver Series Android Digital LOD.
Forza AudioWorks Copper/Silver Series iDevice Digital LOD.
Forza AudioWorks Copper Series ICL.
Forza AudioWorks Hybrid Series IEM.
Toxic Cables White Widow balanced cable for Sennheiser Amperiors.
Toxic Cables Silver Viper balanced cable for Sennheiser IE8s.
Toxic Cables White Widow balanced to Single-ended 3.5mm adaptor.
Toxic Cables Silver Poison single-ended Cable.
Toxic Cables Silver Poison Digital LOD.
Toxic Cables Silver Poison Hirose balanced interconnect.
Toxic Cables White Widow Short Coax interconnect.
Nordost Odin jack to jack.
Elijah Audio USB interconnect. x2
Crime Audio Snotora High-End Pure Silver Dual USB interconnect.
Mundorf Gold 30 pin single ended LOD.
Van Damme interconnects.

Power-Related Components

iFi iPower Micro PSU.
Pro-Ject Power-IT PSU.
Audiowalle TP1000 mains conditioners x2.
Takima mains filters x3.
Audioquest NRG mains cables.
Qucheng mains cables.

Other Audio Equipment

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Streaming Audio:

Focusrite Scarlett Solo MK.II 2i2.
Marantz MPM1000 Condenser Microphone.

Gaming PC:

ROG Huracan GL21.
Intel Core i7 8 core @ 4.8GHz.
Corsair Vengeance 64gb 2666MHz DDR4.
Corsair MP600 4tb NVMe, M.2 SSD.
SanDisk 4tb Sata SSD.
Seagate Barracuda 10tb HDD.
Seagate XBOX External 8tb HDD.
Asus Turbo GTX1070.
Windows 11 Home.

Gaming Laptops:

ROG Zephyrus G16.
Intel Core i9 14 core 13900H @ 5.4GHz. ( 13th gen )
Corsair Vengeance 32gb 2666MHz DDR4.
Soldered on 16gb DDR4. ( Making a total of 48gb )
Acer Predator GM7 8tb ( 2x4tb ) NVMe, M.2 SSD’s.
Nvidia GeForce RTX4070.
Windows 11 Pro.

ROG Strix GL702VM.
Intel Core i5 4 core 6300HQ @ 3.2GHz.
Corsair Vengeance 32gb 2666MHz DDR4.
Acer Predator GM7000 2tb NVMe, M.2 SSD.
SanDisk 4tb Sata SSD.
Nvidia GeForce GTX1060.
Windows 11 Home.

Gaming Handhelds:

ROG Ally Z1 Extreme.
AMD Z1 Extreme 8 core @ 5.10GHz
Soldered on 16gb DDR4.
Acer Predator GM7000 2tb NVMe, M.2 SSD.
Gold Finger 2230 to 2280 NVMe conversion board.
Patriot 2tb Micro SD.
AMD Radeon RDNA3.
Windows 11 Pro.


Nintendo Switch OLED.
With CRKD Nitrodeck & 2tb Micro SD.

Anbernic RG35XX Plus.
Running Batocera Lite.
With OS on Samsung 512gb Micro SD in slot 1,
& Samsung 1tb Micro SD containing Roms & saves in slot 2.

Audio-Related Tweaks

Software:

Qobuz Studio Premier.
Apple music HD.
Mixcloud Premium.
Foobar2000.
TuneIn Radio.

IsoAcoustics Aperta Desktop speaker isolation stands x2.
IsoAcoustics Oria Indigo Isolation pucks x4.
Isonoe isolation feet for Technics turntables.
Oscars Audio cones, pucks and platforms.
Sorbothane feet.

Music Preferences

Extremely Broad Church!

Gender

Male

Gear-Fi

Too much!

Occupation

Writer at The Audiophile Cafe & Appetite For Tech. Full time carer. DJ.

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