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phthora
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Location:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Occupation:
High School English Language Arts Teacher

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Headphoneus Supremus, Male, from Albuquerque, New Mexico

phthora was last seen:
Oct 16, 2019 at 9:02 PM

  • About

    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Occupation:
    High School English Language Arts Teacher
    Headphone Inventory:
    The ratings below are relative values and do not take price into consideration, only sound. Even one star means that I like the headphone or earphone a little bit, and the more stars the more I like it.

    *Running balanced.

    ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
    ▶︎ HEADPHONES
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ★★★★☆ Audeze EL-8C Titanium*
    ★★★★★ Audeze LCD-2F Aluminum 2016*
    ★★★★★ Audeze LCD-X 2017*
    ★★★★☆ AudioQuest NightOwl Carbon*
    ★★★☆☆ Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 80 Ohm
    ★★★★★ Focal Clear*
    ★★★★☆ Fostex E-MU Teak*
    ★★★★☆ HiFiMan HE400i v2* (ZMF Ori Lambskin)
    ★★★★★ HiFiMan HE560 v2* (Dekoni Sheepskin)
    ★★★★★ MrSpeakers ÆON C*
    ★★★☆☆ Philips SHP9500S
    ★★★★★ ZMF Atticus Camphor*
    ★★★★★ ZMF Auteur Teak* (ZMF Eikon Perfs)

    ┏━━━━━━━━┓
    ▶︎ IEMS
    ┗━━━━━━━━┛
    ★★★★☆ Brainwavz B400 w/ Candy Cane (RHA DDs)*
    ★★★★★ Dunu DK-3001 w/ NiceHCK cable (Symbio W)*
    ★★☆☆☆ Geek Wold GK3 (Spiral Dots)
    ★★★☆☆ Hisenior B5+ w/ Penon CS819 (Spiral Dots)*
    ★★★★☆ iBasso IT01 (Spiral Dots)
    ★★★☆☆ KZ AS10 (Auvios)
    ★☆☆☆☆ KZ ATR (KZ Starlines)
    ★★☆☆☆ KZ ZS5 (Auvios)
    ★★★☆☆ KZ ZSN (Auvios)
    ★★★★☆ Macaw GT600s Gold w/ Yinyoo 8 Core (Symbio W)*
    ★★★★☆ MEE Pinnacle P1 w/ LZ 8 Core (Spiral Dots)*
    ★★☆☆☆ NiceHCK EP10 (UEs)
    ★★★☆☆ NuForce HEM6 (SpinFits)
    ★★★★★ Shure SE846 White w/ Yinyoo 16 Core (SpinFits)*
    ★★★☆☆ Sony MDR-XB90EX (RHA DDs)
    ★★★★☆ TFZ King Pro w/ Yinyoo 8 Core (Spiral Dots)*
    ★★★☆☆ TFZ Queen (Auvios)
    ★★★☆☆ TFZ Series 5S (Auvios)
    ★★★☆☆ Tin Audio T2 w/ ToneKing cable (TFZ whites)
    ★★★★☆ Toneking Nine Tail Blue/Red w/ Yinyoo 8 Core (Spiral Dots)*
    ★★★★☆ Trinity Phantom Master (Spiral Dots)
    ★★☆☆☆ TRN V80 (Auvios)

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    ▶︎ EARBUDS
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ★★☆☆☆ EARKUBE The Kube V1 (full foam)
    ★★★☆☆ FAAEAL Snow Lotus 1.0+ (full foam)
    ★★☆☆☆ HE 150PRO (donuts)
    ★★☆☆☆ Moondrop Nameless (full foam)
    ★★☆☆☆ NiceHCK DIY EMX500 (full foam)
    ★★★☆☆ NiceHCK DIY MX760 (full foam)
    ★☆☆☆☆ NiceHCK EB200 (full foam)
    ★★★☆☆ RY GM500 300ohm (full foam)
    ★★☆☆☆ RY RY4S HI Cable (full foam)
    ★★☆☆☆ Toneking TP16 32Ohm (donuts)
    ★★★☆☆ TY Hi-Z 150S* (full foam)
    ★☆☆☆☆ VE Monk Plus (VE full foam)
    ★★★☆☆ Yinyoo BK2 (full foam)

    ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
    ▶︎ AUDITIONED
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ★★☆☆☆ AKG K7XX
    ★★☆☆☆ Audeze iSine 20
    ★★★★★ Audeze LCD-2C
    ★★★★☆ Audeze SINE C [SOLD]
    ★★★☆☆ AudioQuest NightHawk Carbon
    ★☆☆☆☆ Audio-Technica ATH-M30x
    ★★☆☆☆ Audio-Technica MSR7
    ★★★☆☆ Beyerdynamic DT 990 Premium 600 ohm
    ★★☆☆☆ BGVP DMG
    ★★★☆☆ BGVP DM6
    ★★★★★ Campfire Audio Andromeda
    ★★★☆☆ Campfire Audio Cascade
    ★★★★☆ Focal Elear
    ★★★★☆ Focal Elex
    ★★★★★ Focal Utopia
    ★★★★☆ Fostex TH-X00 Mahogany
    ★★★☆☆ Fostex TH-X00 Purpleheart
    ★★★★★ Fostex TH-900 mk2
    ★★☆☆☆ Fostex T20RP mk3
    ★★☆☆☆ Fostex T40RP mk3
    ★★☆☆☆ Fostex T50RP mk3
    ★★★★☆ HiFiMan Ananda
    ★★★☆☆ HiFiMan HE4XX
    ★★★☆☆ HiFiMan HE500
    ★★★★★ HiFiMan HE1000 v2
    ★★★★★ HiFiMan Edition X v2
    ★★★★☆ JH Audio Layla
    ★★★★☆ JH Audio Roxanne
    ☆☆☆☆☆ JVC HA-FXC51-B [GIVEN AWAY]
    ★★☆☆☆ JVC HA-SZ1000
    ☆☆☆☆☆ KZ ED4 [GIVEN AWAY]
    ★★★★★ Koss ESP-950
    ★★★★★ MrSpeakers Ether 2
    ★★★★☆ MrSpeakers Ether C
    ★★★★★ MrSpeakers Voce
    ★★★☆☆ Oppo PM-3 [SOLD]
    ★★☆☆☆ Philips Armin van Buurren
    ★★★☆☆ Philips Fidelio X1/28
    ★★★☆☆ Philips Fidelio X2/27 [SOLD]
    ★★☆☆☆ Sennheiser HD58X
    ★★★☆☆ Sennheiser HD 600
    ★★★☆☆ Sennheiser HD 650
    ★★★☆☆ Sennheiser HD 6XX
    ★★★★★ Sennheiser HD 800
    ★★☆☆☆ Sony MDR-1A
    ★★★★★ Stax SR-007
    ★★★★★ Stax SR-009
    ★★☆☆☆ Trinity Hyperion [RIP]
    ★★☆☆☆ Trinity Vyrus 2
    ★★★★☆ ZMF Aeolus Sapele
    ★★★★★ ZMF Atticus Manchurian Ash
    ★★★★★ ZMF Auteur Cocobolo
    ★★★★★ ZMF Verite Silkwood
    Headphone Amp Inventory:
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    ▶︎ PORTABLE
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ▶︎ iBasso D14 Bushmaster DAC/amp [SOLD]
    ▶︎ iBasso P5
    ▶︎ iFi Micro iDSD Black Label DAC/amp

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    ▶︎ DESKTOP
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ▶︎ iBasso P5 + PS
    ▶︎ iFi Micro iDSD Black Label DAC/amp
    ▶︎ Violectric HPA v90
    ▶︎ Audio-gd NFB-28.38 DAC/amp
    ▶︎ Benchmark HPA4
    Source Inventory:
    ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
    ▶︎ SOURCES
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ▶︎ Onkyo DP-X1 DAP
    ▶︎ iFi Micro iDSD Black Label DAC/amp
    ▶︎ Audio-gd NFB-28.38 DAC/amp
    ▶︎ Benchmark DAC3-B
    Cable Inventory:
    ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
    ▶︎ HEADPHONE CABLES
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ▶︎ Amplifier Surgery OF AgCu (XLR/2x mini-XLR)
    ▶︎ Dyson Audio OF Cu (XLR/2x TS 2.5mm)
    ▶︎ MrSpeakers DUMMER OF Cu (XLR/2x MrS. plugs)
    ▶︎ Periapt Pro OF Cu (XLR/2x TRS 2.5mm)
    ▶︎ Philips X2 OF Cu (2x 3.5mm TRS)
    ▶︎ Ursine Audio OF Cu (XLR/2x EL-8 plugs)
    ▶︎ Venus Audio OF Cu (XLR/2x mono 2.5mm)
    ▶︎ V-Moda cable Cu (2x TRS 3.5mm)
    ▶︎ ZMF Atmos Cu (XLR/2x mini-XLR)
    ▶︎ ZMF OFC (XLR/2x mini-XLR)

    ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
    ▶︎ IEM CABLES
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ▶︎ LZ 8 Core Cryo OF Cu (TRRS 2.5mm/2x MMCX)
    ▶︎ NiceHCK 8 Core OF Cu (TRRS 2.5mm/2x MMCX)
    ▶︎ Penon CS819 OCC AgCu (TRRS 2.5mm/2x MMCX)
    ▶︎ Yinyoo 8 Core OF AgCu (TRRS 2.5mm/2x MMCX) x2
    ▶︎ Yinyoo 8 Core OF AgCu (TRRS 2.5mm/2x 2Pin)
    ▶︎ Yinyoo 16 Core OF AgCu (TRRS 2.5mm/2x MMCX)

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    ▶︎ INTERCONNECTS
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ▶︎ @allanmarcus DIY OF Cu (XLR to 6.3mm)
    ▶︎ Audeze adapter Cu (6.3mm to 3.5mm)
    ▶︎ Fiio BL35 OCC Cu (3.5mm male to 2.5mm female)
    ▶︎ Fiio L16 OCC AgCu (3.5mm to 3.5mm)
    ▶︎ Grado adapter Cu (6.3mm to 3.5mm)
    ▶︎ Impact Audio adapter OF Cu (XLR to 6.3mm)
    ▶︎ Pangea Audio SE USB (A to B)
    Power-Related Components:
    ┏━━━━━━━━━━━┓
    ▶︎ POWER
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ▶︎ Furman PST-8 SMP EVS LiFT Power Conditioner
    ▶︎ Furman SS-6B Surge Protector Strip x2
    ▶︎ Pangea Audio AC 14SE MKII Power Cord
    Other Audio Equipment:
    ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
    ▶︎ HEADPHONE STANDS
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ▶︎ SilverStone EBA01B (Black Aluminum) x5

    ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
    ▶︎ ISOLATION GEAR
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ▶︎ Gladiator 6' Maple/Steel Workbench
    Audio-Related Tweaks:
    ┏━━━━━━━━━━━┓
    ▶︎ EARTIPS
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ▶︎ Auvio silicone s/m/l
    ▶︎ Brainwavz silicone s/m/l
    ▶︎ Comply Foams narrow s/m/l
    ▶︎ Comply Foams wide s/m/l
    ▶︎ DUNU Grays s/m/l
    ▶︎ DUNU Whites s/m/l
    ▶︎ iBasso black silicone s/m/l
    ▶︎ iBasso gray silicone xs/s/m/l, flat m/l
    ▶︎ iBasso foam m/l
    ▶︎ JVC Spiral Dots m/ml
    ▶︎ KZ silicone s/m/l
    ▶︎ KZ Turbo red silicone s/m/l
    ▶︎ KZ Starline s/m/l
    ▶︎ MandarinEs Symbio Wide m/l
    ▶︎ MEE Audio silicone s/m/l
    ▶︎ MEE Audio silicone double/wide double/triple flange
    ▶︎ NuForce silicone s/m/l
    ▶︎ RHA Dual Density silicone m/l
    ▶︎ Shure Olives s/m/l
    ▶︎ Shure Yellow Foams
    ▶︎ Shure Grays s/m/l and triple flanges
    ▶︎ Sony Hybrid silicone xs/s/m/ml/l
    ▶︎ Sony Isolation Tips s/m/l
    ▶︎ SpinFit CP100 xs/s/m/l
    ▶︎ SpinFit CP800 m
    ▶︎ TFZ black silicone s/m/l
    ▶︎ TFZ white silicone narrow s/m/l
    ▶︎ TFZ white silicone wide s/m/l
    ▶︎ Trinity Audio silicone s/m/l/double flange
    ▶︎ Ultimate Ears silicone s/m/l
    ▶︎ Ultimate Ears foam m
    ▶︎ Westone STAR silicone xs/s/m/l/xl

    ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
    ▶︎ EARPADS
    ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
    ▶︎ Dekoni TH900 Sheepskin
    ▶︎ HiFiMan Focus Hybrids
    ▶︎ MrSpeakers AEON Tuning Filters Kit
    ▶︎ ZMF Auteur Perforated Lambskin
    ▶︎ ZMF Eikon Perforated Lambskin
    ▶︎ ZMF Ori Lambskin x2
    Music Preferences:
    https://rateyourmusic.com/~phthora
    Sonic Preferences:
    • I enjoy many different types of sound signature, but most prefer a signature slightly brighter than the Harman Target Response Curve.
    • I prefer "planar bass" for its fast decay, great texture, and linearity, especially in the very low sub-bass.
    • I generally prefer linearity or even accentuation in the sub-bass, and I find a lack of bass extension problematic.
    • I do not usually like more than a modest 2-3 decibel mid-bass hump and prefer none at all.
    • I am sensitive to peaks and resonances in the 2.0 to 2.2k region, and generally I do not like more than moderately forward vocals for this reason.
    • I am more tolerant than average to peaks and resonances in the 6-8k region. I notice sibilance, but even moderate sibilance does not bother me much.
    • I enjoy extended and prominent treble, usually more than polite treble, as long as there are no sharp peaks or resonances.
    • I generally prefer clarity, resolution, and driver speed over musicality and liquidity, though I still prefer a smooth tonal quality.
    • I enjoy moderate to strong dynamic impact or slam, and find low dynamics unsatisfying.
    • Soundstage width is a low priority for me. I find imaging and separation much more important.
    • Currently, what I consider closest-to-neutral is the MrSpeakers AEON Closed without tuning pads.
    • My measured listening levels are between 77 and 82 decibels, depending upon music, headphones, and mood. I would consider this moderately loud.

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    Out of all of my gear, what is currently getting most of my listening time is:
    Benchmark DAC3-B ---> Benchmark HPA4 ---> Focal Clear or Audeze LCD-X

    Objectivist in the streets; subjectivist in the sheets.
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