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Gender:

Male

Interests:

Literature. Favorite authors: Homer, CS Lewis, Fyodor Dostoyevski, Jacques Ellul, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Soren Kierkegaard, George Orwell, Isaac Asimov

Headphone Inventory:

Empire Ears Zeus XR Adel (Effect Audio Eros 8W)
Noble Audio Kaiser 10 (Toxic Cables Silver Widow balanced)
Noble Audio 5C +Switch (Toxic Cables Silver Poison)
Jomo Audio 6R (Effect Audio Eros)
Unique Melody Merlin Prototype (Beat Audio Cronus)
Lear LCM-BD4.2 (93SPEC Silver)

HiFiMAN HE-1000 (Effect Audio Eros Reference balanced)
Stax SR-007MkII
Sennheiser HD800 (Effect Audio Thor Copper 16W balanced)
Stax SR-4070 (with SR-507 leather pads)
AKG K812 (Forza Audioworks Claire Hybrid HPC)
HiFiMAN HE-6 (Toxic Cables Hybrid balanced)
Fostex TH-X00 (Lawton Angle Pads)

Headphone Amp Inventory:

Too many! Favorites include:

KGSShv electrostatic amp (off-board design with servo boards, 2sa1968, 14mA)
Pass Labs HPA-1
Violectric V281 (with relay-based attenuator upgrade)
AURALiC Taurus mkII
Questyle CMA800R (two of them in dual mono mode)

Source Inventory:

SOtM sMS-200 with Wyred 4 Sound LP-1 Linear PSU
Aurender X100L
Zenion Music Server with Keces P-8 Linear PSU
Matrix X-SPDIF 2 (also powered by Keces P-8
SimAudio Moon Orbiter

Cable Inventory:

Lots of stuff from Better Cables, Cabledyne, Toxic Cables, Charleston Cable Company (C3 Audio), Effect Audio, Signal Cable, and a few others. I definitely value high performance-per-dollar when it comes to cables.

Power-Related Components:

Equi=Core 1800
Yulong P18
CablePro Revelation
Panamax M5510 Pro

Other Audio Equipment:

DACs:
Resonessence Labs Invicta Mirus Pro
B.M.C. UltraDAC
Cayin iDAC-6
Questyle CAS192D
Calyx Femto

Audio-Related Tweaks:

Speaker setup (in current form, it changes a lot lately): Modwright SWL 9.0SE preamp, feeding a PS Audio S300 amplifier, driving Usher Mini One DMD speakers

Music Preferences:

My reviews:

Wyred 4 Sound PS-1: http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2017/05/everything-counts-in-small-amounts-wyred-4-sounds-ps-1/

Clones Audio HOST: https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2017/04/30/review-clones-audio-host-music-server/

Empire Ears Zeus XR ADEL: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/empire-ears-zeus-xr-adel-custom-earphones

iFi Pro iCan headphone amp: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/ifi-pro-ican-mixed-tube-and-solid-state-headphone-amplifier

Pass Labs HPA-1 headphone amp: https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2017/02/05/review-pass-labs-hpa-1-headphone-amplifier/

Cayin HA-1A mk2 tube headphone amp: https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2017/01/29/review-cayin-ha-1a-mk2/

Lots of DAPs: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/survey-digital-audio-players-part-3#xRHKdrGTuBKSI0BU.97

Arcam rHead headphone amp: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/british-hifi-heritage-arrives-headphone-world-arcams-rhead

JansZen Valentina Active Hybrid Electrostatic Speakers: https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2016/08/26/review-janszen-valentina-active/

SOtM sMS1000SQ Music Server: https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2016/02/27/review-sotm-s-ms1000sq-music-server/

Singxer USB Bridge: http://www.head-fi.org/products/singxer-su-1-usb-bridge/reviews/16649

Jomo Audio 6R: http://www.head-fi.org/products/jomo-audio-6r/reviews/16421

Cayin iHA-6 and iDAC-6: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/cayin-idac-6-and-iha-6-dynamic-duo

B.M.C. Roundup: PureMedia, UltraDAC, and PureUSB1: http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2016/01/16/review-b-m-c-audio-puremedia-pureusb1-ultradac/

HiFiMAN HE-1000: http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2015/11/07/review-hifiman-he1000-flagship-headphones/

PurePiper A2: http://www.head-fi.org/products/purepiper-a2/reviews/14433

Chord Hugo: http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2015/08/15/review-the-spectacularly-quirky-chord-hugo/

Violectric V281: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/authoritative-and-potent-violectric-v281-headphone-amplifier

NuPrime DAC-10H: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/nuprime-dac-10h-digital-analog-converter-headphone-amp

Parasound Zdac V.2: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/parasound-zdac-v2-and-headphone-amp

Resonessence Labs Invicta Mirus: http://headphone.guru/158/

Exogal Comet Plus DAC: http://headphone.guru/exogal-comet-a-compact-reference/

EarWerkz Legend R CIEM: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/two-custom-ear-monitors-earwerkz

Portable Audio Players compared: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/survey-digital-audio-players-part-1

iQube v5 portable amp/DAC: http://headphone.guru/iqube-v5-review/

Desktop speaker roundup: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/desktop-usb-speaker-roundup

Questyle CMA800i: http://www.head-fi.org/products/questyle-cma800i-integrated-dac-headphone-amp-and-preamp/reviews/11992

Noble K10 and 5C CIEMs: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/noble-audio-5c-switch-and-fabulous-kaiser-10-custom-iems

AURALiC Gemini 2000: http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2014/10/18/review-auralic-gemini-2000-headphone-dock/

Yulong D200 DSD DAC: http://headphone.guru/yulong-audio-dac/

Aurender X100L Music Server: http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2014/09/19/review-aurender-x100l-music-server/

Resonessence Labs Invicta Mirus: http://headphone.guru/158/

NuForce HA-200 headphone amp: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/nuforce-ha-200dual-mono-madness

Flagship closed headphone roundup: http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2014/07/18/flagship-closed-back-headphones-from-mrspeakers-audeze-and-fostex/

Resonessence Labs Herus: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/resonessence-labs-herus-usb-headphone-ampdac

Questyle CMA800R amp: http://www.head-fi.org/products/questyle-cma800r-current-mode-headphone-amplifier-silver/reviews/10036

Resonessence Labs Herus: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/resonessence-labs-herus-usb-headphone-ampdac

ADAM Audio F5 speakers: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/desktop-champion-adam-audio-f5

Yulong A28 balanced amp: http://www.head-fi.org/products/yulong-a28-headphone-amplifier/reviews/10808

BMC PureDAC: http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2014/04/04/headphone-bliss-b-m-c-audio-amazes-with-puredac/

Questyle Q192 DAC/amp: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/tight-and-tasty-questyle-q192-dacheadphone-amp

Auraliti PK90 file player: http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2014/02/14/auraliti-pk90/

AURALiC Taurus mkII amplifier: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/spectacularly-transparent-auralic-taurus-mkii

Questyle CMA800 amplifier: http://www.head-fi.org/products/questyle-co-ltd-cma800-amplifier/reviews/11325

Resonessence Labs Concero HP USB DAC/amp: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/small-and-mighty-resonessense-labs-concero-hp


Resonessence Labs Concero HD: http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2013/10/05/resonessence-labs-concero-hd/

Audiophilleo AP1 with PurePower: http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2013/09/06/audiophileo-1-with-pure-power-the-little-combo-that-could/

Wren Sound V5AP: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/wren-sound-systems-v5-wireless-speaker

NuForce DAC-80: http://www.head-fi.org/t/678766/review-nuforce-dac-80-replacement-for-the-dac-100-same-sound-lower-price

Effect Audio Thor cables: http://www.head-fi.org/t/678772/review-effect-audio-thor-cables-for-iems-and-full-sized-headphones-in-both-silver-and-spc-form

Firestone Bobby balanced headphone amp: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/firestone-audio-bobby-balanced-headphone-amplifier

NuForce Home Series: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/nuforce-home-series-quality-compact-audio-gear

Yulong Sabre DA8 DAC: http://www.head-fi.org/t/673033/review-yulong-audio-sabre-da8-reference-dac

Salk WOW1 monitors: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/beauty-sight-and-sound-salk-wow1-mini-monitor

Asus Xonar Essence STU DAC/amp: http://www.head-fi.org/t/668495/review-asus-xonar-essence-stu

HeaDSPeaker Home Virtual Surround: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/dspeaker-headspeaker-headphone-virtual-surround-system

Firestone Audio Tobby DAC: http://www.head-fi.org/t/664270/review-firestone-audio-tobby-dac

Yulong P18 power conditioner: http://www.head-fi.org/t/662501/review-yulong-sabre-p18-power-processing-center-and-matching-ac-cable

Matrix X-Sabre DAC: http://www.head-fi.org/t/650686/matrix-x-sabre-dac-review-and-impression-thread

NuForce DAC-100: http://www.head-fi.org/t/657263/review-nuforce-dac-100-integrated-dac-amp

Icon Audio HP8 MkII amp: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/icon-audio-hp8-mk2-tube-headphone-amplifier

HiFi ET MA9 DAP: http://www.head-fi.org/t/651837/review-hifi-et-ma9-a-new-reference-level-dap

HiFiMAN RE-400 IEMs: http://www.head-fi.org/t/649066/review-hifiman-re-400-waterline-iems

Resonessence Labs Concero: http://www.head-fi.org/t/634760/resonessence-labs-concero-discussion-review-thead

Izmo M1: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/izmo-m1-ddc-dac-and-headphone-amp

1964 Ears V3: http://www.head-fi.org/t/629288/review-1964-ears-v3-triple-driver-custom-iem-updated-10-24-12

Lear LCM-5: http://www.head-fi.org/t/626470/lear-lcm-5-new-entry-into-the-reference-class-custom-iem-segment-final-review-added-10-3-12

Meizu MX 4-core: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/sound-smartphone-meizu-mx-4-core

Leckerton UHA-6S MKII: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/leckerton-uha-6s-mkii-portable-headphone-amplifier

Lake People G103 and G109 amps: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/lake-people-g103p-and-g109p-headphone-amplifiers

Emotiva Airmotiv5 speakers: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/emotiva-airmotiv-5-active-monitor-speakers

Yulong Sabre A18 amp: http://www.head-fi.org/t/615218/review-yulong-sabre-a18-reference-headphone-amp

HiFiMAN HE-400: http://www.head-fi.org/products/hifiman-he-400/reviews/6872

Lear LCM-2B custom IEMs: http://www.head-fi.org/t/605348/review-lear-lcm-2b-dual-driver-custom-iems-a-new-custom-company-out-of-hong-kong

Violectric V800: http://www.head-fi.org/t/574418/review-violectric-v800-dac#post_7799058

Resonessence Labs Invicta: http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/559407/review-resonessence-labs-invicta-new-high-end-dac-amp-playback-system

Violectric V200 amp: http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/551173/review-violectric-hpa-v200-amp#post_7429168

Audio GD Reference 7 DAC: http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/506715/audio-gd-reference-7-loaner-program-usa/315#post_7407784 (scroll down a bit)

Violectric V181 amp: http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/548608/review-violectric-v181-balanced-headphone-amp#post_7395114

Gear-Fi:

New toys, some of which I'll be reviewing as time permits, not necessarily in order:

Massdrop Cavalli CTH amplifier
PS Audio Stellar Gain Cell DAC
Astell & Kern KANN portable player
Matrix X-SPDIF 2 DDC
Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2v2SE 10th Anniversary Edition DAC