Headphone Inventory

Owned: HiFiMAN HE-560, Grado PS500, Brainwavz HM5, Fostex T50RP (mod'd), HiFiMAN HE-500, Yamaha EPH-100, VSONIC G07, HiFiMAN HE-5LE, Denon AH-D5000, Denon AH-D2000, Sennheiser HD-598, Koss ESP/950, Sennheiser HD-600 (3 times; my first high end headphone), Audio-Technica ATH-AD2000, AKG K701, Yamaha YH-1 Orthodynamic, Beyerdynamic DT880/600 Ohm, Grado SR225i.

Own: Sennheiser HD-800, Sennheiser HD-6xx, Shure SRH940 (mod'd), BLON BL-03, Koss Porta-Pro, TFZ No.3, RHA T10i, HiFiMAN RE-400 EIM, Moondrop Kanas Pro, Etymotic ER4-SR, Etymotic ER2-XR, Stax SR- L700 MK2, Stax SR-X Mark3 Pro, Stax SR-X Mark3, Stax SR-L700 Mk2, Philips Fidelio X1.

Headphone Amp Inventory

Currently Own: Stax SRM-007tII, TEAC HA-501, Superlux HA3D, Stax SRM1 Mk2 Professional, Melos SHA-1 Ver. 3.

Owned: Bottlehead Crack w/Speedball, Heed Canamp (heavily mod'd), Purity Audio K.I.C.A.S./Caliente, Project Sunrise Version II+(DIY Kit), Schiit Asgard.

Source Inventory

Highly mod'd Technics SL-1200 MKII (KAB power supply) w/ Infinity Black Widow II w/rear fluid damper, Jasmine LP2.0SE MKII phono preamp (mod'd), Hagerman Bugle (DIY Kit) phono with upgraded parts, Musical Fidelity V-LPS Phono. Highly modified Thorens TD-160 Super and custom-made arm similar to Well Tempered Reference, VDH Colibri XGP LW (custom ultra-low output and Ogura stylus), Jasmine Audio LP-CC1 V2.5 (mc), ZYX R100 Lo .24mV, Audio-Technica AT33PTG/II, Hana SL, SoundSmith retipped Denon DL-103R, Denon DL-S1, Denon DL-304, SoundSmith retipped Stanton 981 LZS, Stanton 981 LZS w/Expert Stylus Co. Paratrace tip on original canty, Stanton Epoch II LZ9S (original stylus), Grace F9 w/ SoundSmith stylus replacement, Goldring E3, A&R Cambridge P77 w/JICO SAS 1, Andante P-76, Empire EDR.9, B&O MMC2, Ortofon 540 MKII, Denon DL-160. Oppo BDP-80 (SACD, DVD-A, CD).

Cable Inventory

Various Wireworld, Van den Hul, and Kimber.

Power-Related Components

Melos MA-110B tube preamp, Stereo Coffee passive (LDR type), Elekit TU-8500 w/mods, Eumig (Luxman) C-1000 preamp, Lightspeed Attenuator passive (LDR type), Yamaha MVS-1 Master Volume Controller, Nikko Beta 20 preamp (mods), Melos SHA-1 Ver. 3, Aragon 4004 MKII amp, B&K ST-125.2 amp, Adcom 535ii amp.

Other Audio Equipment

Ridge Street Audio Sason Ltd granite loudspeakers (I am the designer and builder), Wharfedale Diamond 225, RSL Speedwoofer 10S MKII.

Music Preferences

Everything but Death Folk, Chinese Bluegrass, and Gregorian Rap

Gender

Male

Occupation

Product Engineer for a fishing lure company.