satwilson
Longtime audiofool. I was building Dynakit amps and Karlson horn enclosures in the 60's.
- Interests
- music, playing guitar, audio, fast cars, lifelong natural food/medicine devotee.
Natural foods and medicine, camping, hiking, climbing, collecting wild mushrooms.
- Headphone Inventory
- . Koss ESP 950 with upgraded power supply,(sold). Fostex T50RP self modded BMF variant, ZMF T50RP's with jack and cable upgrade
- Headphone Amp Inventory
- Audio GD NFB12, variable filters, set at 96/24 soft knee minimum. Chinese SR-71A clone sold as Blaze S-1. Schiit Lyr, tubes listed below.
- Source Inventory
- mainly Dell W7 lap, Winamp, upsample lap to 96/24 in windows,Bifrost Uber wGen2 USB, Flac rips w/EAC and a few HD Tracks 96/24 downloads. Portable rig Sony Xperia TL>USB out>HifiMeDiy asynch Sabre DAC with Teralink USB isolator, Blaze amp
- Cable Inventory
- Wireworld USB, Tara labs, Mogami DIYs with Neutriks, DIY silver plated OFC mil spec wire with Switchcraft connects.
- Power-Related Components
- DIY balanced, isolation AC transformer.
- Other Audio Equipment
- Home audio, Sony ES SACD, dbx DriveRack DSP, B&K preamp, Anthem MCA 20 power amp, Boston VRM80/50, Carver PM-900 driving 2-12" Fi Audio subs. Car audio, Boston and Alumapro component speakers and sub, Memphis and JL Audio amps. Sony TL >Sabre DAC for source
- Audio-Related Tweaks
- Tubes for Lyr: been through 18 pairs in the last year. My current faves:
"1" 1960, 7308, NY A mperex, D-Getter
"2" 1962 Dario Miniwatts E188CCs large "O" GETTER
"3" 1974/75 Reflektor SWGP 6N23Ps
"4" 1966 Telefunken E88CC's, Upscale Platinum
See post #4355 in the new Lyr tube rollers thread for detailed descriptions of my tubes.
- Music Preferences
- Jazz, rock, classical, acoustic or electric
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- .Spent 25 years working in the Natural Foods industry, currently drive a city transit bus.