Interests

My kids, DIY Audio, vintage speakers (Tannoy, Tannoy Tannoy with a bit of Snell), mechanical timepieces clocks & watches, motorcycles,

Headphone Inventory

Sennheiser HD800
Focal Elear
Audeze LCD3

Headphone Amp Inventory

Luxman SQ-N100
DIY - First Watt F6 Clone With Headphone Output
DIY - Gainclone with Headphone Output

Source Inventory

Metrum Acoustics Octave
iFi iDSD Black Label
Singxer SU-1 USB Bridge

Cable Inventory

A Lot of DIY/ Custom with Neutrik, Amphenol and some Switchcraft with Mogami Neglex wire and Belden.
A few ViaBlue analog/ digital interconnects.

Power-Related Components

ACUPWR 500 Watt Step Down Transformer for Luxman Amp

Other Audio Equipment

Fender Precision
Traynor Dynablock
Drumbrute, TB303, Novation Mininova, a couple Volcas.

Audio-Related Tweaks

Quit tweaking years ago.

Music Preferences

Punk Rock: Television, Stooges,Kinks, Ramones, Clash, Sex Pistols, Minor Threat, Bad Religion, Misfits, Social Distortion, Gaslight Anthem, Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, Jawbreaker, Face to Face, Operation Ivy, Alkaline Trio, Tiger Army, Hepcat, Dwarves, Rise Against, Crimshrine, Downfall, Against Me, Off With their Heads, Fugazi, US Bombs, The Bruisers, Old Firm Casuals, Transplants, Psycho White, Exploited, Fear, X, Black Flag, Germs, F Minus, Pennywise, Gorilla Biscuits, Agnostic Front, Voodoo Glowskulls, Circle Jerks, Descendents.

Traditional Dancehall and Rock Steady Reggae: The rough cut diamond when it was still island music. Spirit of 69 stuff like Studio One/ JAD era Wailers, Toots and Maytals, Desmond Dekker, The Melodians, The Slickers, The Pioneers, Jimmy Cliff,

English: BLUR, Stone Roses, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Wonder Stuff, The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, Happy Mondays, Depeche Mode, Echo and the Bunneymen, The Golden Silvers, Selecter, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, The Pogues, Wolf Alice, Hard-Fi, The Kills, The XX, Bombay Bicycle Club.

Electronic: Gorrilaz, Dan Deacon, Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, Muse, Richie Hawtin, Ratatat, Plone, Tame Impala, Daedelus, Gaslamp Killer, Danger Mouse, RJD2, Free Dimensional, Radiohead, Diamond Rings, Crystal Method, Utah Saints, Fatboy Slim, Aphex Twin, Basement Jaxx, Deadmau5, The Prodigy, The whole hardbeat 90's thing.

Alternative, Art Rock and New Wave: Velvet Underground, Black Keys, Strokes, Pixies, Pearl Jam, Sublime, Silversun Pickups, Beck, , Vampire Weekend, Interpol, Sonic Youth, Breeders, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Jane's Addiction, Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins, Dance Hall Crashers, Elvis Costello, Hepcat, Taking Back Sunday, Lorde, Matisyahu, Bon Iver, Fink, White Stripes, STP, Cars, Police, No Doubt, Green Day, Against Me, Pulley, Kings of Leon (1st Album), Hives, Killers, Distillers, Moby, Bloodhound Gang, Thrice, Detroit Cobras, Bloody Hollies, HorrorPops,

Old School & Classic Rock: Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Chuck Berry, The Tielman Bros. Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Yardbirds, Black Sabbath, John Prine, Billie Holiday, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Velvet Underground, The Doors.

Hip Hop. Eminem, Schoolboy Q, Kenrick Lamar, Kanye, Beastie Boys, The Neptunes, Tribe Called Quest, KRS 1, Dela Soul, NWA, Too Short, Dre, Ice Cube, The Game.

The Icons: Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, CCR & Led Zeppelin

Gender

Male

Gear-Fi

Mechanical Clocks & Watches. Building & Learning about electronics.... First Watt amps, Gainclones, Music servers, RPI etc...

Occupation

Heavy Civil Engineer