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Gender:

Male

Location:

So Cal

Occupation:

Engineer

Interests:

I like New Stuff, bike rides at the beach, kind people, intelligent conversation.

Headphone Inventory:

Grado SR80e
Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro (250)
Sony MDR 7506 w/Beyer earpad mod (Grado's kick these in the teeth)
Audio Technica ATH M40FS (Seems to need extended break-in to be listenable)
Koss KSC75 clip ons (amazing for $15 bucks, great for workouts)

Gone:
Monoprice 108323 (Ear piece broke after < 1 yr of use, head band uncomfortable - don't buy these)
Razer Carcharias (broke after 6 yrs, nice while they lasted)
Sony MDR NC-40's (earpiece connection broke after 6-odd yrs)
Superlux HD 681 (broke after < 6 months of use, junk)

Headphone Amp Inventory:

Bottlehead Crack - assembled
Schiit Magni
Bravo Audio V2 (one stock, one modified)
(I'm not cheap, I'm frugal.)

Gone:
Fiio E6 (these are junk IMO)
Sansa clip (got wet and died)

Source Inventory:

Fiio X1 v2 (mostly nice but crappy bluetooth range)
Schiit Modi DAC

Unusable:
Pure i-20 iPod DAC (ipod broke - want it?)

Other Audio Equipment:

Ipod nano broke. But my shuffle still works.
A growing inventory of Bluetooth speakers
Sony DEJ011 Portable CD Player (these are becoming rare)
A JVC home theater system that I want to replace
A pair of speakers I built myself 25 years ago, complete with a passive crossover I designed myself.
My cell phone has a radio in it.
A nice Boston Acoustics HD radio with a flaky on-off volume knob, that I can't fix.

Audio-Related Tweaks:

Does Tinnitus count? ... and its getting worse

Music Preferences:

Fusion Jazz, Alt Rock, progressive rock, fusion anything
Plus marching band music that I participated in...

Gear-Fi:

I have computers. Too many computers.