yorktronic
- Interests
- PC Gaming, Skiing, Cycling, Hiking, Listening to Music
- Headphone Inventory
- Grado SR-125i
Final Audio Pandora Hope VI
- Headphone Amp Inventory
- Meridian Explorer
Maverick Audio TubeMagic D1 Plus w/ upgraded opamp and tube
- Source Inventory
- Luxman PD-272 Turntable
Macbook Pro
Desktop PC
Nexus 6
- Cable Inventory
- AudioQuest Forest USB cable
Emotiva RCA cables
Some other decent but not magical RCA cables
Decent but not magical 3.5mm to RCA cables
Decent but not magical optical cables
- Power-Related Components
- Some non-magical power conditioner
- Other Audio Equipment
- Marantz 2275 Stereophonic Receiver from 1976
Boston Acoustics T-1000 floor-standing speakers
M-Audio studio monitors
- Audio-Related Tweaks
- Various isolation solutions for speakers and subwoofers including Auralex Acoustics Pads, cheap sheets of neopreme from Home Depot, and acoustic isolation panels for the walls.
- Music Preferences
- Electronic music, rock, classic rock, jazz, metal, synth pop, anything with synths.. basically everything that isn't pop music or country.
- Gear-Fi
- Pelican 1200 case for my headphones, DAC, and cables
Signature
desktop PC -> Maverick Audio Tubemagic D1 with 2C51 Tungsol black plates NOS "D" getter halo tube (tube pre-out) -> JDS Labs Objective2 Headphone Amplifier (1.0 / 2.5x gain model) -> Final Audio Pandora Hope VI or Grado SR-125i
MacBook Pro 12" -> JDS Labs ODAC or Meridian Audio Explorer -> JDS Labs Objective2 headphone amplifier (1.0 / 2.5x gain model) -> Final Audio Pandora Hope VI
Nexus 6 -> either pair of headphoens
MacBook Pro 12" -> JDS Labs ODAC or Meridian Audio Explorer -> JDS Labs Objective2 headphone amplifier (1.0 / 2.5x gain model) -> Final Audio Pandora Hope VI
Nexus 6 -> either pair of headphoens