Zennheiser
Retired Professional Musician/Teacher
Husband/Father/Grandfather
Husband/Father/Grandfather
- Location
- Where it's at...
- Interests
- Personal/Computer Audio
Recording gear/Hi-Fi
Restoring Vintage High Fidelity
Restoring Vintage Musical Instruments (Brass)
Photography
Astronomy
Good Music/ Movies/Television (Harder to find than it used to be)
Reading
- Headphone Inventory
- Focal Elear
Fostex TH-x00E
Ultrasone Pro 900
JVC HA-SZ2000
V-MODA M-100
Focal Spirit One S
Grado SR-325e
Beyerdynamic DT-770
Monoprice M1060
Sony MDR-XB950b
Sennheiser 600
Sennheiser 650 (2)
Beyerlux HD330
Stellar Labs 35-5985 (several)
Stellar Labs 35-5960 (several)
Superlux 668b
Pioneer Monitor 10
Pioneer SE-Q404 (2-Quad Nostalgia)
Homemade Kludge: Double set of Koss Portapros used to construct makeshift quad phones
Past:
Sennheiser 497 (disintegrating)
Koss Portapro '80's (worn out)
Sennheiser 560 (worn out, but I probably should've sent them back to Sennheiser)
Several pairs of '80's Pioneer's (worn out/failed)
Several Pairs of '80's Koss' (worn out)
Several Pairs of '80's Sony's (worn out/failed)
- Headphone Amp Inventory
- DACs:
Lynx Hilo AD/DA
Topping D50
Fiio E-17k Alpen 2/K5
FiiO E-17 Alpen/E09K
Alesis Multimix8 USB 2.0 Audio Interface
Amps:
Gustard H20
Schiit Lyr 2/Schiit Loki
Schiit Magni 3/Schiit Loki
FiiO E12 Mont Blanc
Ray Samuels RSA P-51
Electric Avenues PA2V2
Vintage Pioneer SA-9500 II Integrated Amp
Vintage Pioneer SX-1980's, 1280, 1080's, and a couple of 980's, 880's and 780's
- Source Inventory
- Portable:
FiiO X5
FiiO X5 II (2)
Ipod Classic 160gb
Home:
Denon DCD-A100 SACD/CD Player
2 Sony Blu-Ray/SACD players (5000ES and 9000ES)
Marantz SA-8004 SACD/CD Player
Oppo BDP-105 SACD/Blu-Ray Player
Oppo UDP-205 SACD/Blu-Ray Player
Denon DVD-2800 II SACD Player
Denon DCD-1560 (restored with a new laser-2019)
California Audio Labs Tercet Mk. III CD Player
Pioneer CT-93, CT-43, CT-F1250 (four, all restored) Cassette Decks
Nakamichi Dragon, RX-505, DR-1, BX-300 Cassette Decks (all restored)
Pioneer RTR Tape Decks (ALL of the post-1973, except the RT-1011, also all self-restored)
Technics by Panasonic RS-858USD (2) Deceptively good Quad 8 track machines
- Cable Inventory
- Hundreds. None terrifically expensive. But they're not "giveaways", either...
- Power-Related Components
- 5 PS Audio Noise Harvesters
Various Power Strips Tripplite, IBM, Belkin, Monster, all surge protected.
Various 20 amp dedicated AC lines for amplification
No fancy AC cords. Just homely little jobbies that are the same gauge as what's in my walls.
- Other Audio Equipment
- Too many to list. Lots of vintage pieces.
Oppo BDP-105/UDP 205 (DAC/Streamers/Blu-Ray)
Denon DCD-A100 SACD/CD
VPI, Sumiko, AT, Shure, Denon, Stanton, TOTL Pioneer SPEC Era TT's
Sunfire Signature amplification (Two Stereo Sigs and One Cinema Grand)
Various Carver A-series Amps (A-760x,A-753x,A-220-Lightstar derived)
2 Adcom GFA-555 Amps
McGear (various)
Classic FM TOTL Stereo Tuners (a bunch....they follow me home; Pioneer F-93's, F-91,F-28, Mac MR78, M-D FT-101a, plus many more...)
Polk SDA 's and Monitor Series Speakers, Carver Plat Amazing Loudspeakers (main system)
Various Pioneer HPM's (more sets than I can justify really, but they're just THAT good)
Six pairs of dual 15" custom-designed Hsu/SVS cylindrical design variant SW's. (Two loaded with Stereo Integrity HST-15 Mk.IIs, two loaded with two Stereo Integrity D4 15" SW's) and two loaded with Diamond Audio 15" SW's.) 4 in the main system, 2 in Den System. All ran in Stereo (not dual mono) pairs.
- Audio-Related Tweaks
- Caig Industries D5, G5
Caig Industries G100L (for analog Tuner VC's)
Two VERY old bottles of Cramolin
Many cans of various Contact cleaners.
Do Soldering/Desoldering Irons and various Fluke meters count?
Fluke 1953a Frequency Counters (2)
Hewlett-Packard 8903a Audio Analyzer
Panasonic VP-8174a AM/FM Stereo Signal Generator
Panasonic VP-8175 AM/FM Stereo Signal Generator
Leader LPM 39a Wow & Flutter meter
Leader Distortion LDM-171 Distortion meter
Rigol DS-1054 50 Mhz Oscilloscope
Tenma 72-895 Wow & Flutter meter
Tenma 20Mhz Oscilloscope
Pioneer SD-1000 Test Instrument (restored)
Pioneer SD-1100 Test Instrument (restored)
- Music Preferences
- Classical, Jazz & Contemporary Popular...Well, maybe not SO contemporary popular anymore.
Jazz: Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, GG&Phat Band, Ellington, Basie, B,S&T, (Horn bands in general,if they're good and don't over-rely on Beach Music) and pretty much any Trumpet player if they don't over-rely on "stocks" (not a good thing). Also (non-Brass) Bill Evans, Chick Corea/RTF (The last one especially)
Classical: RCA Living Stereo/Mercury Living Presence/London Blueback/Lyrita/Mo-Fi/Sheffield/Analogue Productions, etc. Empire Brass, Canadian Brass,Boston Brass, PJBE, Reiner, Mehta, Various
Popular: Zappa, Steely Dan, Bruce Hornsby, Sting/Police, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chase, Ten Wheel Drive, APP, AWB, Dreams, Brecker Brothers, etc.
I like anything as long as it's not exclusively a culture war bludgeon.
- Gender
- Male
- Gear-Fi
- Computer technology (non-programming)
SW Radio/Ham (non-broadcasting)
Radar Detectors (Valentines mainly)
Philco Model 20 Tube Chapel Radio
Console Victorola
- Occupation
- Retired Musician/Teacher
Signature
Amps/DAC: Schiit Lyr 2/Gustard H20/Magni 3/2 Loki Minis/Topping D50,2 FiiO E17's/E12/RS P-51,E.Av. PA2V2
Portable High Res players: FiiO X5, X5 II (2),
Headphones: Fostex TH-x00 Ebony/Focal Elear/Sennheiser 650's/600/Ultrasone Pro 900/Grado SR325/Beyer DT-770/
Home: Sunfire Signature Amplification/Carver Amazing Plat III's/Polk SDA's, Vintage Silver Pioneer,
Oppo BDP-105/UDP-205/Denon DCD-A100 Analog: VPI/Pioneer/Nakamichi TT's/Tape Decks/Sources:
Portable High Res players: FiiO X5, X5 II (2),
Headphones: Fostex TH-x00 Ebony/Focal Elear/Sennheiser 650's/600/Ultrasone Pro 900/Grado SR325/Beyer DT-770/
Home: Sunfire Signature Amplification/Carver Amazing Plat III's/Polk SDA's, Vintage Silver Pioneer,
Oppo BDP-105/UDP-205/Denon DCD-A100 Analog: VPI/Pioneer/Nakamichi TT's/Tape Decks/Sources:
