arpinnurmela
- Location
- Missouri
- Headphone Inventory
- Grado SR60 (1996), Koss KPH30i, Etymotic ER4-SR, Verum One
- Headphone Amp Inventory
- Schiit Hel, Naim Headline clone, Arcam MusicBoost
- Source Inventory
- IphoneSE, Panasonic SL-S303, Panasonic SL-NP1A
- Cable Inventory
- DIY solid silver wiring airgapped in Teflon jacket.
- Audio-Related Tweaks
- Replaced all stranded wire with solid silver airgapped in Teflon jacket
- Music Preferences
- Almost every genre, but particularly go for music without words: jazz, classical, electronica
- Occupation
- Foole
Signature
Main Headphone System:
Panasonic SL-S303 multibit portable CD player with 3.5mm 1V lineout, DIY 3.5mm silver plated AECO to pure solid silver 24ga in air gapped teflon jacket to Eichmann bullet pure solid silver RCA, Naim Headline clone via AliExpress (RCA jack replaced with 80micron plated silver jacks, all signal wiring replaced with pure solid silver 24ga in air gapped teflon jacket), DIY 6.3mm stereo silver plated AECO to pure solid silver 24ga in air gapped teflon jacket to two 3.5mm silver plated AECO, Verum One MKII headphone (Boobinga)
Alternatives:
Etymotic ER4SR with pure solid silver 28ga wire in air gapped teflon to 3.5mm silver plated AECO plug, Koss KPH30i "clear" with pure solid copper 30ga wire in air gapped teflon to 3.5mm right angle plug, 1996 Grado SR60 rewired from driver with solid silver 28ga wire in air gapped teflon inside 425 Paracord to 6.3mm plug, Arcam MusicBoost portable DAC/charger x2 (in case one breaks)
Panasonic SL-S303 multibit portable CD player with 3.5mm 1V lineout, DIY 3.5mm silver plated AECO to pure solid silver 24ga in air gapped teflon jacket to Eichmann bullet pure solid silver RCA, Naim Headline clone via AliExpress (RCA jack replaced with 80micron plated silver jacks, all signal wiring replaced with pure solid silver 24ga in air gapped teflon jacket), DIY 6.3mm stereo silver plated AECO to pure solid silver 24ga in air gapped teflon jacket to two 3.5mm silver plated AECO, Verum One MKII headphone (Boobinga)
Alternatives:
Etymotic ER4SR with pure solid silver 28ga wire in air gapped teflon to 3.5mm silver plated AECO plug, Koss KPH30i "clear" with pure solid copper 30ga wire in air gapped teflon to 3.5mm right angle plug, 1996 Grado SR60 rewired from driver with solid silver 28ga wire in air gapped teflon inside 425 Paracord to 6.3mm plug, Arcam MusicBoost portable DAC/charger x2 (in case one breaks)