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EQUIPMENT LISTING IS NOT always up to date. - DOWNSIZING COLLECTION / Reach out if any questions.
Audio is a main hobby, I got back into serious headphone listening in the mid '90's. My first quality headphones were Stax SR-X Mk3 with SRD-7 energizer box purchased late 70's when they were the top performing headphone available. I deeply regretted selling them some years later and eventually found a like new pair second hand which I still own along with now a second one (back up) and the rare PRO bias version which has become one of my absolute favorites.
Audio is a main hobby, I got back into serious headphone listening in the mid '90's. My first quality headphones were Stax SR-X Mk3 with SRD-7 energizer box purchased late 70's when they were the top performing headphone available. I deeply regretted selling them some years later and eventually found a like new pair second hand which I still own along with now a second one (back up) and the rare PRO bias version which has become one of my absolute favorites.
- Birthday
- February 16
- Location
- New York
- Interests
- Competition precision airgun target shooting. Inanimate targets ONLY. Collect Airguns. Collect old radios, masks and die cast model cars.
- Headphone Inventory
- Joseph Grado Signature HP-2, Stax SR-007 mk1, Stax SR-L700, Stax SR-Sigma, Stax SR-X Mk3 PRO, Stax SR-407 Signature, Stax Gamma Pro, Stax SR-Lambda, 2 x Stax SR-X Mk3, Stax SR-5nb, Stax SR5, Stax New SR3,
Koss ESP9, HiFiMan HE1000v2,
Sony MDR-Z1R, Grado PS2000e,
Grado GS3000x, Grado RS1 (vintage), Grado RS1x, Grado RS2x, Grado GH2, Grado PS500e, Grado SR325x, Fostex TH900, Focal Clear, Mr Speakers Alpha Prime w/WireWorld Nano Silver Eclipse, Beyer Dynamic Tesla T1, Sennheiser HD600 w/Cardas cable,
AKG K240 Sextett (vintage),
Sony PFR-V1,Yamaha HP-3, Takstar Pro 82, Grado iGrado (white), Audeze SINE 10, 1MORE Triple Driver IEM, Martin Logan Mikros 70, Grado IGE3, BLON 03 with Linsoul silver cable, iBasso IT00 with Linsoul cable, CCA C10 with upgrade cable, Koss KPH30i, Koss PortaPro, Koss KSC75.
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PREVIOUSLY OWNED:
AKGK1000, Sennheiser HD800, ,KingSound KS-H1, KingSound KS-H3, Ray Samuels Emmeline HR-2,
Denon AH-D7000, Denon AH-D7100,
Focal Elear, Beyer DT-880 250 ohm, Grado PS1000e, Grado GS3000e, Grado GS2000e, Grado RS1e, Grado PS500, Grado GH1, Grado RS2, Grado SR225i, Grado SR225, Grado SR125, Grado 2 x SR60i, Grado RA-1 (replaced already), 2 x Grado SR60, Grado GR10, 3 x Grado GR10e, Sennheiser HD580, Sennheiser HD700, Audio Technica AD900X, Audio Technica, AD700X, 3 x Beyer DT-880 600 ohm, Headroom Little with More power supply, AKG K550, Firestone Little Country LC3, Douk Audio 6J1 SET, Woo WA3, Maple Tree Audio MADD Ear, Little Dot 1+, KingSound M-10, Stax SRD Pro, 2 x Stax SRD-7, 2 x Stax SR-X mk3, I still have two more available. HiFiMan HE560, AKG Q701 Quincy Jones edition, Rupert Neve RNHP, HiFiMan HE500 w/WireWorld Nano Eclipse cable, Martin Logan Mikros 90, Koss ESP6 (vintage), Cavalli CTH, Koss ESP950.
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- Headphone Amp Inventory
- Eksonics Aeras, Stax SRM-717, Stax SRM-006T, Stax SRM-1, Mjolnir Audio Dynalo, Melos SHA-1, TEAC HA-501 Dual Mono class A, Violectric V200, Joseph Grado Signature HPA-1, ALO The PanAm w/Gateway PS and Passport battery, HeadAmp Gilmore Lite Mk2 w/ Golden Reference PSU, Schiit Lyr, Burson HA-160, Cavalli Liquid Spark by Monolith, Cavalli Liquid Carbon V1, upgraded Home HeadRoom, Nobsound tube, Audio-GD Sparrow, Grado RA-1 dc, Grado RA-AC, Koss E90, Stax SRD-7 standard bias.
Portable Amps: Stax SRD-X, ALO Continental V5 hybrid, Fostex HP-V1 hybrid, HeadAmp Pico w/DAC, HeadAmp Pico Power, HeadAmp Pico Slim, Headroom Micro Portable, Aune B1 (Class A), Go Vibe Martini, Practical Devices XM5 amp/DAC, Fiio E17 amp/DAC, Fiio E17K amp/dac, Neco V5 20volt, Little Bear B3, Little Bear B4.
- Source Inventory
- Theta Data Basic II CD transport, Theta DSPro Basic III DAC. ARCAM CD72, Denon DCM 1520, Fons International turntable with Dynavector DV505 tonearm, Grado Signature 7 cartridge with Grado Reference stylus assembly, Ariston Q-Deck turntable with Grado Sonata cartridge, Ariston RD-11 with Mayware Formula 4 tonearm, Tandberg 3001 FM tuner, Nakamichi DR-10 3-head cassette deck, Harman Kardon CD392 3-head cassette deck, two Marantz DR-17 CD Recorders, Marantz DV-18 DVD player, Sony D-303 Discman, 9 x Sony D-EJ100 Discman (Stereophile Recommended), Cowan Q5W, Apple iTouch 16gb, Apple iTouch 8gb, Apple iPad 16 gb.
- Cable Inventory
- 3 meter Audioquest Anaconda turntable interconnect, 3 meter Audioquest Water RCA, 1 meter Audioquest Python RCA, three x 1 meter Audioquest Viper RCA, 1 meter Topaz, meter Audioquest Victoria mini to RCA Y cable. Four x PS Audio Power Punch AC Cable, two x 2 meter Wireworld Nano Platinum Eclipse, 2 meter Wireworld Nano Silver Eclipse, 1 meter Wireworld Nano Eclipse, 1.5 meter Wireworld Nano Eclipse headphone cables. 5' WyWire Platinum head phone cables. 5' Cardas clear for HD600, 1 meter and 2 meter Monster Cable M-Series M1000i, 1.5 meter Audio Art.
- Power-Related Components
- 2 x Adcom ACE515 power conditioners.
- Other Audio Equipment
- Musical Fidelity A1, class A Integrated amp, Harbeth LS 3/5A BBC monitors, Polk DSW Micro3000 subwoofer. Martin Logan Electromotion 600x subwoofer.
Quad ESL (57) electrostatic speakers, Sequerra ribbon tweeters, NY Audio Labs NB1 tube preamp, Adcom GFP750 preamp, Dynaco Stereo 70 tube amp, Dahlquist DQ1W sub, Paragon E series sub amp.
Parasound Zpre2, Nad 902, Yamaha AST1 servo feedback system,
Harman Kardon PA2100 power amp, PS Audio integrated amp and Martin Logan CrescendoX system with
- Audio-Related Tweaks
- Some discreetly placed sorbethane. Metal cones, Audioquest Jitterbug, BluTack
- Music Preferences
- Pretty universal but classical, jazz and rock are mainstays.
- Gender
- Male
- Gear-Fi
- Small tinplate toy robot collection.
Mask collection.
- Occupation
- I had been in the home A/V business since 1971 until 2019.
Signature
Life is too short to listen to bad headphones.... Love dem electrostatics......
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