Interests

Music & audio equipment for desktop & headphone listening (what did you expect?); power-walking; woodworking; collecting wristwatches. I'm an "in remission" audiophile...all the big stuff (tube amps, preamp, TT, speakers the size of small refrigerators, etc) is in storage. Oh, well. I relocated my obssession to the desktop; digital audio has been a very pleasant surprise...I'd listened to CDs since the mid-'80s with no great affection, but my appreciation for digital audio from the hard drive has grown & grown--particularly w/the arrival of NOS & multi-bit digital, which (mirabile dictu) make digital bits sound like real music for me.

Headphone Inventory

-- ZMF Caldera (coffee-stained oak)
-- Final D8000
-- ZMF silkwood Verite Open
-- ZMF blackwood Aeolus
-- ZMF Ori (ormosia henryi)
-- Philips Fidelio X2
-- Marantz MPH-2
-- Akai Professional 50X (heavily modified by @Slater)
-- Yenona Adapter-Free DJ Headphones
-- The humble yet excellent Koss Porta Pro for walking.

Formerly owned:
-- ZMF Atrium
-- DCA Aeon Flow Open (original)
-- Kennerton Odin "Thridi"
-- HEX v2
-- ZMF Eikon (padauk)
-- Jupiter Audio Research's J-Mod (extensive mod of Sennheiser HD650)
-- Audeze LCD-2.1 pre-fazor ("the unicorn") w/LCD-2C headband + extended slider kit
-- Meze Empyrean
-- Audeze pre-fazor LCD-3
-- Cocobolo Atticus
-- Audioquest Nighthawk Carbon
-- TH-X00 mahogany
-- AKG K553
-- JVC HA-SZ1000-E
-- Status Audio CB-1
-- E-Mu Teak
-- Sony MDR Z7
-- Onkyo A800
-- Sennheiser Urbanite XL (for sale here)
-- Takstar HD 6000

Headphone Amp Inventory

-- Violectric V281 Reissue "LE"
-- Wells Audio Milo with attenuator switches (1/channel)
-- Icon Audio HP8 MKII
-- Violectric V281
-- Woo WA3 OTL
-- Audio GD SA-31SE
-- Cavalli Liquid Carbon v2
-- Matrix M Stage HPA-1, incl. 2 X OPA827AID opamps on BrownDog adapter (best of 3 opamp sets tried)
-- FiiO E10K
-- Cayin RU6 R2R/NOS dongle

Formerly owned:
-- Monoprice Liquid Gold X
-- Gustard H16
-- Kinki Studio Vision THR-1 (currently F.S.)
-- Lake People G109-A
-- Woo WA22 w/complete NOS tube set
-- xDuoo TA-20
-- Hafler DA-75
-- Loxjie P20
-- Burson Soloist [amp/preamp])
-- Aune X1S Pro

Source Inventory

Metrum Onyx; Audio GD R2R-11 MK2; MHDT Labs Orchid NOS DAC; Peachtree Audio DAC-iTx; FiiO E10K

Formerly owned:
Audio GD NFB 15.32; Audio GD DAC-19; Audio GD NOS-19; Stello DA-100; Meridian Explorer 2

Cable Inventory

-- ForzaAudioWorks connector cables, each w/3.5mm jack/headphone + male XLR/amp; this lets me use my ZMF/Audeze-style cables with the Final D8000
-- Norne Audio "Drausk" 7' TOTL copper cable
-- 2 X Forza AudioWorks HCP Noir HP cable, 2.0M & 2.5M (balanced + SE "pigtail")
-- Oyaide DB-DR 510 coax cable
-- Multiple SE headphone cables from Ghent Audio
-- 5 x Harmonic Technology Truth-Link interconnects (1M to 2M)
-- 2 x Signal Cable Analog Two interconnects (multiple lengths)
-- Audio Art IC3 single ended-to-balanced interconnect (1.5M)
-- Audioquest "Black Mamba" interconnect (2M)
-- 2 x Transparent Audio "The Link" interconnects (2M)
-- + high-end interconnects from 30 years ago (mainly Straightwire)
-- 4-5 Signal Cable "Video Reference" power cables
-- 3 x Audio Art Power 1 Classic power cable (1.5M)
-- 2 x Lush Phasure I USB cables
-- Mogami XLR-to-XLR cable
-- Audioquest Type IV speaker cables

Formerly owned:
-- Danacables Lazuli 2.5m balanced cable (Audeze/ZMF connectors)
-- ZMF "OFC" upgrade cable X 2/3M
-- Norne silver adapter cables (2.5mm male to 3-pin XLR female)
-- 2 balanced cables from Periapt Cable

Power-Related Components

3 X Audio Art Power I Classic power cable; 4-5 Signal "Video Reference" power cables; Pangea C7 cable. A portion of the desktop audio system (along w/1 of the 2 office computers) runs off an APC uninterruptible power system (battery back-up). The 200A electric panel is backed up by an inline surge protector. The house's electric service is backed up by a propane-fueled 20kW standby generator.

(Despite backup generator, I remain vulnerable to nuclear strikes, asteroid hits and zombie apocalypse)

Other Audio Equipment

Matrix Audio X-SPDIF 2 v2 (DDC); Matrix Audio X-SPDIF 2 v3 (DDC); Vintage KEF 103.2 (sealed 2-ways from early '80s); Harbeth 30.1; 2 x Bel Canto 600M amplifiers; Wyred4Sound ST-500 amplifier; Swan M200 MIII (in media/TV room); JL Audio e110 sub (amazing); SVS SB-1000 (in storage); Marchand XM-66 stereo crossover; Musical Fidelity V-LINK192/24; Aphex 124A unbalanced-to-balanced converter.

Formerly owned:
ATC SCM12 Pro passive monitors; Audio GD DAC-19; Audio GD NOS 19; Ideon USBS reclocker; Schitt Eitr; Wyred4Sound uLink SPDIF converter; Aerial Acoustic 5Bs; Wharfedale Diamond 225s are F.S. here; SVS SB-1000 sub in storage); ZenPro-modded Yamaha HS7s; Goldpoint SA2-47 passive volume control & iFi Micro iTube; USB Regen; Schitt Eitr; Margoles Audio ''Digital Lens'' ADE-24.1

Music Preferences

Classical (from 12th century to yesterday), jazz, gypsy/manouche guitar, R&B/blues, world music, AfroPop, reggae, the American songbook/singers; bleeding-edge percussion.

Gender

Male

Gear-Fi

Video (77" LG OLED display; and 2 plasmas (both excellent, one spectacular); woodworking equipment, including the terrifying giant air-compressor + 1.25"-2.5" 15 gauge pneumatic nail gun, so I can go full EQUALIZER on any fool who breaks into my crib; big lawn tractor; snowblowers. I could go on (it's sad).

Occupation

Taking up space and breathing free air; writing short fiction in the horror genre; occasional satire/humor