sheldaze
- Location
- USA
- Interests
- GoT
WTA
Drama: Apocalypse Now, C'era una volta il West, Cinema Paradiso, Das Boot, Fargo, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, The Hours, Yīngxióng
Fantasy: Dragonslayer, Krull, Labyrinth, Legend, Pan's Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, The Neverending Story, The Secret of NIMH
Unusual: 12 Monkeys, Abre los Ojos, Being John Malkovich, Brazil, Orlando, Punch Drunk Love, The Fisher King, Yume
- Headphone Inventory
- Dynamic:
AKG K702
Aurorus Borealis
Focal Utopia
Grado HF1
NAD VISO HP5
Sennheiser HD 580, 800S
Planar:
Mods:
ESX900 (orig. Fostex TH900mk2)
HiFiMan HE5se (2019)
Past: AKG K271, K7XX, Q701, Audeze EL-8 (2016), EL-8C (2016), LCD-2 (2012), LCD-2 Classic, LCD-4, Audio-Technica ATH-M50x, ATH-R70x (loaner), Beyerdynamic DT-831, Denon AH-D2000, Fostex TH-X00 Ebony, TH-X00 Mahogany, TH-X00 Purpleheart, Grado HF2, HF3, PS1000e, SR325is, SR60i, HiFiMan HE1000, HE400S, HE400i, HE-5, HE-6, Massdrop x HiFiMan HE4XX, HE6se (2019), Massdrop x MrSpeakers Ether CX, Sennheiser HD 58X Jubilee, MrSpeakers ÆON, NAD VISO HP30, Oppo PM-1 (loaner), PM-3 (loaner), Sennheiser HD 58x, HD 600, HD 650, HD 660 S, HD 800, HD 8XX, Sony MDR-V6 (loaner), Verum 1 (carbon texture with silver grill), ZMF Eikon, Vérité Closed (Zebrawood)
- Headphone Amp Inventory
- Hybrid:
Schiit Vali
Sand:
ECP DSHA-3F
Eddie Current Black Widow (2016)
McIntosh MHA150
Nitsch Piety
Valve:
DNA Starlett
Schiit Folkvangr
Past: Arcam rHead, Audeze Deckard, AudioQuest DragonFly (version 1.2), Bryston BHA-1, Cavalli Audio Liquid Carbon #54, Carbon #540, Crimson, Glass, Gold, CEntrance DACportable, DNA Sonett, Sonett 2, ECP DSHA-1, Eddie Current Super Seven, Garage1217 Project Sunrise III, HeadAmp Gilmore Lite mk2, GS-X mini, GS-X mk2, HeadRoom Desktop Millett Hybrid Amp, Home (Generation II), Total AirHead (Generation II), Total BitHead, HRT microStreamer, JDS Labs The Element, LH Labs Geek Out V2, Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL2, Massdrop Carbon X, Cavalli Tube Hybrid (MCTH), Eddie Current ZDT Jr, Meier-Audio Corda Rock, Corda Rock-ff, Meridian Explorer, Explorer2, Prime, Monoprice Monolith Liquid Platinum, Pass Labs HPA-1, Rebel Audio RebelAmp, Rupert Neve RNHP, Schiit Asgard 2, Asgard 3, Fulla, Fulla 2, Jotunheim 1 (Jodac Multibit, Jono), Jotunheim 2 (Jonada), Lyr 3, Magni, Magni 2, Magni 2 Uber, Magni 3, Magnius (loaner), Mjolnir, Ragnarok, Valhalla, Valhalla 2, Vali 2, Vali 2+, Simaudio Moon NEO 230HAD, SPL Phonitor E, Woo Audio WA7 Fireflies (2nd Gen)
- Source Inventory
- All-in-one:
Emotiva Stealth DC-1
Grace Design m9XX
iFi Go bar / 10th Anniversary
Schiit Fulla E
Desktop:
Chord Qutest
ECP Walnut X.3
Massdrop x Airist Audio R-2R DAC
Rockna Audio Wavelight
Schiit Bifrost 2, Gungnir, Gungnir Multibit
Misc:
Ayre QB-9 DSD
Halide Design DAC HD
Pure i-20
Portable:
Apogee Groove
CEntrance DACport HD
Creative Super X-Fi
Past: AMB Laboratories y2 (gamma2), Arcam irDAC, Audio-gd DAC-19 (10th Anniversary), Ayre Codex, CEntrance HiFi-Skÿn, Chord 2Qute, Hugo, Hugo 2 (loaner), Mojo/Poly, FiiO X3, Holo Audio Cyan, iBasso DX80, iFi audio ZEN DAC, Massdrop x Grace SDAC Balanced, Meridian Director, Peachtree Audio DAC iTx, Metrum Acoustics Amethyst, Musette (loaner), Pono, PS Audio PerfectWave MKII, Schiit Bifrost 4490 (upgraded from 4399 and from USB Gen 1 to USB Gen 2), Bifrost Multibit (upgraded from Uber with USB Gen 2, Unison upgraded from USB Gen 5), Gungnir Multibit A2 (upgraded from Gen 2 to Gen 5), Modi 2 Uber (4490), Modi 3+, Modi Multibit, Modius, Soekris dac1421 (loaner), dac2541
- Cable Inventory
- Analog:
FiiO L30
Monoprice 109767 (3ft, 1/8" stereo phono to RCA stereo male)
Schiit PYST (RCA)
Digital:
AmazonBasics Micro-USB to USB Cable (3ft, A-male to B-micro)
AmazonBasics USB 2.0 Cable (6ft, A-male to B-male)
AudioQuest Forest USB 2.0 Cable (1.5m, A-male to B-male)
AudioQuest Forest USB 2.0 Cable (1.5m, A-male to B-micro)
Micca Premium SPDIF Digital Coax (3ft, 1/8" phono to RCA)
Moon Audio Black Dragon Mini Coax (0.5ft, 2-pole 3.5mm)
Pangea Audio Premier XL (1.5m, dual A-male to B-male)
Schiit PYST (USB)
Silver Sonic D-110 (0.5/1.0/1.5m, AES/EBU)
Headphone:
Audio Sensibility Impact Headphone Cable (1.5m, 4-pin XLR for HD600)
C3 Audio (10ft, UPOCC, 4-pin XLR, SMC screw-on for old style HiFiMan)
C3 Audio (6ft, 4-pin XLR, dual 3-pin mini-XLR)
Cardas (Cross) Headphone Cable (5ft, 1/4" phono for HD580, HD600, HD650)
Cardas Headphone Cable (20ft, 1/4" phono for HD580, HD600, HD650)
Danacable Lazuli Reference (2m, 4-pin XLR for Focal Utopia)
Forza Audio Works Noir HPC (3m, 4-pin XLR for Focal Utopia)
Forza Audio Works Noir HPC Mk2 (2m, 4-pin XLR for MrSpeakers)
Liquid-Inertia Cable (8ft, 4-pin XLR for Focal Utopia)
Norne Audio Zoetic (8ft, 4-pin XLR for Utopia)
Venus Audio (10ft, 4-pin XLR for HD700)
Venus Audio (10ft, Cardas, 4-pin XLR for Utopia)
WyWires Red (6ft, dual 3-pin XLR, dual 3-pin mini-XLR)
WyWires Red (12ft, 4-pin XLR for Focal Utopia)
Misc:
AudioQuest JitterBug
Decware Zen Switch-box
Gustard U12
Intona USB Isolator
Peachtree Audio X1
Schiit EITR
Schiit SYS
Singxer F-1
TTVJ USB Disruptor
Past: AudioQuest DragonTail, Audio Sensibility Impact Headphone Cable (1.5m, 1/4" phono for AKG), Cardas Headphone Cable (10ft, 4-pin XLR for Audeze EL-8 - C3 Audio), DIYINHK XMOS USB to SPDIF (loaner), Norne Audio Draug V2 (8ft, 4-pin XLR for HD800), Vanquish (8ft, 4-pin XLR for HD800), Zoetic (10ft, 4-pin XLR for HD700), Singxer SU-1, ZY HIFI Cable (2.5m, 1/4" phono and 4-pin XLR for HD800)
- Power-Related Components
- Cable:
AudioQuest NRG-X3 (3ft)
Kimber Kable ASCENT (6ft)
Moon Audio Black Dragon (1m)
Pangea Audio AC 9 MKII (1m, 1.5m, 2m)
Pangea Audio AC 14 (1m, 1.5m)
Wireworld Stratus 7 (1m)
Converter:
Power adapter (115VAC > 12VAC, R-core transformer, 2.1x5.5mm output connector)
Misc:
Schiit Wyrd
UpTone Audio USB REGEN
Supply:
TeddyPardo (5V 3A)
Past:
Acopian Model A28MT30 3AMP 28VDC Power Supply (MCTH), HeadAmp Golden Reference (discrete regulated dedicated PSU for Gilmore Lite mk2), HeadRoom Desktop Power Supply (5-pin/240 degree DIN, Gilmore Lite), Linear Tube Audio Linear Power Supply (for MicroZOTL2), TeddyPardo (12V 2A), Woo Audio WA7tp Tube Power Supply
- Other Audio Equipment
- Brainwavz Oval Earpads (polyurethane leather, black)
- Gender
- Male
Signature
AMPs: EC BW1
DACs: Modi+
SRCs: Urd, ZEN
You see, Dr. Buckley, it does make a difference. Yesterday on the solid-state life-support machine, he was restless, irritable. Today on the vacuum-tube machine he’s content, serene...
DACs: Modi+
SRCs: Urd, ZEN
You see, Dr. Buckley, it does make a difference. Yesterday on the solid-state life-support machine, he was restless, irritable. Today on the vacuum-tube machine he’s content, serene...
