BACKGROUND

Lifelong Music Lover, Longtime Audiophile, Recent Headphone Addict

Computer Engineer

Caving, Canyoneering, Exercise, Gaming, Guns, Music, Photography, Programming, Scuba

LOUDSPEAKER SETUP

Speakers:
Sonus Faber Cremona 5.1 system (4x Cremona towers, Cremona center, Cremona sub)

Main A/V Stack:
McIntosh C2600 Vacuum Tube Pre-Amplifier
McIntosh MX122 A/V Processor
McIntosh MC8207 Home Theater Amplifier

Sources / Chains:
Roon → Mac Mini → Ayre QB9-DSD (USB) → C2600 (balanced)
Arcam DV79 → C2600 (RCA stereo)
Arcam DV79 → MX122 (RCA 5.1, for DVD-Audio)

Misc:
Furman IT-REF 20I power conditioner
VTI BL series racks
Monster speaker cables (for aesthetic purposes)
Balanced cables by Monoprice
Roon ROCK running on i7 NUC
8x8 4K HDMI matrix switch (w/ web control) by No Hassle AV

HEADPHONES

AKG - K7xx
Audeze - LCD-GX
Audioquest - Nighthawk
Beyerdynamic - 880 600ohm / 177x Go / 1770 / 1990 / Amiron Home / T1.2
Dan Clark Audio (MrSpeakers) - Ether CX
Denon - 5200
Drop - Panda
Final - D8000 Pro LE
Focal - Elear / Elex / Clear Pro / Elegia / Stellia / Utopia
Fostex - TR-X00 Purpleheart / TR-X00 Ebony
Hifiman - HE-4xx / Sundara / HE6SEv2 / Arya / Susvara
Klipsch - HP-3 (oak)
Koss - KPH30i / KSC75 / ESP+95x / Porta Pros (x2, Drop + Gold)
Meze - 99 Noir / LIRIC / Elite
RAAL - CA-1A
Sennheiser - PC37x / 58x / 6xx / HD600 / HD650 / HD660 / HD800S
Stax - L700 / SRM-727II energizer
ZMF - Eikon / Auteur / Verite Closed (Stabilized) / Atrium

IEMS

64 Audio - U12T
Campfire - Atlas / Andromeda / Andromeda Gold / Solaris
Drop + JVC - HA-FDX1 Dual Carbon
Empire Ears - Drop x EE Zeus
Moondrop - Kato (silver, matte, blue)
Noble - Kaiser 10 CIEMs
Unique Melody - 3D Terminator / MEST / MEST MkII (universal + custom) / FuSang custom / Multiverse Mentor custom
QDC - Anole VX

DESKTOP DACS & AMPS

Ampsandsound - (ZMF) Pendant / Nautilus
Aune - X1s / X7s
Drop - THX AAA 789 (x2)
Ferrum - Hypsos + Oor
Headamp - GS-X Mini
JDS Labs - Atom
Little Dot - mkiii
Monoprice - THX 887
RME - ADI-2 DAC fs
Rupert Neve - RNHP
Schiit - Magni Heresy
Topping - A90 / D50s / DX7s / D90
Violectric - V280
Zahl - HM-1

DAPS, PORTABLE AMPS, ETC.

Astell&Kern - AK380 / Kann Cube / SP1000 + Amp / SP1000M (Gold) / SP2000 (Cu) / SR15
Aune - B1S
Cayin - N8ii (soon)
FIIO - BTR7 / UTWS1 / 3 / 5
Hiby - RS8 (+CR08 cradle)
Lotoo - S2
Opus - Opus #2
Topping - NX3s