Hey!  What's up y'all?

nmatheis (same over in headfi-land) reporting for duty 

I'm sure some of you know me.  For those who don't, I've been into portable audio since I got my first Sony Walkman with crappy treble-happy over-the-head earbuds.  Oh man, did I do some damage back then.  Metal and crappy table-happy earbuds should be outlawed!!!

I moved on to portable cd players, then minidisc (woot, woot for md, yo!!!), and on to old-skool DAPs (Rio Karma, several iRiver), and now my iPhone and Fiio and iBasso DAPs.

My HP / IEM collection has grown over time from Sony, Sony, Sony to a diverse and ever-growing budget and mid-fi collection.

I think I listed pretty much everything I own or can remember trying in my profile.  Take a look if you're interested.

I listen to a lot of electronic (mostly more abstract / experimental stuff) and metal (mostly old-skool, black, and doom).  I also dig classic rock, jazz, and modern composition.

Hopefully that's enough to get things rollin' 

Hey!  What's up y'all?

nmatheis (same over in headfi-land) reporting for duty 

I'm sure some of you know me.  For those who don't, I've been into portable audio since I got my first Sony Walkman with crappy treble-happy over-the-head earbuds.  Oh man, did I do some damage back then.  Metal and crappy table-happy earbuds should be outlawed!!!

I moved on to portable cd players, then minidisc (woot, woot for md, yo!!!), and on to old-skool DAPs (Rio Karma, several iRiver), and now my iPhone and Fiio and iBasso DAPs.

My HP / IEM collection has grown over time from Sony, Sony, Sony to a diverse and ever-growing budget and mid-fi collection.

I think I listed pretty much everything I own or can remember trying in my profile.  Take a look if you're interested.

I listen to a lot of electronic (mostly more abstract / experimental stuff) and metal (mostly old-skool, black, and doom).  I also dig classic rock, jazz, and modern composition.

Hopefully that's enough to get things rollin' 

MD: that's what got me into this headfi thing. Welcome.

I moved on to portable cd players, then minidisc (woot, woot for md, yo!!!), and on to old-skool DAPs (Rio Karma, several iRiver), and now my iPhone

Man, this reads as my portable source path up until very recently. MiniDisc! So awesome, and so unappreciated in the US... now I have to go dig out my old player and see what shitty recordings I still have.

Welcome aboard!

Hello pyrates. I've been meaning to introduce myself for some time. My affair with Changstar started when the name was actually deleted from a post I made on the other site.
   I am about 2 years into the hobby, if you could call it that. There was a time when I was an information junkie but now i'm after quality rather than quantity. Changstar serves me well there. Thanks folks.
   I am an academic researcher in the life sciences but sometimes feel I was destined to be an engineer, although that does not mean I don't get to tinker with what I do. Its essentially tinkering but in a slightly different way, with a life-saving twist at the end.
   I aspirate for more than I can afford, although I'm very stingy as well. My current headphone includes Hifiman's HE-400i for my home use sourced and powered by Emotiva's DC-1 or an iPad/LG G3 via Fiio's E12. For portable use, I alternate between Etymotic's HF5 and the Sony XBA-H1s. My preferred sound signature is highly neutral. I hate bloated anything. I used to own Beyer's DT880 and will never forget the day I listened to them for ~2 hours and felt my ears ringing for a couple days after.       
   Music is consumed through the higher quality TiDAL subscription on my iPad Air/LG G3 or a dedicated HTPC running Windows 7. My 2-channel set up includes Emotiva's Stealth 6 monitors sourced via the DC-1.