Hi, I am Ray, and I reside in Mowbray Heights (Launceston), Tasmania.
I am a music tragic who has suffered from "Audiophile Syndrome" for over 50 years. Current treatment involves the wheeling-and-dealing with such equipment from the late 50s to present day, and collecting albums & concerts from most music classifications.
I am also an Retired Electronics Engineer. Currently I am a Part-time STEM Teacher, specialising in Robotics. Coach and Mentor to First Foundation Robotics Competition Teams, including First LEGO Leage (FLL), First Tech Challenge (FTC), and First Robotics Change.
I also help our repairing & refurbishing mid 60s to late 80s Audio Equipment, along with a never ending stream of computer repairs & tuition.
Thankfully I haven't caught the modern fatal disease of "Boredom", as yet.
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-> Headphone Systems (Lounge & Bedroom):
2x Breeze Audio E-200 Valve (Tube) Headphone Amplifiers (Purchased 2019 & 2020)
2x Raspberry Pi's fitted with 'Nobsound 32Bit 384kHz DAC' board, using 'Moode Audio' Distribution as Streamer to DAC
2x WEILIANG AUDIO 25W 5V linear regulated power supply for Raspberry Pi'
1x Sennheiser 414 Headphones (Purchased 1978)
1x JBL E-Series 'Bluetooth' Headphones (Purchased 2017)
1x Beyerdynamics DT1990 Headphones (Purchased 2020)
-> Main Bedroom System:
1x Alchemist Kracken Class 'A' Amplifier
1x Raspberry Pi 4 using 'Moode Audio' Distribution as Streamer to Topping DAC
1x WEILIANG AUDIO 25W 5V linear regulated power supply for Raspberry Pi'
1x Topping D30 24bit 192kHz DAC
1x Pair of Triangle 'Sathis 108' Speakers
-> Main Lounge-room System
1x Raspberry Pi 4 using 'Moode Audio' Distribution as Streamer to SMSL DAC
1x WEILIANG AUDIO 80W 5V linear regulated power supply for Raspberry Pi, SMSL DAC & other devices
1x SMSL SK10 'Sanskrit 10th MKII' (AK4493 24Bit /384KHZ DSD256) DAC
1x Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6
1x Sangean WFT-1D Plus FM/DAB/Network
1x Nobsound Valve (Tube) Premplifier 'Ref Shigeru Wada Circuit' (Sounds great, and looks very smart in black & red)
2x Cambridge Audio Azur 651W Power Amplifier
1x Luxman A-522 with Turntable with Grace (Carbon Fibre) Tone Arm (Gift on Completion of Electronics Engineering Degree 1984)
1x Connoisseur BD-1 with Turntable with Grace (Swan Necke) Tone Arm
1x Micro Seiki MC-4100 Moving Coil (Garrott Brothers Ruby Cantilever) Cartridge
1x Infinity Moving Magnet (Garrott Brothers) Cartridge
1x Pickering XV-15 Moving Magnet (Garrott Brothers)
1x YAQIN MS-23B Valve (Tube) Phono Preamplifier
1x Luxman CX-1 Moving Coil (MC) & Moving Magnet (MM) Cartridge Phone Preamplifier
1x Pair of Triangle 'Antal Ex' Speakers
-> Music Server
1x ASUSTOR AS6510T Server
1x 15 Terrabyte of 'RAID 1 Mirrored' Storage using 30 Terrabytes of Harddisk Storage
25817x Individual Albums in FLAC format (and counting)
-> Concert Video Server
1x ASUSTOR
1x 8 Terrabyte of 'RAID 1 Mirrored' Storage using 16 Terrabytes of Harddisk Storage
672x Video Concerts in MP4 & MKV Formats (and counting)
-> Extras
1x Hafiler DH-200 (I built in 1982) Power Amplifier
1x Proton D540 Amplifier
1x Cambridge Audio Azure 340T Tuner
-> Music
I have around 22,000 albums including about 1000 Vinyl Records left, and the remainder are on Compact Disc. I have another 5000 Digital Download Albums.
I mistakenly, like many, sold off several 1000 Vinyl Records in the early 90s.
I still have quite a few, including some rare Vinyl Albums to Rip and store on the Music Server.
And I still plan to keep up my treatment whilst spending the kids inheritance......