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usa based . infj . she/her

i write and review media (mostly music) every once in a while, just out of pure personal enjoyment and nothing else.
pls dont take what i say serious, this is all just for fun!

hobbies outside of writing/music:
lifting, gunpla, jdm cars, mechanical keyboards, retro tech,
gaming (fps & ffxiv), reading, anime & manga

💿 my listening profile:

  • 90% of the time wired and on my pc via IEMs (over-the-ear headphones give me headaches lol)
  • all-in-one headphone amp/dac connected to my itx desktop
  • new albums listened through spicetify (modded version of spotify with useful plugins/extra features)
  • on-the-go listening is usually through spotify on my phone with apple airpod pros 2
  • albums i really like i'll buy the cd or download hi-res flacs, tag them properly, and throw the hoard into: musicbee, plex (for whenever i want to listen on my bedroom stereo system), and my ipod
  • genres i listen to the most: kpop, jpop, pop, city pop, r&b, hip-hop, rap, phonk, breakcore
  • the way i find new music is normally through socmed, recommendations, spotify's discover weekly/release radar, and browsing around aoty/rym

💿 review process:

  • throw albums/singles into my 'inbox' playlist on spotify
  • listen to it throughout the week or just whenever im in the mood for new music
  • give it at least 3-4 listens
  • 1 last playthrough where i sit down and actively listen/pay attention
  • write final thoughts w/ the review template i have in obsidian (i dont always publish them, most --if not all-- sit in a dropbox folder on my pc lol)
  • delete album from 'inbox', goes into 'outbox'
  • outbox gets cleared at the end of the month
  • favorite tracks go into a quarterly playlist (ie. 2023 - Q2, 2024 - Q4, etc)

💿 gear:

  • iems:
    • ziigaat crescent (tangzu sancai M eartips; main listening iems)
    • moondrop may (with 3.5mm cable, spinfit cp100+ eartips, eq-ed to variations w/ peace)
    • moondrop lan (dunu candy eartips)
    • moondrop chu II (dunu candy eartips)
    • kiwiears cadenza
    • truthear x crinacle zero
    • truthear x crinacle zero: red (used w/ impedance adapter)
    • sennheiser ie 100 pro
    • tin hifi t2 (tin foam eartips)
    • tin hifi t2 evo (tin foam eartips)
    • apple airpods pro 2 (spinfit superfine eartips)
  • headphones:
    • koss porta pro (mmcx mod, yaxxi earpads)
    • apple airpods max
    • beyerdynamic dt990 240ohm
    • sony mdr-7506
  • amp/dac combo
    • s.m.s.l raw-mda1
  • dap:
    • modded thicc 5.5 gen ipod
      • 64mb ram
      • 512gb flash drive
      • 3000mah battery
      • clear faceplate
      • black backplate
      • rockbox w/ bones theme
  • music players:
    • spotify
    • musicbee
    • plex
  • misc
    • jds labs atom dac 2 > retired
    • jds labs atom amp 2 > retired
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Pub: 28 Oct 2024 21:14 UTC

Edit: 27 Jan 2026 22:03 UTC

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