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I grew up in Lithuania, a country which has gone through a lot of change in my lifetime. We are sort of between East and West. From the West we inherited the importance of forming and realizing our own ideas and dreams, and from the East we've inherited an untiring work ethic and educational drive. This unique mixture is something that I am proud of and it forms my character.
I hold a degree in electrical engineering and have been active in the field of audio electronics for my entire conscious life. I followed all of the audio related computer developments from the very beginning and have always been upgrading the latest cheap technology to outdo even the more expensive offerings. I enjoy creating more than I enjoy prolonged listening to my creations, and am currently working on a dream system for private use. I continue to study the newest technologies, such as phase-perfect digital filtering algorithms and their potential in an ideal crossover system.
I worked as a sound technician in several recording studios here in Lithuania before moving to California for a year. In California, I was active as a studio computer specialist and configured several of the computers which are used in much popular production, including one for the keyboardist who co-wrote Michael Jackson's “Thriller.” There was much to learn and see in L.A., however I felt my electrotechnical expertise was not fully exploited there. Although my talents were fully appreciated there, I still felt that my true passion was to create, not merely to configure robust systems so that others could use them to create.
I have been making custom DAC's for over 10 years, following the latest developments. Building custom equipment for sound recording studios and audiophiles was interesting, but it was always on a budget. Now, as master engineer of LessLoss, I have the chance in my DAC 2004 to completely utilize all of the knowlege that is known to me. Through extensive research and, together with Liudas, we have made LessLoss happen.
I am happily married and have a daughter. Sorry about not shaving for the photo.
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I grew up in Texas. My background with music is such that I grew up in a musical family of 6 with two violinists, a pianist, an organist, a classical guitarist, and choir director. My grandmother was an operatic soprano and had a voice studio in Chicago. My uncle teaches piano and organ. I played the piano and cello and gave my first public recital at the age of 6. Then later I picked up the saxophone in 5th grade and continued playing saxes until recently.
I've played in symphony orchestras, jazz ensembles, rock bands, lithuanian ethnic music ensembles, and have mastered at least a C major scale on just about any instrument you'd encounter in any of the above ensembles. I sang in the university choir in Bonn, Germany (Brahms Requiem was beautiful). I worked in a private, high class sound recording studio in Lithuania for 6 years and have personally made many recordings, mostly of choirs, both a capella and with organ or piano, small ensemble music (chamber music), and in a variety of acoustical settings. My audiophile interests began while making a recording during a month-long session in a baroque church in southern Germany. With a choir. Later, a friend and I made a saxophone duet recording of Bach's complete set of Inventions with two saxophones. Have a listen. Feel free to burn a CD, if you like. These were recorded by me in 1998, and I'm playing the soprano sax.
Invention #1 (15 MB)
Invention #2 (18 MB)
Invention #3 (14 MB)
Invention #4 (12 MB)
Invention #5 (17 MB)
Invention #6 (33 MB)
Invention #7 (17 MB)
Invention #8 (12 MB)
Invention #9 (17 MB)
Invention #10 (10 MB)
Invention #11 (15 MB)
Invention #12 (16 MB)
Invention #13 (15 MB)
Invention #14 (14 MB)
Invention #15 (14 MB)
Having composed some academic music, I met my future wife while recording her voice. Of course it sounds cheesy, but I actually met her through a cable I was completely dissatisfied with.
My friends are loudspeaker designers, choir directors, hi-fi journal publishers, composers, acoustic installation specialists, musicians, and my wife is an operatic Soprano. At home we listen to opera, classical music, and jazz. Indeed, without the DAC and cables, we couldn't enjoy opera through a sound system. We don't listen to pop, although I listen to it a bit for some amount of insight into how sound systems and loudspeakers work.
I trust my ears and enjoy experimentation. And the Audiostatic loudspeakers Ben Peters has created are extremely informative. They continue to show us the way, in both cable and DAC design.
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