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Sure! Give it a try and see if there is a difference. Rhythm also did the same but said the Lps did beat out the battery, but said it was better than an ifi power x

@EagleWings DC07 scales more relative to its starting point. Whether it ends up being better or not is a matter of taste. Nunchaku has a relatively beefy presentation on both tube and solid state mode, where the DC07 is more lithe.

Thanks @darmok . So the UcConditioner is what helps get rid of the plastic timbre is it?

Nope, it’s all a “sale.”

Feels more like a clean out

Save your money for stuff you really want?

I have a DC07 Pro but haven't gone mad max like you with it :D

I'm gonna have a really busy two weeks where I probably won't even use my airpod pros. How about I send you everything you need, along with the fathoms to try?

ok! As soon as I have my ortho iems ready I of course will force you to borrow them :D

Thanks! Problem is, it's usually impossible to get these open. I might reach out to Kiwi and see if they'd send me a few with the shell opened up so I could have my way with them

what monitors do you have?

Eve sc307+ts110. A bit old but still good. Despite the size, they don’t sound bloated even at low volumes

Huh. Didn’t like the DC Elite with the Synapse + CB19, thought it sounded excessively soft. I’ll have to try the DC07Pro in that config.

@yotacowboy FTW

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Like the pic showing it plugged into the $400 DC Elite (which never sounded better).

"with the aid of knowledge in metallurgy"... all those waffle words does not inspire confidence, and their first technical point is so incredibly wrong (says the guy who spent over a decade of his life doing research in the field of metallurgy)

I didn't have any other iBasso dongles when I did my Fathom review, but I will say that among the myriad of things both portable and non-portable I had at my disposal, the DCElite was a considerable improvement in synergy. I don't want to gush, but the Fathom/DCE combo is the only combo where I *completely* forget I'm using IEMs.

Also, I usually listen 2 or 3 clicks up on the volume wheel with Fathom and the DCE, depending on the music/mastering. No discernable hiss whatsoever. iPhone->JDS Synapse->CB19+power brick

I'll also add that among the CFA IEMs I have/had at the time (AndroOG, SolarisOG, Moon Rover, Darkstar), none, and I mean none, synergized with DCE as well as the Fathoms.

Imma pair this with that dac that mixes and combines all dac chips in existence!

jokes aside - what were they trying to do here? i can't imagine all of those drivers working properly together on every single unit. especially if they want it to last for "a long time". or is this just for them to say "we did it".

I thought it was a joke when I saw this post and had to go look what you were talking about when I realized it wasn't - I'd love to see a cross section I can't even picture how they crammed all those things in that housing, has to be a nightmare for longevity/maintenance for sure

@Vtory

Since getting CIEM Fir XE6, I haven't touched any headphone. XE6 is not for everyone but there are many good IEMs these days.

Any hiss with very sensitive IEMs? My Jupiter seems more sensitive than my Nair.

Fathoms are 118 sensitivity and I don’t hear any hiss. I specifically got them for the low noise floor because I can’t stand hiss

Try PC

@YMO Okay Mr. Pushy, I tested on my Mac. No delay.

The ibasso sale….

I tried it for a bit running a 4.4mm to dual XLR into EC Af against BF2 (OG) and later against Yggdrasil LIM and felt the DCE was more comparable to the BF2. Both BF2 and DCE have a fairly weighty presentation, but not overblown, so both paired well with Af. I do feel that DCE plus CFA Fathom is just a gobsmackingly good synergy, for whatever reason, so that's how I tend to use it almost exclusively.

Thanks! I got the dc07 because it was for portable use instead of at home. I hope it has good synergy with the fathom. Need the low noise floor

With few exceptions, such as Hindemith, I listen to very little classical later than Brahms. But I used to. The first composers I listened to a lot were Mahler and Bruckner.

Some months ago, I listened to a dozen versions of the 2d I hadn’t heard before (including Kapell), and concluded that I still prefer the Richter.

Richter has that classy, not gonna get personally involved, but do everything. I miss the restraint of the old masters. Seeing you don't listen past Brahms, I guess we both are structure/counterpoint lovers.

@Claritas https://youtu.be/IX198THgIu8?si=69TnOBFvh-yCOLJ1 . Very unique hands, but amazing structure and voicing.