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Have a look at this: https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?43786-CD-Drive-Accuracy-2019&s=de49d473732eeadb7030577a6fa7e2fc

I'd recommend looking into the Asus BW-16D1X-U. From what I can tell, it's the external version of the Asus BW-16D1HT, which is the AccurateRip accuracy leader from the last DBpoweramp results I could find: https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?43786-CD-Drive-Accuracy-2019.

Looked into this recently as I build an SFF PC and am not sure I'll be able to fit an internal drive into whatever case I end up with.

I dont know if they sell them outside of Japan but the Pioneer one I have has been quite good. It is a little loud at times but it works really well and has never failed to read any CDs that were possible to read. Quite expensive though, think mine was about 90 dollars when I bought it a few years ago.

You don't need to reset the settings, just turn the zx300 off and on again. Thats what mrwalkman recommends and from checking
for region-specific features after reboot it seems to work just fine.

Also I am uncertain if the region "sounds" are literal FR changes since most online measurements show the ZX300 to have a decently flat FR, but they do seem to change the sound. Maybe it's just different upsampling filters.

@JK47 the bass extension could probably be achieved with EQ, but it sounds like something more than that. I don't have a lot of time to listen critically, so can't say much other than it's different and kind of better. It's reversible if you don't like it.

Last day for the buy one dozen get second dozen for $1 I wanted to go but think it might not be worth my time

Some things just can't be unseen. His 100% rating won't last long... (and $200 for b-stock Orion CK from ALO Audio)

Waiter, can I get that with a side order of ear cheese?

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Actually like L the most. (I used to swap Sony hybrid tips on HF!)

Totally. The tonal signature isn't exactly the same (the JVC's have better bass extension), but for me the JVCs are to iems what the HD600s are to overear headphones. Comparable price, comparable performance, comparable enjoyment

Every time I listen to the FDX1 after a period of listening to other transducers, it feels like coming home.

Does work great on a Mangi 3+, and a DNA Starlett.

Okay Hamlet the Audiophile :P

Ordered yesterday, shipping notice received today, pleasantly surprised.

I know! The same here. I'm stoked.

Tropical motif... I get it.

@Claritas yeah, but you get to hear so much stuff you've never heard with a good quality subscription. I'm not in a place to buy this many cds. I am starting to go back to the same album so many times I'm thinking about buying a few.

God bless youtube! It helps me figure out what to take seriously and what to avoid.

Not what you're asking for but when I switch subscriptions, I use soundiiz to regenerate my library. I wouldn't descibe it as doing a good job but it's significantly better than nothing.

I cancelled the first time, but those are so generally praised by those more knowledgeable than I, I have give them a go.

Sure hope the laoner gets here today so I can decide if they are worth it.

Awesome been waiting for the restock

...but Rostropovich also sounds different on either headphone. I owned a HD600 first so it seems... "truer" to me, but I think that is only priority of ownership. It didn't seem crazy to think there was a violinist or cellist (or for that matter, any musician) here who could say why they prefer their instrument on one headphone over another (or any, for that matter), but then again, I'm not a musician!

As a woodwind musician, listening is a much different experience than playing. Still throws me off after 20 years, even when I'm at a live performance. The player's sinus cavity is part of the instrument, turns out.

Honestly don't know if me being a cello player gives me better insight. The way I play the cello sounds totally different from from the pros I've heard and it's even different from whoever claimed first chair in my orchestra. The way you hold it and bow all has an effect. Only way I could compare is if I heard Rostropovich live and through the HD 600