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Need recommendations on IEMs that don't cost as much as a 90's used car. Mostly for public transit commuting. Sep 17, 2017

1. kapanak
  Need recommendations on IEMs that don't cost as much as a 90's used car. Mostly for public transit commuting.
  
  Sep 17, 2017
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  3. kapanak
    @Cryptowolf Thanks for the recommendation. I had the original Lyra, but could not stand the treble focus and overall upper mid to middle treble issues. Might try to listen to Lyra II at a local shop and see what has changed. My current IEMs are the Shure SE215, SE535, and Sennheiser Momentum IEMs, but they are all very bass heavy and liquidy warm. :(
    
    Sep 17, 2017
    
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  4. bigfatpaulie
    The ER4S is well worth looking at.
    
    Sep 17, 2017
  5. Vansen
    If you're looking for extreme isolation, ER4-XR may be good. Put the Comply P-Series on it and you'll have the most isolating IEM I know of. More so than my CIEMs. The ER4-SR is better, but for commutes, this would probably work better.
    
    Sep 17, 2017
    
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2. kapanak
  In years prior, looking at news simply made my inner voice say "meh". Now, there is internal screaming every time I read or watch the news.
  
  Feb 2, 2017
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  3. Case
    https://youtu.be/DblvhECdws0
    
    Feb 3, 2017
  4. Claritas
    One problem is you can't trust reporters to be honest. (This is not a new problem, though it's gotten worse.) So you have to find and watch the whole original video yourself. And who has time for that?
    
    Feb 4, 2017
  5. Case
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation
    
    Feb 4, 2017
3. kapanak
  First David Bowie and now Alan Rickman. I was watching Galaxy Quest at 2am last night. This is super sad... :'(
  
  Jan 14, 2016
  2. kapanak
    What the f**k. Both same age, both died of cancer. Cancer sucks.
    
    Jan 14, 2016
  3. Smitty
    worse, it was the same type of cancer. It's been a rough week, man.
    
    Jan 14, 2016
4. kapanak
  Canadian dollar dipped below 0.70 cents USD for the first time in 13 years.
  
  Jan 13, 2016
  2. imackler
    No wonder the Flames are coming to Seattle. Well...possibly some day.
    
    Jan 13, 2016
  3. kapanak
    Haha, we haven't experienced a dip below 0.78 cents per US dollar since 2002, and in just 14 months we went from 0.95 to 0.69. Kind of insane to be honest.
    
    Jan 13, 2016
5. kapanak
  #SBAF-Lives-Matter California Meets :<
  
  Dec 21, 2015
  2. jexby
    since when is driving in Cali so dangerous to one's health?
    
    Dec 21, 2015
  3. kapanak
    It's the safety WITHIN the meets I am concerned about.
    
    Dec 22, 2015
6. kapanak
  SoCal and NorCal meet folks, please be safe :(
  
  Dec 21, 2015
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7. kapanak
  I have been informed by the overlords that I am not allowed to post a HEX review of a unit I purchased with my own hard earned cash.
  
  Dec 8, 2015
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  3. thegunner100
    MacedonianHero... LOL.
    
    Dec 8, 2015
    
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  4. keanex
    I wonder how they're going to handle my HE400s review.
    
    Dec 9, 2015
  5. No_One411
    lol I don't have much to do with Head-Fi anymore, so it's just Jude actually doing what Fang pays him for.
    
    Dec 21, 2015
8. kapanak
  Hifiman ED-X (HEX): Smooth, rolled, warm, too relaxed and too polite. Pretty much like HEK without the weird soundstage and wiggling.
  
  Dec 3, 2015
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  2. HitmanFluffy
    Did you notice a bit of a midrange suckout?
    
    Dec 3, 2015
9. knerian
  did you block me yet brah?
  
  Nov 29, 2015
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  2. kapanak
    Working on it ;)
    
    Nov 29, 2015
10. kapanak
  Have heard both $1699 USD/$2000 CAD and $1799 USD/$2200 CAD from different dealers for the HD800S.
  
  Nov 23, 2015
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  2. velvetx
    This is the second best news I have heard thus far. I am shocked that low though. Do they know if this comes with the Sennheiser cable?
    
    Nov 23, 2015
    
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  3. kapanak
    All HD800S packages come with both single ended and balanced cables. What they didn't know is if the aluminum on the cable will be anodized black.
    
    Nov 23, 2015
    
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  4. ultrabike
    Still pricey, but not bad!
    
    Nov 23, 2015
11. kapanak
  EDIT: Back to normal :) Previous: New banner blue/black/grey colour scheme looks awful on the dark theme.
  
  Nov 16, 2015
  2. kapanak
    They changed it since I made that comment.
    
    Nov 16, 2015
12. kapanak
  Oh yeah, Schiit Modi Multibit incoming. Also AK4490 across the board for the D/S DACs. The preceding is speculation.
  
  Nov 15, 2015
13. kapanak
  This has been a very amusing night on SBAF. Even gave the wife a few good laughs.
  
  Nov 9, 2015
14. kapanak
  Forever searching for a comfortable, multi-purpose closed over-ear headphones that sound great.
  
  Oct 28, 2015
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  3. drfindley
    Get Enigmas or Slants. So great.
    
    Oct 28, 2015
  4. velvetx
    2nd the Enigmas, I can still remember the wonderful feel of the ear cups sucking in my ears to create a perfect seal.
    
    Oct 28, 2015
  5. Claritas
    I took "multi-purpose" to mean portable. :cool:
    
    Oct 28, 2015
15. kapanak
  Torpedo III with Cinemag transformers will cost nearly $700 USD. I'm not sure that's justifiable for me at that point.
  
  Oct 26, 2015
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  3. HitmanFluffy
    Its almost $200 more than I was expecting to pay, but I'll probably still pull the trigger
    
    Oct 26, 2015
  4. OJneg
    If it's $200 more than you expect, get the Edcors instead of Cinemags. You'll save just about that much. It's not like the Edcors sound like shit or anything
    
    Oct 26, 2015
  5. HitmanFluffy
    The money isn't an issue at all, its just a bit of a surprise that the price went up. Prior to this I was wondering about building an L2 with Lundahls before Doug told me to wait for the new Torpedo.
    
    Oct 26, 2015
16. kapanak
  The new Shure E-Stat Isolationg IEM, KSE-1500 ... is $3000 USD. WTF. With the Amp/DAC of course (necessary anyway).
  
  Oct 21, 2015
17. kapanak
  Love the new banner! Very Marvel :)
  
  Oct 14, 2015
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