nishan99

Be sure to try them with micropore tape covering 60-70% of the front of the nozzle, it totally transforms them! My favorite iems this way. I have pics in the S12 thread.

I always wondered if I should try some of that E1DA stuff. Do you like its sound?
I loved the EarMen Sparrow but won’t buy another after two broke. The Helm Bolt is ok, but I’m still thinking about buying another dongle.

@zottel I have no experience with other dongles except the fiio BTR3 which the E1DA absolutely destroy.

The 9038SG3 to my ears is neutral, fast, powerful, mechanical and etched sounding, very bad synergy with BA drivers ime. It also has noisy noise floor fed from my phone. It pairs well with my fat slow Fiio FD5 single DD IEM.

Hey look it's the same driver used in CAL and EMU Walnut/Purpleheart! Cool looking design.

Yup, my thought as well. I enjoyed my EMU walnut

Russian made though! Here's the maker https://kennerton.store/

How dare you! ;P

She doesn't care because she's a technologist not a conservationist.

@purr1n , somehow that made me think of the line "Teri didn't give a shit, Was just a nihilist." from that song by The Nails.

@Vtory 1) Two ins/outs are more than enough 2) yes x2-x4 (3) rich sound overall with good stage and macrodynamic, SE design would actually be preferable.

It would also probably be helpful to say why you want an alternative to the Freya S

@rhythmdevils 1) I read it's not that transparent 2) I can easily stretch my budget to $1200 3) The purchase would not be direct from Schiit so any warranty claims will be expensive on me to ship it back to them.

I’ll beat you up if you are eating it without café.

@YMO It's with tea you heretic!!.

No, café. Last time I check you aren’t a Turk. Tea is only good with biscuits you dork. ;)

Careful what you wish for, I got my world shaken a few days ago after a diagnosis. Stay health and push through.

Idk. But before members signatures cluttered the view.

That's curious, I don't think I ever saw signatures in mobile so had to enable desktop mode on my phone when I wanted to see if anyone listed their gear there. Any chance you've been using desktop mode on your mobile and just enabled actual mobile layouts somehow?

No I am always on the mobile version. But it seems like the signatureless layout was always there and I forgot about it.

I had some memory loss and delusions in the last week due to sever dehydration thanks to a bad tonsil infection, so that explains it.
I'm much better now btw and sorry for the noise :D.

My bald head is 4.5 stars. A slight peak in the middle but the daily razor shave keeps it smooth and ultimately very pleasing.

Ravi's Head: 4.5 stars. Pros: Smooth, chocolatey midrange. Cons: Slightly grainy stubble at either end of the R-Head's spectrum.

But @nishan99 I come to SBAF for the judgement. :)

Neither do I. I just started with speakers and my tinnitus does not allow me the use of headphones and yes some people find our living room spooky because of the acoustics and the absorbers

TIL there's a difference between ski jumping and ski flying

Imagine paying $600 over HD800S retail price for a piece of glass and different finish.

I took them a while since first announced. I find I hit dislike 95% more now that the number is not there. It was supposed to have the opposite effect of not piling on, haha.

On the positive note, that really nasty guy "you don't need to hear.." will now be getting zero user feedback.

Better that than buyer's remorse :)

That is an interesting test to apply to purchases: "Will I still want this thing if it takes 8-12 weeks (or more) to be delivered?"

That's not a thought experiment, that's called "living in Australia"

@rhythmdevils You really need to watch this trailer LOL. https://youtu.be/SjvVYuTTUFw

This TBH.

Oh, FFS. orfas gonna orfas!

I'm waiting for Meze to release a <$500 planar

For at least a decade, whatever I delight in is the only thing of its kind to be discontinued. This would upset me, till a few months ago. I came to understand that it's enough to have enjoyed the thing whilst it lasted.

Depends on the item. Some easy. Some not possible.

Be careful, rewiring is only possible if the mains transformer isn't hard specified for a certain voltage. Some items require complete disassembly to reach the rectifier bridge area, others are just a jumper, do your research on each item.

My 110V Vali2 runs great off 240V mains via a $20 ebay step-down transformer.

totally agreed! it's also one of those shows that gets better on the rewatch I think