Up for sale are a pair of clear Shure SE215 IEMs with box, carrying case, cleaning tool, tips, etc. These are in mint condition and have been used for less than 2 hours. I can also provide original purchase...
Up for sale are a pair of Sennheiser IE8 IEMs with box, cleaning tool, bass adjustment tool and a boatload of tips. Everything is in excellent condition. I understand that there are some counterfeit IE8s floating around -- I'm...
Up for sale is a pair of Thunderpants in African Blackwood. The cups on these are just absolutely, amazingly beautiful. I almost want to keep these just to ogle them every once in a while. They sound great, but I already have too many...
Interesting. 85dB SPL is apparently already loud enough that long-term exposure (i.e., over 8 hours) can cause hearing damage (see here and here). So in order to reach 90dB SPL the HE-6 requires less than 20mW. To put...
I received the e-mail below from a friend who recently purchased one of Neco's v.3 amps and who has a nice collection of high-end gear:
"What a marvellous little device. It works supremely well with my Halide DAC, and with...
OK, maybe I'm wrong. My experiences with my EC-01 have me wondering anyway. I suspect that ultimately all of this stuff is just very amp dependant anyway, rather than being drive by any technical specifications (including power output)....
With my old Neco amp and my O2, I usually charged them for 1-2 hours, then used them unplugged until the battery failed, then repeated the process. Since you don't have to wait for the batteries to be fully charged for the amps to be...
I should add that the batteries in both the O2 and the v.2 Neco amp are user-replaceable, so it's probably not the biggest deal in the world if you occassionally overcharge.
