It looks like Banggood is selling another 20pcs of the Xiaomi Hybrid IEM's for $10.99 US shipped. I was able to snag a pair the last time they had this deal but I had to be REALLY quick. If you log into your PayPal account ahead of time you will have a better chance. Good luck!  ...

  Thanks for mentioning that, I forgot about the ePacket option for US customers. It's unfortunately never an option for Canadian customers. I either have to choose the free standard shipping that has often taken 6 weeks+ or expedited for ~$12.00 and have to pay duties and high brokerage fees.

If you ordered from GearBest, or most any other Chinese retailer, expect the shipping to take the best part of a month to the US & Canada. Considering they just shipped on the 23rd, I wouldn't expect them before the week of December 14th at the absolute earliest. This only applies to the...

  I've purchased 5 pairs of Piston 3's and so far 2 of them have experienced the same problem. One side (I believe the right side) becomes very quiet, dull and lifeless. I've heard this is due to a connection issue inside of the control module and that Xiaomi has introduced some reinforcements...

It looks like GearBest now have a coupon code for the Xiaomi Hybrid.   XIAOMIHY = $17.40 USD including free standard shipping

You need to be really quick with these things. I clicked the button just a fraction of a second before it hit 0 to allow for lag. Sorry to hear you guys missed out :(

Success!!! Hope some others on here got the deal.   Payment Information Payment Method:PayPal Express Checkout Order Totals Sub-Total:US$10.99 Standard Shipping:US$0.00 Total:US$10.99 Product Information SKU315467snapu Original Xiaomi Piston Hybrid Dual Drivers Wired Control...

If anyone is checking this thread right now and interested in a good deal, Banggood (funny name, reputable Chinese retailer) is having a flash sale on the Xiaomi Hybrid. Just click "Rush to buy" when the timer hits 0 to get them for $10.99 US shipped. I believe it's limited to the first 50...

For anyone interested I just noticed that GearBest has already reduced their price to $18.99 US shipped. This is the cheapest I've seen so far from a global retailer.    http://www.gearbest.com/earphones/pp_261864.html

I've been using GearBest as my #1 source for Xiaomi products and many other orders as well. So far I've received 13 Xiaomi products from them and I'm most certain they are all legit. If you look at the questions asked for their Xiaomi products the most common is "are these original Xiaomi?" to...

I'm looking forward to receiving my pair after purchasing a pair of piston 3's and being extremely impressed with the sound quality for such inexpensive earphones. They really scaled well with my equipment and I'm hoping the hybrids will be even better.   I think GearBest is an excellent place...

Quote: Originally Posted by Drosera Okay, I've opened up my Ref 1 to answer your question (it wasn't clear on the photographs on the Audio-gd site) and it does look like the RCA output is only connected to one half of both output sections. I assume that means that it isn't benefiting at...

Quote: Originally Posted by Drosera The C-2D may have been balanced, but only had single ended output. I think it was discontinued because Kingwa believes he can make something better now. Looks like you beat me to it

Quote: Originally Posted by Pricklely Peete It does and thanks for those further details...... I'll just add that the CAST output from the RE1 to the CAST input on the Phoenix should negate any influence (positive or negative) cabling may have on the sound vs regular IC's be it XLR...

Quote: Originally Posted by shampoosuicide Adam, thanks for the review Could you possibly briefly directly compare the DAC-19 with the Zero? Also, what opamp/HDAM are you using with the Zero? Not a problem. I have only ever used the Earth HDAM in my Zero DAC. Comparing the...