As you didn't mention what you are driving them with. Edition XS is easier to drive. The HE1K Stealth which is essentially HE1K V2 (in terms of amp req), not to be confused with HE1K Special Edition, is harder to drive. And when not driven well, it usually results in shouty/brightness tonality.

Shipped pretty fast, easy to deal with. Thanks for the Focal Radiance.

Shipped fast, and as described. Buy with confidence!

My 2 cent is that Susvara is jack of all trades, master of none. It's well rounded when powered. Sounds anemic when it isn't, and you would be better off with their newer various stealth+nano easier to drive cans. The Jr lacks the bass and depth of soundstage to me, but the layering and detail...

At one point i ran it off a NAD M22 V2 Class D 450w @8ohm and it added the needed oompft and made HE6, Susvara sing with authority without the noise vs. connecting straight to the amp. But depending on the cans you are running, 100w isn't really enough imo.

I have spare oyaide connector based premium cable if you want something better than generic.

What: Custom cable for Raal SR1a Mfg: Triton cables Length: 7ft (total 32ft worth of cable to make) Material: 4 wire Neotech UPOCC Silver ($13 a foot https://www.partsconnexion.com/NEOTECH-79528.html) Connectors: Furutech Female XLR Viablue Y connector Ediolic connector Selling as I sold my...

I think John and I agree on the signatures of the two ribbon types. My biggest complaint with the silver is the bass distortion in complex passages and bleeds into the mids.

to be clear the adapter itself needs to be female on both end if going into Jot R when using gl1200 cable. Ribbon swap is easy, but don't force anything if u have to force then you are doing it wrong.

Just a female <> male adapter. Or buy raal sr1a cables.

yeah, they are flimsy plastic, and easy to mess up, also whatever you do, don't subject them to dust either. I wore gloves, hair cover, and mask when handling them :)

Told you lol.

Yes, its called the stators sticking and its normal for eStats.

yes, stax amp and energizers are quite terrible. iESL is a totally different league. It has no coloring, so if you have a good speaker amp that you enjoy, that's the sound signature you will hear out of the iESL. I have the Hive and when properly driven it is ToTL sounding. Hive is harder to...