This thread is too rich for my blood...but I will stay and watch for a while.

What if you try temporarily blocking the port on the back of the iem?

Bass grievances aside. How have you found the detail retrieval between the S12 and the Mega5EST? Similar? "Better"? Worse?

OK wow. What you guys are doing in this thread is amazing. Many kudos! I want to try something, but not something as sophisticated as what you guys are doing. I have the 3D scan of my ears: I want to create custom eartips for the rest of my IEM. I can get the IEM scanned...later, for the...

All right I pulled the trigger. I went for broke and requested a custom shell Mega5EST. It will be like 2 months until I get them. Adding into the tips conversation, I got out of the ear tip game by getting custom made ear tips: These are 3D printed of a hard medical-grade acrylic. These are...

**Comes out muddy and dirty from the rabbit hole** Measurement graphs aside, I realized what I really want is the EST experience...in IEM. Will the Mega5EST be a "good" EST, or I will be better off going for other EST options?

HMMM. I've been out of the market for too long. I had not idea we have pages like Squid now. Looking at the alternatives, I "think" I would like the Moondrop Variations more than the Mega5EST. More bass than the S12, similar treble. The Mega5EST on paper would look too tame for what I'm looking...

Thank you for the reply. Where did you get that image from?

After seeing the sparkling review from DMS, a reviewer who happens to share the same tastes as me when it comes to equipment. I've been meaning to get the Mega5EST, specially after the comment he said that he had the same feeling from the HE-1, which is also a feeling I've been chasing for a...

I may ask something of a blasphemy here. But is there an equivalent DAC/AMP combo with similar or same headphone output capabilities as the RME ADI-2 DAC, but without all the built in DSP audio features? Realistically, I will play with the myriad of settings once, mess up everything, return...

I managed to listen the E-Mu Teak next to the Hifiman Ananda. Yes, the Ananda had more clarity, but only marginally so and the highs were crisper, but the Teak was not that far behind. But when it comes to bass and mid range, I just couldn't help to love the E-Mu Teak over the Ananda, the bass...

Hey, excellent recommendation. It's excactly what I was looking for.

I got back to the regular non perforated pads, I haven't enjoyed a pair of headphones so much as these ones. If there's anything "up there" that I will like more, I don't care I'm keeping these, if they break, I'll buy them again. Circle jerking aside, does anyone have any info about the...

Dude, they delivered my E-MU Teaks to Colombia; of all places, in three weeks. Unless you're in Ukraine or something, the headphones will reach you.

I know this gets asked every 10 post or so, but I've been kind of intimidated by the options to buy pure silver cable in the US. So I'll just ask, which pure silver cables are you guys using? I want to make an 8 wire pure silver cable; not because of sound properties, but bling. I am looking to...