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    Replacement cable for HE-500?

    How flexible would you say the cable is? My biggest complaint about my current cable is it's rather stiff. Not, you know, as stiff as the stock cable (which is borderline coat hanger wire stiff...) but still way more stiff than the Q-Audio cable I got for my LCD-2's.
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    Replacement cable for HE-500?

    I have a pair of HE-500's that are still going strong. The cable I'm currently using, frankly it's annoyingly stiff and I'm looking for a replacement. I had been looking to see if Q-Audio cables were still a thing (I have one on my LCD-2's) but it seems that business folded suddenly last year...
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    Semi-portable AMP/DAC for office use with CIEMs?

    I listen to a lot of audio content when I'm at work and I've started to feel that my current setup (Audioquest DragonFly Red to Noble Audio Katanas) is letting me down and I'm putting my money on it being the DragonFly. Here's where I feel I'm being let down: Sound Stage. I've heard my Katanas...
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    Natural sounding CIEM recommendation in the $1,000 range?

    I really do listen to everything. Lately it's been a combination of The Pogues (recently got back into them), some lo-fi hip-hop, some Punch Brothers, half a dozen different scores (TV and movies)... Often I just put my iTunes library (mostly 16/44 lossless but a growing chunk of 24/96) on...
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    Natural sounding CIEM recommendation in the $1,000 range?

    Yeah, they were on my list but as I said I've not heard a lot about them. Oddly enough my company has an office in Portland so I could always go in next time I'm in the area. As for the Noble Sage it appears to be universal only and I explicitly don't want universals. Yeah, I think the...
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    Natural sounding CIEM recommendation in the $1,000 range?

    I'm in the market for a new CIEM but I'm a little out of the loop on who's got the best offerings these days. I was hoping the good people in the Head-Fi community could recommend a CIEM to fit my needs. In general I like a more natural sounding headphone. I like good bass but only when it was...
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    Reputable companies that can fix IEMs?

    I have a pair of Heir Audio 8.a's and recently the pins from the headphone have broken off inside. Great, right? Problem is when I went to HA's website every page gets hit with a malicious software issue. Between that and a few other factors I'm considering finding a third-party to make the...
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    Need a new $1,000 CIEM recommendation

    Thanks for the info. I'll probably contact JH Audio, see what they say. Anyone else, any other suggestions?
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    Need a new $1,000 CIEM recommendation

    Hmm. I suppose. Though I rarely get that very strong urge to replace my headphones. I've had my HE-500 for a few years now and have pretty much no desire to replace. How do you find the comfort with the cable from your Angies? I'm still on a search but aside from that damned cable I keep coming...
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    Need a new $1,000 CIEM recommendation

    More if I get the right set of headphones I won't need to. It seems like an extra feature that I won't get much if any use out of.
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    Need a new $1,000 CIEM recommendation

    I don't see the point of in-CIEM adjustable bass. And it has the same cable that I'm concerned about with the new JH 13. It's also more expensive and more than I'd prefer to pay.
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    Need a new $1,000 CIEM recommendation

    How's the sound stage? One of the things I loved about the 13 was that wide sound stage, it's one of my favorite things about my HE-500 (though I don't expect any CIEM to come close to that).
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    Need a new $1,000 CIEM recommendation

    I'm in the market for new CIEMs and was wondering what people thought of my options. Right now the possible lead contender is the JH Audio 16pro. My last CIEM was the 13pro and the Noble 4c before that. I currently own the Heir Audio 8.a and used to own the Heir Audio 4.a. In general, here were...
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    Multi-microphone mixer suggestions?

    My office is looking at buying a in-office PA system. I got roped in because I'm probably the one who knows most about this sort of stuff (though almost nothing about this area of audio) so I was hoping you guys might know more. Basically, we do talks occasionally in the office and while before...
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