Also thanks for the great info! I guess I can also see from your post that you have 8-9 year old SE535s without any driver failure so that's certainly a good sign there!

I mean it's only the left side that needs replacing, so I'm definitely leaning in that direction. I guess there's just a question in my mind about the usual longevity of these types of multi-driver IEMS. Like is 7-10 years a normal time for a driver to fail, or was that really just a bit of bad...

Hello all! My trusty Shure SE846 have finally decided that enough is enough after 7 years of fantastic service. I think what happened is the midrange driver in the left ear piece failed (quite certain actually). I've tried with a few different cables and yeah, that's what I've deduced from test...

Hello all! My trusty Shure SE846 have finally decided that enough is enough after 7 years of fantastic service, being left in the rain overnight, and even one spin through the washer and dryer (About three years ago! They didn't even break a sweat ;P). I think what happened is the midrange...

Ok that's a bit extreme now. Well it's certainly unfortunate aptx has been left out, there's no point in scaring people away for no good reason. I'd love to see some truly blind tests done on non aptx vs aptx, especially on the go (where these will usually be used. No need to scare people with...

Thanks spook, much appreciated! I'll pm you if I have any more questions.

So, I've decided to take the AK100 II back, it just wasn't worth it for me..... Really a shame considering how amazing it looks/feels and how generally polished of a product it is. I was really hoping it could be a good end game portable solution for me. *sigh* I'm still thinking that I might...

Just a couple pages back on this thread, I posted a fairly in depth comparison of my iPhone 5s to the AK100 II ($900 dap). Obviously, those are just my findings and there would/will be other people who feel very different than me, but I thought it was very interesting what I found. IMO, the 846s...

I just posted this over in the AK100 II/120 II but I thought I might reach a larger audience over on this thread. Ok, sooooooo, a couple days ago, I was at the headphone bar (vancouver) trying out a couple different daps to use with my shure se846. I tried the Fiio X5, ak100 II and the...

Blind vs not Blind tests are a bit of a pet peeve of mine. I feel that if it's possible to do the test blind, then it should be done blind, it just removes one of the factors that could skew the results.

All the files were from the same source, whether that was a CD or HD download, so the same mastering, and all the files were in CD quality, except for a couple tracks which were in 96k sample rate on the AK (and Billie jean which was in DSD) but those tracks in particular didn't seemed to be any...

Actually, I'm the only member of the family who uses an iPhone, so no bias there, also the iPhone had ALAC files on it, no mp3s. You have to remember that these tests were also done completely blind, so there was no way of them knowing which device was which until after they were done all the...

The goal in the blond tests was to pick out the *better* sounding device, and the people listening did not always agree on which was better, but they all distinguished the same attributes between the two devices consistently. As for the music that was used for testing, (all in flac/alac) was...

Ok, sooooooo, a couple days ago, I was at the headphone bar (vancouver) trying out a couple different daps to use with my shure se846. I tried the Fiio X5, ak100 II and the beyerdynamic a200p (just for the heck of it), although I quite liked the a200p and found that it added large amounts of...

After switching around between a couple different ear tips as well as the different filters, I'd be very curious to hear what filters you folks are all using (and in tandem with what ear tips). Personally, I like both the blue and white filters with the yellow foams, but if I'm using the westone...