mine shipped today too :) !!

@Slater @candlejack I'm even less of a electrical guy than Candlejack, myself - I plug things in, they work (or not :)) - that's about it for me:), but on the IMR R1 thread there was a long discussion about the first batch of R1 Zeniths having some problems with the right piece being wired...

It has had quite a few positive impressions... one here : https://www.head-fi.org/threads/tanchjim-oxygen-impressions-thread.901366/page-15#post-14887879 And same guy also measured its resistance, here : https://www.head-fi.org/threads/tanchjim-oxygen-impressions-thread.901366/page-15#post-14893913

@candlejack Aliexpress just finished a sale for its anniversary last week ..... GU was 20% off :(. They do have sales with some regularity, but it IS some months in between, usually

@subwoof3r yeah, it is soft and flexible... gauge IS big, though, so there's physical limits to HOW much soft and flexible... in my linked post above you can have some ideas from my comments and pics, I think (here it is again, for simplicity ...

@candlejack that's hakuzen's ref number (he numbered them so that we all can uniquely identify what we are speaking about), it's mainly arbitrary (well, they were probably related to chronological order of acquisition, at least at the beginning - anyway, I'm pretty sure they're meaningless from...

eh... the "Very Large Sennheiser" eartips I'm using with my KPE look different, they look actually very similar to the Spiral Dots (very similar overall width and inner bore), just a few millimeters shorter (less "tall"), which helped (me, at least) with the KPE's stem being a bit longer than on...

Good to know, thanks :) !

If you ever have the opportunity (some meet or whatever), you might want give a listen to the Tralucent 1plus2 .... I have the 1plus2.2, and I find them very coherent, though they're hybrids. First post on the dedicated thread explains how they were designed to sound that way.

Generally speaking, I've usually been in the exact same situation, with the "L" JVC Spiral Dots being my go-to tip to use (and I tried a LOT of them, lol) - in about 90%+ of cases they also usually sound the best for my ears. Some others that I CAN use (=I can get a seal), and that a very few...

@rutter I have both the ZX300 and the DX200 (TI version). DX200TI is technically better (and I expect that will hold also for the standard DX200 - though I don't KNOW that, as I only ever heard the DX200TI). With some IEMs, though, I actually personally prefer using the ZX300 (like the CL2) -...

eh... Paint is the basic Windows program that handles images, comes standard with the operating system. I'd think that the Mac may have something similar? You just need something "stupid" (Paint definitely qualifies) that will handle the conversion on the fly by just copy/paste. Photoshop will...

Mainly yes - only real problem you might have is that the ZX300 (or maybe all Sony Daps in general) does not like the image if its format is a progressive jpeg (compressed)... if that happens (your tags have a progressive JPEG image), the ZX300 won't display it. Easy fix, if you have a Windows...

@Sound Eq they should be the Spiral Dots + , which came stock with the JVC FD01, and were previously unavailable as an accessory separately from accompanying earphones... I had some impressions here ...

If one uses google translate to translate the contents of the txt file included in the FW update (the one with the chinese name and ".txt" :)), this is what you get: Firmware Update Guide: 1. Enter the setting interface to see if the interface displays "ZiShan DSD 0.4I". If it is, there is no...

very much +1 ... I have quite big ear canals, myself, essentially only use L size (and cannot get a seal with all Ls, some are just not large enough :)), usually use Spiral Dots in 90%+ of my IEMs (as they end up sounding better, to my ears), and I went one size down with the CL2 (with the UE900...

This is what I use with my Xelentos, and I like it, I find it to be a good pure silver cable (to my ears, at least): https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Top-MMCX-Cable-3-5-2-5-4-4MM-Balanced-8-core-Pure-Silver-Cable-Jack/32801922798.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dUg4g1h - Keep in mind that it...

I'm out for a couple of days, and don't have both here with me now, so I can't do an actual comparison at the moment. From memory, and my own thoughts on how they compared when I used them side-by-side, the JVC FD01 (with the copper tube and a pure copper cable) and the RHA CL2 (with a pure...

Gauge's big (as anyone can see:)), but it's supple enough: coils easily, as you can see here: Though winding it in MUCH smaller loops would be a problem - and if you do not coil it too well it can sort of "rebel", as the "erection" here shows, lol: As for sonic characteristics, I'm really...

And here's how mine looks with the ZX300A:

@Kitechaser dang, pity about that... returning items is always a bit of a PITA. Very good to know for the rest of us, though :) With my own CL2 I'm using #125 (in the MMCX/4.4mm variation) out of Hakuzen's list here...

Very nice review, thanks ! Nothing to do with KPE, but what's your take on Tanchjim Oxygen vs LZ A6 (full version) ? You prefer the Oxygen even compared to the A6 (maybe you already covered this somewhere, but I missed it, in that case:))?

I'm using this one with my FD01: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/NICEHCK-MMCX-2Pin-Connector-3-5-2-5-4-4mm-Balanced-8-Core-6N-GC-OCC/32945688424.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.57e74c4dUkq2Lk .... goes very well with them, and @hakuzen has measured them as being quite good quality in the lower cost...

@Slater has a link in his sig about that, here : https://www.head-fi.org/threads/knowledge-zenith-kz-impressions-thread.698148/page-1978#post-14135342

@candlejack I get mine from Amazon Japan, and forwarded through Tenso, whenever I want to buy something else from there that's either only available there or cheaper (like JVC earphones, etc). If you don't piggyback on something else, though, single purchase from ebay is better/cheaper -...