well dangit - was about settled on that HA-2... :P   I only had about 1.5 hrs with the Pioneer, but it managed to make all the IEMs I had with me sound pretty good...

anyone compare this against the Oppo HA-2? I need to find a store in Seoul that has the Oppo... would love to hear how it stacks up.   I like the sound of the Pioneer, but that oppo is so nice and light...

Let me know how it goes! One of my buds was talking about selling me the HA-P50 for cheap, but I'm thinking I'd be willing to spend a bit more cash to get the one I really want.   (also considering the Pioneer XPA-700 - low price on that is about 348USD in Japan, which is only $49 more than...

Anyone have a chance to compare this to the Oppo HA-2?

I spoke with them through email - when I asked about the surprisingly heavy splitter, they said, "The cuff is there to add a slight weight so that the cable sits around the top of your ear to reduce cable noise transfer."   Didn't ask them about removal, though I'm going to guess 2 pairs of...

I have to say that I was underwhelmed when I first plugged 'em in, but 2 days later and they only leave my ears when I have to go to the bathroom :-P

I'm enjoying mine quite a bit - they come across with more detail than my IM70s but no treble harshness, was up till 2am just listening to anything and everything.    Not as much bass quantity as the IM70s but it's tighter and more detailed, which makes the ATH low end seem a bit clumsy in...

in the hat we go:   1=6.3mm 2=SMC 3=3.5mm 4=XLR

What country? ...and no one does "official" assessments like CN Customs :-P

hah! I know how you feel, I used to live in Shanghai. Though to be honest, I got SO MUCH DAMN GOOD USE out of taobao I don't think I ever ordered anything from outside China... I desperately miss my taobao!

  Ah - apparently there's no handling fee, at least this time. But I have to shell out 8% customs duties and 10% VAT (don't think there's any funny business either - official tax receipts are coming with the package)   it's a harsh lesson for me to pay more attention to the customs site -...

  ...I just got an update from the UPS guy, he said "Keep in mind you're charged for the shipping as well."   I looked into it, the rule states " import duty and taxes payable are calculated on the complete shipping value, which includes the cost of the imported goods, the cost of freight...

Hey, did anyone get charged duties? I'm in Seoul, South Korea and UPS just informed me I'll need to shell out an additional $30 USD... arrgh. I've heard in general that KR customs doesn't really care that much for sub $150 purchases, but I guess I'm unlucky here...

Ooh, good to know! Though I'll need a properly good excuse to get to Singapore.   I've found the prices in Japan to be pretty fair (especially with the weak yen vs USD) - how about prices in Singapore?

yeah - I think a LOT of folks in China just taobao their shizz and use the return policy if they hate it. I used the heck outta taobao when I lived there :-)   how does singapore compare to japan in terms of headphone shopping? I never looked @headphone stuff there but there are so many darn...

You might try Soundluck, they're close to People's Square. There are other decent shops as well, but I only remember this one. They have a taobao presence, not sure if they'll honor TB prices there but it doesn't hurt to ask.   上海市浙江中路160号 实体营业时间 10:00 - 20:30  ...

Hey, a question for you k601/612 owners out there: would you pay more or less for a set of used 601s that were modded to have a 4-pin mini-xlr connector wired inline towards the plug end, and came with 1/4" unbalanced and 4-pin RHA-style balanced connectors?   Would you prefer the connector be...

That's great to know, makes it a win either way for those of us that backed! If it lives up to half the hype in the reviews it'll be a decent buy at ~120USD... and if it fully lives up to the hype it'll be a steal.

I just pledged! The R2A sounds like too good of a deal to pass up... but it's 9 days left and less than half of goal met.

  ...this would DEFINITELY be more interesting to watch than most of the other stuff on BravoTLCOxygenwhatevah!

WARS HAVE BEEN WON OR LOST DUE TO PROPER APPLICATIONS OF SHIRT CLIPS! ...how hard is it to get the case open? I'm really starting to appreciate IEMs that were built with some amount of fixability in mind (B+W C5, I'm looking at you disapprovingly)

  Quoted, because one has to wonder if this is one of those "don't think this has been uttered anywhere else on the internet" kinds of phrases :D Dopaminer, are the cables removable?

Wait - this means your idiot friends and relatives can rickroll you through eternity?