Pair of Westone 5ES IEM which in a custom molded case for my ears. In good condition. Selling because my ear canals are changing shape and I don't know when they will settle. Obviously you would need to get them re-cased. Make an offer which could be just paying shipping.

When traveling I have really appreciated using a pair of sound isolating IEM. In the 1990s I got started with a pair of etymotic ep4. At the time they were amazing. Neutral if not analytical sound that was provided great isolation. The only problem was that they became uncomfortable on...

Pair of custom Westone 5ES IEM looking for a good home. To the first reasonable offer. --mark

Argh!! Updating firmware on the LS50 wireless sucks!!! The speaker doesn't have an option to do a self update, the iOS app can't do it, nor is the firmware available as an image which can be uploaded from any machine using a browser via http(s) like modern / sensible systems. Nope... the...

  The  Emotiva XPA-2 is a capable and neutral power amp.  A number of years ago a friend who worked for Martin Logan pointed me at Emotiva saying saying that it was the least expensive amplifier he would be willing to recommend / used when driving his speakers, and than he didn't hear...

I tried to replace my headphone amp and power amp with the Ragnarok. As a pure headphone amplifier I really liked the Ragnarok, but I thought the GSX-mk2 was slightly more transparent. Driving my speakers the Ragnarok sounded kind of crappy... but I wasn't shocked because the ML Aerius aren't...

board isn't dead... you are just asking a question no one is interested in answering. Why? (1) I expect there are very few people (no one?) who has listened to both the  230HAD and the Concero HP.  The Concero HP is cult favorite. The 230HAD is not mainstream / common. If have had asked for a...

Mojo > GOV2 overall sound quality GOV2 > Mojo price / performance and for my specific needs Mojo > GOV2 functionality   More detailed summary from my post on the mojo thread.

I voted HD800... but it's not that that they are the best, but good enough for me, while being significantly cheaper than the best I have used: Stax SR-009 driven KGSSHV or BHSE. I made a very un head-fi decision and sold much of my headphone gear so money could be used for other activities.

The apple remote uses IR .. most smartphones don't have IR emitters so just an app isn't enough.  If you have a universal remote (used with TV, etc) then you can likely use it with the proper setup.   --mark

the comment "Mojo is wonderful" with "hiss on my items" confuses me.  Typically when I purchase a portable device I would expect to use it with IEM, and hiss wouldn't be acceptable.  If I heard hiss I would complain about the noise floor being to high.  I guess we have different performance...

  Maybe. The Mojo + HD800 is giving me a lot of enjoyment, and the Hugo is better.  That said, neither gives me quite as much joy as my speaker system or the HD800 driven by the Yggy + GS-X mk2... but those are more than 2x the cost of the Hugo and 9x the cost of the Mojo.   IMHO (and lots of...

I appreciate the principle of keeping the signal path as simple and clean as possible,.. but you are wrong. Most headphone and virtually all speakers need amplification. The design and quality of components determine how an amplifier will effect the sound. People often select amplifiers for a...

  Summary: I am not suggesting that the Mojo needs to be used with a dedicated headphone amplifier. I have no plans to use an external amp because that would change the SQ-portability and SQ-price equation that I think the Mojo delivers very well. My statements about using an external amplifier...

I have spent around a week listening to the Mojo... primarily using a HD800.  A bit of time I used a pair of Westone ES5 or fed the DACs into a Chord SPM-1200 amplifier which was driving Martin Logan Aerius speakers.  I did back to back comparisons between the Mojo, Geek Out V2, CEntrance...

  The DAC in the DACport is decent.. but the amplifier is completely inadequate for the HD800.  Would you prefer portable to desktop? If you are looking for a portable all in one solution I would recommend:   Geek Out V2, $299 good Chord Mojo, $599 better Resonessence Labs Concero HP, $850...

  What I miss are the multi-day home demos that were common 20 years ago with a modest deposit. Thankfully the SF bay area has a number of stores that carry a nice selection of gear that you can at least demo in the store.   I have likely spent >24 hours at Audio High in Mountain View demoing...

I only have a couple of hours on both the Geek Out V2 and the Mojo driving a pair of HD800.  My *very* preliminary conclusion Hugo > Mojo > GOV2... but this could change. First, I used the GOV2 single ended. Logic (and reviews) suggest that it's much better running balanced.  I will be able to...

  grudgir: owned (and sold) yggr, hugo: ~month long loan (friend out of town) mojo: several hour demo -> soon ownership (arrives monday)

  Indeed.  That is why I purchased the HiFi-M8.  It was the least hassle way connect my iPhone and Macbook to a pair of  HD800 which were terminated with XLR for my GS-X and had a host of other connection options, power / tone settings which have let me use it in a wide variety of situations. I...

  To my ears Gungnir < Hugo < Yggy   and Mojo < Hugo   haven't done head to head between mojo and gungnir 

Quote:   Yesterday spent a few hours comparing the Mojo, Hugo, and a HiFi-M8.  The HiFi-M8 was in the mix because it is the unit that I am considering decided to replace. I think there is a larger gap between the Mojo and the DF 1.2. My short summary would be that the HiFi-M8 (and every...

  I saw this post and thought, that's odd, someone besides me compared those components?! Oh... that was my post.  I spent several hours doing a three way comparison between the Hugo, Mojo, and HiFI-M8 yesterday with a pair of HD800.  This time it was a sighted test so I am not as confident of...

my preference would be hd800... but pretty much all the flagship headphones are good... it's going to come down to your personal taste.  The best thing you could do is addition them and decide which you like the best. They way I typically narrow things down is I read reviews of things I have...

  As others have said: the HD800 isn't the easiest pair of headphones to travel with. While on the move I would stick with IEM because they are much more compact and block noise.  If travel = using headphones in quiet destinations, then transporting the HD800 in a Pelican case  and pulling them...