All I can say is, EE being a sponsor of headfi, the banhammer to silence users questioning EE, or mass delete option because it is deemed to contravene the forum rules (which as far as what I can see, it doesn't) , will hopefully not be used to cover this up without a settlement or explanation...

Nice, so apparently Rome can indeed be built in one day, or in this case two months lol. But while we are on the topic of gratitude and humility, the recent posts about the phantom is interesting to say the least. But, like everyone here, we believe in listening to what the Empire crew has to...

Whoa.

Personally, I stand with the side that burn in does change the sound, but not a night/day difference. It certainly wont make a bass monster stop being a bass monster. However, I also recognize that my impressions are at odds with the general consensus of the community, but then again I'm not a...

I really dont think thats possible, because as @Deezel177 pointed out back then, most of the prominent ciem makers themselves confirmed that burn in does not exist. i suspect that its more of a brain-burn in issue, leading to a change in perception rather than an actual difference in sound. It...

Oh dear that’s unfortunate. If I may be so bold as to enquire, what happened to it? I usually keep my stock cables around as it represents the true tuning as intended by the designer. Did you change the cable by any chance. I have a Friend who has a stock EE cable that he intends to use to burn...

Hi Lesmana. Sorry but maybe I didn’t make myself clear which is why you might have thought I wanted a comparison between the EA lion heart to a stock plastics1 cable. I never thought that for once to compare the two given the price distance, but then I’m honestly surprised that you would think...

I think we already moved past that a long time ago, given that single dynamics DITA and drivers like the warbler are already making waves. However, how does the n8t compare against the phantom in your opinion? After all, the n8t was tuned as a collaboration between 64 and Nathan East who is a...

Hi. Thats interesting. In what way did you find it an improvement over the common plastics one stock cable? Sometime back Jack Vang made a reference about companies "throwing a upcharge or packing in some massed produce junk and labeling it as “premium” " while promoting EE's collaboration with...

I agree, and now on hindsight I wish I had stuck with the Legend R instead of sidegrading to the Omega lol. Really lol. I thought most of audio is all about exaggerations, especially the reviews and its superfluous writing making it sound like the second coming of christ without a single...

I didnt say that the issue was that it was bass heavy, rather that the excessive emphasis on it neglected the other sound range, which is a no no in any logical design. Its like throwing a downhill bike fork onto a bike but forgetting that the other components needs to be tuned in taking that...

noted. Thanks for confirming my suspicions about the legend X tuning. Strangely enough the shop proprietor also said that the excessive bass could be fixed with the horus, which it did. With a brighter cable the legend X stopped sounding like a disco club bass speaker. Like you, I felt that the...

Congrats too on the cable and iem. But just curious, as to why you decided not to stick with the stock cable and paired it with the horus? Coincidentally when I was demoing the Legend X, the shop proprietor suggested the exact same set up. They recommended that I swapped out the stock cable and...

Wow. Just sa Well, I find that the staging of the Phantom's being large is mainly due to a sub bass that does rumble a little more than it feel it should in a reference iem, and hence giving an impression of a larger staging that it really has. But then again, what I did hear was a Phantom...

I think that, you need to at least list what genres or types of music that you primarily listen to. For example, if you mainly listen to jazz/slow music/ballads then many of the suggestions like the empire series would do fine. However, if you listen to more technically demanding genres like...

Thats interesting. Wait, didnt Empire used to use adel tech before? How did that affect their sound back then?

I'm actually rather intrigued by the closeup of the internals of the soundwriter. Thats some pretty nice wiring there lol. That said, that does make me curious about the internals of other flagships IEMS. Especially, the N8T and Legend X, both being hybrids. Anyone able to post a picture of how...

I wouldnt say volatile, but more of unpredictable. But that is just the nature of the game. I actually took apart @EffectAudio 's Mars cable, and spliced it with Plussound's type 2 silver gold wire for the fun of it after seeing Effect release that limited edition silver-gold 8 wire cable. The...

I frankly have no idea how it would sound to be honest. But, it would be a headache figuring out how you would configure the cables. Which would you use for hot and cold? The choice would affect the sound. But, I'm sure that if you hit @EffectAudio for your customized build under their...

I think you can? It would make no sense for effect to call it a bespoke service if the choices are restricted lol. Like Suyang and Eric, English isn't our National language, but from what I understand, the word bespoke is an adjective for a service rendered allowing one to order a set of good...

You are right, that more often than not the solder used, and soldering process itself, are crucial but often understated parts of the cable. However, having the right tools for the job does make the learning curve considerably easier. Its the same with most hobbies anyway, and its more than...

Oh well noticed :) Yes, the 2 pin itself was from Toxic, but i replaced the barrel itself with the Rosenkranz one. The same went for the Bispa plug and rosenkranz barrel. I simply thought that the Rosenkranz barrels looked nicer so I swapped them over. Aesthetics matters in a cable to a certain...

Ok so rather than respond to individual PMs asking on my thoughts on the improvements after swapping out all the EA parts to other brand connectors, I thought it may be more helpful to just post it as a open thought. The changes made involved removing everything but the stock horus y-split...

I think that it performs more than admirably well even without a cable swap. Frankly, swapping the cable to change the signature may even be blasphemous given that it was specifically tuned with the stock signature in mid by Nathan East. It was more of a 'what if' swap, than a 'must be done'...