Hi all, I want to share info about some new earphones I spotted.
I visited Jaben 2 days ago and Wilson let me try on the 2 earphones and an amp which allows for bass control, just after I demo-ed the nice sound from a Pico. (I do prefer the Predator for being just that slightly more natural sounding though both to me are excellent, be it for SQ or power.)
About the amp, I have started a thread in the headphone amp page instead.
Back about the earphones, they certainly sound good to me ears. One is 16 ohms while the other is 150ohms. But both can be driven well enough direct from my Zen Vision M's headphone out (unamped) no problem. With the new mystery amp with bass control, the 16ohms will sound too sharp for my liking, even at low gain.
I think they are a step up from mylarones, be it for the SQ or build quality. Perhaps the earphone end can have choice of earplug or In-Ear/Canalphone. I really like them so much that I would buy the prototype if Wilson had quoted me a friendly price for it yesterday. Well, the only thing is that even the left and right markings are not marked yet.
Wilson said the earphones and amp will be available sometime soon and I told him I will want to reserve one of the earphones since he said it will not be too costly. I wonder if they are to be the next mylars to be though not In-Ears, or maybe a new series with another name.
Great that permission has been granted to me from Jaben from my request to show the photos I took. Instead of posting it here, I would give the link for those interested to visit this thread for the 4 photos I took of the amp and the earphones (do pardon me for the poor quality of the pictures taken with my basic nokia mobile phone):
Picasa Web Albums - Tristram - Bass-control ...
With all the continuous new offerings of earphones and amps these days, we are really spoilt for choice. "Ouch" goes my wallet, as always.
Cheers to all.
I visited Jaben 2 days ago and Wilson let me try on the 2 earphones and an amp which allows for bass control, just after I demo-ed the nice sound from a Pico. (I do prefer the Predator for being just that slightly more natural sounding though both to me are excellent, be it for SQ or power.)
About the amp, I have started a thread in the headphone amp page instead.
Back about the earphones, they certainly sound good to me ears. One is 16 ohms while the other is 150ohms. But both can be driven well enough direct from my Zen Vision M's headphone out (unamped) no problem. With the new mystery amp with bass control, the 16ohms will sound too sharp for my liking, even at low gain.
I think they are a step up from mylarones, be it for the SQ or build quality. Perhaps the earphone end can have choice of earplug or In-Ear/Canalphone. I really like them so much that I would buy the prototype if Wilson had quoted me a friendly price for it yesterday. Well, the only thing is that even the left and right markings are not marked yet.
Wilson said the earphones and amp will be available sometime soon and I told him I will want to reserve one of the earphones since he said it will not be too costly. I wonder if they are to be the next mylars to be though not In-Ears, or maybe a new series with another name.
Great that permission has been granted to me from Jaben from my request to show the photos I took. Instead of posting it here, I would give the link for those interested to visit this thread for the 4 photos I took of the amp and the earphones (do pardon me for the poor quality of the pictures taken with my basic nokia mobile phone):
Picasa Web Albums - Tristram - Bass-control ...
With all the continuous new offerings of earphones and amps these days, we are really spoilt for choice. "Ouch" goes my wallet, as always.
Cheers to all.
