I should add that I have a pair of SE535ltd and my journey with them have been as follows.
Coming from a Westone W4.
Hated the sound of the 535 stock (never liked the regular 535) used in concert with a Galaxy Note
> bought a copper/silver cable. Very nice now restriction was source.
> bought a Cowon D2+ (liked it so much bought another one- blue for male and pink for female vocals) everything tightened up compared to the Note. much better.
> bought a giant killer of an amp
> bought a copper/silver 3mm mini hybrid i/c- wow compared to free copper one that the dealer gave me
> bought a Cowon X7 loved the 160gigs storage and fast transfer speeds- richer sounding, more musicality than the D2+
> bought a silver/gold 3mm mini i/c- great with the W4 but not suited to the 535
> bought a Quad wired copper/silver hybrid 3mm mini i/c- improvement was unbelievable
> bought a Quad wired copper/silver cable for the 535- sounded great but not portable anymore, cables too stiff and noisy when walking
> bought a Quad wired 5n OCC silver cable for the 535 and the matching 3.5mm mini i/c cable. Huge improvement in resolution over the copper/silver hybrid cable but bass was lacking in comparison and therefore sounding less coherent.
At the time the copper/silver combination was still my favorite.
> bought the Triad L3- this was the game changer and in concert with the 5n OCC silver, the sound is stunning.
Realized the Triad L3 sounds much better off the mains.
> bought a Firestone Audio Supplier as a dedicated power supply- improvement was huge!
The above is in the space of 8 weeks.
Looking forward to:-
I have a silver/gold arriving early March
I now think I need a better DAP probably the Ibasso DX100 and lots of line out cables to play with!
Edited by spkrs01 - 2/9/12 at 5:14pm
