Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI) - Page 96

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Originally Posted by n3utra1 

 

What's the name of this iPod case? I badly need one :(

Which classic do you have? the fatback or newer thin ones? If it's a fatty go with the iSkin Claro. Super solid hard case with silicon layer on the inside for shock absorptsion.

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Originally Posted by 2Curiosity9 

@longbowbbs how are the Uptowns? Rating out of ten?

Not my rig...I like the look though!

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Originally Posted by usernamekoh 

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The epitome of laziness right here. 

I think coz he can't post picture yet..
 

Trying these out for now  the ue4000

Sound quality? It's alright for a cheap closed portable set. I'm not a very analytical listener when on the metro or just walking to the grocery store so that's not a problem. The mic is very clear sounding and the cable terminates in a right angle, pretty good portable.

It's also quite good looking imo 

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Originally Posted by H20Fidelity 


Without derailing the thread to much. There's a whole world of detail and atmosphere I don't find in Apple devices, they sound rather blank or straight forward, like coffee without any milk or sugar. The players I choose to use have very obvious black spaces behind the music, they each have a different flavour of coffee bean which gives them personality, once you learn that personality you achieve completely separate buzz from listening. If I was going to get an Apple device I would be amping to flavour the signal that way, however I still think they lack in technical ability. I could crap on about separation and other technical areas but my main point is they don't have a taste imo.

Anyway... last thing I want is for this thread to turn into an Apple debate. The numbers are high.

Your making me want coffee now!

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Originally Posted by H20Fidelity 


Without derailing the thread to much. There's a whole world of detail and atmosphere I don't find in Apple devices, they sound rather blank or straight forward, like coffee without any milk or sugar. The players I choose to use have very obvious black spaces behind the music, they each have a different flavour of coffee bean which gives them personality, once you learn that personality you achieve completely separate buzz from listening. If I was going to get an Apple device I would be amping to flavour the signal that way, however I still think they lack in technical ability. I could crap on about separation and other technical areas but my main point is they don't have a taste imo.

Anyway... last thing I want is for this thread to turn into an Apple debate. The numbers are high.

For me, this is why I enjoy my iPod.  Not being a true audiophile, and listening to music purely for the enjoyment of the sound that reaches my ears, Apple does a fantastic job in this regard.  I have quite a few songs on my iPod and I can easily switch from song to song within seconds.  That and the playlist functions make it an easy choice for my day to day source, and the Genius function is a great way to hear a song you might not even think about listening.

I do plan on getting some better in-ears soon though, so I will probably pick up another player and do a comparison just to see if my non audiophile ears can hear a difference.  I just have to decide between universal or customs 

But seriously, milk and sugar in coffee?  That is just wrong 

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Originally Posted by D2000 

Which classic do you have? the fatback or newer thin ones? If it's a fatty go with the iSkin Claro. Super solid hard case with silicon layer on the inside for shock absorptsion.

Anybody using the iSkin Claro with the Shure IEMS? I have the SE215 and the jack is huge. Wonder if it will fit through the tiny case hole?

I am still using idevices , because of the UI and the ease of use , whenever I have a new song, i can just plug it in to my PC and it will work , and I am rather confident it will work that way for a long time, without changing softwares or drag and dropping everything each time I have a new song. I can move to something like poweramp on android platform because of how I can do the same as like the ipod with just an app, when I found a way to import the entirety of my library keeping its formatting and playlist into a player, only then I will switch to one of those spartan hardcore audio player

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Originally Posted by cogsand gears 

 

Your making me want coffee now!

You could be a musical Barista!  

Flashing the correct kernel on to my Nexus 7 so i can USB audio has turned out to be impossible. It has really annoyed me because it just simply says fail in TWRP when i try and flash what i want. This means i can not use the USB DACs that i would like with it but what i can use is the best DAC i have because its ability to use bluetooth.

So here was todays rather enjoyable rig:

Nexus 7 > Bluetooth > MyST 1866 PortaDAC > Effect Audio Apollo Cable > Heir Audio 4.Ai

What i will say is it sounds amazing. We lose the cruddy DAC of the Nexus 7 and get the unbelievably detailed and smooth sound of the 1866 R-2R DAC and then we los a bit of the mid-bass and warmth of the 4.Ai with the upgrade cable resulting in a more neutral and transparent IEM. This really is a top tier rig!