[gibosi]

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In terms of sound quality?

 
I've not heard either of these phones.... I was just trying to be a good soldier by referring you to DannyBai's answer to this exact same question posed by peter123 a few pages ago. As both of you are interested in these, you might want to contact peter123 to share information.
 
Cheers

 

[waynes world]

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That was too much to take. I just ordered a black pair (they're back in stock at amazon). Late night impulse buy 

 
Hey wait a minute - you can't "out impulse buy" me! Man that hurts. I might just have to back up your play lol! Have to add $40 (probably) for tenso though, so that will stop me until after I eat dinner at least...

 

[Exesteils]

By the way, the Onkyo IEMs are up for preorder under $100 on amazon.com ... That and the X3 will be my next big purchases. and then I'm trying to quit for awhile.

That's a steal at 90+. I paid close to 160 for mine. You should have bought a few and sold them here.

Just saw it: Get it September 10, 2013.


..... Yeah, can't wait that long.

 

[Theta Alpha 1]

You should buy the Onkyo headphone with the cheaper cable and then buy a pure Silver cable with a Rhodium jack from me.

 

[gikigill]

Managed to get the Onkyo headphones for $123 shipped to Australia and the earphones for $90. Ordered on the 16th of July. Both are the HF300 versions.

 

[Exesteils]

Managed to get the Onkyo headphones for $123 shipped to Australia and the earphones for $90. Ordered on the 16th of July. Both are the HF300 versions.

Where did you find them at such a price? Link please. Now that I've got a little of the IEMs' taste I'm considering the Headphones.

 

[gikigill]

Amazon but the price went up. I was very lucky to get my foot in first.

 

[Exesteils]

Darn, I paid quite a deal more for my Ie-hf300, and the price is at a stable 160-170usd from Japanese sellers for the Headphones. Curse my inability to find good deals!

 

[Theta Alpha 1]

I wonder what the new Fiio cable is like in real life, and if it's compatible with the Onkyo's http://www.fiio.com.cn/products/index.aspx?ID=100000042938762&MenuID=105026014

 

[nihontoman]

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I wonder what the new Fiio cable is like in real life, and if it's compatible with the Onkyo's http://www.fiio.com.cn/products/index.aspx?ID=100000042938762&MenuID=105026014

 
 
those look so good, I might just buy whatever with detachable cables just to get those and put them on

 

[Exesteils]

I wonder what the new Fiio cable is like in real life, and if it's compatible with the Onkyo's http://www.fiio.com.cn/products/index.aspx?ID=100000042938762&MenuID=105026014

Afaik, the ES-HF300 is using a new type of connector. Which some complain to be rather hard to plug-in or remove. Onkyo also seems to be releasing both the cable as a sort of upgrade, and an alternate version of the 6N ones with a built in mic and volume control which is to be released in the near future.

 

[nihontoman]

hey guys.
 
I kinda remember that someone here was talking about these:
 
http://hifimediy.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=87
 
Have any one of you had any experience with these? they sound any good?

 

[gibosi]

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hey guys.
 
I kinda remember that someone here was talking about these:
 
http://hifimediy.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=87
 
Have any one of you had any experience with these? they sound any good?

As I understand, the internals are the same as the little inline USB powered HiFimeDIY Sabre USB DAC.
 
http://hifimediy.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=62&product_id=92
 
The primary difference appears to be that you get a nice chassis and you can power it with a separate, but not included, power supply. Also, the output is coaxial rather than 3.5mm. But otherwise, the sound should be identical, don't you think?

 

[kova4a]

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hey guys.
 
I kinda remember that someone here was talking about these:
 
http://hifimediy.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=87
 
Have any one of you had any experience with these? they sound any good?

Well, I haven't tried this version but that was actually discussed long before it even came out on another forum where people were talking how it should have a USB isolator chip and that it will be better and cleaner and they were making by themselves pretty much what this version is from the original HiFimeDIY. And I know it was quite expensive to do that as a DIY project, so this version is actually cheap for what it is but I have no idea if it sounds different although theoretically it should be a bit better but you do loose portability and have to use a RCA to 3.5mm female adapter to connect headphones but I guess if you're going to use it with a desktop rig it might probably be the better choice of the two.

 

[nihontoman]

I'm thinking about getting one (because I don't have any good source gear) and I figured I might start with a good desktop DAC... the price goes up to 85$ with the power supply, which is the same as the price for fiio e07k or e17 (if you add a little bit). So I can't really decide what to get...