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Jan 18, 2024 at 9:14 PM Post #93,361 of 103,568
I got a feeling you might like the Neo3 more vs the Quattro.

I seen some post about how a 6mm dynamic can't be as potent as a bigger dynamic for bass. Wait till the NEO3 comes out.

Its not the bees knees when it comes to bass but it will surprise a lot of people.
Is it a "bass monster" in your opinion? What about the bass didn't you like?:thinking:
 
Jan 18, 2024 at 9:23 PM Post #93,362 of 103,568
Jan 18, 2024 at 9:40 PM Post #93,363 of 103,568
Its got elevated bass as a lot of ISN IEMs do but its also got mids and enough treble to back it up. Sound can be a bit intimate but surprisingly spacious at the same time. Its definitely got that immersion factor. I think it sounds great for vocal music and acoustic stuff. Very excellent for bassy genres. Rock and metal sounds great too. Scales nicely to amplification.

Very musical sounding IEM. Neutral guys need not apply but for folks that love them some music that sounds like music. The NEO3 is an easy recommend.
 
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Jan 18, 2024 at 10:01 PM Post #93,364 of 103,568
Fedex does that :poop: all the time! I hate Fedex!

They did it to me two days in a row with the OD200, I genuinely thought the driver twice attempted delivery at a wrong address and then I contacted customer service fearing they wouldn't try to redeliver again as they state on their website they only attempt to deliver twice. Frankly quite annoying and even stressful besides all the waste of time. Why are they doing this?
 
Jan 18, 2024 at 10:03 PM Post #93,365 of 103,568
Pretty versalite.
Shanling H2
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Jan 18, 2024 at 10:04 PM Post #93,366 of 103,568
They did it to me two days in a row with the OD200, I genuinely thought the driver twice attempted delivery at a wrong address and then I contacted customer service fearing they wouldn't try to redeliver again as they state on their website they only attempt to deliver twice. Frankly quite annoying and even stressful besides all the waste of time. Why are they doing this?
I had to navigate the bus and subway system from Manhattan to the Fedex main shop in Queens at the freakin airport to stop them from returning my AresII DAC to China...didn't get home till after 10PM :triumph:
 
Jan 18, 2024 at 10:06 PM Post #93,367 of 103,568
They did it to me two days in a row with the OD200, I genuinely thought the driver twice attempted delivery at a wrong address and then I contacted customer service fearing they wouldn't try to redeliver again as they state on their website they only attempt to deliver twice. Frankly quite annoying and even stressful besides all the waste of time. Why are they doing this?
I guess FedEx is pretty terrible worldwide. They always leave a sticker on my front door saying that they missed me even when I was home all day and they never rang the doorbell. In situations where they they don't allow me to sign the sticker and leave it at my front door for authorized delivery, I always call them up and ask them to save it for me at one of their locations for pickup. Otherwise I would never get my packages.
 
Jan 18, 2024 at 10:07 PM Post #93,368 of 103,568
Speaking of cables, I just got my XINHS five element alloy cable (gold, copper, graphene, silver, palladium). Comes in a nice case and everything. Was reading XINHS on the case backwards and it perfectly reads as SHNIX, I like this name much better (lol).

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How much was that cable? 5 alloys?! LOL I like SHNIX too. haha
 
Jan 18, 2024 at 10:12 PM Post #93,369 of 103,568
On the subject of a "biocellulose", given that an excellent example of "biocellulose" membrane problems was brought up:

First, "bio" is a redundant prefix, somehow propagating in ChiFi, given that cellulose is a natural polymer...
The first mention I can recall for bio-cellulose is the 1989 Sony MDR-R10. Sony continued to use bio-cellulose in many of their top-end headphones and earphones in the decades after. I didn't see "ChiFi" use the term to describe any of their drivers until maybe 2000 I think?

[I had a bit of dyslexia and typed the year 1998 when I meant to type 1989. Corrected.]
 
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Jan 18, 2024 at 10:18 PM Post #93,370 of 103,568
The first mention I can recall for bio-cellulose is the 1998 Sony MDR-R10. Sony continued to use bio-cellulose in many of their top-end headphones and earphones in the decades after. I didn't see "ChiFi" use the term to describe any of their drivers until maybe 2000 I think?

I think the bio-cellulose moniker comes from the fact it is not natural cellulose extracted from plant material but instead grown in a laboratory/industrial context using biotech.
 
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Jan 18, 2024 at 10:21 PM Post #93,371 of 103,568
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Jan 18, 2024 at 10:30 PM Post #93,373 of 103,568
Is there something different/new than other C43198 DACs?
“This device achieves a remarkably low noise level, with a signal-to-noise ratio of 130dB and a distortion rate of just 0.0002% (@4.4mm BAL). The design ensures sound is presented against abackground as dark and quiet as a curtain, creating an almost noiseless soundscape (1μVrms).“

Do they all test like this? I just go by the sound, as I don’t understand the above jibber-ish! :)
 
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Jan 18, 2024 at 10:37 PM Post #93,374 of 103,568
Congrats, you are now one of the 100 worldwide exclusive owners of the "LEGENDARY" KZ pokemon. Well, at least until next week, when a PRO version of this KZ comes out!
16 tuning options to graph and analyse 💀

Fingercrossed that there is some sort of method in the madness.
 
Jan 18, 2024 at 10:45 PM Post #93,375 of 103,568
Pretty versalite.
Shanling H2
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Shanling seems to be trying to shoehorn in their Mtouch DAP software into everything they are releasing recently, including that absurd $16K USD CD player that can't do gapless playback.
 

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