So after almost 3(?) years my stock balanced cable finally began to actually disintegrate, the rubber ear hooks are all sticky and leave residue, and the mmcx sleeves have began to unglue. The cable works just fine though but I think it’s time to retire it. Thanks again to Damz87 for the...

I think that’s incorrect, when the headphones are turned on, the signal is being processed by the headphones internal dac amp. How? Try turning the headphones off mid listening and hear the FR change drastically. Unless I’m somehow completely incorrect, but that’s why Sony advises to only...

Maybe, but didint feel like it? I even pressed the cups a bit to make sure the sound didint fluctuate. I will have to come back another time and demo them again.

I tried the 620s today and was severely disappointed. The bass was weak, and felt like it lacked dynamics, and overall felt more boxed in than the HD600. The isolation also felt pretty minimal for a closed back. I would safely say that the HD600, paired with a good bass boost or EQ feature does...

Recently got both of these off a friend for $300 Canadian bucks, can’t be happier! The xbass feature on the hip dac 2 compliments the 600s very well, can’t stop listening to them :)

Hope they make this, as well as some kind of magsafe/case/pouch accessory for iphone!

Today I had the pleasure of demoing the KA17 alongside a few high end headphones, and my personal IER-M9 iem. I was really impressed by the build quality and sound, the little details like the volume bar slowly fading away to show the bitrate is a great little touch. It feels like a solid well...

Is there any way to change recent to show albums by album artists instead of artists? With game OSTs it splits the album up into 5 separate albums.

This kind of changing random things in the settings and claiming to hear differences is nearing manic religious belief at this point, just claiming to hear a difference doesn’t mean anything, is there any evidence? Any blind testing? Literally anything basic that would prove that this is fact...

Per release schedule, yes. If Sony will follow the 2 year trend we should see them this summer. I REALLY hope that they focus on sound quality and improve it further, improve not only the basic frequency response but actual technicalities too. Honestly I would kill for a wireless MDR-Z1R/ give...

It’s incredible to see confirmation bias happen in real time.

It just sounds clearer, more detailed without sounding overtly thin. It still has that deep tactile sub-bass too. The soundstage extends almost ten fold, turning it off while listening sounds like you are submerged into water. Depending on the song there may be a very slight sharpness to the...

I think the best combo I've found is using the XM5s with UAPP's morphit feature, the generic hi-fi target makes them sound incredible.

I have to say it’s the same for me. I’ve used EQ for some time but each one I try sounds just a little off. Stock is a bit boomy but it creates this sphere around you that’s addicting. Voices have so much body and depth to them that it’s hard to change.

My next DAP would be FiiO if this were to become implemented. Too many devices we own, ones that cost a lot simply expire, this has to stop being the case at some point.