Very strange there’s no reviews anywhere for it despite being released for a few months. 🤔

The AK Zero 2 has been out for a few months, but theres no reviews anywhere? Very strange, I would have thought there would have been a few reviews by now. Has no one heard them?

I own a few kilobuck plus IEMs like Sennheiser Ie900, Campfire Solaris and Unique Melody Maven.. The Hexa, I keep going back to, they are that excellent. In a blind test I thought the Hexa were kilobuck price range. I use with Astell and Kern Sp1000 and Ifi diablo amp. Flac files. Shocked...

Hey all, I have a question about EQ on the FiiO M11 Plus ESS, I can use EQ fine on the music player mode, but when I try to EQ songs playing on Tidal, I can’t find any EQ option. Maybe there’s something I’m not doing. How can you EQ songs playing from Tidal on this DAP? I’m so stuck and...

Can anyone tell me of the FiiO M11 Plus ESS can drive these in high gain with a balanced cable?

My point precisely

Subjective hearing is so fascinating, isn’t it, my friend? It always intrigues me. The LCD-i3 are great IEM’s, that’s without a doubt, and if I didn’t hear other less expensive IEMs released in 2022/23, I would still be raving about my i3’s. Whilst not a planar, Final Audio A5000 have better...

How are these in 2023 for the £1999 price tag they’re retailing at brand new? Are there better options now with the same sound signature for this price?

hook X is open back also and sounds more airy than i3, more clarity, bettter cohesion between the frequencies.

That’s the point, a £900 IEM which needs to be EQd… It’s actually crazy. And I can EQ the Raptgo to sound exactly like an EQ’d i3. The difference between the Hook X and i3 is very small. The fact you don’t need to Eq Hook X is great. The i3 does not sound £600 better. Just a wasre of money to...

Chi Fi is really showing the way in planars, they’ve come on the scene and rendered Audeze IEMs a tad bit insignificant. The fact you have to heavily EQ Audeze in stock cable for a £900 iem is crazy. At the time when was in to the i3, I would make excuses for it, but planars that cost up to five...

I thought LCD-i3 was the best planar IEM I’ve heard, then I listened to the Raptgo Hook X original, and was blown away. Cost much less, sounds much better. No EQ needed, everything is just so much more clear, detailed and transparent on the Hook X in comparison.

Ah, I see what you mean. Lack of bass and weight for a £1000 range IEM is a deal breaker for me. Is there any IEM you know of in the £500 to £1000 range which has the same or similar amount of detail retrieval and image seperation (basically a ‘holographic’ sound if that makes sense), but has a...

Thanks, what is meant by hollow sound, so I understand better, do you mean anaemic in bass and mids? How about the Sennheiser Ie900?

Hey everyone, How does the Final Audio A5000 compare with the Final Audio A8000? Is the soundstage difference worth the price jump? I’m looking for a very wide soundstage with excellent seperatin and imaging. Basically I want a ‘holographic’ soundstage where the music sounds BIG (emphasis on...

Has anyone tried the LCD-i3 with the Ifi Go Blu? I’ve been using the Qudelix 5k and love the ability to EQ in great detail. I know the Ifi Go Blue can’t match the Qudelix in the EQ department. If anyone has experience of using the LCD-i3 with the Ifi Go Blu, I’d appreciate your views on this...

They have very similar sound, you’re not far off there. With the added benefit of not being heavy like their overhead headphones.

My thoughts, the i3’s with a pure silver balanced cable using Qudelix 5k and the EQ supplied by crinacle on the Qudelix app works a dream. I add 3db of gain on the lower shelf. I use this via my Samsung phone LDAC, with the Dolby Movie mode on. The movie mode really opens up the soundstage. I...

Hi all, Can anyone tell me how to connect the Bluetooth cipher to Samsung Android? For some reason my Samsung can’t locate the cipher cable in bluetooth, but my iphone and Mac recognise the cipher cable. Doesn’t the Bluetooth cipher work with android?

Thanks for answering, that’s a shame as I really wanted to try the wired cipher cable. I’m currently using a Effect Audio Virtuoso balanced cable hooked up to my Qudelix 5k using the i3 EQ supplied by Crinnacle on the Qudelix app. These IEM’s sound amazing. The bass, oh my word that bass is...