Thank you for your review of the cable! For me it would come down to either the Shure adapter/mic cable (I really don't want to take an exacto knife to my e500 plug) or the ALO cable. Even with the hassle of powering down the iPhone, having to deal with background hiss would be even worse so...

Any new updates on this? I'm just curious to see if there are any plans to make this available for purchase in the near future.

Quote: Originally Posted by warubozu Can anyone tell me when you perform the unlock on the iphone is it a permant or temporary unlock? Hard to say since the new firmware isn't out yet. But I think once you update the firmware it will require one to redo the unlock.

Quote: Originally Posted by kugino you activate it using at&t (and itunes), but then you can do one of several things to unlock it. Not entirely true ... there is a program called Phone Activation Server that tricks itunes and your iphone into thinking you're activated through...

I agree with Anointed in that the difference between listening amped vs unamped is really small ... more like turning on a lamp in an already lighted room. With my E500 connected to SMIV it sounds really nice and bright but then connecting directly to the headphone out on the ipod ... it sounds...

Oh what the heck, why not ... order placed. It's not like there's any major holiday coming up that I need to save for anyway.

Now I'm confused ... the regular ear+ uses 3 tubes but the special edition uses only 2?

Thanks for the help and suggestions. Yours is something that i'm aspring to. Originally I came to head-fi just for a suggestion on a good headphone. Oh well, down the rabbit hole I go....

I understand the idea behind a rectifier and in general how the different parts of an amp work. However, when it comes to the details needed to design your own psu like you did (i.e. the equations, electricity), I'm at a loss. I checked the technical docs at the diy resouces and some of it is...

Count me in as well, my name's on the list. After seeing what Voodoochile did with his ear+, I've been inspired to do something similar. Ltd edition + mods = . Now to start on the required reading so I'll have a fighting chance of getting something even remotely resembling Voodoochile's custom ear+.

Beautiful work! I wish I had that kind of skill. I was noticing that there are 4 tubes instead of the original 3. Did you rework the schematic of the original ear+ or is what you did mainly a case modification?

After listening for a few days, I am blown away by how good this amp is. Worth waiting over 2 months for? Absolutely! Currently setup is 5g iPod->ALO Cotton Dock->Xin SMIV->E500. Listening to Giuliano Carmignola's Vivaldi: Late Violin Concertos, I could believe that I was sitting in a concert...

Must be fate ... just got a rs-1 and now this thread pops up. Guess my wallet's not through suffering yet.

Just got my amp today! So just wanting to update my times with the arrival date of: Sept. 27. Now back to the music...

WOOHOO!! Shipping notice recieved today! I haven't contributed anything to this thread but count me in for a large portion of the thread views.