For the sake of this discussion, I think we can go with a multi-driver IEM and an open-back over-ear headphone if we go with the assumption that the measured frequency response at Person 1's eardrum is exactly the same. Of course, we have to disregard the variables like how they feel on the...

Likewise, Griffin! It's always a pleasure to discuss this stuff with people who love these topics as much as I do. I always learn something I didn't previously know in the process. Starting things off with a question (and @Resolve might want to chime in, too): First, assume one could measure...

This reminds me of a little discussion I had with Konstantin (@oratory1990) at CanJam New York -- Konstantin being one of my favorite people to talk about these things with, and to debate with -- which we ended up doing a little (debating). As I recall, a nice gentleman asked us both (at the...

LOL. Hey, @XERO1! Hope you're well. Yeah, I dig the FA19. For anyone who missed the last CanJam Singapore Preview Video, we talk about the FA19 here (the video below should start at the FA19 part):

So far, I'm loving the FiiO FA19. To my ears, it is, without a doubt, the best IEM FiiO has yet released -- by a margin. And, as I said in the CanJam Singapore Preview Video, this is one that high-end IEM shoppers should listen to, regardless of what price bracket you're shopping in. Even if you...

At the time of the recording of the CanJam Singapore Preview Video, I'd only heard the Pilgrim, not yet the Pilgrim Noir. At CanJam Singapore, I was able to do a direct comparison, and there's no doubt they sounded different. And there's also no doubt I preferred the Noir, as the treble was...

I may have been unclear. While I enjoy the SednaEarfit tips on the Volür, I prefer the Final Type E with it. I'm glad you mentioned the Coreir brass tips, as we have those, too, but I haven't yet tried them with the Volür -- I'll look for them now!

I love the Volür. For my preferences, with the M15, the Volürs bass is phenomenal -- textured, physical, among my favorites there. I've been playing around with eartips, and started with an old standby -- AZLA SednaEarfit (size MS). I've enjoyed the Volür very much with these, so I left them on...

I didn't know about this new IEM from Meze until the show. It's called the Meze Audio Alba, "Alba" being a poetic Romanian word meaning "first light." The Alba comes packaged with a USB dongle DAC (that I think supports up to 32/384), and I think it's expected to retail for around $149 (USD)...

Meze Audio and their cool show swag. I just picked up this cool MMCX removal tool that they’re giving away for free to show-goers. (MSRP is USD $19.00.) No more broken fingernails. Thank you, Meze!

We talk about the Resolute amplifier at 1:13:37 of the CanJam Singapore Preview Video.

CanJam Singapore 2024: IEM Overload Incoming! (And Much More) Perhaps only for CanJam Singapore would the IEM section of the Preview Video take up half the video's running time! Yes, that happened. Of course, we also had plenty of new headphones, DAPs, DACs, amps and more to preview (and great...

I wish you would have made it! It has been a long time, man. I am in the big group photo -- look for the shortest guy in the middle of the front row. I will put a note in to PM you before the next CanJam New York. It would have been great to catch up. I hope you're well!

How fast is a headphone driver? Dan Foley (formerly with Audio Precision) is going to be giving a seminar on a new testing method to actually test how fast a driver responds. The seminar is beginning in moments, in the Ziegfeld Room, on the fourth floor, two floors below the CanJam registration...

Sean Olive will be giving his seminar at 11:00 a.m. in the Ziegfeld Room, two floors below the CanJam registration desk. You can take the escalators behind the registration desk, or (of course) the elevators to the 4th floor. See you there!