Is there a (big) difference in audio quality between G3 and v10? I'm searching for a smartphone to replace my iphone4. Only things I care about is price (cheap) and audio quality, that's why I was still using ip4 but unfortunately i broke it now.

I listened to HE1K a few days ago, I don't know if it was v1 or v2, it was the best hp I heard until now, better than focal utopia but it had a slight sibilance which you would have to EQ out.    HE1K v2 vs HEX v2? How close gets the X?

Yes, but take it with a grain of salt. Some may agree, some may disagree. Elear is a polarising headphone. Best would be too listen and judge yourself :)   I also don't think Elear is a logical step up from HD650 as they are more rough and not as smooth and are more agressive sounding than the...

I have both HD650 and Elear and use them with idsd and hifi-m8. Elear is certainly not a significant step up in SQ. It will do some things better (bass, clarity) and other things worse (tonal balance). It is up to personal taste.

  That's what I would agree with :)   But I agree with u, that I it is paradoxical that he recommends the Elear so often when he hears so many flaws.

  Thanks for your help. I think my chain is fine, it is just the headphone that sucks. As a said even a non audiophile friend could instantly tell that there is something wrong with the elear but I will not have monetary pain selling it because I already bought it used for a cheap price, so...

  Yes, it is very unnatural. It might be because of the huge upper midrage dip in combination with the uneven treble. A friend listened to my Elear in comparison with Ether / HD650. He is absolutely not into audio and he doesn't have experience with (expensive) headphones. He said Elear just...

I use Centrance Hifi-m8 via USB from my computer with spotify or foobar. For comparison I had modded HD800 (sd & anax 2), Ether Open and HD650. From what I have been reading, Elear should be smooth and warm sounding, at least more so than HD800 and Ether Open but honestly I can't confirm this...

I will be hated for saying this but my Elear is continuing to give me hearing loss with its extremely rough and agressive signature and its elevated highs. It might be even worse than stock HD800.

Can anyone of the go2a owners please tell if it has hiss / noise with highly sensitive c(iem)?

Does anyone know where to buy connectors for the HD650 in europe? 

I don't know the LCD4 but from my memory the Elear can't even outclass the LCD-X or old LCD2 non Fazor.

  What if I have super sensitive c(iem) but want a "quality monolithic unit and don't plan on changing the setup"? NFB-28 looks like it is what I want but I also would like to use my ciem.

Does anyone know how to remove the colored part of the earcups? Would like to paint it black :)

I also love that treble rolled off, dark sounding signature off the HD650 and also the mids are superb. But I agree with you, the bloated bass is really a problem. But annoying / agressive highs with Flow could also be a problem.