Quote: Originally Posted by TheAttorney These are soft(ish) polymer material and metal sandwiches. They, allegedly, absorb the vibrations without storing-and-reflecting back. The bigger the area covered the better. This differs from pointy hard footers which, allegedly, drain away the...

Quote: Originally Posted by miloxo Lol, i didnt understand even a bit of what you said there But, 3,14*3,6= ~11 km/u. Isnt that like a bit 'too' slow? A side question: How can something that moves 11 km/u makes sound that travels with ~1000 km/u It isn't too slow...

Quote: Originally Posted by The_Blood_Raven Thanks for the heads up FLACvest, I might have to try them out, though the stock medium silicons are extremely comfortable already. I liked the stock medium tips too, the only issue was that I started to have problems with them wanting...

Quote: Originally Posted by JaZZ A membrane vibrating with 1 kHz and an excursion of 1 mm (±0.5 mm) has an average speed of 1000 x 2 mm = 2 m/s (triangle waves). I can't calculate the sinc function, but the estimated maximum speed of a 1 kHz sine wave will be about 4 m/s (= 14.4 km/h)...

Quote: Originally Posted by mark2410 having read through i wondered if any one knew of a way to reduce the gain on this because oh i can see a small slip of the volume dial and then i go deaf You could try the 75 Ohm output switch. Other than that I don't think there is much else...

I got my C710 from B&H, and while they do appear to ship to Israel, there are two problems. They are out of stock at the moment and while the price is $100US, after shipping they would be $146US+. On a side note, is a shipping rate of $46+ for sending something the size of a standard IEM...

Haven't had a chance to compare a new X to a used X, but I don't think that sound quality of the X improves after 200+ hours. However, you might like its sound more after you get used to it, say from listening to it for 200+ hours.

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So if power cords and fuses affect the sound, what about all of the much longer runs of wiring behind wall, and all the way back to the power station for that matter? I have yet to read about anyone rewiring their house with "audiophile" grade wiring, so chances are it is still standard copper...

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Quote: Originally Posted by haloxt Quality of ketchup may not be vastly important to you if you only ate one hotdog a day. Eat more hotdogs a day and quality of ketchup increases in importance. Some people listen to music 5-10 hours a day, in which case they might feel cables to be...