Sadly they sold out yesterday, I guess it was a good price. Anyway, I think you are right. based on the measurements available, they seemed too bassy for me, I think the Sony WF1000XM3 were more than enough. I am kinda relieved they are not available anymore since I actually didn't wanted to...

Hi everyone: I´ve been reading this whole thread for the past couple of day (currently at page 80 or so). I have in my sights the remote version of the Xelento, I wanted to know if it´s still a relevant IEM in 2021, I can get them from my local Amazon for around 550 USD with taxes, so not too...

I actually haven´t used my Q5s in a long time, have you tried your BTR5 in balanced mode? I think for headphones you need more power, I have a pair of HD600 and HE400i which would be close to the Sundara and HD58X and I just bought a balanced cable for the Senns to play them from the BTR5, if...

I try to use the NX4 DSD with the lightning to micro USB cable that came with a Fiio Q5s. The NX4 didn't work, but the fiio did. As far as I know the NX4 is not iOS certificated, but some users here made it work with the camera kit or another cable. I would suggest a certified amp/dac unless...

Sorry if this has been asked before, I searched on the thread, but the results were 20 pages of posts containing the word 'cable'. Has anyone here used the rubber cable that is sold on lendmeurears.com? I have the blue cable from the FLC8s and it's very stiff and springy (retains the shape) and...

You can get one from lendmeurears.com

It's funny, but to me the first gen GR07 BE sounded better than both the N5005 and the K3003i I have. Actually I like the K3003i better but the cable is a nightmare and the shells are a bit heavy. The N5005 sounds to dark for me even with the treble boost filter. Different ears, I guess...

Have you hear the ESW990H? My local Amazon has them for something close to 300 USD, I like the wooden cups, but I don't like them being on-ear. I had the 250 ohm version of the DT770, the WS1100is and currently also own a pair of M50x. The MSR7 are my favorite of those, actually I also own a...

If you want the latest and greatest, I would buy the new LG V60 Thinq. The V series from LG has a really good reputation and I assume that the new V60 would be the same. Also to consider is the new Xperia 1 Mark II. I don't think that the Sony is going to sound as good, to be honest. If you...

I have the K712 and N5005 and to me they are not very similar, to be honest I don't quite like either, the K712 is too lean and the N5005 is too dark to me. I like the K3003 more, but is kinda heavy, the cable is non replaceable and the carrying case is a joke. For IEMs I quite like the Drop JVC...

It's just your perception, you need two DACs in balanced because the ES9218P is a stereo DAC (meaning it has only two output channels), for balanced stereo you need four channels (two for right and two for left). That's why you need an additional DAC. Take a look at this short post by Benchmark...

Regarding balanced cables, I didn't have a pair of balanced cables until last week that I got my AKG N5005, out of curiosity, first I listen to them on the BTR5 with the included 2.5 mm, they sounded ok, then I switched to the remote 3.5 mm cable and to my surprise the difference in loudness was...

I have the Q5s, recently I've been using the BTR5. SQ sound pretty much the same to me, but I haven't done a proper comparison. If I have to choose one, probably would be the BTR5 as is more convenient, smaller, doesn't heat up like the Q5s, has a pretty useful screen, it's USB C instead of...

I have the ER2XR and ER4SE and the difference to me is pretty clear, almost night and day. The ER4 just sounds super clear, probably the clearest of all the IEMs that I own. I know that is not apples to apples comparison, but to me made no sense to buy the ER2SR if I already had the ER4SE...

What about aptx LL? The bluetooth codec is actually not that important, but the implementation... See ClieOS' comment about the SBC codec on the MW1.