I will probly be there, 50/50. Hopefully I can confirm my schedule by the next month. If I do make it, I will bring my Zodiac+/EAR+/RS1i rig and maybe a EF-6/HE-6 combo, but since Fang will be there I guess that's not really necessary (plus the EF-6 is heavy like a brick).  

Quote: A tiny little nail pick on my Swiss Army Knife :D  

    Quote: Nope. Just checked with some major Chinese dealers, none of them seem to have a pair. Some Taiwanese websites claim to have them in stock thou...

Quote: Just checked. Yes, there is a bit of dust there after about four months of use. No, I don't hear a difference after cleaning it.  

In!   I don't have a huge collection but I'll bring my portable rig and a pair of RS1i.

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Quote: There's no audible sibilance, at least I don't hear any at all for now. I guess it's just the log scale y-axis that makes the FR graph looks like a spike. The spike spans across a ~5kHz region if you look at the graph. That would look pretty smooth if it's in the same scale as the...

Finally...got my Merlin today!  Pics:   FR curve. (It takes forever to get this one on focus...guess I'll have to replace my sub $100 camera someday)     The vent. I can pretty much see the BA drivers and wires inside.     The dynamic driver.     The crossover circuit...

Quote: Not yet...UM got my ear impressions around April 25. Stephen told me I'm in the first batch and it's supposed to arrive by June. There's certainly some delays and now I just hope it won't take longer than two months.  

Well, guess no one is going to get their Merlins this week since the first week of May is a Chinese golden week. UM Lab is having a week off too, imo.

@ rebirthz Basically, if two phones have the same sensitivity, the one with lower impedance is harder to drive. Say you have a source of 1.4Vrms output, two phones with 16 and 32ohms impedance. @1kHz, Current through the 16ohms one is 1.4/16=87.5mA, and 1.4/32=43.75mA for the 32ohms one. The...

Just made my purchase and sent my ear molds out yesterday! Mine should be arriving by the end of May...hopefully. @ rebirthz Thanks for the first impressions! Made me feel a little more confident about my investment. The problem you had with the bass is probably due to  1. Dynamic driver...

the frequency response looks REALLY like the jh13 this suggests the Merlin has a similar sound to the 13s...probably, imo (here's the jh 16 vs. 13 graph i found on one thread: http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/479434/jh-audio-jh16-pro-first-impressions/1305)