I bought these second hand earlier last year. They work well but there’s some visible wear - R and L letters are faded and there’s some glue on one of the black metal gimbals. See pictures for details These sound really unique and I love them - they have the energy of grados but with a more...

I put together these headphones back in the late spring 2020 as a small project to keep busy. base drivers, cable: SR80e headphone (purchased brand new in spring 2020) wood cups and metal gimbals from earphone DIYlabs. these mimic the recent Alessandro MSPro cups. but note these are not actual...

The sound is really nice. I like the details and smooth character of the sound. the two filters will actually make a difference to my ears (one of them is a little smoother and less shouty with female vocals).   but the casing is really bad. Like, really, really bad. It has an uneven...

  I have the GO v2. has both 100mw and 1000mw output. I need the 1000mw output to get the volume levels I want (I don't listen too loud)   with the 100 mw, i'd need to max it out and I'd have almost no headroom with volume.

Just chiming into say i find this super interesting. And it looks like I was incorrect in my earlier post about idsy'a r2pro. There were imbalance issues from the start. Not so good. We'll see if flare makes changes to future production versions but there needs to be a more reliable way to...

  Well, Idsy opened his up and, I think, took out the drivers and then put them back together and had the imbalance issues. Not a Flare QC issue, I don’t think.   regardless, this is a risk Flare took when they designed something with a user accessible opening and a sensitive seal that can...

that’s odd as I have both tx-200 and some t-200. the difference was a little bit of extra sibilance. but only a little. the bass and mids were still the same and overall character of the sound was very similar between the two tips. I wouldn’t call the r2pro thin with a t-200.    Maybe a fit or...

flare r2pro.   for reference, I've heard these TOTL items: tralucent 1p2, Senn IE800, TG334, JHA Roxannes.   r2pro have some of the best, even FR I've heard in an IEM. great clarity and soundstage, too.   I've read good things about the Angie, too. But have not heard them.

No IEM reaches HD800 level soundstage.   No other headphone reaches HD800 level.    Biggest soundstage I’ve ever heard was the tralucent 1plus2 - reminded me of the th900. but the mids suffered too much to achieve that stage size.   Currently, I am loving the flare r2pro for having a...

This is pretty funny, tbh. I admit I was worried that my ears were total crap since I was hearing something so seemingly different from you and James and you guys know your stuff. Seems like now general FR and soundstage impressions might match up better. There's always still plenty of room...

Excellent post, james444. I’m glad you found out what was the issue with your pair. And, in turn, this could help others who may have any issues with future flare deliveries (I would hope that there’s some consistency with getting that proper seal on the end cap).   And I’ll admit I feel...

Eh, close enough. :) And I totally agree with you on there being excellent sounding stuff under 200. It's just that a lot of talk on here is about new top of the line flagships and so my perspective is skewed since those are the really expensive ones and the ones getting talked about a lot.

  The way the audiophile universal IEM market has moved the last few years, high end is close to $1000 (and extending well above), midrange is around 300 to 1000 and low end is under 300 (give or take a bit…)   sad, imo, but that’s how it looks like. nearly all flagship universals are over 1k.

Just listened to those two test tracks. no noticeable sibilance on the first. very tiny amount on the second. Maybe I’m more tolerant of it?   to give my baseline: My test track is Matt Costa’s “Wash Away”. can’t find a youtube version that isn’t compressed and garbage. i have the track on...

I thought that was funny how it worked out. You were really hyped up on them for a while and are (I think its safe to say) disappointed with the sound.   meanwhile, I had just found out these existed a week ago - got lucky to get a pair cheap within Canada - and love them!

I think that if you're getting different results when inserting the Flares at seemingly the same insertion depth that there's some fit/seal issues.   My ears do agree with a slight recession in the treble (although I'm still very happy with the presentation of violins, cymbals, guitars) but I...

I've spent some more time with the R2Pro and I continue to be very impressed. The sound is right up there with the best TOTL universals that I've heard, imo. The evenness of tone, clear mids, bass tightness and power, coherent imaging and forward soundstage are all excellent.    I've had IEMs...

I just got a used set of Flare R2Pros and I think they’re pretty great. I’m amazed by their small size. I’m using the stock complys.    Soundstage is pretty interesting as it’s a bit more in front of the head than inside the head. Just a bit. it’s not particularly wide but imaging is...

yeah, seriously, just pop the cups form the plastic gimbals and install them in the opposite gimbal. take off the foam pads and it’s a 30 second job.   only thing to be careful about is that when you put the cups back in the gimbals that the gimbals are oriented properly - they need to be...

Thanks. I really like the watch quite a bit. If you get one yourself (that Dark Side of the Moon variation is gorgeous, imo) I don’t think you’ll regret it :)

  Just bought a Speedy pro (used, in good shape) this past week. First couple days and i really like it. I think it’s very versatile in how it can dress up or down with different straps. On the default bracelet, it’s very nice but you can also put it on a light brown strap or a rally strap to...

no, it’s not an upgrade but it’s the only closed headphone i know of that has the LCD-2’s tonal character. Every other good closed headphone I can think of tries to be more V shaped in sound. Only reason why I brought it up.    If you’re looking of an upgrade or a match to the LCD-2 but in...

The D7000 is very different from the LCD2. it’s got more emphasis on the treble and more bass kick. more fun and exciting, but can be tiring depending on the recordings.   The TH900 are more refined than the D7000 but are still a V shaped sound. again, very different form the LCD2.   I have...

can’t say for sure but looking at pics online, it seems the Earzonk G cush pads use the same material density throughout.  Can pdrm360 confirm this?   on a grado G cush, the material is denser at the ends and there’s a clear transition t the middle part which is much lighter and more porous...

From my time with them I really liked them and I think that if the sound from them was thin, then they couldn’t fit properly in the person’s ears. it has been an issue with some folks where the EarPod just doesn’t sit right.    if anything, i found them a bit warm and muffled compared to some...