Good to know.  Upon further testing, I realized that the hiss is only in the right channel.  I tried several different headphones, so it's definitely an issue with the AK240.   B&H Photo are exchanging the unit from me, but this is not a reassuring sign of quality control from A&K...

I finally got an ak240, but there is a loud hiss that begins as soon as I press play with any music track, using my JHA Angies. Does anyone else have this problem? It's totally silent until I start playing music.

Back to the subject of the CF weave... Am I the only one who thinks the weaves on the newer units look a little "Charlie Brown"-esque? They're a bit too straight for me. What I like about the design on mine (and it seems, most of the older units) is that the weave pieces don't connect and form...

  Do you hear hiss with the Layla and the Hugo?  How about with the Rx and Layla?     Just wondering, because the Hugo is a fine source and seemingly decent amp, but it produces very audible hiss for me with both my Angies and UERMs.  I liked the Rx MK3-B with full-size headphones, but that...

I got a chance to hear the Layla at Jaben in Singapore last week.  I didn't bring my Angies with me, but after owning them for a month, I feel pretty comfortable giving impressions about how they compare.   Bottom line for me was that the Layla, while slightly better in many ways than the...

  The cable on your Angies is shorting out?  Hard to believe the cable isn't covered under the warranty, especially since it's not a cheap throwaway cable like most that are included with IEMs.   I'm already noticing the weave on my cables coming undone a bit, nothing major but a bit...

  I don't recall anyone else saying the Layla/Angie are mid-forward, can you clarify what setting you had the bass dial on?  Was this just a short audition, and what was your source?   Just curious, since it seems most people who have an issue with these IEMs think they're V-shaped.

Wow, so it sounds like your midrange drivers just got disconnected entirely? Can you describe the change in more detail? Yet another sign of poor QC, although (fingers crossed) my pair are still going strong. I think these are keepers for now, but I'll get a chance to hear the Laylas soon.

I'm not a stage performer or a mixing engineer, but I don't see why the UERMs wouldn't work well for stage use.  The only thing I can think of is that their neutrality, especially in the bass, might make it harder to feel the rhythm or to hear certain parts of the mix if there's a lot of ambient...

Just a few quick HE1000 vs. 009 notes before I go to sleep, for anyone who's starved for preliminary impressions: Tracks like "War" from the binaural album "Explorations in Space and Time" sound awesome from both headphones, but just slightly more dynamic and percussive from the HE1000. The...

Sorry, I'm actually in Beijing right now.  Hopefully you guys won't have to wait too much longer!   In the mean time, queue up your playlists of your favorite test tracks.  You'll want to begin re-experiencing your favorite music from the get-go with these things.   Gonna do some comparisons...

  I just posted my early impressions of the HE1000 with my Hugo.   Listening to Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments," a track I've probably heard 300 times.  But when Nelson's tenor solo came in, I got shivers.  Unreal imagery, could feel the acoustics of the venue, and his sax had a nice earthy...

Just got my beta unit in.  Plugged them into my Hugo, fed by my AK120, and...woah.  Un-effing-real.  The multi-dimensional imagery, the powerful-yet-controlled bass - these are things I've sometimes felt lacking in my SR-009s.   It doesn't seem to matter what genre I throw at these things, so...

  Could you please post pictures of your earpieces side by side, at angles which show the difference in size?  Hopefully having pictures of the poor quality control on the top headphone site will create at least a little bit of pressure to improve their processes.   The pictures in the Angie...

I definitely hear hiss with the Hugo and my Angies, I just posted about this in the Hugo portable thread so I won't repeat myself here. The Angies are growing on me, I'm enjoying their warmth relative to the UERMs. The overall sound signature is a bit more natural and engaging than the UERMs...

I have the Angie and there is definitely some hiss, even when the volume is all the way down and no inputs are connected. I'm a bit amazed that someone in the Angie thread said he had no hiss with the Angies. It's not an issue if you listen in an environment with some ambient noise, but in a...

Does anyone have tips for changing out the op-amps? Is it as simple as wiggling the opamps from side to side until they come loose, or is there a safer way? And do the new op-amps need to be inserted with a certain orientation?

So I've had my Angies for about two full days now.  I was initially underwhelmed by the sound, finding it competent but not really spectacular in any particular way.  I expected the soundstage to be a bit wider based on some of the impressions I had read.   The main problem for me has been the...

Not sure if this has been posted and discussed elsewhere, but I was looking around for videos about the Layla and Angie and found Jerry's talk at Google from about a year ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inno2Lj8H5g The moderator and most of the audience questions were pretty bad, but I...

Which store did you order from? I just ordered Angie from Earphonesolutions and it shipped immediately, though I probably would've ordered from Moon Audio if I had known they were carrying Angie since they have free 2-day shipping. Can't wait to see how they compare to my UERMs!

You mean you're not supposed to wear them like this?     In all seriousness though, I think most experienced IEM users know if they're getting a good seal or not - that can't be the reason for the some of the mixed impressions..   BTW, people have been talking about the "Spinfit" tips -...

Hello, please include me in the list of beta testers.  Thank you!

Nice impressions.  So where did you have the bass dial on the Layla?  And other than the bass being a bit leaner on the Angie, would you say there are any other significant differences?

  I do I wish I were there, and I'm not trying to extrapolate too much from this, but one guy already specifically said the bass dial was on high when he listened and for whatever reason didn't change it.  I hope that most people were able to listen by playing with the dial and seeing how that...

That's good to hear, but it seems that some people didn't want to bother changing the bass dial.  So what did you think of the Angie and Layla?     I was hoping there would be a flood of impressions from CanJam, and I was hoping that most people felt the Angie was close enough to the Layla...