I'm thinking it's a "good enough" scenario where the cost of retooling to get it just right outweigh the profits earned before people eventually start catching on. And I don't own a pair(yet), these photos were taken from the ads I've seen on japanese auction sites, and this picture is the...

Why wouldn't it? I've never heard of a fake product trying to pass as genuine to not include everything that you would expect from it's real counterpart, doesn't make sense for the manufacturer to go through all the trouble to create fake earpieces for a high end IEM to just skimp on everything...

Fakes do exist, that much is for sure. https://www.dcfever.com/trade/view.php?id=6546156 The text is closer to the edges on the real ones, and the fake ones have "NO." Instead of "No." text. Some Amazon reviews are claiming to have received fakes. I wanted to double check with peeps on here...

Are these fake? Did the MK I's ever have the updated cable? The text seems on the headphones seem off too. I'm seeing these pop up recently around ebay and foreign auction sites.

The USB port just completely crapped out on me within a couple months of using it, I think the contacts are faulty since it requires minutes of maneuvering the cable in the right place for it to function

Got a Dorado for sale if anyone is interested.

Just wanted to say thanks to Forrest for sending out my replacement gaskets Express! Didn't think it would show up within the week.

What size comply tips fit best for the Dorados? The stock foam ones are too firm for my liking, also, anyone else getting uncomfortable amounts of air pressure in your ears when using silicone tips?

The form factor for this is incredibly appealing not to mention the volume/playback controls/mic. Anything similiar for android phones? 

  I don't think they ever sold replacement rubber gaskets standalone unlike the filters, would make sense that they wouldn't offer any spares. The best they could do was replace the entire driver under a warranty repair which I am out of.

  Also, replacement rubber gasket for the ULF filter. I love the FLC8s, but man it is impossible to get ahold of anyone to get some replacement parts.   LMUE doesn't offer it, I e-mailed forrest without any reply back, and I just PM'd him here, hopefully I get a reply.

  I wouldn't say easily, but it does chip off.

  Looking forward to it! Headphonebar has a pre-order sale where it's $200 off, and is stackable with a $40 coupon until April 7th, any preliminary impressions would be great.

Anyone have tried/have the Lyra II that can compare it to the FLC8?

Does anyone know if it's possible to get replacement rubber gaskets for the ULF filters? The one I had kept popping itself inside, and when I tried to pry it out I accidentally tore it.

  Was interested in getting this for my S7, what kind of issues did you run into? How much better does the dragonfly sound compared to the internal DAC of the S7? I can't imagine it being alot, the audio out of the S7 is already (imo) quite good.

  That's the thing really, they sounded nearly the same with boomsound off and the volumes matched using GPM, apart from the HTC 10 having a slightly boomier bass. Maybe I don't have trained ears or something, but if people claim that the HTC 10 DAC is far superior to the S7, than surely a...

Just my personal experience from my time using both of them.

  I'm not sure if you guys are talking about Exynos or SD, but the S7(Exynos) was really not that far off if at all in terms of SQ compared to the HTC 10, louder sure... But sounding better? I don't know about that.

What's the battery drain like with the Dragonfly?

  Definitely interested.

I'm using v703, as far as it sounding better I'm not too sure about that. Listening to the same songs on GPM and PowerAmp at the same volume and they're pretty much the same.

Does Poweramp have any sound tweaks baked into it? It sounds different than the stock Google Play music player, shouldn't it be transparent?    Edit : after consideration, there's no difference, it was just louder lol

Compare the S7(I'm assuming you have the Exynos) and the HTC 10's audio quality coming out of the headphone jack.

You're using the Exynos version of the S7 correct? Also which one has better touch response (the time it takes for the screen to register an action from when you put your finger on it) mostly when scrolling, this is what I mean https://youtu.be/jt64YukdS28.