Before I went overseas, I had my heart set on a pair of Audeze Open EL-8 just from reading reviews and planned to buy them. Got to save a few bucks though. I auditioned them a few times in hong kong and japan and I just wasn't impressed at all compared to my Z7 and 846. I guess when you find a...

I did the mod after owning them for 1 1/2 years ... I liked them before .. and I loved them even more with the mod. Went to hong kong and japan during the holidays and tried out everything I could get my hands on and I didn't find anything I like better. I eventually got a Shure 1840 thinking...

I've had those fitted cases before ... you will get tired of winding those up properly very quickly. I still find just a simple clam shell one like the ones for the shure 846 the best that you can easily find similar ones on ebay for cheap ... like these...

really love the Kimber cable too ... I does make a nice difference. I bought the 3m but have now realised I only use it at my desk ... so if anyone has the 1m in sydney that they would like to swap for the 3m .. let me know.

thanks for the cool mod guide .. After having the Z7 for 1 1/2 years, I'm still loving it and don't have any urge to try anything else.  Out of curiosity I did the tape mod and I'm liking it a lot! Seems to have tightened up everything especially the bass without changing the overall quality of...

For me I love the JDS LABs C5D .. I think the cleanness of it compliments the Z7s really well. I used to have a few Fiios myself but after having a O2+DAC, I changed it all to JDSLabs products. I found the Fiios were always a bit too warm and made everything seem a bit too soft sounding and when...

I just tried this trick and closed the hole a little bit all around and it feels tighter ... it doesn't loose connection as easily. Not sure if I want to do anymore.. looks very easy to break if I go overboard with it.

for such expensive iems, they should've had a more secure, more rigid connection .. a screw type to have it tighten would've been much better.

thanks .. I better look for it as I can't even find anything on google about it.

I wish someone had told me not to keep pulling the cable on and off before hand. really regret doing it. Does anyone know how a loose connection can be fixed.

definitely don't keep pulling them in and out.. stick with the new cable! ... I only swapped it around 6-7 times and that's stuffed my left connection and now it's loose and sometimes I have to press it together for a second for the sound to come back.   anyway ... after 2 1/2 years with the...

I have both the Z5 and the Z7 ... they're similar but not .. that's why I love both so much. Had them both for more than a year and still do not have half an itch to get anything else as I haven't found anything better yet.    Both have a big airy feel but also very full and solid sounding for...

The Kimber cable was my first upgrade cable for anything but as I was in japan, I got them relatively cheap.  I was also skeptical but I find it does make a big difference in sound in a very good way. 

looks like I've plugged and unplugged the stock and upgrade cable way too many times now the left ear MMCX connector is loose and it cuts in and out as I move around .. nuts. anyone know how to fix this?

In a previous post, I said that I thought the sony upgrade cable didn't feel like a upgrade and I said that the opinion might change after a few weeks with it.   So after using it for a month back and forth. (I really don't like pulling these connectors all the time..they don't give me the...

listening to Lorde - Team ... the stereo-ness and bass is just addictive on the Z7. 

I have gone through it with my jdslabs O2+ODac as well as my C5D. It's has the same effect. 

So I've had the Sony MUC-M12SM1 upgrade cable for a few days now. I've been going back and forth with the stock cable numerous times through my playlist on my iphone6. It's really good looking and very well built ... but I can't bring myself to like it. For me, the only thing it has improved is...

that s great price ... my friend was in Tokyo and it was 80000yen .. so about the same.

My Sony upgrade cable also just arrived yesterday ... I'm really liking the comfort. I thought I would have problems without the memory wire but it turns out that it's way less bulky and even more comfortable. Sound wise ... it is different but I really haven't compared it enough to say much...

I've had many fiio products when I first started just because they were cheap. however they always seem to be too warm and fuzzy.  The C5D is clean and I thought just the amazing bass boost was worth the price.

I did exactly the same 3 times putting it up for sale after I got a IE800 .. just because the IE800 so expensive I was expecting it to be much better. Then I would use the H3 again and I find it has better body than the IE800 making the IE800 just sound thin and it was a fiddly iem as well. So...

I had many Fiio amps in the past and they're all too warm and I think they take away the detail too much.   For me I like the neutrality of the O2+ODAC and the C5D for the A900X. The C5D especially for the bass boost that it needs to make the headphone awesome. The bass is already not bad and...

I had the H3 and they had the same hybrids as the A3 and Z5

They're legit but they're not the same ones that come with the Z5. If you look back a few pages, I posted up a picture with the difference. The hybrids that come with the H3, A3 or Z5 have a much denser foam and those ones on the link are not as much. I also bought them to try while I was in...