I've gone to a local store and they said me that the X-Can V3 won't be available before February 06 (remember I live in Italy)... and the price wiil be 480 EUR!!! Is there any web store which sells the X-Can V3 and ships overseas?

Quote: Originally Posted by blessingx Mind if I ask how you selected the Hornet as the portable representative over the SR71, LaRocco PR II, etc.? The reasons why I preferred the Hornet over the SR-71: - Hornet has a gain switch (I will use this both with HD-580 and E4) - Hornet...

Quote: Originally Posted by PinkFloyd Sorry but you did ask and IMO you won't go far wrong with a V3. I don't have any experience of the other amps you mention so obviously can't comment on them. Your best bet is to use your ears and audition all of them, only then will you be able to...

I see many positive comments on the X-Can V3, and this makes me think that this amp had been previously underrated on head-fi. However it's pretty strange that there is no positive (or negative) comment on the Gilmore Lite and the Hornet... It seems this thread is transforming into a "X-Can...

It may seem strange to compare home and portables amps, and actually I think it is, but... I own both a Sennheiser HD580 and a Shure E4 and still I can't decide if I will invest only on sound (and go with an home amp) or even on portability... I have restricted the choice among the X-Can...

This thread has moved from the Hornet vs X-Can V3 comparison to the SR-71 vs X-Can V3 comparison... So the X-Can V3 sounds better than the SR-71, the SR-71 sounds better than the Hornet, THUS the X-Can V3 sounds better than the Hornet? I may have misunderstood, but it seems to me that this...

We need to know the name of this store now...

The distortion issue is not a legend... But... Only with certain type of earphones (I use E4) and only with very specific kind of music... All the classical music for piano solo that I have (and I have a large amount) is UNHEARABLE: I mean that every single note is distorted!! Lucky the iPod...

It's maybe the first audio product which contemporary has these two feautures: - I can't afford it - I don't want it Usually I want everything I can't afford...

Quote: Sounds great, a heck lot better than headphone out. The bass is there just not as huge of an improvement as with an amp. Also the volume is max on the attenuator and I feel it still needs more juice. Line out works fine with the E4's not sure for bigger cans. Attentuator from Line...

lal316l... maybe you can solve a little dilemma... Have you tried this setup: iPod > dock lineout > Shure attenuator > E4 ? I absolutely don't expect the bass you can get with the PA2V2, but... who knows it can be an improvement...

Quote: Ah but don't forget that even average persons' reviews are still not the same as "independent" reviews, as people do read professional reviews themselves and aren't as immune to marketing ploys as you seem to be. Absolutely true Masolino, but reading several reviews (we can...

I'm sorry chewmanji but you make me doubt that you have read the entire thread... I know that 5 pages aren't a short reading, but... I've stated and in fact I DO NOT believe that every one is a sheep... I just was answering to another post...

Quote: If you're going to use one of these IEMs exclusively for commuting (noisy stations, busses, trains, subways) it needs to block out a ton of noise. Which of the IEMs would you recommend for such an environment (assuming a good portable rig such as the one in my sig)? E4c with...

I can confirm that with Dream Theater the iPod + E4 works very well... But with less-distorted-guitars-prog (Jordan Rudess for ex.) it works even better...

Surely the iPod + E4 combo doesn't have explosive bass, but: - if you listen jazz, classical, some pop and in general music in which the bass frequecies are not too crowded, E4 + iPod will make an excellent job - if you listen rock, hard rock, prog-metal, and in general music in which the bass...

Quote: If you go back and read his original post, he didn't say "MUST" or "all". He same "Some people buy iPods...", and "others avoid the iPod..." When I said: "I refuse to believe that we MUST fall into one of these category" I intended we as all the people that buy a DAP. The whole...

I'm sorry scrypt... but I refuse to believe that we MUST fall into one of these category: - brainwashed by marketing (and so sheep) - rebelled to marketing (and so sheep) The crucial assumption of the brains behind marketing is that the probable buyer IS NOT informed. In fact one of the...

I think that we basically act driven by aesthetic judgments. However the nature of an aesthetic judgement is very complex. Some examples: - if I judge the Michelangelo's Pietà my judgement can only be based on what I see - if I judge the Shumann's Piano Concerto my judgement can only be based...

I have to admit the more I listen to E4 the more I like it... The bass weakness reduced listening to them (I don't use the bass boost eq on the iPod anymore). Surely an improvement due to the burn in (intended as psycolocigal process)... The thing I noticed is that E4 reproduce the bass in a...

Quote: bear in mind that the line out has pretty high output impedance, most of the time alot higher than your phone's impedance. it's a good practice to keep the output impedance of the source/amp 1/10th or equals to the load impedance for voltage bridging/maximum power transfer. although...

Quote: using inline attenuator could potentially be much cleaner than shooting the line out signal through the full circut on a headphone amp, only to LOWER the original signal level. I totally agree with you euclid... I 'm starting to think that the iPod > Pocketdock > attenuator >...

Hi Shmuel... Maybe yoou have read that information on this thread (which I have started)? http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...E4+iPod+TREBLE I haven't tried yet this path: line out > attenuator > earphones but the positve comments about sound quality are making me decide for a...

Quote: It's never that great an idea to plug headphones in to line out jacks... the jacks are trying to push out the 'information' (IIRC) at 47K ohms - 2V... and you are then putting your 32ohm or whatever headphones in there... if the strain doesn't kill the line output, the voltage will...

Quote: kind of, it doesnt give any visceral impact of sorts, but it rounds out and tightens up. classical sounds livelier, drum and bass is way more bassy, and metal is just more engaging. the bass problem might not be solved as such, but it ceratinly sounds a lot better! nice! This...