If you can't headphones and IEMs separately I only have 1; 2 including IEMs. Fortunately, they're HD 800s and I love them -- otherwise, I'd be in the hell I was in 6 mos ago with 5+ cans!

Etymotic ER4-S

I would not get the AD8620 with IEMs -- gonna try my ER4-PTs again with it once I have the cable converter to ER4-S.

Can't wait to hear the rest of the impressions once you guys have been running it for a while... Esp. the comparison between SR-71B and RK MKIII. Thanks!

Very nice review.

Total Bithead.

320 Kbps is bad. You need FLAC Or lossless otherwise it will just accentuate the noise.

I really don't think you'll benefit much from an amp with them. They're low impedance to begin with. That said, a Headroom Total Bithead would be an amp but more so functions as a USB DAC through PC and doesn't require battey power. An amp may even the increase the brightness that already...

Just doesn't seem worth the investment for for that short. The thing about cabling portable rigs is it is a marginal gain as opposed to interconnects on a real setup.

I know this might have been answered somewhere but for high impedance cans Is the Continental better than S71A or Mustang?

If you don't need a DAC, the JDS C421 is great. Not as portable, Total Bithead is amazing for the $ and has a USB DAC.

I would definitely recommend checking out the RSA IEM amps. They're at they'll of the product list. You don't need or really want amps that drive high impedance cans as you'll primarily be set on the 32ohm setting (no gain). Also check out the JBS Labs C421. Not really sure how much the CLAS...

What are your thoughts on Continental v1 vs v2? Gonna be powering a hD800 .

Nice write up. Lots of competition in this space should lead to innovative products.

Feel like the headbands aren't very durable compared to everything else. Does anyone know where to acquire a new headband? Doesn't look Ioke it should be too expensive.

I have the same wood cups as the person above. The Madagascar Ebony is really nice. I agree with the transportables. A lot less leakage than most closed cans. If anyone is interested I'm thinking about putting mine up or sale soon. $500 shipped.