I owned the SF.5 Pros for awhile and never really could get into them. Their sound was just way too muddy for my liking. I now have the ER4Ps and absolutely love them. They are really detailed and have great highs and mids but are a little bit lean on bass. The minibox E+ has a bass boost which...

I could never really get into my E500s, at least not after hearing the ER4Ps. Just couldn't handle the rolled off highs. I got the APS cable and it really helped the mid/lower, lower frequencies of the ER4Ps. -sid

If you're worried about the bass with the ER4P you could always do like I did. Buy an amp with bass boost (minibox e+ has really good synergy with the ER4P) and upgrade to the APS cable. The combination of these two really help! -sid

Quote: Originally Posted by Get_Zwole Got my Ibasso d4 today at about noon. It shipped from china on monday so that is crazy awesome shipping. props to ups as it was in alaska last night and here at noon. So far im really enjoying it alot. Made all spectrums of the music better. Treble...

Quote: Originally Posted by jasonl uDAC and HDP will be shipped from factory on 2/10 and should arrived on 2/12. We will start to take orders from Amazon.com on 2/11. Thanks for the update Jason. If I order tomorrow, 2/11, and select next day delivery will I receive the unit this...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shizdan So when are these going to be instock today? Supposed to be today according to the website. I sent an email in asking when they will be available for order. I'll update when I hear something back from them. -sid

Great work Hsiu, thanks for sharing your impressions here. From what you've said it sounds like the uDac might be a really good match with the ER4P. -sid

Nice Hsiu, I look forward to your hearing your impressions. Please update here when you get a chance. I see you have a uDAC. How do you like it? -sid

Userlander, do you happen to have some IEMs that you can check the Extasy's noise floor with? I'm pretty concerned about Dave's response email regarding hiss problems with lower impedance cans such as IEMs. -sid

Quote: Originally Posted by mark2410 that budget id say have a look at the XM5. very versatile and its bass bost does wonders far the er4 oh and it has a 75 ohm adapter bulit in The XM5 looks interesting, lots of features. From some of the reviews I read it seems that the unit...

Quote: Originally Posted by eneloquent Rounded? "Not Sharp." I'm not a fan of "piercing treble" and I prefer my sopranos smooth and not stabby. This dac will not throw needles in your ears for the trouble of venturing into the upper registers. Ok, that sounds much better...

For those of you who've heard this amp-would you describe the highs as rolled off? The OP mentions that the highs are rounded and I'm not exactly sure what is meant by this. -sid

Already received a response from Dave. As follows: Well I have never really tried it with IEMs, but I believe it MAY be too powerful.... I guess you could turn it down via the computer.... Some IEM users have experienced mild 'hiss' in some of my other products so I just put that IEM...

Quote: Originally Posted by stokitw I have two DAC/AMPs around this price range. Aune (desktop, coaxial spdif & usb) and ibasso D2 boa (portable, usb). Both of them can drive my AKG 271s well, for ibasso D2 boa you need to turn the volume to fairly high though. Soundwise I like Aune...

Quote: Originally Posted by Get_Zwole cant give a review on it yet but i just pulled the trigger on the ibasso D4 dual dac chips and a good amp and pretty portable. Should be here this week. 240ish shipped. Please let us know what you think of the iBasso when you get it! It's a...

Quote: Originally Posted by userlander bah, I think that's probably just there for legal reasons, so people don't blow their ears out or blow their earbuds and sue him or something. I've listened to the Extasy with both my PK3s and KCS75s directly out of the HP out with no problem...

Quote: Originally Posted by userlander I've never heard the icon mobile, so I can't really comment on that, or how bright it is. My impression of the Extasy, however, is that it is very well balanced across the board, very neutral, neither warm nor bright, neither forward nor laid back...

Did a little research on the DAC-Extasy. Found some good reviews/impressions on it but there's a disclaimer on the product page that says this DAC is not for use with IEMs or ear buds. Kinda weird, I wonder what the deal is. Back to the drawing board. -sid

@userlander-saw your comments in the uDac thread. Interesting, I think you might be correct in that I have the wrong impression of the uDac. I will check out the Hotaudio DAC-Extasy. My whole motive here is to find something that synergises with my ER4Ps better. The Icon Mobile is way too...

Yeah I need it to be USB-bus powered. I guess it's really not "portable" per say as I use with my laptop. More semi portable. I've seen that the NuForce UDac is getting a lot of praise. I'm thinking of going that route. Comments? -sid

Hi all! I'm looking for a good USB DAC to replace an Icon Mobile that is too bright for my set up and my ears . I would like something that is detailed across the board with deep, accurate bass and lush mids. I'm looking for something that is not too bright or overly forward but that isn't...

Well, since my ears are feeling pretty much normal today I decided to do some testing. First I tried the regular setup with the Icon Mobile and started feeling fatigue after only 5 minutes of listening. I then tried taking the Icon Mobile out of the loop and ran directly out of the laptop...

I'm going to give the tip mod a shot when I go back to listening again. I've got some comply T-400s that I might mod to see if I can get them to work. I was thinking of removing the soundtube from the stock Ety black foamies and inserting them into the T-400 tube. Not sure if this will work...

Does anyone think that trying a different DAC may help the situation? -sid

Yeah, it's already been two days and I'll re-evaluate tomorrow. The problem is, I don't know what I'm going to do in the future, I'm seriously considering selling the ER4Ps and finding something else that won't fry my ears. I really don't feel like I'm over doing it, a couple of hours in the...