Tried several cables and no joy at all, if I bent the jack a lot then I could get the occassional crackle out of the left side but then the volume from the right driver was super quiet. To be honest it could well be a very loose connection or something similar but I don't really have the time or...

I haven't been round these parts in a few years but unfortunately for me: my venerable Philips Fidelio X1's have died. The left driver appears to be faulty (they've always had a channel balance issue since the day I got them so maybe this isn't the biggest surprise!) and so I have passed them...

Has anyone read the post on IF about the Philips stuff at CES? http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/ces-2013-philips   The price Tyll lists there is $400!! I know that's only an RRP and the 'street price' will be lower but that actually puts the pricing as being fairly similar to the EU...

Quote:   I've been kinda dreading this comparison but I'm glad someone is comparing the two.   I loved the way you described the X1's presentation, right in front of the band is pretty much spot on - I found it a little odd at first but I do really like it. It's taken a lot of testing...

Quote:   I agree completely, if the Headzone was 1/5th of it's current price I'd be very tempted indeed but I managed to get a THD for £95 including delivery (no idea how that translates to US pricing for the thing but that's nearly half price over here) so I'll see how I get on with...

Quote:   Me gusta indeed! The seperation is the most noticeable difference in my opinion, it is literally night and day between the two. The soundstage difference is more subtle but I'm confident that the X1's are bigger.   Quote:   Yeah I had read something similar about the...

Quote: Interesting, in all honesty I'm pretty much sold on the Titanium HD - as I said elsewhere I wanted a decent dac to go with the amp at some stage, the THD seems to be one of the few Creative cards I can find that features RCA outputs (would rather use my existing interconnects that...

Okay, at Evshrug's request here is my comparison between MyEars 3D Audio and Dolby Headphone (DH):  

Quote:   I'll repost the comparison on your thread in just a bit, had a read through your first post and couldn't agree more with your comments regarding what works for each individual - it was that fact that drove me to really want to try MyEars, if everyone could come up with their own...

Okay the majority of my new setup has arrived (just waiting on the new headphone amp) so I can weigh in on a few things: I've now got a ModMic 2.0 that I've been comparing with the mic on my PC360, I've finally been able to try out MyEars 3D Audio and I've begun to compare my shiny new X1's to...

Quote: This actually sounds kinda similar to my Mixamp (think it's the 2010 version? doesn't feature the ability to send sound over usb) though either yours is muuuuuuch worse or I'm just far too tolerant having used the thing for years. I definitely get a channel imbalance up until...

Quote: Read this earlier today, there have been stock shortages in Europe as well and, as you correctly stated, the X1's still aren't available in the US yet but I guess this could be the reason why.   I was out when my X1's were delivered but I'll be picking them up tomorrow :)

Quote: Hmmm, it is poorly worded but I would read that more as the output it can provide when used with headphones of a given impedance - i.e. with 8ohm headphones and a signal at 1kHz, the reciever can provide a 50mV output. The ellipsis represents the range of headphone impedances the...

Quote:   Thanks very much for that! I've sent them an e-mail so I'll see what they say. I checked Amazon.de and on there it seems that Amazon themselves do not have the X1's in stock but other resellers do, seems to be the same story for all of the European Amazon sites - Amazon.es no...

Quote: Reading back through the thread: you said it was Amazon Italy (amazon.it) you ordered them from, correct?   I ordered a set of X1's from them last week but availability is still listed as unknown, if they told you they aren't selling them anymore then I guess I'll have to...

Hey MLE, I'm a long time lurker of this thread and have had to return to get advice on replacing a failing set of PC360's   Originally I had my heart set on the HE-400's but now with you having got hold of the Annies I'm thinking along the same lines as seemingly everyone else in here and...