With the IMarge, I think the most interesting thing about this IEM is its presentation. As its name suggests, there is an “immersion” factor at play here. I enjoy pop and basically any music with vocals, some occasionally instrumental music here and there. Tried rock or edm-type music with it...

Just ordered one from Drop for $599, hope the delivery is smooth...

I now understand why the 007 cable was recommended for IMarge: it adds slight/some mid-bass bump and more weight to the mids compared to the default 013 cable. But having recently heard the MH335ht demo, IMarge is still relatively bass-light, not an IEM for bassheads for sure. Nevertheless, I'm...

Just received the Brise C.Silver C2 8-wire Ultimate cable and boy does it sound nice with DC Ti. I’ve been using the Naobi Ultimate for a few months and this cable just elevates the overall details, as expected with a silver cable. The wait was almost 4 months since this cable was on sale Jan 1...

I think the Kensei is made for those who missed out on the Gold Bar. Especially those who thought the Gold Bar was better sounding than the standard Go Bar. Three days in, going back and forth between the Kensei and the Gold Bar. I have a hard time determining a winner here. It really comes...

Few hours after the announcement and here we are…. The Gold Bar still feels a bit heavier in my hands. Did a quick comparison between K2HD enabled Kensei vs the Gold Bar: the Kensei seems to emphasize the background music more than the Gold Bar and has a slight sparkle somewhere in the...

This sounds like the iPhone’s current limitation kicking in. I’ve had the same issue with my ifi Gold Bar when trying to turn up the volume: cut outs. I was able to resolve this issue by using Audirect’s T1 lightning to type C cable with that embedded capacitor. With this cable, the lightning...

Finally demoed the MH335ht today, nice treble and bass quantity/extension. The mids sounded alright to me, wasn’t too wowed by the mids on a short listen. Maybe the custom version will be better. I’ll likely place an order in a few weeks :) as the in-store audiologist wasn’t here today.

2.5 months in with the DC Elite. Yesterday I tried the Andromeda MW10 with it and gosh 3 hours passed by before I realized it’s 4AM. When 4.4mm dongles started appearing in the market, I felt that there’s no need to buy an entry level DAP anymore. Now I’m pretty sure I don’t need midrange DAPs...

AK SP3000 Cu also works quite well with the PB5. Its balanced lineout can be configured to be fixed 2/2.5/4 V, works perfectly with the PB5. You get that increased, holographic soundstage effect with increased bass slam for the SP3000 Cu, love it.

Got a new custom case for the Elite from Taobao. The vendor is Jutem and they make custom cases for various dongles and DAPs. Many leather and color options available as long as they have them in stock :)

For me, about two days. DHL shipping from Hong Kong to Taiwan so yeah much faster but I think the package was in DHL’s hands one day after I placed the order. If this was FedEx, I’ll probably need to wait at least another day.

Wow the shipping speed from iBasso, I’m impressed!

Too good a deal to pass up as a MAX user. Just hope I get it before the CNY :)

Snagged this MW10 B-stock unit in the recent Campfire Marketplace Christmas sale. Probably my favorite Andromeda in my collection. Paired with Eletech’s Victoria cable and Baroque tips. The first time I saw the MW10 was back in Jan of 2020 in Tokyo’s e-earphone. I was in the shop ready to...

Same here, ordered Oct 5th and just got my shipping email.

HS2000MK3 is out in HK with the ACT47 silver chamber, priced around $2500 USD. The chamber itself costs around $1800 USD. I think I’ll finally pass this one up this time. There’s also an official case that stores up to 6 sets of chambers now, I think I’ll grab this one :)

Yeah what I’m saying is this should be verified with two phones. Since the other ibasso dongles rely on the app settings no? Just want to make sure the DC Elite actually save the settings unlike its predecessors.

I think you’ll need to do this with two Android phones to confirm that the app settings won’t override whatever was set in the dongle. Need to set the two UAC apps differently and just plug back and forth between the phones to see if the UAC settings actually change due to the settings on the...

I just read the DC elite review by Alex and I don’t see this mentioned. I guess this is a known behavior then. Thanks for the info! Now I wish we have an iOS App otherwise it’s always D1 filter

Well I did see D2 the first time I connected to the UAC app. Not sure how else I could have gotten it to D2. So you see D1 the first time you checked in UAC I suppose?

My default was D2 Slow Roll Off

Okay hypothetical example here: if I have a car and a miniaturized version of it with all its internals scaled down. If the two cars can’t cover the same distance over time than the mini version is a fraud? Come on now, there must be a way to explain this in German.

This. It’s quite clear how good this dongle is. I thought for a second maybe I’m hearing this because: I’m still in honeymoon phase and yeah new toy.

The latest UAC app for DC Elite is now 1.6.8