I too love the Spinfits! With an upgraded cable I can sleep with the 8's in. Great because this household with its four St. Bernards and mothering Staffie start singing for their breakfast early!

Limu Shirin: Only the black filter would yield a dark sound (to which my hearing is biased I must admit). As for "congested," you have a slight point. But this is negated and opened up markedly with an ALO or Ted Allan / HeadphoneLounge cable.

Free ear impressions will be done at Jaben Audio Melbourne tomorrow night! As well as drinking BrewDog Chili Hammer, life couldn't be any sweeter at this end right now.

Astell & Kern AK Jr, 70 or even 300 - yes or no? I'm auditioning the Jr and finding vocals, some instruments sound a little digital and echoey. I've also auditioned the Chord Mojo, perhaps the most worthy addition to any rig, but bloody nora its portability (or lack thereof) is a dealbreaker.

Pleasure, Chief Stringer :) As I wasn't sure what sort of electronic music you''re in to (I assumed not EDM as you would've said haha) I only guessed. What a coincidence. :p The bass when listening to My New Leng is chuffing massive! Have a listen to FabricLive 80 (I think?) mixed by Monki and...

I already have an iPhone 6S Plus (64GB) and could really do with the extra storage capacity. :)

^ Hi Chief Stringer, I personally can't compare the 8's to the Sennheiser HD25s, however my journey thus far has taken in stops at the Sennheiser IE8 and IE800. So I think I'm at least halfway qualified to assist, being well versed in the Sennheiser sound. You're looking at balanced armatures...

I find the Shures do lose a bit at lower volumes, but perhaps going from a copper to silver litz might negate it ?

Okay, heard back from someone else at HeadphoneLounge. It most certainly is one of theirs, aftter all that! It'/s a type 1 occ copper.

HeadphoneLounge replied, this ain't one of their cables. Dang it. Edit: LOL the confusion didn't end there. It is a Ted Allan / HeadphoneLounge cable after all! Type 1 copper litz. Whoever replied to me originally musn't have known it was an older one. Winning!!

Edit: HeadphoneLounge has just replied to me stating this isn't one of their cables. Hi all, My brother bought this cable (pictured) for his W90s secondhand, says it's a HeadphoneLounge occ (silver?) litz type 2. He passed it on to me for use with my Shure SE846s as it veiled the sound of his...

^ I use the volume restrictor when playing music through my iDevices. I must say fatigue is less of an issue with this new cable. (The Y-splitter may have chequers by the way, it's really hard to tell with my vision impairment).

^ Yah, the only reason for an upgrade (sans incramental improvements in the camera) is a capacity boost, but I''m also weighing up the options of an AK70 or an iPad with 256MB capacity. So long as there':s no decrease in SQ. I need to take the iPhone 7's camera for a test drive before...

Hi everyone, I''m new to the thread and thought I'd "chip" in (sorry couldn't resist) as I'm a fellow SE846 and iPhone owner. So, am I to understand (given what's been said on the previous page) 'the iPhone 7 dongle improves the 8's sound. I would have thought it would be the polar opposite. A...

Ooooh, have I entered cable talk? Can someone please identify what cable this is? My brother generously gave it to me as it didn't deliver what he was expecting with his Westones. I couldn't get a straight answer out of my brother regarding the manufacturer nor the person / company from he...

^ Spotted it while reading Metal Injection's most recent Tech Death Tuesday blog post.   To my surprise and sheer delight I also noted that they are touring Melbourne next month.   And we have Psycroptic to look forward to this weekend as well!  I'm on a bit of a tech death bender at the...

Thoughts on this?  It's a challenging but at times rewarding listen.  It's as morose as it gets too (and I'm currently on a mission to find morose-tinged in any shape or form).    

The Mare Cognitum album is not bloody bad at all!   I might give the new Korn album a go later today.

For me it's the way the album (song) ebbs and flows, with each peak and trough well measured.  No passage overstays its welcome.  And at its most sombre points it's almost tear-jerkingly so.  There's enough sways in mood to keep me engaged at worst and enthralled at best.   Granted finesse and...

it's been a long time for me posting in this thread, but...   My word!  How good is Insomnium's new album?  It's been on repeat now for the past two weeks and i'm still not in the least bit over it.   It's been a long time since I've heard something quite so captivating.  If I recall I was...

I'd be looking at your sources first. Though an iPhone + amp combo isn't exactly optimal, the amps I've taken for a spin alongside my 846s altered the sound presentation greatly, and for the most part highly unfavourably. Tips also have an impact all their own. I'm happily using Westone...

Running mine through my trusty iPhone 6S Plus, no amp or DAC. I'm also using the CanOpener app (discussed some time ago). The soundstage has opened up a lot however some songs sound rather on the dark side. I've yet to decipher if there is any tangiable, palpable loss anywhere throughout the...

I've given this app plenty of chances in the past, not thinking much ofit, but now the penny has dropped! And I didn't have to drop any further pennies beyond the initial price of admission too - thanks guys ! The HiFi pack is now free for all. :) I noticed a palpable difference in audio...

Fantastic! I've somehow misplaced my filters and at one point mysteriously had a blue in one ear and black in the other (Jaben Melbourne I'm looking squarely in your direction haha). Replacement filters would be great, Shures or aftermarkets I don't mind either way.

Hey all, long time no see! Well how odd is this?? It would seem as though the last time I had my filters changed (the guys at Jaben Audio Melbourne usually do it for me due to my poor eyesight) I ended up having a blue filter inserted in one phone and a black in the other. I thought something...