Classical - Orchestral - Opera - Male and Female Voice - Instrumental Soloists and small groups etc etc et al, FiiO K9 PRO ESS into Sennheiser HD800s

I bought my MDR Z1R in 2017 April. This coincided with a review done by a dude in a Hawaiian shirt who, IMO, did the Z1R such an injustice it spoiled my initial enjoyment. I now love them. The Z1Rs are still flourishing but we never hear from him.

Have just set up a new K9 Pro ESS. The legends etched on the front panel are much easier to read - brighter etched. Case temperature stabilised at 32 C after 4 hours run. Using with Senn HD800S. Balanced connection. Listening to classical orchestral and solo piano and string quartet. Delightful...

I have MTW4 and 83 year old ears and I'm happy too.

Is EQuing an exercise that would result in all head/ear phones being fed a tweaked signal to make them all sound the same? Or am I being cynical?

More than half the time I find that the app (iOS) Smart Control doesn't launch. It wants to go through set up procedure. I am trying to launch it with MTW4 in my ears and connected to iPhone bluetooth. Any ideas?

I rarely use my Sony TA-ZH1ES now. It was bought in April 2017 new. I would sell it to anyone in Glasgow area who is welcome to audition it and collect on sale. In imaculate condition. With remote and IEC mains cable. Walkman connection cable not included. PS. Also Sony MDR-Z1R going into...

Baloney!

What condition are the driver diaphragms in? :scream:

WAIT.

I've told you a million times not to exaggerate.

I want a portable CD transport. Battery powered with high capacity. Coax and optical outputs. Slot loading. I want to be able to sit it down any where in home, connect to Hugo 2 and enjoy my huge CD collection.

all you young whippersnappers sticking noisy things in your ears after spending a fortune on them ....... bah humbug!

Gilding the lily - an old expression which sums this up for me.

Wasted market opportunity to not have optical out :slight_frown:

Too much marketing BS.

A small length of self adhesive plastic insulation tape holds flap shut.

I would pay this some respect if it was based on more data points.

OK Ok OK! We get the message. Move on please!

Looks like a business opportunity for a 3rd party to market a battery and a set of instructions on how to get M17 opened up?