For sale my Bottlehead Crack Speedball in the sale forum.   If this post is against the forum rules, I will remove it.

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Wow, this looks very impressive!   I hope you don't mind asking, but what kind of potmeter is that?

Joe,   Unfortunately, I don't have any experience with high-end tube or solid state amps.  I do have experience with Westone ES3x in-ear monitors, Sony MDR-SA5000 and Stax Lambda Pro headphones. My setup is a Macbook Air and a RME Babyface dac.   With the RME, the HD 650 sounded a little...

I am a long time user of Sennheiser HD series headphones. I was happy with the HD 650 attached to a RME Babyface dac. Last weekend I built the Bottlehead Crack amp with Speedball upgrade. The first time I listened to it, I was blown away. The sound is incredibly lucious, spatious and detailed...

I just received my HD 650 today.   I mainly listen to trance music and today I learned that the HD 650 wipes the floor with high-end headphones, that I used before, like Stax SR-407 and Sony MDR-SA5000.   These headphones excel in mid and high frequencies, but lack in the low end. This 650...

Most of the time I listen to trance, Manuel le Saux, Sean Tyas, but also to psy like Astral Projection and John 'OO' Fleming. In my opinion nothing beats a high end iem like Westone es3x, but for full cans I would recommend the Sony mdr-sa5000. They are precise and FAST. However the bass is...

Quote: Originally Posted by GreenLeo This is one is not using the heat-sensitive tip, right? The tips are heat-sensitive, I can feel them disappear after a few minutes.

Please fill in the contact form on their site, then they will contact you via mail. They visited me at home to take the ear impressions, that was nice :-)

The Variphone version of the ES3X:

Quote: Originally Posted by pila405 overwhelming on the good side or on the bad side? Definitely on the good side :-)

I received my es3x from Variphone Benelux. It is labeled with their brandname and my initials. The color is transparent blue and is more like skyblue than candyblue. I connected it to my mac pro with optical out and an ibasso d10 and also to an iPod 5.5g. The first thing I noticed was...

My D10 has arrived today, just 5 days after I ordered it. The sound is smooth as silk, can't stop listening. Now waiting for my es3x...

Yes, it's expensive, but for Sennheiser it is the same in U.S. Don't know why. The price doesn't bother me too much, the reviews in this tread convinced me.

Yes, I also spoke to Stefan. The price I'm going to pay is slightly above 1000 euro, impressions and p&p inclusive. Transparant blue with black cable :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by BloodSugar00 I've made some inquires on this custom of Variphone (the outsource dealer/distributor of Westone products for Europe) and I have been told that they will have a (finalised) pricing for the ES3X on 6th April and will be ready and set-up to start...

Quote: Originally Posted by 521ztz Anyone knows how much this costs in Europe? Here in The Netherlands they cost around 1.000 euro, all inclusive.

I did the same as robert1325, exchanged my caps with Obbligato ones. I've never heared such an analogue sounding DAC, it's beautiful Monica USB: