Hi Jermo, thanks for being here today with the Q&A session, and thanks Jude for making it happen. First of all the announcement of the IE900 is such a great surprise that hardly anyone here expected. I really love the way the metal shells are CNC-ed and all the technologies that were applied in...

As much as people raved about the Objective 2, I found it the most boring headphone amp I've ever built. It just lacked authority and control. Good for a starter project to have fun, but I won't bother considering it as something serious.

22-24awg is a good gauge for full-sized headphones. Depending on how long you sit from the amp, personally I just make a short 4-5ft cable for my HD650.

I haven’t built a HD580/HD600/HD650 cable for like 8-9 years. Due to the need for a high impedance ‘phones for trial with the forthcoming OTL tube amp, I grabbed a pair of HD58X and built a balanced cable too. So far so good out of my balanced Dynalo-Dynahi.

I'm in the process of building a custom T2 from scratch. Needless to say it's the craziest build ever, lots and lots of measurements and trials. The casework itself took so long to get things in place.

I wonder if anyone is interested in a board set of the Circlotron “Nanotube”? I’m planning for a new build for this year. I could help with hard-to-source power caps, transformers or even enclosures.

How would you compare the Trio II vs the previous version? I personally love the original Trio with the 240 SS setup but that's pretty much it, pair it with any other player and you get horrible harshness oozing out from the IEMs. Agree with the 2k sentiment.

Well technically any kind of 'soundstage' that is produced by headphones/iem can be considered fake (except for the K1000's and probably the sony prf v1). Real sound localisation involves head & torso interfrence with sound, which is absolutely omitted in headphones/iems :)

Yep, solid silver :)

An acoustic horn wouldn't do much in this case given the fact that the ear canal's cross section area is limited, and you would need a pretty big mouth to get some decent amplification in the upper end. An acoustic horn would work better as an acoustic impedance adaptor. As for better treble...

I'm not sure about the specifics since I have my jewelry craftman friend made them for me. But he cast the hollow shells right off the bat so no milling at all.

Yes I did, we need the wax for some proper buildup. Metal shrinks a lot after cooling down.

Not sure about Kumitate but Fitear's are Titanium shells. A true pain when it comes to polishing LOL.

Traditional crafting technique, nothing special though, the hard part was to tweak the impression so that the final earpieces fit well enough. They're very prone to scratching, but a layer of coating would prevent that... to some extent. Nope, looking forward to those guys' product also.

925 Silver to be exact.

CIEM wise I think metal ones sound largest :) you can't go wrong with such mechanical resonance done right :)

Not exactly DIY but here's what I've made recently

Not sure if this's allowed, I will delete this post upon request. But I am having several 2389, 2356, 1723, 2600, 23e25, 26e25 lyring around in the drawer here. Bought them in bulk for R&D but ended up using only a few (the design was completed much faster than we thought). Just want to collect...

How is the treble of the Air as compared to Monet's? I personally don't feel the Monet's treble is 'right' for anison but it's more forgiving than the 335dw, which is one of my go to pair for anisong.

Awesome! I cannot imagine how intricate they had to tailor the ear canals considering the many stages in the production. Truly magnificient :)

How's the fit Anak? I noticed the canals are especially short. Will that affect the seal when you open/close your jaws?

Aren't the TE100 the Air's universal version?   Are they warmer than the TG334 as reported in the Fujiya Festival report?

There's no comparison here tbh.

  My impression with the MH334 demo was kind of a mixed bag. The ones I tried in Singapore and Malaysia were both inferior to the TG334 however the demo in Taiwan was way better, as in a completely refined version of the ToGo.