Nice, that they thought of the silver solder. What about the mmcx sockets, and 3.5mm or 4.4mm plugs used? Are they a brass mixed plug? Or is there pure copper under the gold plating. (And what about the 4-pins behind the swappable plugs?) For these kind of products, I like for the marketing to...

I got the 6-screw, I definitely would not want this to be any brighter than it already is.

The after-service/repair is obviously going to be done by the maker: DMS. The listing says a 1-year warranty on the top of the page, before it even starts the description section. Plus the whole gimmick that this headphone will be user serviceable later on. As in, anyone can 3d print parts for...

If you don't mind Aliexpress sellers, I've been using this guy's stuff. Advertises as using Mundorf solder. But this is only important if you are picky about such things. AkLIAM C1 Handmade 4.4mm to 6.35mm Balanced Male To Female Audio Adapter L Type Earphone Jack Converter...

The Peerless driver from the Tymphany company that has has lots of diy attention lately. Tried and true. Not some random aliexpress driver. But he probably needs to order many many extras.....In order to find matches to pair-up for Left/Right units. Which is another extra cost to things not...

The real practical reason to go from a early gen version to version 3, is not having to worry about the device screeching on you. Like itndid in that first gen product.

You are overthinking things. That was more a way for us to understand the FR. The Omega is not a complete diffuse field tilt like the hd600 (with less subbass and less lower-mids). But don't think of it being as actually being based of the hd650/6xx. Instead just know that the Omega has some...

Oh, I see. In DMS' Omega introductory video on YouTube. While he did not break it down by the individual dollar, he did go on about how he fell upon that 1k usd. He mentioned the higher price was mostly to cover the cost of warranty. As in the ability to be ready for loses from repair or...

Congrats DMS on the new project.

Thank you for the reply. I am sorry if I sounded aggressive, I am just very excited. The read-up was interesting really explains my experiences with the C9.

Thank you. I'll just repost what I put in the other thread. To please request that they make the tuning switches effects more substantial this time. A greater slam effect, or even having an FR related effect. When I first bought my Cayin C9 years ago I was hoping for it to have a profile...

Please make the subjective tuning switches more obvious this time. When I first bought my Cayin C9 years ago I was hoping for it to have a profile similar to the recently released Ibasso PB5 Osprey nutube portable amp. I find the difference on the C9-modes as being too subtle. I still love the...

Between sources it is usually fine to go from SE to BAL. Just don't do it from the headphone output.

Hopefully you get it out before it cakes on, with that brush and pick some IEM companies usually hand out for free. If it looks like something that will push in deeper if you pick at it, then you need to buy a Hearing Aide Vacuum to suck it up rather than brush it off. The hearing aide vacuum...

So my ie900 journey has a new "page" unfolding..... Sennheiser returned my ie900. And forgot to send back one of my units. See below, I only got back the mmcx-failed Left unit w/ the black ring. The working red ringed unit is no where to be seen: To make it even more of an epic story. Look...

The part on the iem-side that hugs the pin sticking out from the cable-side fell off. :( So not just bent. No idea how to fix that. Somehow remove the mmcx port and replace it, but does this iem disassemble?

Apparently there is no service available, full stop, for the Sennheiser ie900 models. GG :/ And I just need the pin of the mmcx fixed. No catastrophic failure.

That is assuming they have been able to identify the cause.

There is no way to get in contact with anyone. You keep getting circled back by an automatic system to their SONOVA "repair page". Which has you generate an RMA request to print, and then send the IEM. And there is no options to explain your specific details. Just that this is the repair page...

How do I tell Sonova that I want I to proceed with a repair? They are sending back my Germany-made broken ie900 to me because the 2year warranty is up......without telling me what my other options are...... Am I going to wait for them to return and find a phone number to call? This...

Quattro off the Ibasso PB5 Osprey portable amp is a treat, I have it fed via my Gustard A22 dac which is my slammiest & incisive dac on hand. PB5 innate bass boost, plus my slammy dac....... And whoah, the Quattro actually has bass after all.

AKM dacs can have a shine to its treble too. Just it'll be step less than the ESS. You just need to find a company that knows how to implement the ESS or AKM to reduce this feeling. R2r works.......though they sound so boring unfortunately. Wont slam as hard, and will not as be incisive...

Oh nice, how does that Gustard U18 influence the sound of A26 dac?

That braiding.....doesnt look special. Looking at their website, I like how they have many options especially for the plugs. Like AECO pure copper plugs. I guess the price is nice.

I got nothing conversation worth to add. Just wanted to note something I did. I tried my PB5 with my Gustard A22 DAC that has a higher 6vrms output. I can set my gain to low and just keep it at a listening volume and it hasn't clipped. When using the DAC with PB5 on high gain, the treble...