The accusations here are deeply ironic, given they can only stem from an inflated sense of self-importance of the accusers. I'll back Crinacle up, he's always made the effort to make clear, his opinions are his - that what he's trying to do is form some amount of objectivity within his own...

I have N and D. There's no major difference between the two if you don't want to drop the bass much lighter than the D has. D is actually superior in terms of isolation/wind noise, and consistent ear-feel with the pressure relief (N can be more or less open depending on the bass filters used). N...

Appreciate the effort. I'll chuck it out there with the Trio - I've had one a few years now - they're by far the pickiest IEM I've owned as far as tips and fit goes. I have not really used mine because with nearly every tip I've tried, they sound to me exactly how you describe and don't fit...

I don't know why I'm still so annoyed by such irrationality. Not like it's lacking anywhere online. I mean, I have a set of Andromedas, and Tia Trios. I think aminus's review of the Trio is spot on. I disagree almost entirely with their Andromeda review. But oh no, surely that means one of us...

Received mine yesterday. I think I was about the 31st or 32nd on the order sheet before they started shipping. I got the normal, Sapele version. It can't be overstated how beautiful these things are, how outstanding the workmanship is. I'm not taking photos, we've seen enough, and they don't do...

"nothing wrong but nothing exceptional" seems like a fair description in my experience. Doing nothing wrong sounds backhanded, but with IEMs I think it's a pretty good achievement in itself. The issue is that if you don't love the specific tuning balance, it's not doing any one thing so well to...

I bought a Trio because I didn't want to wait for the N8 in universal form. I agree, it is weird. I like it a lot but it has taken some getting used to; and man is it picky with tips, and some track mastering (seems to exaggerate vocal depth both forwards and backwards, and if vocals are already...

I think it helps, quite a lot and especially for longer listening periods. But it's not a cure; at some point, no IEM is comfortable and you really need to deal with what's causing it (in my case, usually dehydration and/or lack of sleep or general fatigue).

I would assume you live alone, but then you don't strike me as someone with a lot of shame. (For anyone else: from my experience, if you sweat a lot while exercising, MMCX connectors are more exposed than other types, and may corrode and fail faster - although exercise and sweat will kill any...

Sweat on them a great deal, which I hope people aren't doing to their Andromedas, but at $200 people might do to their Comets.

The Vega may lose it's appeal, but assuming the Vega and Atlas are sufficiently similar, there is a world of difference between them and the Andromeda. (I have the Vega and Andromeda)

How do we not know what's going on? New products have been launched in China. Those of us who are not in China have extremely limited access to, let alone understanding of, most of the information available there. The official website is accessible and in English, though -...

This is getting silly. These measurements - that is, the whole database - are consistent within appropriate context. That is, using the Dayton mic and only it's own calibration (I assume). I have one of these mics myself. I understand what it produces, and it's limitations. There is no 'real'...

It's his list guys. I mean, I don't hear the two IEMs the same way either - simply put, I don't use my A4 because I could (and do) use my FLC8s instead - but if thats not what VF hears, that's not what goes on his list.

Sort of. A balanced circuit has a ground (negative) channel for each positive channel (left and right). A standard unbalanced circuit has just one ground that works for both. So its reasonably straightforward to convert between the two - but the whole circuit has to be balanced to get the whole...