I have the exact same issue! It's extremely frustrating. I managed to get a pair of Spinfit CP145's on and it solved the fitment issue. But I lost a lot of the bass (which IMO really makes this IEM great). It was really difficult to get it on. Do you have the IEM Baroques on it, or their new...

How on earth did you manage to get the type-e's on!? My hands nearly dead from cramp trying this. I have a terrible fit issue with one ear. It's hard to get a decent seal. When I do, movement just ruins it and I literally can't hear anything. Reckon different tips will help but this nozzle is...

Yeah the bottom steps for the volume don't output any sound at all. I usually run my HA300 at 9pm and have my A90 set at 12pm for basically everything I plug into it, and it works fairly well. I just had to run the amp at a lower volume to listen for the door and noticed the issue. It's not a...

Does have an issue with their unit not having volume on lower levels? My potentiometer doesn't seem to output at position 1 & 2. Volume output only starts at 3. I'm running the Topping A90 as a pre-amp via XLR. Using high gain and cranking the volume to max does nothing.

What do you find to be terrible about it?

I've noticed that on all my headphones I've got a noisy right channel. It comes and goes in terms of severity but is almost always present. Happens on both xlr and 4.4mm Has anyone had similar that they've been able to fix? It's really annoying at times.

I can't tell if you're for or against my statement... But yes, I'd agree that this hobby gets over-charged for everything. There's snake oil everywhere. I certainly wouldn't get tubes that expensive a second time if they broke after a year.

I totally get it. I've dropped summit-fi money to chase sound. I'll probably eventually do it even more for tubes. It doesn't change the fact that these are overpriced for what they are. The total cost of an elrog is definitely going to be a lot less tham what it's sold for, other wise the...

But its objectively expensive. If you think about exactly what you're paying for - a vacuumed bit of glass with some filament. Tubes are difficult to make but they're certainly not difficult enough to warrant that price, or we wouldn't have had electric guitars back in the day. Audiophiles...

Interesting. What made you want a tube amp that sounds like a SS? I'd have thought (from my limited experience and narrow view) that you'd want tube amps to sound... Well, tubey.

That seems insanely expensive. What is it that the Elgrog tubes offer over something like the stock tubes? Hope you get something sorted because thats a scary amount of money. Given it only lasted a year you have every right to be upset.

So I work from home. My tube amp is on for most of the day (like 12-14 hours max, maybe). Is that something I should scale back to keep the tubes alive for longer? I do have an SS amp that I can switch between.

If you're listening to them exclusively on the MK2, I get that. I find it less fatiguing on my A90. Primarily because it's got a lot less bass. Love good bass, but I get fatigued by it. The clarity and separation on the A90 is better (on the utopias) IMO because the lack of bass. I'll be looking...

What if I wanted to reach level 1267? How much grinding do you need to do from 1266? Does my utopia need to go through a three-episode training arc? Peace is temporary. "My opinion is correct" wars are forever. I'm just shocked that people aren't fighting over what cables are best yet.

Didn't see this - i did! It's beautiful. My HD800S actually had the biggest improvement. Didn't really enjoy them too much on the Topping stack. First thing I used on the tubes. Immediately a different headphone. Soundstage was even better, it actually had an enjoyable bass presentation, and it...