same experience here. bought several new fitear universal from japan and got visitor tax-free since 2022 - TG334, silver and iMarge. don't think there's any restriction except for custom models. i didn't have the Creator but just briefly demoed once. my experience with the creator cable comes...

found amazon.jp was selling this at a big, big discount! fetched it at less than 80k yen. with super quick expedited shipping, in 2 days it reached my home :ksc75smile: the build quality looks top notch and easy to drive loud enough for my listening preference. most of the ATH overears i got...

not at all. it's quite comfortable and there's no sharp edge that will hurt my ears. and yes, it's so beautifully crafted that i don't know why it could be priced so reasonably.

just saw the local agent put this flipears artha argentum on shelf for sale today. even i've listen to the original artha in acrylic shell before briefly, there's no demo for this silver shell ver so it's really a leap of faith to make this purchase. but the price is quite reasonable and...

i'm another happy customer got my n5005 from the big, big sale! i've just listening to it with the bundled bluetooth, with the default reference sound filter. there's actually quite a lot of midbass to my surprise. excellent details and very pleasing for pop music. i thought i read somewhere...

my probably heavily biased view is that most of the small boutique brands' totl offerings are not necessarily "better" than the big brand name premium products in terms of sound quality. small boutique brands have far less R&D budget/know-how, manufacturing technique and capacity, economy of...

I also got fw10000, ie900 and perpetua. They all have their pros and cons but my preference is fw10000 > ie900 > tz700 = perpetua. :relaxed:

after bought the mdr-ex800st in tokyo last month, i found it sounds so good yet priced so reasonably (and yet still made in japan!), I kept looking for the bigger brother ex1000 in good condition hoping to get even more amazing sound. eventually got a pair of pristine condition 2nd hand but...

Grabbed a pair of good condition 2nd hand tZ700 after toy shopping (again) today! mostly for the wish to complete my collection of the premium contemporary japanese universal iems from major manufacturers (e.g. victor fw10000, sony z1r, final a8000 and technics tz700). sounds really terrific...

That seems very possible! If silver is not much more expensive than it's resin/ acrylic shell cousin, it seems there might not be substantial difference between Ti and Ag shell. The manufacturing cost of Ti is a very good point.

suyama san has been testing his own prototype DC Ag for many months. he revealed in his on X account that the development was almost completed but there're still some issues to overcome for commercialization. suyama san even replied my queries last year that "Tuning remains the same (with DC...

time to have an update to my ranking (after getting 3 new sets in 2024!). my desire get new headphones is subsiding and properly won't looking to buy any new one for a while as i think i already getting too many but spent too little time in enjoying music :disappointed_relieved: my preference...

Fiio R9 > T+A Solitaire P-SE Goddess - Laufey

i think premier has the hardest hitting bass of all three models. premier sounds much warmer to me as the mid-bass/bass always dominates the overall tunning. rangar has unparallel level of details retrieval (and treble quantity), even both u18t and premier also deliver tons of details (and...

spent a few days in tokyo over the weekend and i spent some time in e-earphone again to demo iems and headphones. besides fitear iMarge, I was also impressed by the Acoustune HS2000MX Mk. 3 as well as Sony MDR-EX800ST. The ex800st looks very weird and it's difficult to figure out how to...