Recent content by Ggroch

Audio tweaking is fun, and compared to rolling vacuum tubes or op amps, rolling earpads actually does something real, that is not all or mostly expectation bias :) I like Ali Express options because they are cheap, and the long shipping time actually increases anticipation. By contrast, Z...

Absolutely agree. I tried your AliExpress pads recommendation and am very happy at the results. Thank You! For me, they add just enough warmth without negative impact. They are much more comfortable, and certainly look to be much higher quality. The Ghost has a premium look/feel for the price...

Zeos' says substituting Meze 109 pads make the Ghost magical, and his link for pre-ordering the pads at Mimic Audio is now live. $79 plus shipping, which turns these into $200+ phones :frowning2: The two differences I see between the stock and 109 pads are that the Meze pads are slightly...

It does if you buy it through Amazon. That's been the price since the beginning of July. My goal was to post quickly while the deal it was available. Had I taken the time to fully research historical pricing before posting I could have said that $1300 seemed to be the going rate in June but...

Amazon Warehouse (USA) has one like new Focal Radiance for Bentley Closed phone for $821 (down from $1800 new). Just one.

You can get very close to the Ultimate One look and materials for a lot less Sivga Branded. Their model SV007 appears nearly identical and was originally advertised as having 50mm Beryllium film drivers. It sold for about $100. Sivga's OEM obviously makes the KLH, which has real leather and...

B&H Photo has their Sony 7506 copy, the Senal SMH-1200 on daily deal for $60 shipped in 3 colors. I have a set in cranberry red and am quite pleased with them. Just as interesting, they have a bundle deal with these headphones and the portable ULTRASONE Panther DSD DAC Amp for $260. The bundle...

The M1570 are $400 at Target.com at the moment.

Test of the DS600 on ASR measures like a D50s clone. Of course, support, firmware updates, and consistency between units likely differs quite a bit. But, nice price.

UPDATE: Mine just arrived. I am very pleased. They remind me most of the JBL Everest 750NC in terms of fit/finish/comfort. More upscale than the 750 in terms of a lot better noise cancelling and a 2 level ambient mode, better codex including LDAC and Aptx HD. The sound is a be more neutral than...

An Amazon seller of FIIL earbuds seems to be closing out their neckband style models for $10-15, originally in 2019 about $50-$100, so a good discount. I own a couple of them and like the comfort, neutral sound and good connectivity. Battery life is OK. An ACIL branded neckband model from the...

B&H has Cleer Flow (v1) over ear ANC Bluetooth Headphones in Black and Silver for $50 with free 2 day shipping. Deal of the day. Bluetooth 4.2 with LDAC and aptX (and some report aptX-HD). I have never heard them, but they do have some interesting tech. The "Ironless" 40mm drivers have no...