Why not 4th gen Quote:  

this? http://www.penguinamp.com/The-Royal-Amp:::2001.html Quote:  

Looks interesting. What about warranty Quote:  

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Senn IE8i

Ambient Vent?

1. Buy the top tier iem/s and get over it 2. Bankrupt yourself, no $$ means no more purchases 3. Get another hobby like gardening or something that forces you to spend time outdoors 4. Delete headfi and any other audio related website from your browser favourites 5. Come clean with...

What driver upgrade options are there for the ck100?

A DAC is   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital-to-analog_converter   so yes, the ipod and almost every device that mp3s have a dac, even your mobile phone has one for processing calls.   And the k701s are notoriously difficult to drive so most portable amps are out. Would recommend...

Congrats, and BAs don't need burn in IMO, just the crosssovers which is less than an hour and the brain which is anywhere from 15 min to a week

Start here   http://www.stereophile.com/content/sounds-audio-glossary-glossary

  Taken from the W4 thread.........       Quote:       My preference is SM3>=W4 but only slightly, then again I only heard the w4 for 30mins, Don't really like the westone sound myself, too airy IMO.    Hope it helps too  ...

Between these 2. I would suggest the SM3, buttery mids and insanely neutral(see the FR chart) and can be had for $320 shipped (soundearphones.com 10sound code, 10% off) compared to the w4. Although the warranty is shorter, 1 for the sm3 and 1+1 for the W4 and less comfortable if you have smaller...

Japanese curry is nice in its own way, thick and creamy  without being too spicy compared to indian curry  

Farle@funan and jaben@adelphi which are located quite close to each other