I see. Thanks for the explanation!

I'm curious if I can use a third party music player app (eg. Neutron, Poweramp) and it's custom eq settings while using the dac. When I looked at the stock music player, the eq function in the settings was disabled and unable to toggle on/off when I went into the store to take a brief look at...

I have owned the H-300 and have tried all three in the Altone line up and found the Altone 250 satisfying my tastes a bit more. It was at a convention almost a year ago so I can't quite remember the details.

Definitely. By far one of the most iems I've had.

Hey Mark look at that!   https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/imemo-most-affordable-call-recorder-for-iphone--2#/   Your review got featured in their indiegogo haha.   Going to upload my review soon of Rasiel as well.

I have owned both. I found the AF180 ahead in every aspect. I usually don't regret selling earphones but the AF180 I truly miss. I also prefer AF180 over all shure and westone universal products except for the se846.

I absolutely love Aly & Fila's stuff with Ferry Tayle.  

I'm not sure if I have mentioned this here before but for larger tip sizes that are too big for the velvet's nozzle, this is what I did to fit on comply tx-400. These red rubber things came with some monster tips I bought a while ago. Didn't like the tips but found these things really useful...

It definitely sounds good. Rich in the fullness of the frequency spectrum through one speaker but I don't think the overall sound quality is worth $1000. I am assuming it's the price of the technology and the AK name value rather it's price based purely on it's sound.

Just had a chance to try these at a audio show. I'm having mixed feelings about it. Considering it's price and all. Sound-wise, amazing clarity from top to bottom with a feeling of a 2.1 channel speaker right up against your ear. Very small, light, compact and sits snug in your ear. Curious...

I have tried the SE535 as well as the W40 if I had to choose between that and AF180, I would choose AF180. The focus are in the mids but not the upper mids like the 535 as it can become fatiguing for some people. The vocal presentation is clearer and bass was very warm and I admired that about...

With my experience with the af180, I had no problem of the sort. In fact, they are still in my top 5 list of universals.

Owners of the black velvet, just in case you're interested, I spoke to Earsonics and I confirm that they can be traded in (just send the iems) for the crystals for 60 euros + 39 for shipping. Looks like that's what I'll be doing since they're calling my name.

are you serious? i will indeed check that out