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    Review: Shure SE530 - Hail to the King of this hill

    The 530's were released back in 2007. First pair of 'expensive' iems I owned. They were good back in the day (or I didn't know any better then) - certainly +ve reviews at the time - but the 530's (and the 535's which I also own) are no longer remotely competitive. Mids are nice but treble...
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    FiiO Hybrid IEMs Discussion & Impressions Thread

    Hey PA - love your work. I bought the FH3 on the back of your review. I was already interested and the review pushed me across the line. You are so right - these are killers at this price point. The bass on the FH3 is the bomb.
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    The discovery thread!

    I think this is actually marketing genius. It is so obviously bonkers to offer a $50 for $15 grand that it grabs attention, with lots of people posting about how nuts this is. I doubt they expect to sell any, but if the goal was to get a bunch of posts and clicks - mission accomplished! Or maybe...
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    Koss KPH30i appreciation thread

    Has anyone experienced build quality issues? I have had 2 sets of KPH30i - both desk use only. The first snapped at the headband after 3 months and the second went dead in the right driver after one month. I cannibalised the unbroken headband to repair the set with both drivers working. I love...
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    iBasso IT00 and AM05 Two very different IEMs with one purpose, to Enjoy the Music!

    Can't help you on the IT01s, but I have the IT01 and the 00, The graphs (use Crin's graph comparison tool) are almost identical. The 00 is tuned the same as the 01, but it is markedly superior in tonality, resolution, stage and imaging. The shop I bought it from has cut the price of the 01...
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    iBasso IT00 and AM05 Two very different IEMs with one purpose, to Enjoy the Music!

    iBasso IT00 – crazy good! Not a full review – received the IT00 a few days ago so posting my impressions. (Thanks to Minidisc in Sydney – great service as always!) The short version – these are ridiculously good for sub $100 iems. Simple, tasteful design which is very comfortable. The cable...
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    CHIFI LOVE Thread-A never ending IEM-Heaphones-DAP-Dongles Sound Value Quest

    As others have said, the RE 400 is bass light, mid-centric. Mids are great - they have a distinctive tuning, and it is really a matter of whether you like that tuning (see Crin's graph). HOWEVER - there are QC issues. Mine split at the strain relief after a few months of light use, and QC seems...
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    CHIFI LOVE Thread-A never ending IEM-Heaphones-DAP-Dongles Sound Value Quest

    Yeh, sorry - typo. But what is it with chi fi iem names? It's like the naming convention is to drop a tennis ball on the keyboard and whatever appears on screen is the iem name.
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    CHIFI LOVE Thread-A never ending IEM-Heaphones-DAP-Dongles Sound Value Quest

    I have had the Ety 2xr for 4 months now. I really like them - I am learning to appreciate the virtues of a more neutral tuning. On technicalities they are clearly better my other single DDs (Tin T4, IT01, TFZ T3, Anew U1) and they are better than my campfire comets. However, one thing you need...
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    Help name our next budget fi addition in product line!

    If the sister iem is a "super spaceship" then possibly Moondrop Space Shuttle, or Moondrop Satellite or Moondrop Starshot ... but my first choice is Super Spaceship Luna -- The Luna (actually Luna 2) was the first manmade object to touch the moon, a Soviet spacecraft in 1959, a decade before...
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    ISN Earphones impression thread. New ISN NEO 3!

    Dsnuts: Could you (or anyone else) offer a brief comparison of the D10 and the NF audio NA1, or just any signifcant points of difference between the two? thanks
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