Recent content by monochrome
-
flinkenick's 17 Flagship IEM Shootout Thread (and general high-end portable audio discussion)
Nic, great to hear that there's going to be a second shootout forthcoming! Just a suggestion - since it's likely there won't be as many models to shootout this time round, I suggest also including comparisons to models from the first shootout, for those with very similar sound signatures.- monochrome
- Post #2,579
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
-
flinkenick's 17 Flagship IEM Shootout Thread (and general high-end portable audio discussion)
Aww, that's just too bad, I was hoping it would make a deeper run further up the list. Then again, it's already quite admirable given that the majority of the IEMs ranking above it are substantially more expensive. (except of course that Warbler, which I must try some day) I still do remember...- monochrome
- Post #2,261
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
-
flinkenick's 17 Flagship IEM Shootout Thread (and general high-end portable audio discussion)
I double checked the predictions thread, and there are only 3 possible unique combinations of the top 5 that do not have one of the eliminated IEMs. A18, Zeus and W900 all appear in these 3 predictions, so by deduction they should be in Flinkenick's top 5.- monochrome
- Post #2,112
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
-
flinkenick's 17 Flagship IEM Shootout Thread (and general high-end portable audio discussion)
Thanks for the review! I do think you should keep Samba in the shootout given that people made their ratings with Samba in mind. Maybe further down the road consider adding the Flamenco at the end of the shootout. Just a question - hypothetically, if you were to replace Samba with Flamenco...- monochrome
- Post #1,108
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
-
Jomo Audio Impressions & Discussion Thread
Haha, fair enough then. Although the vast majority of CIEMs out there (which are definitely darker than the Samba) must seem like basshead cans in comparison to the 6R :P- monochrome
- Post #100
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
-
Jomo Audio Impressions & Discussion Thread
The Samba's definitely one of the brightest flagship-level IEMs out there in the market today. The bass is a very slight touch north of neutral but to my ears I think its actually brighter than my HD800, although I haven't had a chance for direct comparison yet. Of course it's still darker...- monochrome
- Post #96
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
-
WIN A FIDUE SIRIUS / SILVERFI IEM-X / TOXIC SILVER WIDOW - Prediction thread for flinkenick's 2017 iem flagship shootout
Here's mine: 1. Empire Ears Zeus-XR ADEL 2. Jomo Audio Samba 3. Advanced AcousticWerkes W900 4. Dita Audio the Dream 5. 1964 Audio A18 Tzar Voting with my wallet too... Just bought a pair of Sambas at CanJam Singapore. To my ears the Zeus was maybe a bit better but definitely not...- monochrome
- Post #209
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
-
CanJam Singapore 2016 Impressions (February 20-21, 2016)
Hi guys, it's been a long time since I posted. Got dragged by my friend (can't remember his head-fi username) to come down today. Haven't been following the developments in the past year and a half so it was really nice to try out all the new stuff lying around today. Generally, I felt that... -
Massdrop AKG K812 Giveaway! - COMPLETE!
monochrome How about the Geek Pulse, or maybe the new HD800S!- monochrome
- Post #802
- Forum: Sponsor Announcements and Deals
-
Creative Sound blaster E5 - Headphone amp + USB DAC with OTG + Toslink + aptX + recording + more.
Nope. The preorder is simply just registering your interest through the "notify me" option at the Soundblaster E5 page. The Creative guys confirmed to me that if you did so during Comex weekend (and I think the following weekend), you are entitled to the special preorder price of S$199 when...- monochrome
- Post #49
- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
-
Creative Sound blaster E5 - Headphone amp + USB DAC with OTG + Toslink + aptX + recording + more.
I was told by the Creative engineers at Comex that they aim to release the product at the end of September, which is kind of like now. They haven't sent an email yet regarding the preorder though... Pretty sure it's not on sale in stores yet either.- monochrome
- Post #47
- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
-
Creative Sound blaster E5 - Headphone amp + USB DAC with OTG + Toslink + aptX + recording + more.
Yes. Tried it with my iPhone -> bluetooth -> E5 -> JH13s. Also plugged in my iPhone through the lightning for direct digital out but that requires their iOS app. Can't really comment on the sound too much because of the extremely noisy show conditions (I'd say easily 80+ dB background...- monochrome
- Post #19
- Forum: Portable Headphone Amps
-
MrSpeakers Alpha Dog Revealed! - The World's First Production 3D-Printed Headphones
Hi guys, second post here after lurking around for 3 years lol. Anyway I previously had the Mad Dogs 3.2, sold them this morning and picked up a pair of 2nd hand Alpha Dogs later in the day. It's one of the recent pairs with the BMF dot installed. When I was trying out the Mad Dogs a few months...- monochrome
- Post #6,838
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
-
iFi nano iCAN. "Name that Attenuator" competition. Winner no. 1 winner of iCAN nano is...
The iFi iShush 12 and the iFi iShush 24. iMuffler iMitigator- monochrome
- Post #138
- Forum: Sponsor Announcements and Deals