guess thats good then.. was always wondering why people were calling the SM3s treble shy when i found them quite detailed and sometimes a bit too much after extended listening... guess now i know why :-) (at least its not my ears being different from the norm) but the filters included in the RE0...

Quote: ya.. nothing at all just the hollow tube... (how deep are the filters?) i went as deep as the bore and did not feel any filters around either phone...  

i checked the mod for the filter and found it intresting enough to try out.... but when i inserted the bobby pin there was no such filter in mine.... I have always found my SM3s foward sounding with extended treble almost on par with RE0s while others commented that the treble was a bit...

Quote: like photofan1986 i only really started to appreciate my SM3s after 3-4 weeks. At first i really prefered my RE-zeros (bought around the same time) but after listening to them for a long while there is something in the presentation of sound (not frequency response more like...

Quote: i'm using Studio Six Digital SPL meter works pretty well without calibration (+/- 3dB at factory for mine before calbration with proper spl meter (on +16.4 trim now))

just thought that i would add my two cents... i usually do all my IEM listening calibrated at ~80dB SPL using iphone software resulting in ~70dB at eardrum (avg of 2cm depth resulting in ~10dB drop) whereas i find that i need about 85dB ( between 75 and 80dB at ear drum) SPL when using fullsize...

thats a beautiful custom amp i'm sure it sounds as good or better than it looks

Quote: I have a custom 47ohm impedence adaptor which when combined with the RE-zeros brings their impedence to RE-0 level (63ohm vs 64ohm) which reduces the hiss (none even at 7x gain) and really enhances their performance when running from my RA1 custom fullsize headphone amp ( amazing...

Quote: using them with the headband but it does get uncomfortable after a long perid of time (listened to them for 7 hrs straight last night... time just dissapeared)   Quote: got it off another headfi member so ido not know how far the superfatcatmod was taken bud it sounds...

ok.. just got my superfatcat baby stax and... when i first turned it on i was a bit dissappointed as it was uncomparable to my SM3 + pico slim... then i read email from owner stating that components had to warm up for 15min to sound great... as i listened the sound definitely had an improvement...

i just bought the SR-001 mk2 (baby stax) with superfatcat mod + Li battery and i'm just waiting for it to arrive :-) heard lots of good things about it even though some consider it entry level stax.... hope i made the right decision, can anyone comment on the system? thanks 

RE-zero does alot of things well, it has amazing clarity and bass response is thicker in comparison to RE0 with the same extended highs but not as sparkly ( a bit less high end energy) which is good as this brings a more balanced sound IMO (abit still more foward sounding). now the SM3 improves...

Quote: lol.. cant u tell (u never really stop learning)... first got the bug when i got my SE530 3yrs (did not really think much of it until i started feeding it great quality source material that it really opened up)  ago and have since been slowly collecting head-fi products... its...

Quote: I do agree with u Kubus, the cost of most portable amps are definitely not justified by the potential SQ increase ( definately not the high end portable amps) but thare may be some exceptions out there and with so many users selling their stuff there are potential deals to be had...

probably just past 100 hour mark now and i really enjoy the sound sig.. feels like the mids have dropped a bit, bass has tightened/ increased and the treble has increased a few dB which i do very much enjoy (could be head burnin).. kudos to head direct . i find i am swapping between the RE-ZEROs...