LOL, love it. Yea I'll try to find some independent commentary on EE and other IEMs

Thanks @proedros , yea I'm not wedded to JHAudio. What makes you say JHAudio is the past and their designs have been superseded by others? Don't most of these IEMs use the same components? The hyperbole at Empire is a little grating, its like they got Hulk Hogan as their PR rep over there....

Source is Spotify/AAC/FLAC and a PICO DAC/amp (I've demoed more expensive DACs w/no noticeable improvements). Lets put the budget at $2000

I've been loving my JHAudio JH16's for 8 years now and am considering purchasing another set of headphones, I'm wondering if getting a set of the even more absurd IEMs is a worthwhile upgrade or if its going to be imperceptible diminishing returns. I asked JHAudio "Hey, what has improved in the...

Thanks, Thats perfect!  I ordered a kit.

And that thing doesn't adversely affect quality?  Can't tell from what google is giving me

I just got a nice pair of IEM's last month (JH-16's) and my old amp had to high a noise-floor so I bought a new one which has _no_ noise floor, its amazing.  However now the problem is the USB amp/dac doesn't honor the system level sound output slider in OS X and as a result sound output from...

Awesome guys, thanks for the input.  kiwirugy did they charge you for refits?   Sam

Acrylic sounds good, smooth and low friction.

Hi, I'm about to pull the trigger on some custom IEM's for work but have a couple questions on comfort level.   First of all I own some Shures w/the gray rubber nubs and I've never been able to use them very long because if I take them in and out of my ear a couple times they rub and...

Yea, I'm also concerned about warranty stuff since it comes from overseas and I don't want to be missing it for a month while I wait for a new one. So I emailed the seller, he said check the fuse. Sure enough the fuse was blown, and there was even an extra fuse in there (very awesome), I put...

So I just got my Zero Dac/Amp about a month ago and have been using it probably 40+hrs a week. I just sat down and turned it on, the blue light flicked on (power), I heard my headphones get power then the light went off and nothing, no sound. Is there anything I should be looking for inside that...

Frickdang. Any advice on BP vs AP? Sam

Hi All, I just discovered I can modify the opamps in my soundcard and want to go all the way with OPA627AP chips but can't find anywhere to buy them at a 'normal' price, only place I've seen is large chip houses for $16 each and reading around I should be able to find them for $9 each, no? I...

Quote: Originally Posted by golgi Not everyone who starts out with vinyl is amazed with the sound quality. However, it's usually because of a mismatched cartridge or that the tonearm is not setup properly. You may consider double checking all this because I think you'll find that once...