Give those wide-bored smokey stock tips a go, preferably the smallest that fit you. They open up the soundstage somewhat and still keep that brilliant guitar sound. Spiral Dots for me also open the soundstage but the sound loses a touch of its crispness in my experience. The spiral dots for me...

Thought I'd return and pitch in a few more impressions since I've written that post a few weeks back; I think these definitely require a fair amount of mental burn-in, since aside from the initial 100+ hour burn-in period, I've come to terms with their sound a lot more by active listening, I...

Well, after listening some more, changing tips and doing a bit of cleaning, I think this is just how they're supposed to sound as opposed to me having a problem, since, other than in the case with Owner of a Lonely Heart, it's quite subtle. I'll just assume that they have a spike somewhere that...

Will do in a bit. I have two examples in my mind right away which clearly show the issue. To me though it really sounds like my unit is faulty, especially since I think it happens more on the right channel :(

Oh, and just to add to my previous post, I listen to a hell of a lot of prog too, but I don't think I've heard it in prog, yet. A bit in The Snow Goose by Camel at only one point, but it could be the record itself as it's a bit grainy. Even on Tubular Bells, which has a lot of distorted guitar...

Yeah I tried a lot of things; I switched L and R on the cable to see if it changed anything because I mostly hear it on the right channel, but it sometimes happens on the left, too; it happened all the same, on the same channel so switching individual units was kind of inconclusive; I tried...

I did about 100 hours on normal listening volume, not too loud, almost minimum level on the A3, connected to an X1. This is the same volume I listen to them on. I let them rest for a few hours every day I was burning them in last week. I haven't bumped them or damaged them physically in any way...

Dude, I thought I was going crazy. I am debating returning these because I thought the speakers were blown or something...it sounds like harsh overdistortion, I can hear it at certain points in certain tracks, but it's all over the place. For example, start of Poison by Alice Cooper and Owner of...

I tried these on after going through an approx 100 hour burn-in, I will spend some more time with them to formulate a solid opinion since i've flip-flopped on them several times during the day. I'll just say that, for me, they've been VERY tip-dependent in terms of sound, while isolation is very...

Nice review! I was looking forward to your impressions after seeing the Picture Sunday post. One thing though; is there really a silver version, as you mention in the article? I've only seen the black and red/blue versions personally

As far as orders, Penon delivers all over the world, they ship very quickly and Hong Kong post is very fast. It took about 5 days for the package to reach my country, but it was unfortunately held by customs and I was taxed about $35 for a $110 purchase :frowning2: I guess just keep that in mind...

Indeed! I just got them (paid a nice extra $35 for customs tax :frowning2: ) and plugged them in to check whether they worked (the box's wrap came opened, which I assume is the fault of the customs officers, not Penon). All good! I briefly put them on to determine a normal listening volume for...

My country just kind of ignores any prices or labels on packages from China most of the time when it looks like there's a decent-sized box packaging inside. Last year I got TK12 from an Ali seller which went through without a problem, but then again, they were just in this tiny carrying case...

I should be getting the IT01 in the mail tomorrow - pretty excited! Kind of dreading how much extra cash they'll ask from me because of customs though :( I'll probably let these burn in for a few days before giving a listen - I just retrieved my RHA MA750, so I'm having fun re-listening to...

Mine were delayed at the customs :frowning2: probably gonna have to pay some extra cash :frowning2: Penon did not come through for me in terms of customs unfortunately, ah well! I had better luck with Ali sellers