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    Toxic Cables - Impressions and Discussion Thread

    Thanks for the kind offer for repair Frank, I noticed on your Facebook that you had new flagships coming up, so I decided to wait and see what you have coming. If it's something suitable for the Fitears, I'd love to order a new cable and have this reterminated for my Shure, in time for the...
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    Toxic Cables - Impressions and Discussion Thread

    Hi Frank, been enjoying the Silver Widow on my Fitears for some time now. Unfortunately it seems the plastic area and the sheath has broken, not sure how it happened. Not due to rough handling anyway. Can you PM me on repair costs, or if there is some kind of trade-up available to the Hydra...
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    The Centrance HiFi M8 thread

      I have a custom cable for my Shure 1840 that has interchangeable ends, 3.5mm or 4-pin XLR. I don't listen to it often as it's not my main gear, but I do recall having the impression of a slightly wider soundstage and a bit cleaner/darker background. But all this is from memory, if you're keen...
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    Toxic Cables - Impressions and Discussion Thread

      An update from my previous posts. It's been three weeks since I got my 25.5AWG Silver Widow for my Fitear TG334.   When I first listened to it on the day I got it from Joe, I must say I was kind of underwhelmed (relative to the hype going on here). The bass was deeper and some details were...
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    Toxic Cables - Impressions and Discussion Thread

        That's a nice (and expensive) rig you have there Shini44. I use an iPod Classic > HiFi-M8 and have been quite happy with it so far. I am hearing a lot more bass and details at the same volume off the rig and directly out of my iPhone 6. The mids sound relatively pushed back as a result...
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    Toxic Cables - Impressions and Discussion Thread

      Hi Frank, both you and Joe have been very apologetic about it, so thank you both for making this happen. I don't mean to keep harping on it. It's just that this has been the longest I've ever had to wait for any one product/item. Of course, with the overwhelmingly positive reviews and long...
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    Toxic Cables - Impressions and Discussion Thread

    I just got my 25.5awg Silver Widow for Fitear TG334 yesterday, have waited a long 5 months for it.   I must admit that sonically the depth and bass extension and details have improved, but I dearly miss the forward mids as the SW sounds rather mid-recessed to me (until you turn the volume up)...
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    Fostex HP-P1 Portable Amplifier and DAC for iPod/iPhone (Short REVIEW and Impressions Thread)

    Quote:   I just got mine today. To answer my own question on whether the USB cable makes a difference to the sound, my answer would have to be yes.   Yet another veil has been removed from the sound. It's now cleaner and more dynamic, active-sounding.   Why is that, I may never...
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    Fostex HP-P1 Portable Amplifier and DAC for iPod/iPhone (Short REVIEW and Impressions Thread)

    Didn't mean to open a can of worms. I know that in theory digital cables should not sound different but based on my experience, they do. I hear differences in 3rd-party IEM cables too. If others claim to hear a difference, I'm pretty sure I will too.    Now, I have another question. I've...
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    Fostex HP-P1 Portable Amplifier and DAC for iPod/iPhone (Short REVIEW and Impressions Thread)

    Quote:   Theoretically correct, but I own several optical S/PDIF cables and they sound significantly different (say 15%) from each other. I have no idea why this is so. Tested on various sources with same results.   Hence my interest to see if this is the same case.
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    Fostex HP-P1 Portable Amplifier and DAC for iPod/iPhone (Short REVIEW and Impressions Thread)

    Just got a used HP-P1 today; so glad you guys talked me into it.    I have a couple of questions though:   1. Does it make any audible difference to use a custom silver/copper/etc USB to 30-pin vs the stock cable?   2. When I use the S/PDIF out from the HP-P1 to my home theatre...
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    Fostex HP-P1 Portable Amplifier and DAC for iPod/iPhone (Short REVIEW and Impressions Thread)

    Quote:   I did, all 60+ pages... just needed more opinions. IMO, what many people seem to be comparing are headphone-out vs HP-P1, whereas I am coming from LOD vs HP-P1.   Need more opinions besides Lillee's. 
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    Fostex HP-P1 Portable Amplifier and DAC for iPod/iPhone (Short REVIEW and Impressions Thread)

    I'm really considering buying this. Is the sound really that much better than analog coming from normal LOD? 
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    Listening to line-out

    My current setup is: iPod Touch 3G > Fiio L3 > Shure In-Line Volume Control > 3.5 Male-Female adapter > Shure 535LE with Lune MkII For some strange reason, I find that the cleanest and sweetest sound comes from listening to the line-out without any amping. I actually own the iBasso D12...
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