What are the chunky silver things on the connections? and is that some sort of rubber stopper on the second 3.5mm hole?

+1

Nice!

Thanks.

Does this mean that they come with a set of angled velour pads, or just the hybrid ones?

No, Modi is good to go.

+1 I would also recommend the Stoner Acoustics ud110 if you want to save a few bucks. I can't tell the difference blind a/b, it with the Modi.

Are the 560 pads angled?

You've got to buy something first. I picked up the amp on sale and got the dap second hand for cheap; comparable in price to CLAS -> Duet and sounds much better to my ears. Hard to beat for the price. Next up will be either lcd-xcs or Ultrasone Ed5s and my rig will be complete. The foam tips...

AK120 -> SR 71a -> ER 4s

So is there a difference between Digital RCA and Toslink?

It may be a long shot but I was wondering if anyone has spent some time with the JH13 Pros, the IE800s and the Ultrasone edition 5s (or a subset of these). I'm looking to upgrade from my Etymotic er 4s' for portable use, which I love for there flat signature and isolation. My source is AK120 ->...

Does anyone know if there is a way to get the CLAS -r to work with android?