First, I need to thank @Rockwell75 for his effort to organize this tour among so many others so that I can have this opportunity to demonstrate this beautiful IEM. I have Oriolus Isabellae, which is one dynamic driver IEM, so I am not a stranger to the house sound of Oriolus, who made the legendary “bird”, Oriolus Traillii, one of the hallmark TOTL IEMs for a long time. Therefore, I am very interested in Monachaa, which is a 4 DD IEM and has the reputation of improved Isabellae. Oriolus Monachaa won’t immediately wow you once you put it on, but...

I have been a happy customer of Sony IER-Z1R for many years, but I always complain about the ergonomics of the IEM package, including the stock cable hook, which makes the fitting a bit challenging. Over the years, I bought five different upgrade cables, with many tiny gadgets that were supposed to improve the fitting, nothing turned out to be any better than the stock cable. I heard of Brise Audio BSEP before, but I was hesitant to spend that much for an upgrade cable until recently. Partly due to the Japanese Yen’s depreciation, partly due to my...

Best Basshead IEM? FATfrequency is a small boutique IEM company from Singapore that has gained quite a popularity during the last two years, mostly due to their secret weapon to make IEMs with huge bass without bleeding into the Mids. I have the chance to demo Maestro SE and Maestro Mini from FatFreq for a week, and I demoed Grand Maestro during the SoCal CanJam from FatFreq’s booth, so I am familiar with their products. Thanks for @Sebastien Chiu and FatFreq for organizing this tour so that I have this opportunity to demo the hard to find Scarlet...

(Originally post on the Effect Audio Cable thread) Thanks to Effect Audio and @Sebastien Chiu, I got a chance to demo two mystery prototype cables from EA. Though soon after the tour started, we soon learned what those two cables are, and I will directly use the official names for those two prototype cables. Before I start my impression of those two cables, a little background for myself. I am relatively new to the cable rolling business and as matter of fact, this is my first time to demo high-end cables (with the recent inflation, cables are...

Cayin N7 ($1995) is your best all-rounder DAP for IEMs and most of the headphones. If I had to pick only one DAP and leave the hobby, right now, the choice would be Cayin N7. Disclaimer: I am not a professional reviewer and I received and demoed a loaner Cayin N7 as part of the North American N7 tour. However, I did not and will not receive any incentive or discount because of this review. I am here to provide my honest and truthful impression of this wonder DAP. Background and Technology I owned Cayin’s excellent RU6 R2R USB dac/amp. The little...