If they were available in custom, I'd have given them a serious listen at AXPONA and probably ordered a pair. I'm curious to try out bone conduction, but I doubt the effect will carry through the custom silicone eartips I require to play and audition universals.

My impossible ear canals limit me to customs, and I now have custom Legend X and Odin. To be honest, I should have never wasted my money on the Odins. The tuning isn't as ridiculously overly-hot like the Valkyries, but having now lived with the Odins for a while, I just do not like those...

I was thrilled that Empire Ears showed up at AXPONA because I finally got to hear the Odins. After absolutely hating the hot high end of the Valks when I tried them at CanJam NYC 2020, I was extremely wary of the e-stats in the Odins, But, my fears were unwarranted, and custom Odins will arrive...

I'm a custom buyer because tips don't work in my oval ear canals. To use universals, I have to use custom silicone tips, and those require a lip on the IEM nozzle. So, even if I wanted to buy the Odin, there would be no way for me to use it. Lipped nozzles just make sense, IMO.

I'm very curious which ones, as I absolutely hated the first one I tried (Valk) and immediately loved and purchased the second (LX, custom). My issue with the Valks are the overpowering, electrostatic brain drills, and my guess is that I'll hate any IEM that uses them. I think it's great...

What would be the Legend X of headphones?

I love my custom LX, but it wasn't until I owned them that I could listen to them for an extended period of time, and what I found is that the woofers move so much air that my ears ache. With the silver cable, I can listen louder and longer. Makes the highs more pleasing as well. I would upgrade...

Even though I use a Thor Silver II to tame the LX's bass, I'd still jump at the chance to upgrade to the new woofers.

For 2020, they should switch to the names of Icelandic volcanoes. I'd buy the Empire Ears Eyjafjallajökull on the name alone.

Yes, but it can be tamed very nicely with a silver cable. I went with the Thor Silver II, and my LXs are now about as close to Campfire Ears Solaris X as I'm ever gonna get.

It's the same size as the stock cable. Sound wise, it tightens up the bass such that I don't get as much of that achy fatigue from having so much air pressure pounding on my eardrums, and I can listen at higher volumes. It lets the high end shine better.

Same goes for me. In my case, my high frequency hearing is very sensitive, and the Valks were uncomfortably bright. Not sibilant or otherwise crappy... just too much energy in those frequencies. But, today my Thor Silver II showed up, and my custom LX's sound spectacular. I'm basically done here.

Thanks. I ended up ordering the Thor Silver II because I already have copper and SPC cables, so I figured a pure silver cable is the next logical choice.

Using little adapters, I put the EA Virtuoso cable from my Solaris on my LX, and I really like how it reins in the bass a bit (I immediately noticed I could listen at higher volume and for longer before that dull aching from so much air pressure on the eardrums kicks in.) The Virtuoso cable is...

I listen to spotify on both an Android phone and a Macbook Air, but the DFR lights up blue with the phone and violet with the Macbook. Does that mean the DFR's audio quality is better on the Macbook?