Quote:   You must be talking about the lineout the audio straight from the dock. Sure it gives a much better sound as the signal is fed straight from the iPod to the amp and to the earphone with being amped by ipod's internal amp (lousy sound quality in comparison). which means noise...

Quote:   I believe its Earsonics themselves. At least for me in HK

Very nice write up! Thank you. Inputs like yours is the reason why i love to linger on Head-fi.

Sibilant doesnt occur to me, most probably because i quite like the bone chilling highs    I would love to hear feedback from people who are going to get (buy/ convert) the 95ohm version before making the jump. Shipping would worth it only if improvements are found.

Yea, i was posted with the news. Sounds incredible for earsonics to do that.  In the same time, does it means ours are now officially Limited High Impedance version? lol   Anyways, the conversion process requires us to post the earphone back. (for anyone who is going to take the offer)

In HK the amp is around $4k HKD (~500US). Which is cheaper than the earphone, where shops are asking for 4.5k HKD (560US)....   Yea, especially it comes packaged with a DAC. I used to own a RS Predator, sold after 9 months of use, entirely because of the bulkiness it caused

Quote:   I dont have an amp in the moment. I plug it directly to my mac and an ipod touch. Again, with the computer, the earphone sounds better as Mahalko said.  This is a reason why i am eager to test it with sony's PHA-1 (looks nice and not really expensive)

I have to agree with Mahalko comments about the sm64. The highs, mids and lows are presented in a neutral and balanced fashion (perhaps with a tint of warmth compare to ER4's). Soundstage is really wide, placement of instruments and vocal are good. However I noticed instruments separation is...

How does the soundstage, particularly the mids of ES5 compares to universals like SE535, um3x and Westone 4? I dont really like the forwardness (right next to your ear drum) of SE535. While the closeness of um3x to W4 are most enjoyable for me

How does the C4 compare to JH13pro and ES5. I currently own a pair of um3x, owned Westone 3 and have listened to the Westone 4. I prefer the sounding of Westone 4 over my um3x but miss it doesn't give the Highs of Westone 3.

My frd in HK is doing DIY-mod using wires such as SCSCag.

Thz a lot. Or Maybe I will just put down 10bucks for the sd/cf adapter and let everyone know whether it works or not 

I have a iPod Photo (4th Gen) and the hard drive is failing on me. I know most guys would replace the mechanical drive with a e.g. 32GB Compact Flash (CF). I am wondering if SD card could be used by junctioning with a SD -> CF adapter, before placing them along with the mini-IDE adapter into...

Quote: Like the way how Threads were sorted. Much better for browsing. Just my 2 Cents

Thanks for the upgrade. Misses how the threads were sorted. The Threads are now sorted by Lastest Posting (correct me if i am wrong). Excellent in doing specific search; it might be good for "Hot topics" but not so good for "browsing". The pervious layout was better for my liking (sort...

will it cost more to build a combo color one?

Justin charges $519 for premium colors. Would he charge more if i am building a combo-colored one?

Admired, awaits for the full review. Cheers!

For premium colors Justin charges for $519, i wonder if he would charge more in building a combo-color one, say black/ silver knob