BTW, I used UM56 on both the w3's and UM2. I had to get my UM56 remade, because the W3's didn't fit in the old UM56. Nowadays they put a little tube in the UM56, so that the short nozzle of the W3 doesn't come out . My new UM56 have a better seal than the old ones, I guess my ear changed a bit...

I just sold my W3's today and ordered the UM3x. I found my UM2's to have a much preferable sound. The Westone 3's might be more musical, but the vocals were just not as good IMHO. For me, it shows how great the The UM2's still are. Sure it does have some flaws, and I hope the UM3x will solve it...

Received the latest topkit from HiFlight today (great service BTW). The sound is very good indeed. I did a short A/B listening with my P51 Mustang, the D10 is still not as warm as the P51, but the sound does seem to come very close to the P51. A tutorial on installing Blackgates would be...

I received my D10 a couple of days ago. It's obviously not burned in yet, but with the stock opamps they definitely sound less harmonic then the P51. I ordered the latest topkit from HiFlight and hope things will improve. I do like the DAC straight out-of-the-box in combination with P51. I'm...