I will order only if you sell me a completely modded FX850 for $799. Too much work otherwise!

For what it's worth, I got my impressions done with a hearing aid audiologist as well (for $5). In India, no audiologist even knows about the existence of CIEMs, so it took a while to convince them to do something different than what they are used to. As long as they are willing to follow Custom...

      I think ljokerl did not include them because 991 Carrera 4S  mentioned 'slightly brighter'.   I have only tried SE535 (both CL and LTD-J versions) and currently own the Noble 4C (not the N4) among the IEMs you mentioned. I don't think either of them fit the 'slightly brighter'...

I kept the RE272 and recently upgraded to Noble 4C 

  +1 to that.

ljokerl,   Thanks to your review of Noble 4S, I finally got my first Custom IEM, Noble 4C.   It took me a while to insert and remove them at first, but I am getting used to it. My first few minutes with it reminded me so much about Hifiman IEMs. Though they did not wow me at first, they...

  From a couple of pages back...    

  Well! I was on the way, but sanity prevailed  

  It's still left to the discretion of the custom official. I have been charged once for an item marked as gift. While the actual value was very less, the box size was bigger :)   I agree with @kothganesh. I have been charged duty on ordinary airmail only 3 times in the last 4 years, but...

  How much do they quote for NAD M51?   You mean ARN? May be you should try your luck again.

Would anyone kind enough to ship BA200 (or IE800) all the way to India?

  I am fondly hoping TF10 will be even more special - 1000th 

Congrats on the 300th review. Looking forward to the 500th!   Hope you will add Philips S1 and S2 soon.

  The one you are talking about is the old MH1 version (I asked on the other forum via PM) and not the MH1C. Probably may not work with your phone.   @ljokerl   Any chance that JH13FP is #300? I am looking forward to S1 and S2 reviews as well (as well as TF10 review you promised. Sorry...

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Quote:   Yes, Please!    Quote:   Probably Sony engineers tuned it using their own players rather than ones with low OI. If you refer to GoldenEars and Rin's analysis, adding impedance makes XBAs relatively linear. I have XBA-3 which sounds better with a slightly higher...

Quote:   Just to be clear, I did buy it at the authorized Sony dealer for $145. Even at that time, plenty of online shops (and eBay) have carried XBA-3 for slightly less than the MSRP ($140). Sony does offer one year replacement warranty as long as the buyer has an invoice and a Sony...

In India, XBA-3 is available for as low as ₹6600 ($120). Even the official price is only $145. Granted that it's more on account of the currency depreciation, it is still a decent choice for those who want to avoid the hassles of shipping and customs. But one is open to taking a little risk...

Quote:   +1   I've been waiting for a decent transport without the disadvantages of my QA350 v2 for a long time. An easy to navigate UI, battery life of 10-15 hours and basic file format support (FLAC, WAV, MP3) is all I ask. Even if it did not have internal memory, I can manage fine...

Quote:   Quote: Then, QA350 Mod V2 is the most beautiful player in the world?

Quote: There is a rumor that it might be review #350

I am in :)

I think you should catch up on those 500 pages whenever you get time - plenty of interesting discussions, just not audio adventures.   BTW, advance congratulations for your 10,000th post (which should happen before my 500th). Sorry for the intrusion, but I am just trolling around to reach my...

Quote:   Can you post the FR with 16 ohm load? I always wondered what they looked like!

Firmware files and update instructions here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/587884/hisound-studio-rocoo-firmware-files