Fantastic comparison bcwang. And most importantly, after making a help request thread (which bricked and sank with no one offering any replies) your suggestion regarding settings with Asio4all FINALLY enabled me to get it to work with my udac-2!! Can't thank you enough. The improvement is...

Quote: Hey Maestro,   I can definitely vouch for the somewhat high degree of difficulty my sources have driving the mc5s. They were fine using my FiiO E7 or my udac-2 but coming straight out of my laptop, Blackberry, and 1st gen ipod nano they were unable to get to a decent volume...

Wow, that's not good. We've definitely have different experiences with the unit then. Sorry to hear you're having problems.   Quote:

That's funny. I run a similar setup with my Dell e6400 laptop and when I run the udac-2 with my ety 4ps with S cable I hear no noise at all. As long as I plug in my headphones with the unit turned off and then turn it on it's completely silent. Out of curiosity, I tried switching out headphones...

I just recently got a pair of these myself and am amazed at the quality of sound. I'm driving them with the uDAC-2 out of my laptop and it's wonderful. Can't wait to do a comparison to my er-4p's when I get them back from Etymotics.

Really? No one? Bump.

Quote: I got a FiiO E7 and was using it for a few days and was mostly pleased with it, but before I knew it the upgrade bug hit me again and I got the udac2. The E7 has a lot going for it with the screen and form factor and portability should you ever want to use it away from your...

Hey guys,   Just received my Udac-2 from debitsohn (thanks again man!) and have hooked it up to my laptop and when trying to use it with Asio4all in Foobar2000 I'm not getting any sound output. I uninstalled and reinstalled the plugin and software and I followed the instructions in the...

Quote: I bought a replacement cable from xin feng's website (whatever happened to that guy? I'd love to have a supermini IV!) and used it for a while but for some reason that escapes me, I ended up switching back to the the original. Don't think I'll be replacing the cable again this...

Quote: I personally don't think it's necessary to boost the bass on the MC5's at all. Then again I haven't been a "basshead" like that since high school. It's up to your personal preference, but you definitely wouldn't damage them by employing bass boost (unless perhaps you pushed them...

Count me as another very impressed user of these IEMs. I owned the er-4p's for years but stopped using them for a while when the cables became damaged through normal wear and tear. I went to different IEMs over the years (Denons mostly) but ended getting these when my prior Denons stopped...

Wow, that Pink Floyd looks incredible too. Now downloading the FLAC, can't wait. Thanks man. I knew there was a good reason for me to come back to the forums. Ha.

http://www.el-p-weareallgoingtoburninhell.com/   Based on a quick search I know there are at least a few El-P fans on this board and I didn't see a thread about this album already so I figured I'd share. He released this album on Aug 3rd and it's an all instrumental collection of rare and...

http://kindofbloop.com/   Not sure if this has been posted before. Basically, it's Miles Davis' Kind of Blue album reimagined as 8-bit music (think of the music soundtracks for your old NES, Amiga, C-64 games). It may be considered blasphemous by some, but I have to say that I'm quite...

Because I don't want this thread to go completely ignored like my last one......<bump>

....and have purchased a home use headphone system. After it was all said and done I ended up with: a Wheatfield HA-1 headphone amp, some Outlaw PCA interconnects, and I will still be using my Etys as headphones with this system. I chose the Wheatfield because it seemed like the best...

Quote: Originally posted by Vince FlurkingShnit - is the sound degradation sudden or more gradual? Also, Can you tell by looking at them - do they change color? The sound change I believe is more gradual.

If you keep your ears fairly clean and clean them often, the filters last much longer. I clean my ears everyday after I shower and my first pair of filters lasted me about a year and a half. Of course, your mileage may vary. You can tell when the filters need replacing by the way the...

.....Exactly what the title says I've been considering a new home use amp for a long time and the solo headphone amp just became a dealer item. The more I think about it, the more curious I feel about tube amps. I have become quite attached to the solid state sound, and this Wheatfield amp...

Maybe it's just me, but a lot of these questions and discussions about the Etys and 4p to 4s adapter might have been left in one or two threads instead of several different threads. It's weird seeing a new thread everytime the topic is SLIGHTLY different than what was discussed before. To each...

I remember reading about that thread and I suppose I can look up the Feelies online. Thanks Markl.

The pot on my CHA-47 is smooth as silk and doesn't make any noise at all when I'm playing music and tweaking the volume. And it's cheaper than a TA to boot. GO JMT! woO!

Pinkerton was just one of those albums. Some liked it for its raw emotion and others hated it because it was such a departure from the Blue Album. Give Maladroit a chance though. It's a mixture of both. A song like Burndt Jamb is one that is hard to imagine anyone not liking.

Quote: Originally posted by markl I'm detecting a "pattern" here with Weezer releases and I think it has something to do with the fact that like the Cure they have two separate audiences-- one group who likes the more pop-y side of the band, and another who like the more "emo/indie" side...

Quote: What Cd of theirs is it most like? That's a little bit of a tough one to answer. To my ears it contains influences from just about every Weezer album. If I had to pick one album, I'd say it has the most influences from Pinkerton, but there are songs that sound like they would...