I'm really liking the Aful Performer 8. Not the most amount of bass, but very detailed and I like the soundstage. I listen mostly to bands like Opeth, Lorna Shore, In Flames, Avatar, Meshuggah. Then again, I dont have lots of experience with other IEM's. My previous was Westone UM2-RC

I pulled the trigger and went for the dx170 and Performer8. Currently (im)patiently awaiting their arrival... Thanks for the help and suggestions!

Wow, thanks a lot for the great and elaborate explanation! I will need to dig into those graphs a bit better, but that's a cool tool. I can't seem to get multiple iem's in one graph to better compare? Or am I missing something? Of course plotting and comparing the graphs from different...

Exactly. That's why I find it hard to make a decision, lol. Blessing 3 may be interesting. I'll read some reviews and see where I can order it. I dont mind if it's different from my um2rc's, but what do you mean with "hot in the gain region"? I have to look into those graphs and how they...

Have you also tried more expensive iem's? I sometimes see some very cheating iem's wilt multiple BA's and a DD for about 60€, and I really have my doubts if an earphone with that complexity at such a low price can be any good in sound and robustness. But I could be completely wrong of course...

Hi guys and Girls, TLDR looking for iems <~350, dap <~500. Any suggestions? ;) Full story After a few years with less focus on portable audio, I'm getting back into it. My current setup consists of a Ibasso DX50 and Westone UM2RC iems. The cable of my iems is starting to have some issues, and...

Hi guys, After a few years with less focus on portable audio, I'm getting back into it. My current setup consists of a Ibasso DX50 and Westone UM2RC iems. The cable of my iems is starting to have some issues, and I'm looking to upgrade my dap to one with wifi and overall better SQ. I'm mostly...

...and here's the pictures! Here the connections on my headphones are still wrong though :) Very nice craftsmanship! Cable looks really nice and feels very sturdy. I can't say anything on the sound yet, as it will need some playtime and I just got a new headphone amp that also needs some time...

Thanks!

Yay! My 3m Claire HPC Mk2 for my Hifiman HE400i has arrived! One quick question though... How do I know which is the left connection and which is the right? One connection has a green "A" in the FAW logo, is that left or right? I will post pictures later, don't worry :P

Yay! :-P

Hi Matthew,   Thanks for the update! The delay is two weeks? I ordered my cable October 30th (3m Claire HPC Mk2). Can I expect my cable around 27th of November then (4 weeks total)?    Just to get an idea when I can expect my order :) Thanks!

Thanks for your reply. I was planning to go with silver since I like the look of it better. On paper, I like the sound proporties of silver better than of copper, but I am not so sure if I will be able to hear the difference... Is solid core more difficult to solder than 'normal' wire? Is the...

I'm planning on building a LOD for my iPod. I was thinking of using silver wire. For the connectors and cables I was planning on buying from Qables.com. Since I'm from the Netherlands it seems the easiest to buy from a dutch webshop. (Other tips are welcome off course)   I was expecting that...

So you mean to ditch the iPod completely and just use the computer? Yeah, I guess that's also an option... Although I really like the i20. Very nice price and SQ seems decent. I'll have to check the availability in the Netherlands though...

At home I have two Monitor Audio RX6 speakers hooked up to a Marants SR5005 receiver. When I want to listen to music from my iPod, currently I use the cable that came with the iPod and connect it to the USB port on the receiver. Would I get a better sound if I used something like...

    Where can you get these IEM's for these prices in the Netherlands? Just curious...

Thanks tienbasse! I will go look on Amzazon.co.uk. I will try the french one as well, but my french is really bad, so I'm a bit concerned that I miss some info in the ads...

anyone?

Just kicking this one up. No need for a new topic.   If I want to import from, let's say, Amazon. What are the extra costs I would have to take into account?   Further, on Ebay I see companies from Honk Kong or Singapore offering Westone's. Are these shops legit? I wonder since Westone...

@mvw2: Nice explanation! How would the Westone UM2 fit in with these IEM's? I'm leaning towards this earphone and I seem to have about the same requirements as the TS. Coming from Shure SCL2 though.

How do you notice if a IEM is hard to drive? You have to turn up the volume knob on the player for the same volume from the IEM?

  Quote:   Anybody with more info on this? 

Thanks for the tip. I'll read some reviews on these IEM's. I see the DBA-02 have a sensistivity of 108dB and a impedance of 43Ohm, compared to 119 and 27 for the UM2 and 117 and 32 for the TF10's. I am not a sound engineer, so what do these differences tell me?   @Negakinu: I see you are...

Trying them out will be bit of a problem. I'm not sure if I can find a (real life) shop that sells the TF10 in Eindhoven where I live. I also would not be able to try out the UM2's. I did find a dutch webshop that sells them for 199 Euro's which is much cheaper than what I found in other...