Quote:   Looking forward to your thoughts - I also have RX3 and am contemplating whether to upgrade my old CLAS to the new CLAS - I wonder if the difference is really big that warrants an upgrade?

Quote:   Even over my 700s and your 800s? 

Quote:   But how about Jude's opinion at the start of this thread?

Quote:   After reading this, I am seriously deciding as to whether I should really send the amp back to Ken for lowering the gain on the low setting for my JH11s. I just can't listen to the amp with my JH11s at all at the moment (with single ended output), the channel imbalance between 1...

So I'm still deciding whether to get the balanced cable for my JH11s...

Quote:   Yeah I think he should.   If it can definitely be lowered, then I will send it back. But at the moment it seems that its more like a 50/50 chance.

Quote:   The postage would be pretty high.   And also, Ken says previously on this thread that it might not suit everyone's need anyway. Hmm..

Quote:   Okay so you guys got me all confused.   One says balanced will reduce the noise floor and eliminate(?) channel imbalance with their ES5.   The other says balanced will not cure the problem.   I really don't know whether I should get a balanced adapter for the JH11s...

Quote:   Probably would be similar, in my opinion. I'm thinking whether I should get a balanced out adapter for my JH11s, because currently I cannot listen to anything using my IEM. I can only use my HD700 and Amperior with my MK3.

Quote:   But it seems like this problem can be solved by a balanced out.

Quote:   So even at the lowest volumes (ie. from turning it on at around 1 o'clock until 2 o'clock) there is no channel imbalance?   I only use low gain for my IEMs because mid gain at the lowest volume will already make me go deaf.

Quote:   So noise floor has been reduced significantly after using balanced out.   How about the channel imbalance at low volumes on low gain? Is that fixed, too, by using balanced out?

Quote:   Yes, please do, as I am contemplating of ordering a balanced adapter for my JH11s if this corrects the issue. Looking forward to it.

If going balanced solves problems with the IEMs, then I would definitely go balanced!

I am thinking of getting an OCC Cyro SPC cable for my 700s, hopefully toning down the bright trebles a bit.   Does anyone know if the one in 'white' would slowly oxidise to a green-ish colour after some time? Or would I be better off getting a black one?            

Quote:   Sorry I don't mean the bass function. I guess I quoted the wrong message. Edited now.

On low gain, I can hear the channel imbalance on my JH11s very clearly at the lowest volume of the dial, alongside the very apparent static noise floor (which I don't get with my Pico Slim) when no music is being played.   And when I turn it up a bit more, the imbalance seems to be gone, but...

Does any of you HD700 owner, realised that the steel mesh(es) (3 on each side), seems to pop out a bit?   I mean, like, when you press on them, it seems like there is some air inside?   I just want to make sure I didn't get a defective pair.

Quote:     I thought silver-plated copper is the same as copper, just that it is silver-plated?   And doesn't Frank include a nylon (or some sort) that wraps around the cable until the Y junction if it's silver-plated copper (it is still copper inside afterall)?   Or am I mistaken?

Quote:   Transparency is fine with the HD700, of course it is not as revealing as the HD800, but I find it nice to listen to when I just want to sit back, enjoy and relax to the music. The HD800 is good, too, because it is just a different animal to the HD700.   The bass impact is...

Does anyone know (in general) what are the differences sonically, in terms of the 3 cables on offer by Frank? 1) OCC Cyro Copper 2) OCC Cyro Silver-Plated Copper 3) OCC Cyro Silver   I am contemplating of buying one for my HD700. I like almost everything about it, except maybe the...

Quote:   That's why I just tie it at one point:  

Would anyone happen to know what material the stock HD700 cable is made of?

 

I have listened to some Chinese pop-star songs - I noticed there are some sort of sibilance in particular songs, does anyone notice this, too? But less so in other songs.