A DAP is just a mobile phone with maybe some extra audio chips or discrete audio parts. It still uses the same mobile SoCs as a mobile phone, many are even Android based. The dongle contains a DAC and amp. Some more expensive DAC and amps might discrete parts but that doesn’t automatically mean...

Custom ICs. Whatever you might think about Apple, they still have the best mobile processor designs in the world. Google’s dongle is awful in comparison.

It actually is, the Apple dongle is a very well engineered audio product. Noise floor is astonishingly low and it puts out enough power/voltage for sensitive IEMs.

His excuse is literally the same as people who make that excuse. If you’re not getting the point I’m making then then perhaps this change would make you more happy: It’s literally the same type of excuse. “He’s my family so I’m not going to bother questioning how a 8 year old child came home...

lmao I'm not the one giving the Donald Trump must have his reasons for not providing his tax returns and that's quite frankly good enough for me excuse ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And just like most democracies, they start to decay when people don't do their civic duty so I guess I'll keep jumping up and down ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Like I said, excusing everything with "well its subjectively good enough for me" is sort of why we get sub-par quality control and/or consistency in...

Then if there isn't any issue, why isn't the question ("what is your target curve"?) being answered and why is he consistently responding to that question with the claims that he's channel matching so there is no problem? Like, its a super easy question to answer. Ken Ball has done it before...

Actually he can by actually answering the question being asked and providing information that he's done with a good number of his flagship IEMs previously. I'm willing to throw tantrums if it reminds everyone that Campfire Audio is literally dodging the issue of product variance since its only...

You just gotta bargain hunt. Tivoli Hi-Fi, for instance, always has hefty no questions asked 20% discounts around Christmas and 10% discounts if you sign up to their newsletter from memory. Addicted to Audio has 20% off eBay promotions occasionally, a lot of their products are on their eBay page...

Wasn't aware this was the Campfire Audio Solaris Hugbox thread. Like, if Campfire Audio/Ken Ball can confirm that I'm not going to play Russian roulette with these IEMs by actually answering the questions asked instead of dodging them like any evasive politician caught in a scandal, then I'd...

You don't have to run your subjective impressions before me but this is a forum when I last checked. I'm free to respond to things I don't agree with or see fit. As for your questions... As a former owner of an Orion, Jupiter, Lyra 2 and Andromeda, obviously I have an interest in this brand...

I dunno, the signature is pretty clear to me: The graphs themselves explain like 80% of the story if you're able to understand them. And again, people noting insufficient bass and peaky treble are probably having issues with the fit/seal. I suspect a lot of people don't know what a good...

The bass is definitely not perfect in terms of impact/air/tonality, it does a lot worse than a lot of other dynamic driver hybrids like the Hyla CE-5 and Sony IER-Z1R that seem to use the dynamic driver alone for the heavy lifting in the bass region. The Solaris' bass is kind of limited in terms...

Dude, the video was basically 100% consistent with his written review: Great bass Somewhat lean mids that aren't terribly horrible. Best with female vocals, noticeable leanness with dry male vocals. Fit dependent treble that's dependent on how deep you can insert them, which might be difficult...

Doubtful if everything except for the material is kept the same. The material doing absolutely nothing has been proven by the JVC FD01. JVC provides three different material tips with the exact same dimensions and claims each different material produces a different result (one is warm, one is...

The original claim, from memory, was that Sony was taking impressions from auditions and striving to produce the best product possible. That’s like the most PR friendly statement imaginable. The statement doesn’t even suggest that there will be any changes, which there are none as shown by...

Addicted to Audio isn’t really an industry rep with the same degree of skin in this game, they don’t represent Sony. They’re a retailer and have their own asses to cover with the number of people asking where the hell the IER-Z1R is. That’s why they can say that there are production issues with...

The IER-Z1R has a sensitivity of 103dB/mW at 1khz. Unless it’s got a completely wack sensitivity curve, which is a bit doubtful because the IER-M7 and M9 are both very stable for multi driver IEMs, it’s going to play out of just about anything with decent authority. It’s not like it’s...

Who me? I don’t even own a single Sony product, they haven’t been price of feature competitive for almost a decade outside of maybe the PlayStation. So if I’m working for Sony, they better be bank rolling me like George Soros is apparently single handedly the cause of every protest in America.

Did you miss half this thread before the initial thread lock where you had half the regulars constantly asking them what they mean by recessed vocals (because it’s not a problem on their own unit) and some dude claiming that Japanese Pop was the worst music in the world? Because I absolutely...

I dunno, the people talking about the Solaris’ vocal problems would seem to care. That’s not worshipping graphs, that’s finding out that their impressions are not consistent with the rest (including mine which was positive) and finding why that might be. And in this case, the differences in...

If you want to go back to your hug box, go right ahead but I think it’s about time people actually expected standards from their manufacturers. Ken Ball’s statement is straight up embarrassing right there too answering absolutely nothing. It’s actually a really annoying statement because it’s...

Sorry that opinion is straight up incorrect. 1) There has been very little evidence of burn in having significant results to frequency response graphs. A few dB here and there at most. 2) The measurements you’re seeing are used with ghe same measurement device. 3) Environmental conditions are...

I would like to ask you this question then: at what price point should we expect pretty decent product consistency? That's really the question that should be answered, not dismissed with comments along the lines of "oh well, you know its up to the individual to make a decision..." or "I like...

I think the discussion is valid with regards to the topic of unit variation because unit variation is a quality control issue and solutions to quality control all cost time and/or money. I don't believe 64Audio is that inefficient. Whatever R&D they do might be costly but the BOM itself is...