@SemiRecumbent Excellent transaction! Easy communication, prompt payment, all great! A+++

These are pending. If something changes I'll bump them back up.

Still available. I am surprised too but maybe there is little interest in neutralish all-rounder iems?

Putting these back up as I returned from a trip that was extended and can ship now. I have a mint condition Dunu Zen Pro. The accessories/tips were not used and the earphones have very few hours on them. Never taken outside and used in a smoke-free home. $550 OBO + $8 shipping or local pick up...

@HiFlight Excellent transaction! Received just as described and it was shipped super quickly! A++ to deal with. Buy with confidence!

Replied!

Hello All, I have a like-new condition Dunu Zen Pro. The accessories/tips were not used and the earphone has very few hours on it. I am open to trading or asking for $580 shipped. In terms of a trade, I am looking for neutral/reference sound signatures like the Gaudio Nair, InEar ProPhile 8s...

I think there are significant differences between these earphones. If you can find the way to take a listen to both, I would suggest it. There are people that will diminish the differences without actually having heard/owned both. I wouldn't put much stock into those impressions.    I have...

I'd take an ESP950, even with its little stock amp, over an unmodded/decently amped HD800 any day. They are leagues ahead of the HD800 (in those conditions) in terms of tonal balance, timbre, and frequency response IMO. An unmodded HD800 will pry much deeper into a mix due to it's super peak...

I bought some extra Koss pads and stacked the foam from the older pads into the newer pads and sewed them up with some vinyl fabric. It was super easy and very cheap. I originally did it because my ears would rub against the inside of the cups and annoy me after a few minutes of use. I think it...

You can usually get them for around $600 direct from Koss around Black Friday/Cyber Monday. They had the 40% off sale around that time last year I believe. 

I wouldn't rule it out totally, placebo I mean. But I've had them with me back to back for a few days and I doubt it. I've played and owned a few upright basses over the years and different woods definitely have an impact on the sound. Not saying that this is what is happening here but I also...

@artwood100   Thanks for your impressions! Definitely concur with most of your impressions. The Sakura has a softer and more rounded sound compared to the Kaede II. I'm finding that the Akazakura is just as detailed but it derives it's micro detail in a more natural way to me (through a more...

So I got a chance to listen to them together to see how my memory of the Kaede II compares (28mm Kaede and Akazakura) just with the GOv2. They are more the same than different but have some notable differences IMO. I generally don't expect too much from IEMs but I just look for four things in...

@AnakChan   Thank you for the detailed impressions! We are hearing things a bit differently as the AKA Sakura feels a little less contrasty (bass/treble) and less sucked out in the mid range due to the little bump there compared to the 28mm Kaede II. I'm not sure I would call the Sakura more...

I wouldn't make too much of it. They may sound very different to your ears.   I basically did the same thing. I really liked a lot of aspects of the Kaede II's sound, but their unnatural treble and funny FR made me sale them. The AKA Sakura is very slightly more laid back in the treble to me...

Absolutely! Really wish I could have gotten a hold of the Aka Kaede II, but they were produced in a much smaller amount than the 28mm version if I am recalling correctly. I wouldn't doubt that the 2mm is what is making the Sakura's treble seem a little less energetic that the Kaedes I had, but...

I am generally not a fan of BAs simply because most, though not all, don't have the timbral naturalness and cohesion of a good DD based earphone. Having said that, there are some wonderful multi BA earphones that I heave really enjoyed, but they almost always IME leave something to be desired in...

They are more similar than they are different IMO. The sound signatures are just slightly different and the biggest departure to me is that the Sakura's treble response is just a tiny bit less energetic in the 7-10KHz region than the Kaede II. The 20-100Hz region may also be just a hair more...

Just getting a chance to listen to the Sakuras for a bit. I had the Kaede II for about a year but these impressions are only based off memory and very preliminary first impressions (per usual, salt grains etc.). They definitely sound a little different. I went for the 30mm tube length model and...

Yeah, I wouldn't expect that at all. I also would not expect it to sound all that different. The only thing missing for me from Kaede II was that it wasn't very balanced, and that made a lot of music sound bad on it. I am hoping that warmer actually might translate to a more balanced...

Hmmm. The Kaede remains the only earphone which I have missed after selling. Ultimately it wasn't balanced enough for me to want to keep (too treble tipped) but its ability to reproduce the timbre and texture of acoustic instruments still remains in my mind. It would be great if what they mean...

Hello,   Massdrop Name: recarcar   Would love to see the HD800 drop. Or some of the new Stax Lambdas!

Definitely could be placebo, but I think that the extra padding actually helps with positioning the headphone on my head/face which might have an effect on the response. I actually did it initially out of comfort (my ear touch the inside of the cup), not expecting it to make any difference. I do...

In my experience the ESP950 is pretty DAC dependent. I've actually just been using it with vinyl and have been satisfied.    I think that you basically described its nature well though. It is a pretty detailed phone (slightly more so than the 6x0 IMO, at least with the rigs I've heard them on)...