WOW! A great new cassette player with good sound would be a dream for me. Definitely a buy!

Great looks with the original trifecta and that copper cable too, I love well-themed and thought out combos like that. Little works of combinatory art. Must be suuuuuuper analogue and thick sounding though. All warm thick sliders to the max!

Just wanted to say - very cool, Eletech. Commendable and interesting step into tips. Tips have the highest price to performance ration in head fi and its a cool idea you're doing this.

https://www.sony.ee/electronics/headphone-extension-cables/ep-ni1000 These are the sonys. Re: peels. I confused the "peels" for foam only symbios, whereas they are actually silicone only symbios, which I have not tried. I have the foam only ones which are excellent, but don't fit the Trailli...

I have the Symbio W peels and they're amazing for my u18t and Fourte Noir -- but the bore size is too small for Trailli. How did you get them to fit? I can't seem to see larger bore size peel... Amazing tips those. I hear there's a new Sony foamn tip too that doesn't diminish soundstage but so...

Oh, it'll definitely improve a Sony (but you'll never know how much more / differently a c9 would :p) Damn, I've been using my 2.5 to 4.4 1960s 4-wire interconnect. Best IC if you're using Orphy as an IEM cable in the chain, as it adds more treble. Incredibly good 1000 USD interconnect :D...

Thanks yeah, that's what I'd heard too but better safe than sorry. It's definitely more detailed and transparent than c9 which is a bit "analogue" and what I call "woolly" in the mids, especially with my also woolly PW Orpheus. Very fast and taut. But the c9 has a very widescreen, super...

Any Tsuranagi loco-wackos here? Is it OK to connect the Brise Tsuranagi amp to an sp3000 with a regular 2.5 to 4.4 balanced cable without any extra grounding, like they say you need with the Sony stuff? Kinda underwhelmed with my first impressions of the Tsu, honestly... the soundstage is...

Which should I get for listening with the Tsuranagi amp that I'm getting - the Rn6 or the Xe6? I am tired of my Trailli and want to try something new. The Fir audio atom venting modules call out to me (love the tech on 64 audio stuff) and I'm also in the market for a more bass-heavy experience...

So stylish and clean -- is tha a double helix cables cable?

Damn... just wanted to say AK is killing it with these cool-ass releases. A beautiful VE collab (the aesthetics of VE improved -- always a problem with them for me), a long-awaited R2R implementation on the always interesting futura line, and a beautiful copper sp3000 (that goes perfectly with...

So, what's next for 64 Audio? Now that they've said Blanc will be the last special edition of the Fourte, and the u18s is as far as the u18 model can be "special editioned"? For me, both the Fourte and u18 still easily compete (and sometimes outdo) the latest multi kilobuck IEMs. For example, my...

Yeah, I'm not sure what I've achieved is a compliment to the Fourte Noir. On one end, what I'm hearing right now is the best IEM I have. It has all the strengths of the Trailli (huge dramatic soundstage, realistic and natural timbre) WITHOUT the weaknesses (no venting pressure build-up, BA bass)...

Mhm, I've heard that combo, it's good. Have you considered "throwing in" a c9? That takes it up a notch, and then the sp3000 takes it up one more :D

Meet my personal, unexpected Trailli-killer. After 14 months of Trailli, it's... the Fourte Noir? Yup! This combo is better than I got any chain with the Trailli in it to be. It finally makes the Noir work too. So what is it? It's: SP3000 - 1960s interconnect - c9 - Orpheus - Fourte Noir...

So is this a aesthetic thing only?

The size reflects the size of the SOUNDSTAGE :D That said, I have very large hands so I can hold even the combined sp3000/C9 brick in my hand. When not rocking the brick, I carry it around in this Van Nuys bag that's one of the nicest case-bags I've seen for any DAP...

Uhm... my dudes... what the hell did I just hear? Has anyone heard sp3000, c9, Orpheus, Trailli? More precisely: Sp3000 on oversampling to DSD -> 1960s 4 wire interconnect -> c9 on AB and solid state -> Orpheus -> Trailli (tips: Azla Sednafit lights) Just picked up the Sp3000 today, before...

I just wanted to say the black sp3000's drab olive green case looks.... not good on photos and doesn't go well with any IEM I've seen it next to. I'm kinda interested in the black anodized stainless steel but the case kills it. I've said it before and will say it again: I hope AK abandons the...

In any possible Multiverse Mentor vs Traili soundstage-off, however, for me it will have to come down to MM + Orpheus vs Trailli + Orpheus. I don't really think of the Trailli as an organism separate from the Orpheus any more. The original cable is meh. Just had a listen to it with the original...

Does it really have Trailli level soundstage?

Thanks all for the great suggestions. Mentor in Jade definitely would go nice with Orbit Saga :D Haven't heard either one. Was thinking of getting the Ragnar, but another detailed soundstage IEM that's more detailed than Trailli but has a slightly smaller soundstage seemed unnecessary. More...

Hi fellow head-fiers! I've had what you call a baaaaaaad year. Feels like I narrowly survived. 20 kg overweight - and with little belief remaining in human beings. But still - I'm alive! And now it's Christmas, and the only way to regain belief in this world is - as you all know - to get myself...

Is that Orbit Saga black edition? I've been looking for english language info on that cable for a long time. Thinking of buying the Saga... If yes, how does it sound and how is it compared to other flagships like Orpheus and Centurion?

http://dignisdesign.com/product/lucete-ak-sp3000-alcantara-case/334/?cate_no=85&display_group=1 Really nice to see there's at least one alcantara option with some colour -- the blue one -- for the sp3000. Cases for AK TOTL players have been getting more and more conservative, even the...