Amps are huge, night and day difference especially with power hungry sets. I think an amp done right can easily exceed the performance of a good DAC but the sort of amps that due that are very expensive in my experience. In other words, it's my take that you can feed a great amp with a decent...

HAHA YES, this is why I like jewel, treble is a but subdued so at louder volumes it's not grating and that bass go boom. I jam bro.

IDK who said it but yes Aroma Audio is a bad name lol so is awful, wheres the marketing team! = P

Was me, they also scale so try different sources. I'm using Hugo2 + CDM(JOZ 5719 tubes, stupid good).

Fellow cigar enthusiast, very nice. I've had some amazing sticks this year, probably best value to performance ratio was the Avo Fogata in Toro; vanilla cream undertone throughout, lemongrass, coffee, orange zest, caramel, sweet cedar, white pepper. Bought 2 boxes, put away in tupperdors...

Funny you mention it, I am also a huge fan of th 1960's, it had an energentic romantic sound, trying my best to describe it. the 1950's is a great neutral cable that really clears everything up.

Howdare you post ww/o impressions! Literally the most anticipated IEM! lol

Mentor no contest, that monitor produces the largest most holographc images I've ever experienced in this hobby, the BCD in that is legit and I suspect it's responsible for that effect. The Anni had a good tuning but there are tons of monitors with good tunings, to my ears it was also dry...

This is true, exactly as I hear most Brise offerings. They are legit cables. The jewel likes louder volumes, use a good source and listen loud, the dynamics will come out whereas they may be less detectable at lower volumes. Jewel was tuned with louder listening in mind IMO. Love it. Still...

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I would guess thats unlikely as BAs were invented for hearing aids and the technology behind dynamic drivers wasn't.

Interesting people say BA's can sound just like DD's yet trifecta which is all DD's sounds completely unique. Speaks for itself.

Unfortunately I agree, even though looks are subjective when it comes to this sort of thing IMO it doesn't look it's part but I'm sure it sounds great, hope more people can hear it. I won't be buying it, opportunity cost of what else I could have got for that price.

I think they can convert a uni to a custom, If I had it to do over I'd get a used from the classifieds and convert it. Living without my Jewel sucked. Really wanna hear Fei wan. Love the way the Jewel DD jumps out at you while not polluting the rest of the sig. Jewel king of smoooooov. The...

Yea if it's between that and that shiny new Brise thing, I know where I'm going. Mass Kobo baby.

Finally I am reuinted with Jewel after a long repair process. I missed that sweet DD. What a terrible listening experience without it, had to go back to my all BA set. @tjzurlaaa Do you have the Mass Kobo 465? I heard it's endgame.

I could get 2 of all of them for 2/3 the price of that watch and believe it or not, that watch isn't even top end price comparatively, I think it's top end horology but def not top end price that would be hundreds of thounsands to millions. :sweat_smile:

So wait, I can get a Fukaku or a storm + Ss cable? I know which way I'm going, toward innovation. No but seriously I do hope to hear these some day and respect they are "doing it" but when I consider what else I could get fo 16k in the audio world, the Fukaku or for that matter the storm are...

There wont be an update for months. IF you think that's bad, you should see the wait times for night vision gear or suppressor approvals which for me is aroun 15-18 months.

Thanks for helping me decide, the blue tourbillion at the top will be my reward this year if I meet my goals. The purple hued rolex "bluesy" is also a top blue dial. It started out blue but fades to purple with age.

You a blue dial guy?

LOL, that aint nothing-chump change. Step up to the big leagues bud, 17k for that liquid gold sweetness, gotta go with the longest version as well, why not. Go big or go home. https://shop.musicteck.com/collections/06-cable/products/brise-audio-murakumo-2?variant=47334231048482 (sarcasm)

Can we get a Fei Wan tour?

Does anyone know anyone aside from Music Teck who I could get a Fei wan demo from? Havent' been able to secure one from andrew.

Am I reading things wrong or is the storm prototype a DD? I heard someone say it had "woofers."