Thanks again, and thank you guys for helping me with my demands. I'll most likely go for the AS10 and tell you guys what I think about it. But I'll also keep an open ear for other iems that could be complementary with that one and cover a wider use and taste to chose from. I wish you all good...

Thanks a lot for the info about balanced cables, that will help me a lot. Edit: I want to purchase the cable on amazon.fr but the only ones i can find are: https://www.amazon.fr/Cuivre-Écouteurs-équilibré-connecteur-0-78pin/dp/B07KHP5B2M ( doesn't seem balanced even though the title says so )...

Thanks for the quick replies! I actually was interested into that iem before setting up on Kz, but it was a little too expensive at the time. It does indeed fit my criteria pretty well, though I like the Kz design more. Doing great with classical is pretty much a bonus, as I said I would...

Hi, so I've been watching this thread for a while, and I want to finally get myself an iem from KZ! It's my first time actually getting higher grade iem than what you get from phones and such, so I want to find the perfect one, suiting my needs and at the same time being a good enough...

Hello, it's been a while. So I've resolved my issue by using a rubber band. It provided a better seal and thus better isolation, and it also did fit a lot better on my head so no real issues anymore. Now I'm getting another issue though, my pads are simply worn out, and I'm looking for new...

Thanks for the answer, well I actually am pretty "hissing" sensitive, but if the upgraded tips and maybe eq'ing can fix that, it would be ok. Also I'm used to listen at low levels when facing that kind of issue, so If I need time to adapt to the sound I should be fine. I hope that the ostry...

Hello, so I'm looking for iems and I've settled on getting the KZ zs6. I'm looking for details, imaging and clarity, it seems to match with these points. At first I intended to get the hf5 from etymotic but they are too expensive. The KZ actually look better to me, and everything else interests...

Well you are supposed to stack it with rubber band on the phone's back. To me it's not troublesome at all, but I understand if it is for you. Maybe that would suit you better...

Maybe you should try this little dac/amp: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/E19-portable-amplifier-USB-SA9226-ES9028Q2M-DSD-DAC-audio-Decoder-Support-DSD-transmission-192K-32BIT/32831061286.html? I'm about to get this for myself, coupled with a cheap smarphone as a mobile setup.

Yeah, I dont need one, all I was saying is that I even with my tight budget, at this price, I could literally buy the 3 at once. Of course I will buy only one, either the E17 or e19. As I said I'm confused with the E19's ports, even though that's the one I want, I'm not sure if I'll be able to...

I found a 64gb version for the note 4X, so i'll be getting this one for sure ( newer model and almost the same price anyway ). I remembered the brand of my actual dac/amp, and looked deeply into their products, it's some sort of independent chinese brand that uses high cost component and sell...

Thank you for you suggestion, but unfortunately the phone you are telling me about is almost 150€ more expensive ( at least in my country ). That's almost twice the price, and you are tellling me that its the "same phone". If that's the price to pay for priority on updates and longer life then I...

I myself plan to get a xiaomi redmi note 4 64 go ( + up to 128 more with micro sd ) that i can buy at around 180€ in my country. I will use it as a dap, just to store my music. It shoud have Bluetooth 4,2 and it has a big battery for extended period of use. It's fairly big though I think.

> Well i cant buy it right now, so I asked son-video's support and they told me they couldnt say for sure that the deal would still be up after another month or two. So I'll buy it whenever i can and get the R2R later, If I miss the deal, I'll get the soon-released fiio Q5 and then the NFB...

Getting the opus#11 looks like the proper choice to make, then followed by the R2R11. I just hope I can buy the opus soon enough, I have a deal right now for 140€ instead of 200€.

Thanks for the suggestions. I guess I should just get a cheap phone for now, and see later what I should do. I actually have a low tier sabre dac at home ( se9023 ), and I plan on getting a nfb-11.28 ( used to be the big se9018 but now it's 9028 pro i believe ) as soon as possible, so having...

I looked into it some more and I ended up getting even more confused. I found 2 nice portable amp/dacs ( TheBit Opus#11 and the new Shanling UP, both using that ESS Sabre ES9018K2M dac ) both costing 150€, but the second one doesn't have an internal battery, so it would ruin a phone's one...

I actually don't use iem much, so I'm a little woried that the meizu won't have enough power for what I would be using with it. ( I would mainly use ATH-900x and HD-558 headphones, but it would nice to be able to bring my K-702 with me somewhere and be able to power it ). Thanks for the infos...

Hello, I really need a new phone ( i actually don't have one right now ) and I would like to have a decent audio setup when im outside, so I thought about getting an "audiophile" smartphone. I have a really nice discount on the meizu 6 pro plus at only 350€ ( which is my budget, instead of 550€...

ZMF Eikon Pads -> Thanks for the suggestion but it's way too much.   I'm looking for affordable pads under 30$ that fit my headphones the best and fix my sound leaking issues. Even 30$ pads seem too much actually, but I wouldn't mind if it performs well and I'm sure it will.    I'm glad that...

Hello, I've been enjoying my ath-A900X this past month and I really like them. The sound is really wide and immersive, it's a really fine set of heaphones.    The isolation is pretty mediocre though, it leaks quite a bit. I also have an issue with one of my pad, it looks sort of loose and...

I think that the Meze 99 Classic's comfort should be great. ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/Meze-Classics-Closed-Wooden-Headphones/dp/B018VZBH5M )   Don't have them so I can't confirm it. Maybe someone else can. 

I have the M40x, it sure has a good sound and impressive isolation, but it sits on the ears and so the comfort is kinda off, should be sort of similar with the m50X version I suppose.    I think that the DT 770 32 ohms would be what you are looking for, if I'm not mistaken the isolation and...

I just bought the U-Sabre dac/amp for 60€, cheap and effective, only to use with headphone and it supports up to 96Khz and 24 bit.   hifimediy has an equivalent in the us I suppose ( same ES9023 dac chip ): http://hifimediy.com/DACs/ready-made-dacs/UX1-dac and if you want a bigger and power...

I am not doing a review or telling which one is better.   Just providing links that look like what this person is looking for, then he can search by himself what matches with his needs or ask to people that know about them.    I'm about to buy the nfb-11 so I looked for a lot of dac in this...