an upgrade over an already excellent headphone for that value/price is hard. but the ananda v3 is now selling for $370, that's a guaranteed deaf-buy the headphones you mentioned don't have a similar character to that of the Q701. I would not recommend buying them if you loved the sound of the...

I just pulled up my notes for the cheapest estats since this thread is not so old, so it may help you koss-esp6 (used) $150~ish last time I found it on ebay monolith estat $300-$600 (w/amp included) kingsound ks-h2 $500 massdrop koss ksp-95x $500 (w/amp included) and like others mentioned...

Though you didn't answer my question, I guess that generally v20 is considered the best smartphone for audio although some would argue that Xplay 5 elite is the best However I am interested in what variant of the axon 7 you own.   Can you also answer my previous questions?? It'd be nice of...

Nope, but I was asking you about them.

Weird, As far as I know Axon 7 has more power output than both v10 and v20,  It has both a good dac and good amp, and for  real life test like gsmarena test, while loaded Axon 7 had less crosstalk than both smartphones and same noise floor as the v20,  headfiers convinced their selves that lg v...

Same thing for the ether flows??? I mean it's not so much for lower mids than 3k which are the "priority" of most people in the end, do you prefer female vocals?? again you mentioned the ether flow, the ether is just "smoother" with less high presence and more lower midrange focus. that's all...

2000< euros for soundstage, mids and bass and no one mentioned Mr.speakers ether?? whoa... (And I mean the ethers, not the ether flows).

Thanks for your helpful answer, Heals, I feel more hyped about it now :)    Sidenote that worth to mention for people looking here is that 1 have to buy the A2017U instead of the A2017G (Europe) as many people say that they find the later to be a bit weaker on audio department somehow. 

Yes I found out, A7 indeed packs a lot for a smartphone, But let's talk about how they drive the MIII's, Do they sound loud enough?? That's interesting :)

Thank you too, Music Alchemist.

Thank you tiptop guy :)

    OH GOD these are old posts and I'm praying one of you can answer me I noticed that some pros here actually avoid compensated FR graphs and route for measured raw data, Even Tyll himself prefers to look for raw measured FR because as he claims to be "inaccurate" anyways my understanding...

Thanks for the useful posts I read them all :)      Thank you very much Akg senpai and sorry for doing many stupid things lately xl 

I was against that and I still but unfortunately I met A LOT of people who do that, Anyways I even mentioned  was like 90-95% of times not 100% now I think it can be way less than this ratio, I feel I am enlightened by your last reply because I totally forgot these simple, Very simple facts :p...

First of all I am very thankful for reading my post and for your reply although yeah you didn't answer anything I guess, But you gave some useful points, Because of people like you headfi is still great for me :D for the statement above about harman target response curve which is the scientific...

You're probably saying to yourself this question has been asked a lot, However there are more questions related to the title, 3 cases are bothering my mind and need a full answer, I am kind of (still) new to headfi (mainly because I am not willing to browse it a lot or haven't subscribed to...

Definitely not, They use active external amplifiers when testing these smartphones, So blaming it on bad amp is not a valid explanation (plus the devices we mentioned has better internal amp than Mi5 if you are concerned).

Xplay5 Elite (2x sabre 9028): http://www.gsmarena.com/vivo_xplay5_elite-review-1456p7.php#aq Lg v10 (sabre 9018): http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_v10-review-1333p7.php Lg v20 (sabre 9218 Quad): http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_v10-review-1333p7.php Axon 7 (Akm 4490, They crippled this one so much...

I am not sure why though, As the shp9500 is very slight bass emph. and they actually go down in subbass as I stated before, I thought it suits your genre and I was surprised when you said "they have tons of bass" , I mean they are only slightly bass-forward(ed), But if you want less bass, Use an...

You are welcome buddy  Hint : they are selling for $57 on Newegg I think, Great pricing there. For 100-130 I think you can't get a real upgrade over those, Considering those are neutral you can also listen for other genres instead of locking it for uk hardcore  They also have huge soundstage...

Hi VanillaShades   You do mean the KSC 75 right?? Well no matter what's your budget you need to buy these miracle tiny bastards :D I searched for this sub/genre and it seems to be evolved around typically electronic stuff, Right? Anyways the budget range is very confusing, I can suggest...

Hi mcmalden What part of Qualcomm wcd9335 overpowering Ak4490 and Sabre 9218/9028/9016 seems logical for you, Yes they miss some measurements, But it's obvious that they are being flawed, From Dynamic range, Noise ground, Frequency response, THD and noise, That's just impossible for the mi5 to...

I stand on my point, Just because these cans seem very well performing because some people enjoy dark sound, It doesn't mean it's flat by logic, Or let's say that's my opinion and in my perspective as a flat signature/analytic can chaser the k712 are far from being bass neutral, It's for people...

Can somebody let me know what TI OPAMP this device uses????? my money is on the line, I am buying a k601 and I don't know if this device can power it properly  Please help :(

Does anyone here knows what Texas instruments' Operation amplifier model included in the Axon 7??? ZTE seems to be very concerned of announcing the amp variant, Unlike Vivo and the rest :/ Also, I am about to get my Akg k601 and I need some information about whether it can power it or not :)...