On my desktop setup the BQEYZ Wind is a keeper. Directly off of my iPad, 🤢 Hopefully I'll get a chance tomorrow, to try out the Wind on my FiiO BTR7

BQEYZ Wind On stock cable (2.5mm balanced), on my burn in rig (2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter --> iPad, playing 2000's Hip Hop, via Pandora), for 20 hrs. What's the best way to convey my listening experience ? The playback gives me flashbacks of working late in the office, when it's just me...

I say this good naturedly :beerchug: But how can someone with your level of literacy not know how to use paragraphs ? Your like the Akros of Head-Fi. I'm sure you have something valuable to share, but I can't read for more than a few seconds, without getting eye strain. Do old folks like...

Well this is interesting, maybe concerning: items that I purchased mid April (from AliExpress), are being routed through the Netherlands, final destination U.S. The concern being, if the packages will be scrutinized for value and taxation. If this route becomes the norm.

I'm with you. The majority of my listening is on my portable equipment, via either my Qudelix-5K or FiiO BTR7. But the overwhelming majority of my IEMs are just that much better on a desktop DAC+Amp setup

Kinera lost my interest, with their incessant production of new lines. At times, the steam doesn't have the chance to cool of off one pile, before the next dookey is dropped. So pardon my ignorance, when I ask: Is Celest now a standalone subsidiary/"economic" line, like how Jade Audio is to...

The IER-Z1R was leaps and bounds beyond other IEMs, circa 2018. I was fortunate enough to get to audition a set recently and found the low end and width are still exemplary, for 2024. But the mid frequencies/vocals are seriously lacking, for a $1.6K set. I’ve always shied away from “highly...

Who's your Daddy ?

Guilty. The non-descript design of the Trio has kept me on the sideline. But for $20 bucks (on AE, vs. $40 on Amazon), I'll listen to them in the dark.

It's that time of the year, no month, no week, . . . whatever Starts May 1st, blah, blah, blah

If your Qudelix-5K only shows 10 bands (EQ), backup your pre-sets before taking the next firmware update; as it will wipe out those EQ settings. But the update is very much worth it. Gym gear: 7hz Legato + Qudelix-5K

Pioneers get the arrows, settlers get the land I still marvel (that as a collective) we put up with this carp :poop: . No other hobby comes to (my) mind, where beta releases (as retail offerings) are accepted/expected.

So to summarize, unlike the few outliers, the ST7 is like the majority of the two lines; it’s a mixed bag of nuts. Some moments of joy, mixed in with a bunch of old, salted nuts.

Had a busy weekend, wheelin -n- dealin. Started with a Kospet Tank 3 (L) and traded up to an Amazfit T-Rex Ultra (R) Now I have a watch, that keeps reminding me to get off of my backside and move around, through out the day. I think I'll have to go back to analog, if this watch doesn't mind...

That image, immediately brought to mind "Dyn-o-mite!"

Citizen Tsuyosa, with small second hand

That sounds like an oxymoron. 👿 Is that when you wake up in the E.R. or you hear a distant voice shouting CLEAR!!! 👿

TRN ST7 Seems a bit convoluted, on how a 3-way crossover would properly subdivide the signal. The red outlines are my guess, as to how adjacent drivers, share a channel, in the 3-way crossover. In scenario 1, the two dissimilar DDs would be overlapping. In scenario 2, for the two DDs to be...

In my opinion (Steve Austin, "and that's all that matters, . . ." 👿), the X's choice in having a fixed aperture, in the receptacle, for the driver, is limiting. Unlike a more open design, like the LZ A4 Pro

I can now say (with confidence) that the combo of the LZ A4 Pro and an inexpensive balanced cable (e.g. the NiceHCK Silvercat) are a heavy contender, for the sub $100 category. All because of a serendipitous firmware update, to my Qudelix-5K. With the MoonDrop Dusk's accolades, for the...

Since MoonDrop took pre-orders, I would guess, that they would also do backorders, for the Dusk. But we’ll see, if forum members report either extended shipping delays or cancelled orders.

Moondrop, has pulled the page, from their AE Official Store. I only got to the retired page, because it's still listed in my cancelled orders.

Maybe The LZ A4 Pro With the price correction (got my LZ A4 Pro to my door for $83), from last week's sale, the A4 Pro is a viable option, for the sub $100 category. Credit to @Dsnuts for pointing out (in his review: link) that the gold and red nozzles (from the A7) fill in the gap, presented...

I woudn't even go to the level of proper typesetting. Just post the design mockup on social media, in the western hemisphere. & Let the :poop: commence

I can't be the only one, that sees, what I see ? :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: :poop: