In another word, if you don't do critical listening A/B, Bonneville and Black Star are pretty much the same? Okay, just read from @Rockwell75, Bonneville is more exciting and Black Star is more neutral, I guess my choice is still Bonneville.

Three babies! but you always ditch some of the babies :).

So in CFA's vocabulary, DD+BA is the Sun, and the Planar is Moon.

Okay, without Google translate, how many you guys can write in German?

Really beautiful pairing, congrats!

Wow, that's pretty good!

I am now listening with Z1R from my desktop DAC/AMP, it scales pretty well, with the BSEP cable, definitely still stand up to the current TOTL IEMs.

You are a really good salesman, I need to demo it this coming CanJam if they carry the Prestige Ltd.

You also need a multi million dollar home to have the treated room to house this $0.56 million speaker. PS, when I read the article closely, I found some potentially fishy crap: 28mm diamond-coated beryllium-diaphragm tweeter. Is this to justify the high price, or indeed diamond can improve DD...

I totally agree, and I believe one of the good examples of the opposite is your current choice, Bonneville, which is so much more exciting.

I guess most of us did not have a chance to demo it. However, that being said, Thieaudio as a vendor turned IEM company, its reputation still need time to prove. I have the Monarch OG when I first entered in this hobby, and I have to say if Monarch is the example of Thieaudio, my impression is...

Great review, basically answer my most important question: should I buy Pilgrim, or Diva, or Anni 23. I think if your description of the comparison between Pilgrim and Diva is correct, I will simply skip Pilgrim, and buy Diva instead. On my book, the difference between Diva 23 and Anni 23 is...

Unless this will completely replace the regular phones, the entire concept of audiophile phone also being a DAP will be a failed attempt.

Then try viewing while doing a handstand :).

I am a little behind in my review for the touring kit, but here is my review for the Oriolus Monachaa.

Cross posting from watercooler thread, my review for Brise Audio BSEP for Sony IER-Z1R is Here.

My review for Brise Audio BSEP for Sony IER-Z1R is Here.

It's similar in Mexico, right now right now vs right now (meaning when I have time), or later later (meaning never) vs later.

How does CP54E compared to Diva? or even with Anni 23?

Technically, $8,500/2 = $4,250 is right in the middle :). So $2,500 is budget.

Need more time to have any impression since I spent most of my time listening to the touring Oriolus Monachaa before I sent it out this Friday. But the initial short impression is, the improvement of sound quality is nuance, at least requiring some A/B test. I have wow moment from Code 24 for...