Mimic has said that there was an outage of services at Google which is why your email may have bounced recently. Otherwise it should work.

I don't see that anywhere and I tried to see if I can find old links on the mimic audio website. I don't know why the email doesn't work other than Mimic letting his DNS or email service lapse.

Did you try info@mimic-audio.com ? It's now Mimic Audio instead of Cable.

GoldenSound's review of the Rockna Wavedream pretty much places it above the May. But the latest Signature is way ahead.

There is a small barrier to entry through popular YouTube reviewers to join their Telegram or Discord server through a membership subscription. Some reviewers have free access to their chats so this barrier is pretty thin. Their is a clique of sorts but its organic and not exclusionary. It...

In version 5 (and similarly in version 4) you set the output to "SDM" and select 44.1x512 or 48x512. And make sure to set the modulator and noise shaper according to how powerful your PC is. 512 barely works on the Mac (which I think is at least an option with HQPlayer because of DirectDSD) but...

I second @jcn3 and recommend that you use upsampling to DSD512. If you're using HQPlayer and then yeah it will sound amazing that way on the May.

What happens to the original fuse? do you replace it with a fuse that is just pure copper?

I’m skeptical that it’s obsolete junk a few years later. Every high end computer I’ve built holds up for 5-7 years even for games if you replace the GPU.

Susvara is very revealing of your equipment capabilties. Right now my current set up seems to introduce a bit of noise since timbre and clarity seems to be affected negatively when compared to the Tungsten DS with UP pads. At CanJam NY testing both headphones on high end amps tells me that the...

I seem to have gotten a brand new Susvara with the hospital catheter sleeve. Serial number seems to confirm it’s a recent production too (at the time). Yes, gold is what makes it hard to drive.

That makes me Le Sad. I had a rattling noise in my right driver so I sent it in. Initially they charged me 300 dollars and I sent them the venmo receipt I had. They were satisfied and sent me a label. Then they said it was out of warranty (it was a 2.5mm Susvara) and then charged me an...

Susvara is 300 dollars to replace out of warranty if and only if you have proof of purchase. Otherwise it’s 1500 USD to replace them for issues.

I believe you may have a firmware issue. Is your May a few years old? I had to update mine using a windows pc to use a particular version so that I get no static.

It doesn’t work as in it seems the guitars sound like an alien instrument or something. It’s more of a timbre issue.

I tried the Valkyria a few times. It doesn’t seem to work with rock music or anything that’s not natural. But if you play Jazz, classical, or live music it sounds amazing. But its price tag is too high for a headphone that should work as an all rounder.

I can’t answer that definitively. I think I spent about 15 minutes switching cables and waiting for the very aged fellow to assist me. On the surface, the Voila had a much thicker low end bass and midrange that was very noticeable. Treble seemed different too. Switching to Chimera I lost that...

I have a chimera and tested the Voila at CanJam NYC. I spent a few minutes so take that as a warning, etc. Voila added a lot of warmth/bass that was far more engaging than the Chimera. Chimera didn’t have that satisfying bass of the Voila but seems to have better technicalities across the...

Some people hear a treble peak at about 8-9 kHz which can be grating. Two solutions are: change the outer grill to something a bit more spacious like the honey comb grills that Zeos has or use a hybrid silver/copper cable which seems to even out the treble. Another solution is ear pad swap but I...

While I do agree Ryan can email customers more often if there’s a delay, he is working every day to crank out headphones. Sometimes there are part delays and other times there are custom orders that are a bit unusual. And then there are trade shows he attends, like CanJam NY. Except for the...

For those who ordered Nov 3rd, Ryan is finishing the last batch this week and will ship soon. He took on too many orders for that one which explains the delay. All other orders since then have a much smaller volume so he should get through them faster. Those who ordered through Mimic should...

I can partially answer this: it’s all up to preference. You can use 1.5 MHz PCM upsampling to get thicker notes and detail but each filter seems like a trade of in something. DSD512 with the right filters can sound very lifelike and amazing. It’s probably the thing to aim for. But my...

I upgraded from a 9 month old Topping D90SE to a Holo May KTE. At the time I had a Topping A90 for the amp, and a Susvara which I bought used. Here are some initial impressions after the first few hours, I’m not the kind of person that tries to burn in equipment at first before use: 1. There...

About 20 years ago I tried the venerable Grado SR60. That was the first headphone that made me think: “is high treble confused with good detail?” At first I thought they sounded really good, but after trying darker tracks I found them to be no better than consumer headphones. Granted this...

I haven’t really heard the lesser Hifiman headphones at CanJam too much but I remember that they sound very different from the Susvara plus a bit more fun. But they’re not Tungsten DS quality. As an owner of a Susvara and a Tungsten I find the differences in technicalities very slight. I still...