same experience here. bought several new fitear universal from japan and got visitor tax-free since 2022 - TG334, silver and iMarge. don't think there's any restriction except for custom models. i didn't have the Creator but just briefly demoed once. my experience with the creator cable comes...

found amazon.jp was selling this at a big, big discount! fetched it at less than 80k yen. with super quick expedited shipping, in 2 days it reached my home :ksc75smile: the build quality looks top notch and easy to drive loud enough for my listening preference. most of the ATH overears i got...

not at all. it's quite comfortable and there's no sharp edge that will hurt my ears. and yes, it's so beautifully crafted that i don't know why it could be priced so reasonably.

just saw the local agent put this flipears artha argentum on shelf for sale today. even i've listen to the original artha in acrylic shell before briefly, there's no demo for this silver shell ver so it's really a leap of faith to make this purchase. but the price is quite reasonable and...

i'm another happy customer got my n5005 from the big, big sale! i've just listening to it with the bundled bluetooth, with the default reference sound filter. there's actually quite a lot of midbass to my surprise. excellent details and very pleasing for pop music. i thought i read somewhere...

my probably heavily biased view is that most of the small boutique brands' totl offerings are not necessarily "better" than the big brand name premium products in terms of sound quality. small boutique brands have far less R&D budget/know-how, manufacturing technique and capacity, economy of...

I also got fw10000, ie900 and perpetua. They all have their pros and cons but my preference is fw10000 > ie900 > tz700 = perpetua. :relaxed:

after bought the mdr-ex800st in tokyo last month, i found it sounds so good yet priced so reasonably (and yet still made in japan!), I kept looking for the bigger brother ex1000 in good condition hoping to get even more amazing sound. eventually got a pair of pristine condition 2nd hand but...

Grabbed a pair of good condition 2nd hand tZ700 after toy shopping (again) today! mostly for the wish to complete my collection of the premium contemporary japanese universal iems from major manufacturers (e.g. victor fw10000, sony z1r, final a8000 and technics tz700). sounds really terrific...

That seems very possible! If silver is not much more expensive than it's resin/ acrylic shell cousin, it seems there might not be substantial difference between Ti and Ag shell. The manufacturing cost of Ti is a very good point.

suyama san has been testing his own prototype DC Ag for many months. he revealed in his on X account that the development was almost completed but there're still some issues to overcome for commercialization. suyama san even replied my queries last year that "Tuning remains the same (with DC...

time to have an update to my ranking (after getting 3 new sets in 2024!). my desire get new headphones is subsiding and properly won't looking to buy any new one for a while as i think i already getting too many but spent too little time in enjoying music :disappointed_relieved: my preference...

Fiio R9 > T+A Solitaire P-SE Goddess - Laufey

i think premier has the hardest hitting bass of all three models. premier sounds much warmer to me as the mid-bass/bass always dominates the overall tunning. rangar has unparallel level of details retrieval (and treble quantity), even both u18t and premier also deliver tons of details (and...

spent a few days in tokyo over the weekend and i spent some time in e-earphone again to demo iems and headphones. besides fitear iMarge, I was also impressed by the Acoustune HS2000MX Mk. 3 as well as Sony MDR-EX800ST. The ex800st looks very weird and it's difficult to figure out how to...

I demoed twice the iMarge on my 4days trip to tokyo and was not very impressed. Nevertheless, i couldn't find toys that i really like to buy ao i ended up bought the fitear iMarge (also the excellent sony msr-ex800st!) on the 3rd day before leaving tokyo. The shell is really small and the fit...

Demo imarge but was not very impressed. I'd like more mid-bass and the soudstage doesnt seem very immersive. Acoustune hs2000mx mkiii was more interesting 🧐

Fiio R9 -> austrian audio composer LOREN ALLRED × NOBUO UEMATSU conTIKI - No Promises to Keep / THE FIRST TAKE

imarge already available for demo in e-earphone and fujya-avic in tokyo. interesting that the driver config is 2 x BA & 2 x EST tweeter https://twitter.com/e_earphone_SND/status/1765959937543516568/photo/1

my 5909 (bought 2nd hand) also experienced the same problem initially. i've tried contact harman when the problem first surfaced. but harman told me the warranty is not transferrable and they couldn't do anything for me. i then tried many different way to fix this (e.g. turning off the...

Fiio R9 > Austrian Audio Composer Angela Aki - 手紙～拝啓　十五の君へ

Thank you! found it. mine is 24xx. seems the production volume is quite big for this model :o2smile:

just got my pair this afternoon :dt880smile: it's supremely comfortable and sounds equally enjoyable. i'm feeding the composer from fiio r9 on high gain, vol. 46 (dial down from 75 when listening to T+A solitaire P-SE). comparing with heddphone two, there are much more mid-bass in quantity...

100% agreed. The sound quality of many wireless headphones and earbuds are totally acceptable. But the convenience and the many functions like anc, spatial audio, motion tracking, etc. are not available in traditional headphones. Even i mostly listen to wired iem/headphones, i don't find...

received my bokeh from the local dealer after a long queue. it's much easier to drive than VC/VO. there's substantial amount of mid-bass which i like to hear with pop music. i couldn't really see where the cost has been cut from the much more expensive VO/VC - the yoke is still made of...