One of the pads on my HEKSE fell off. The mounting ring cracked in 3 separate areas.. I see replacement pads on Hifiman's site the V2 but not sure if it is the same pads used in the SE. Anyone have any other pad suggestions?

Found this chart that shows the relative loudness of the Topping amps at high impedance

The problem is they don't tell us the specific wattage at a particular impedance. It is hard to know how much actual wattage it is putting out. Putting out the exact same wattage at 65 ohms vs 250 ohms seems unlikely or a weird design choice that makes the amp less powerful. For all we know, it...

He seems to be selective on what he responds to. Some emails will probably just never get a response. For the most part he seems to only respond to order related emails.

I don't have EA500LM but I have the EA1000. I like my EA1000 over Variations and MK2. Bass on the EA1000 is just right for me and the passive radiator seems to add something extra that I don't get from other IEMs. Wasn't impressed by the Hype 4 and straight up hated the Pula PA02 that some...

Charged in full immediately.

Actually I think this is what is about: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/mod-house-audio-tungsten-planar-magnetic-headphones-impressions-and-discussion.968835/post-17745850 Think Ryan removed it from the product page as it is a little misleading on what that actually entails. Not sure why that...

That's a bit disappointing to hear. I recall reading this somewhere as well back in late December when I was trying to decide which one to get but no longer find any mention of it. Something about a shade system that lets you adjust the bass on the DS. Was one of the reasons I decided to get the...

The individual parts themselves he's not all building from scratch. He gets the pads from ZMF, cables from Viking Weave, drivers from some guy, 3D prints some of the parts. He handles putting it together and doing the necessary modding and magnet stuff for it to sound the way it is supposed to.

https://headphoneresource.com/headphone_power/headphonepower.html?manufacturer_id=a96c2946-6197-4510-b82e-d606524e6e51&headphone_id=b3a37a40-f47c-416b-941e-eaac3dbdd1be

I may be misunderstanding but isn't the impedance to the headphones themselves still unchanged even after the changes you made, and the frequency response elevation issue would still be there?

It's simple math: V = sqrt(P * R) = sqrt(405) = 20.12V

Power is proportional to voltage squared though so I'm not sure how that would make a ton of sense

Did you ask for the hybrid when you ordered? I thought the ultra perf pads were the default with the DS.

The stock colors sell out faster than the custom ones

Shipping will be prohibitive haha. You can maybe try an Aliexpress forwarding service? Basically, some company in China will purchase the item you want and then repackage it and send it to you for a small fee plus shipping costs.

After listening more to the Pula PA02 I have unfortunately come to the conclusion that I am not a fan. Changing tips helped a bit but the more listened, I started finding things that sounded off tonally and occasional harshness in the treble despite not being a bright IEM. In terms of...

Has anyone compared the SS vs DS both with hybrid pads? I think I've seen Hybrid SS vs Perforated DS and Hybrid DS vs Perforated DS but not a direct comparison of Hybrid DS vs Hybrid SS.

I've seen people say they're not really an upgrade from the HE1000SE and other people say they are much better than the HE1000SE.

Got my Pula PA02. First impressions were not very good. Didn't use the stock tips at first and tip rolled until I decided to try the stock tips which sounded the best of all the tips I tried. Not sure which tips these are or if they're just generic tips. I am once again reminded how different...

My PA02 is in the country and should be arriving soon. Hoping I like them as much as everyone else does. Went back to the CCA Rhapsody recently and I have to say they sound way better than I remember the last time I tried them. Am using Dunu S&S tips this time with 1st and 3rd switches up. I...

Other store seems to say otherwise. I'd probably lean towards believing the other store since they have no incentive to deny that they are using Knowles BA if they actually are.

I don't mean to suggest that he doesn't like the Pula. He clearly likes them, but I don't think it is to the extent that some others see it as. He seems to think of it as very competitive in the sub $200 price range but not the best under $200. In the video he is comparing them to IEMs in the...

I got the opposite impression. The video seems more like his own opinions and the comments are more how he sees other people possibly liking it and trying not to kill others' hype about the IEM. If you look at his rankings, he gives the Chopin at $200 an 8.8 audio score, Pula at $170 a 7.9, and...

Hmm I'm actually not sure if the wood is still being offered. I thought it noted on the product page that you could pick from a selection of wooden grills and that they weren't as durable as the Cerakote aluminum grills but it seems to no longer have any mention of wooden grills. Probably takes...