[golov17]

ask king of earbuds @golov17

Never thought iphone music smartphone, if you want high-quality sound from your smartphone, start to change iphone on Meizu or VIVO. The second step is to buy Ve Zen2.0. IMHO.

 

[Lorspeaker]

monk/+ sounded compressed on the iphone.....
but quite energetic on the ipads
 
( did a simple test with a non audiophile fren ...using his iphone n ipad )

 

[Arttt]

hmmm

 

[rcoleman1]

  monk/+ sounded compressed on the iphone.....
but quite energetic on the ipads
 
( did a simple test with a non audiophile fren ...using his iphone n ipad )

Player apps like Onkyo HP improve upon the SQ in my iPhone 6...also allows for FLAC playback. iTunes leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[Arttt]

sooner or later Foobar2000 will come out for iOS, till then ill stream ...
btw, i prefer sound of iphone6 over samsung galaxy 6 and few other flagships of other brands...
same as i prefer sound on macbook over other laptops ....
 
im not into portable setups, wen I'm on the go it has to be light and simple....n once I'm home , then in darkness and silence , i power up my home system, and in the glowing lights of my high end gear i put legs on my coffee table, throw off my socks on the lamp , drink vodka with orange juice and listen to Backstreet boys...
 
Since i can't do all that stuff outside, its not worth the hustle ...

 

[abimanyu]

I found lot of people mod there monk cable, can anyone tell me where i can get good cable and connector for low price.

 

[yacobx]

  I found lot of people mod there monk cable, can anyone tell me where i can get good cable and connector for low price.

https://www.facebook.com/GoodSoundGG/

 

[ilmothedude]

I made DIY ohm adapter from 100ohm metal film resistors. Mostly for volume dropping purpose, because my new dap AGPTEK IMP doesn't have enough volume steps for earbud/iems like Monk+ to get my preferred volume levels. Volume range is from 0 to 50 and Monk+ were nice either at 9 or 10. Many times 9 wasn't enough and 10 was too loud, of course that was case only on loud masters. Now with 100ohm resistor adapter I have to raise volume about 4 steps and volume control is now more subtle and more suitable for Monks, and other lower impedance iems/buds. I feel that sound may be a bit cleaner with adapter but if so, change is subtle and hard to notice. More important thing is that now I get exactly my preferred listening volume.

 

[waynes world]

Monk Plus review posted - http://www.head-fi.org/products/venture-electronics-ve-monk-monk-plus/reviews/15998

One of these days you're going to have to try writing a thorough review.

Kidding of course... awesome review! Thanks for all of the hard work.

 

[Arttt]

That review had too much text and too little insight.
I think text on Monk black plastic bag had more insight on what Monk sounds like than that review ...

 

[Arttt]

Im serious...
 
Lets take a book as an example?
 
Many writers, when write a book , have a good story , and a slow-burn characters, in order to build up a relationship between characters and a reader. Only after relationship between reader and books characters is established, thats when stuff that happen in a book start to mean something.  If you don't care for main character , it doesn't matter how exciting story is and how colorful its written...
 
So writer has to "paint" a psychological profile of a main character so you as a reader could feel like you actually met that person , thats where most writers fail ..
 
 
Same with review of audio gear , whats the point of going thru all the data , FR and such stuff if you haven't "painted" a Sonic Character of audio gear you reviewing  by using some analogies , gotta be creative about it.
 
Long time ago i read a post by some asian girl who described sonic character of beyerdynamic t5p in few words but it was so insightful i could get a clear picture of what it sounds like , she managed to use very colorful analogies and she was very creative with it , without using many words ...  the only thing that gave me a better perception of what t5p sounds like was actually listening to t5p.
 
most of reviews are dry and boring because they lack insight , and they lack insight because the person who wrote a review either didn't experienced anything special during listening , or couldn't express it with words.
 
Either way , not worth reading , in my opinon ...

 

[B9Scrambler]

Fair enough

 

[Semiramide]

My babies have arrived!

 

[birdman]

  Monk Plus review posted - http://www.head-fi.org/products/venture-electronics-ve-monk-monk-plus/reviews/15998

Thanks! This is just what I needed, especially the graph and your suggested eq tweaks. I've loved the monks from the start but had a hard time with certain frequencies, and didn't know which ones they were.  My ears aren't good enough to know "geez, everything around 62hz is really bothering me, I need to dial that freq down". I'll end up with something different from your tweaks, but it's a good starting point. 

 

[Peridot]

  That review had too much text and too little insight.
I think text on Monk black plastic bag had more insight on what Monk sounds like than that review ...

 
It's posts like that that make me so grateful for the 'Block Member' facility on Head-Fi