sup27606
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Correct: Sine is not portable ...it is big, heavy, unstable , thus... transportable !
This is why Cipher Cable is useless.
IEMs are portable.
Sine is not big, it is the same size as other over ears, and people travel with them by putting them around their necks as they do with other portable headphones. You don't need an extra bag to carry it. It is heavy, I agree, but not too much and actually lighter than headphones in its technological and sonic category that is planar magnetic and mid-fi range. I didn't get the unstable part. To me it looks pretty stable and adjustable, for example rotate the earcups to adjust the forward angle etc.
The cipher cable is sonically not bad, and it has some other functionalities like call buttons and microphone, but this headphone can be way way better with a powerful dedicated amp with it's own battery. What I would have really liked is, if they made the cipher bluetooth enabled with aptx like the btunes, and redesigned Sine to accept a single 2.5 mm rather than on both sides. In that case, cipher will have a battery and has to be recharged, but that's OK with me. The cable for Sine is somewhat stiff and hangs around my pocket which is annoying while traveling.