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Headphoneus Supremus
The Kanas Pro is made of metal, fits very well for me. 2 pin, who cares, the Lyre cable is very nice and I like it. Its harmon tuned to perfection imo. An AMAZING IEM. I own it and would buy it in a heartbeat again.
.. But if you have access to decently mastered tracks, the patience to tip roll, and the time to physically or mentally burn these in, you may find yourself like many on this thread, ultimately very happy.
No doubt! But where track mastering is concerned I think of a great IEM/headphone as helping us hear the truth of the recording... if the mastering engineer used poor equipment, skill, or hearing, a great IEM/headphone will put it on display for all to hear. Doubly true if an IEM/headphone has a signature that highlights a troublesome area... for example a “bright” headphone might otherwise be a fine experience except where a recording has exaggerated “S” sounds to start with that a more relaxed or darker unit might not emphasize.At the beginning I was suffering from peaky highs and grainy sound particularly with low quality tracks inc. spotify.
With time I’m finding that even not so great recordings also sound fine now that the highs have settled.
I'm noticing the same thing @archy121. Exactly this.
Here is some soundstage for anyone that wants to hear it. LOL wowzers. I'm thinking the sound is maybe 5 feet outside my head to each side. Yeah 5 feet.
Probably low production volume coupled with international exposure and demand?Why are these never in stock and you have to wait 3-5 weeks for delivery?
Ok need to sleep over that i night the kanas dont really appeal to me dont like the shape and the 2 pin conector mybe need to show some reviews of it
You can stream high quality files in terms of sampling and bit rates (Tidal, Qobuz for example), so you don’t need to download and keep handy your music. Some folks are getting confused about the difference between compression and mastering.This worries me as most of my music is streamed. That it's gonna sound like garbage. I don't want to have to have a separate SD card just full of flac files to play through my Note 8and the Fiio MK2 Q1.
Ok need to sleep over that i night the kanas dont really appeal to me dont like the shape and the 2 pin conector mybe need to show some reviews of it
As to the stem on the KPE - yes, it is way too long (wish they could give half of it to the Tanchjim Oxygen), and have a heavy IEM on the other side, so a real problem to stay in ears. But there is a reasonable solution - push the tip down the stem as far as it will go without covering the vent hole. This allows the IEM to sit close to the ear. Thus allows for a more stable fit.F
The DM6 is extremely revealing to flaws, but ergonomically fits in almost any ear perfectly for hours.
KPE is more forgiving, but is a metal elephant supported by a 4" pencil, whose protruding weight causes it to lose its seal.
Ikko OH1 is not on the same high "tier" as the above, but marries them: incredible fit, metal, decent bass, fun signature, forgiving.