[tangents]

Have they tweaked the shape of the shell and the finish? Comparing the images currently on the CA site with some older product shots...

 

[Dithyrambes]

I can hear some hiss balanced out of the ZX2 with the Andromedas when there is no music playing.

oh noes ><

 

[WCDchee]

Have they tweaked the shape of the shell and the finish? Comparing the images currently on the CA site with some older product shots...

The overall geometry is not changed, however, 2 of the sharper angles on the inner surface of the iem are smoothened out by replacing them with facets to help with comfort for those who have a close fit.

 

[ezekiel77]

  Have they tweaked the shape of the shell and the finish? Comparing the images currently on the CA site with some older product shots...

 
Try this link for photos.
 
http://hisonicears.weebly.com/andromeda.html
 
Scroll to the bottom of the page to see a Jupiter/Andromeda side by side, under the header "COVER FOR SHELLS REVISED FOR ANDROMEDA/NOVA ONLY". The two facets are exactly as @WCDchee described.

 

[Clemmaster]

@kb any chance of coming up with a solution to address the hiss issue regarding the Andromeda for some users?

 

It's called the iFi IEMatch. Works wonder.

 

[Dithyrambes]

  It's called the iFi IEMatch. Works wonder.

It only works on certain sources. Like ZX2, it doesn't work and completely kills the andromeda's soundstage. For something like the Geekout v2+ it works fine.......as IO of 2.5 is ok. It only works with sources with near 0 io. From the ZX2, it really kills the sound....I wouldn't recommend it for everything.

 

[Audiowood]

The hiss depends on your source.. Dragon fly red has no hiss even when iphone volume goes up all the way... completely  black. I have tested all the portable amps at Stereo Singapore (and they carry alot of portable amps) and I can say the Dragon fly red and IFI Micro dsd are the best so far. These 2 amps give plenty of deep bass, treble with huge soundstage. The Mojo is good if you prefer a smoother and less treble.. the Mojo makes the Andro an overly warm IEM. If you like to have the most treble and less bass, just plug straight to iphone. 
 
The Andro completely change its tonality depending on your amp.. I have never seen an IEM changes that drastic by changing amp... If I blind test someone using Mojo and Dragonfly red, he would ave thought its a diff IEM.
 
Forget all of Ibasso amps or some unknown amps from china.. they are no match for Dragonfly red and IFI.. and most hiss..

 

[deafdoorknob]

The hiss depends on your source.. Dragon fly red has no hiss even when iphone volume goes up all the way... completely  black. I have tested all the portable amps at Stereo Singapore (and they carry alot of portable amps) and I can say the Dragon fly red and IFI Micro dsd are the best so far. These 2 amps give plenty of deep bass, treble with huge soundstage. The Mojo is good if you prefer a smoother and less treble.. the Mojo makes the Andro an overly warm IEM. If you like to have the most treble and less bass, just plug straight to iphone. 

The Andro completely change its tonality depending on your amp.. I have never seen an IEM changes that drastic by changing amp... If I blind test someone using Mojo and Dragonfly red, he would ave thought its a diff IEM.

Forget all of Ibasso amps or some unknown amps from china.. they are no match for Dragonfly red and IFI.. and most hiss..

thanks for the suggestions!!

 

[LouisLoh]

  The hiss depends on your source.. Dragon fly red has no hiss even when iphone volume goes up all the way... completely  black. I have tested all the portable amps at Stereo Singapore (and they carry alot of portable amps) and I can say the Dragon fly red and IFI Micro dsd are the best so far. These 2 amps give plenty of deep bass, treble with huge soundstage. The Mojo is good if you prefer a smoother and less treble.. the Mojo makes the Andro an overly warm IEM. If you like to have the most treble and less bass, just plug straight to iphone. 
 
The Andro completely change its tonality depending on your amp.. I have never seen an IEM changes that drastic by changing amp... If I blind test someone using Mojo and Dragonfly red, he would ave thought its a diff IEM.
 
Forget all of Ibasso amps or some unknown amps from china.. they are no match for Dragonfly red and IFI.. and most hiss..

Absolute falsehood. DFR I demoed yesterday hissed MORE than out of the iPhone's headphone adapter. It's no way 'completely black'. The sound was good, but the hiss was there.

 

[WCDchee]

Absolute falsehood. DFR I demoed yesterday hissed MORE than out of the iPhone's headphone adapter. It's no way 'completely black'. The sound was good, but the hiss was there.

I think with the andromeda, most people just have to accept that it's going to hiss on most sources, like it or not.

 

[kino lau]

I think with the andromeda, most people just have to accept that it's going to hiss on most sources, like it or not.

The only time I hear anything that resembles hiss with my QP1R is at high volume (30 / Low Gain) at the very beginning of a track, that reminds of the lead in on a vinyl track. I hear nothing in the space between tracks, and at lower volumes I don't even hear the "lead in."

 

[WCDchee]

The only time I hear anything that resembles hiss with my QP1R is at high volume (30 / Low Gain) at the very beginning of a track, that reminds of the lead in on a vinyl track. I hear nothing in the space between tracks, and at lower volumes I don't even hear the "lead in."

I've heard the questyle with many IEMs, most of which far less sensitive than the andromeda. I've heard the questyle hiss with most of these, and definitely the andromeda

 

[Dithyrambes]

The only time I hear anything that resembles hiss with my QP1R is at high volume (30 / Low Gain) at the very beginning of a track, that reminds of the lead in on a vinyl track. I hear nothing in the space between tracks, and at lower volumes I don't even hear the "lead in."

wish I was you...I can hear the hiss on anything just by plugging them in

 

[Audiowood]

 
Absolute falsehood. DFR I demoed yesterday hissed MORE than out of the iPhone's headphone adapter. It's no way 'completely black'. The sound was good, but the hiss was there

 
I went back and re-test in a very quiet room and turn on the volume at full blast.. I can hear more like a sense of space instead of a hiss. very very very tiny almost non-existence and I have to really look for it. When music come on even at volume 1 on iphone, and on soft passage like a flute with a black background.. Its not noticeable anymore. 

 

[Audiowood]

I tested it again, this time outside when there is no one in the day time on a quiet environment. I cannot hear the hiss anymore even at full blast volume. The background sound of earth moving is louder than the hiss of DFR.