[Midgetguy]

I'll be honest, I haven't looked very hard, but has anyone reviewed the Nova besides @ExpatinJapan? It's the one I'm more curious about because it's the one I bought

. Fingers crossed that it also happens to be comfortable in my small ears.

 

[shigzeo]

As far as I know, only ExpatinJapan has reviewed the Nova. I've not heard it at all.

 

[ExpatinJapan]

omg!

 

[audio123]

omg!

nice one mate.

 

[ExpatinJapan]

Head pie sucks

[VIDEO]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu4eJuIyiCo
[/VIDEO]

 

[audio123]

embed this here this is hilarious!

@ExpatinJapan well played mate hehe

 

 

[ExpatinJapan]

Thanks. I am not trying to derail the the thread- just cool it down a bit

Our collection of mindless memes If you liked the video.
http://headpie.blogspot.jp/2016/05/head-pie-facebook-memes-expatinjapan.html?m=1

Then please return to your regular head-fi programming !

 

[Jackpot77]

Thanks. I am not trying to derail the the thread- just cool it down a bit

Our collection of mindless memes If you liked the video.
http://headpie.blogspot.jp/2016/05/head-pie-facebook-memes-expatinjapan.html?m=1

Then please return to your regular head-fi programming !

Good work. And congratulations on being in an exclusive club of one!

 

[Midgetguy]

@ExpatinJapan, do you still have the Nova with you? If so, could you comment on how it sounds through the iPod Touch 5th gen you've got? Cuz I've got one of those too and I'd like your thoughts on that compared to the other players you tested with. It's my primary source for listening to IEMs.

 

[ExpatinJapan]

Thanks. I am not trying to derail the the thread- just cool it down a bit

Our collection of mindless memes If you liked the video.
http://headpie.blogspot.jp/2016/05/head-pie-facebook-memes-expatinjapan.html?m=1

Then please return to your regular head-fi programming !

Good work. And congratulations on being in an exclusive club of one!

ah, it was more the coincidence of Ken going to the FA Tokyo headphone show (and rushing out a finished unit) and myself attending the show too, rather than myself being the chosen one or anything.

 

[ExpatinJapan]

@ExpatinJapan
, do you still have the Nova with you? If so, could you comment on how it sounds through the iPod Touch 5th gen you've got? Cuz I've got one of those too and I'd like your thoughts on that compared to the other players you tested with. It's my primary source for listening to IEMs.

I will try it for you.

I do think they deserve a decent source of course(dap or dac/amp). My preference is for the ipod touch 6g over the 5g as they seem to improved with each new model. Even as a source with my dac/amps the 6G is a clear winner - even though some may say it shouldnt matter 0s and 1s etc.

Anyway,...you have to make do with what you have
So I will check it out for you soon.

 

[ExpatinJapan]

Well I tried it. And it seems a good match.

http://monoadc.blog64.fc2.com/blog-entry-99.html
It has a nice low putput impedance 0.75 too.



I didn't think the ipod touch 5G took anything away majorly from the performance of the Nova.

Of course with Skyn it has an overall smoothness, but thr ipod touch 5g when paired with the Nova is no slouch.

My listening time was brief but it ticked all the boxes I needed to check. Except for long listening fatigue- I didnt check that.

 

[ExpatinJapan]

 

[Midgetguy]

Well I tried it. And it seems a good match.

http://monoadc.blog64.fc2.com/blog-entry-99.html
It has a nice low putput impedance 0.75 too.



I didn't think the ipod touch 5G took anything away majorly from the performance of the Nova.

Of course with Skyn it has an overall smoothness, but thr ipod touch 5g when paired with the Nova is no slouch.

My listening time was brief but it ticked all the boxes I needed to check. Except for long listening fatigue- I didnt check that.

Great news for me! I've been looking into finding an iPod Touch 6g for cheap, but not for the audio quality because I've felt the 5g has served me well; mainly I've wanted it because it would run iOS9 much better and because Nightshift doesn't work on the older iPod Touches

. But it's good to know. I've been running other IEMs of similar class without issue, like one of my current daily drivers, the Earwerkz (Empire Ears) Supra. Although that's a super sensitive IEM, I only use about 2-5 clicks of volume for it to be plenty loud depending on the environment. I'm not expecting the Nova to be that sensitive, but I'm not expecting it to be super power hungry either in the same way the Havi B3 Pro or MeeAudio Pinnacle P1 are.

 

[ExpatinJapan]

6G is snappier. Also the 128GB means you can put better files on it- more space.