Ivabign
Headphoneus Supremus
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I usually don't trumpet new items I get on the forums - usually because I have bought the headphone based on what I have read on a forum and followed members that I respect's impressions, or I have jumped in comfortably a year after an IEM was released - often buying used when the bloom was off for someone else. I bought my Angie new based on the former, but got my Roxanne & K10 via the latter (K10 was a Owner Transfer re-mould)
I have done my level best to avoid the Black Friday insanity as I have had a few new items enter the collection recently and no amount of discount negates the fact that anything bought is still MORE money... and Christmas is coming...
BUT - I got the Black Friday email from ALO and saw the Campfire Audio package they were offering - an RX IEM amp (which I have wanted to try) and an Orion IEM - the single BA.
I must confess, at first blush, I thought it was the Lyra they were selling for five hundred bucks and I was IN no matter what they were adding - but upon further inspection, I realized it was the Orion - and I figured it was still a good deal...
Now I have never been a fan of single BA IEMs - Other than the Ortolan e-Q5, I have been non-plussed with every one I have tried - not that it has been a boatload, but a few - and they usually disappoint. I haven't heard a Final Audio...
Well FedEx showed up this afternoon as I was working at home on the computer on a proposal. I was listening to my K10's through my solo-db and RxMK3-B+ and happily bumping along - but I had to open the box...
Really neat and simple unboxing - I'm adding some pics - but this isn't a review and I will probably add to it later as I get to know these - but I had to (and I rarely ever do this - ask the guys I have been part of tours with) share my impressions...
These things ROCK - they have extension - both upper and lower extension. They have a nice large soundstage - they sound natural with warm tint - they sound richer than I expected - much richer... Bass hits and cymbals sound real - not like a single BA IEM - not by a long shot. (I even sent ALO "KB") a PM to ask if they were doing something weird with the enclosure - because this doesn't sound like a straight tube off a BA and into my ear - there is more going on...
Not sure what they are selling them for normally, but I remember they were supposed to retail at $499 - they may have dropped MSRP - but I got them for under $300 and the Rx for around $200 - new...
I thought the amp was the deal - I may have been mistaken...
Really, really cool case - nice cable - nice selection of tips...
...also - I didn't mention - they fit really well - and I have trouble with IEMs ofttimes - they are comfortable!
I have done my level best to avoid the Black Friday insanity as I have had a few new items enter the collection recently and no amount of discount negates the fact that anything bought is still MORE money... and Christmas is coming...
BUT - I got the Black Friday email from ALO and saw the Campfire Audio package they were offering - an RX IEM amp (which I have wanted to try) and an Orion IEM - the single BA.
I must confess, at first blush, I thought it was the Lyra they were selling for five hundred bucks and I was IN no matter what they were adding - but upon further inspection, I realized it was the Orion - and I figured it was still a good deal...
Now I have never been a fan of single BA IEMs - Other than the Ortolan e-Q5, I have been non-plussed with every one I have tried - not that it has been a boatload, but a few - and they usually disappoint. I haven't heard a Final Audio...
Well FedEx showed up this afternoon as I was working at home on the computer on a proposal. I was listening to my K10's through my solo-db and RxMK3-B+ and happily bumping along - but I had to open the box...
Really neat and simple unboxing - I'm adding some pics - but this isn't a review and I will probably add to it later as I get to know these - but I had to (and I rarely ever do this - ask the guys I have been part of tours with) share my impressions...
These things ROCK - they have extension - both upper and lower extension. They have a nice large soundstage - they sound natural with warm tint - they sound richer than I expected - much richer... Bass hits and cymbals sound real - not like a single BA IEM - not by a long shot. (I even sent ALO "KB") a PM to ask if they were doing something weird with the enclosure - because this doesn't sound like a straight tube off a BA and into my ear - there is more going on...
Not sure what they are selling them for normally, but I remember they were supposed to retail at $499 - they may have dropped MSRP - but I got them for under $300 and the Rx for around $200 - new...
I thought the amp was the deal - I may have been mistaken...
Really, really cool case - nice cable - nice selection of tips...
...also - I didn't mention - they fit really well - and I have trouble with IEMs ofttimes - they are comfortable!