[Marleybob217]

  My main issue is there's a tiny line across the top left corner of the screen, everything works perfectly but I feel that would drag the price down too much. I bought a set of hd650's again, panam amp, sansa clip+, CE2E and reshelled BA4F in the past few months. I'm meant to be a student.
 
If I could get £150 never mind 150EUR I'd be very happy
 
Do you feel the difference in performance is worth the price? I liked the sound of the fiio X5 although I haven't looked into it much, I do prefer the look of the dx line.
 
I just flashed my DX50 today with a DX90 firmware port that bypasses android sound processing completely and goes straight to the dac, I'll see how the sound change is when I get my BA4

First of all: There is no hiss, which is a huge improvement. And I'm willing to pay just for that.
The dac is definitely better, althoug h I couldnt A-B test it. I did test it againts my audinst hud-mx1 DAC. Both using the LO to the O2.
And the dual Sabres actually seem to do a thing. The DX90s dac actually sounds a bit better than the hud-mx1. Seperation and clarity is slightly better on the DX90, and it's slightly less warm sounding.
The DX50 was plainly cold sounding compared to the hud-mx1. I didn't dislike it, but it sure wasn't better than the hud-mx1. 
DX90's amp also seems to have better dynamics than the DX50. Guess having 7 opamps does pay off.
 
I'm guessing that you would hear much less difference between the DX50 and DX90 when using good dynamic earphones.
I still think the BA4f is fairly picky of the source.

 

[daftpolecat]

I've still got my Fiio E17 that I've barely used, if I can get a reasonable amount for that I'll look into getting my DX50 onto ebay too, I totally agree with what you mean about the DX50 being plain and cold sounding, vs my desktop PanAm the sound is good, but it never really impresses me.

 

[davtse]

  First of all: There is no hiss, which is a huge improvement. And I'm willing to pay just for that.
The dac is definitely better, althoug h I couldnt A-B test it. I did test it againts my audinst hud-mx1 DAC. Both using the LO to the O2.
And the dual Sabres actually seem to do a thing. The DX90s dac actually sounds a bit better than the hud-mx1. Seperation and clarity is slightly better on the DX90, and it's slightly less warm sounding.
The DX50 was plainly cold sounding compared to the hud-mx1. I didn't dislike it, but it sure wasn't better than the hud-mx1. 
DX90's amp also seems to have better dynamics than the DX50. Guess having 7 opamps does pay off.
 
I'm guessing that you would hear much less difference between the DX50 and DX90 when using good dynamic earphones.
I still think the BA4f is fairly picky of the source.

The BA4 definitely is picky. Have you tried the rockbox port though? I find that fooling around with EQ fixes the coldness of the player.

 

[daftpolecat]

I've always just used my BA4 through lineout with that player, I don't really know what I'm doing with an EQ
I tried the rockbox port a little while back but it would just throwup a system error when trying to play a file. I far prefer using the DX90 port

 

[shakur1996]

I find that my BA4r loses some coherency once EQued. Although I like to add 1-2 dB below 50 Hz and 3-5 dB above 12 kHz.

BTW, BA4r pairs nicely as well with dx90.

 

[Marleybob217]

  The BA4 definitely is picky. Have you tried the rockbox port though? I find that fooling around with EQ fixes the coldness of the player.

Nope, I don't own the DX50 anymore. And the DX90 sounds perfect to me!

  I've always just used my BA4 through lineout with that player, I don't really know what I'm doing with an EQ
I tried the rockbox port a little while back but it would just throwup a system error when trying to play a file. I far prefer using the DX90 port

The LO as in, paired with another amp???
 
And I still use the EQ, but that's just because the BA4f simply has too much bass, and too little treble for my taste.

 

[daftpolecat]

Guess what just arrived
 
I wish I had a good camera to capture how good these look

 

[daftpolecat]

Here's a quick look 

 

[Ultrainferno]

That's nice!

 

[daftpolecat]

The new connector truly is fantastic and the cables crazy thin, even after all the pictures I've seen I didn't expect it to be as thin as it is
The cable stay bit for the top half is also a lot better, should be good when running

 

[davidcotton]

Here's a quick look 

 


Seems a good enough camera to me

Enjoy it.

First thought was "wow".

 

[daftpolecat]

I didn't realise in the picture Cosmic Ears put on their facebook, but I thought I should illustrate here, my left side is a gold skeleton and the right has a silver one

 

[vrapan]

  I didn't realise in the picture Cosmic Ears put on their facebook, but I thought I should illustrate here, my left side is a gold skeleton and the right has a silver one

 
I love those skeleton leaf designs and I will probably be asking Phil to do something like it for me. I do prefer though the more random dark lines on the orange/green pair they have on their. Did you ask for something slightly different or they just did something different for you? 

 

[Q Mass]

I didn't realise in the picture Cosmic Ears put on their facebook, but I thought I should illustrate here, my left side is a gold skeleton and the right has a silver one

Oooh, didn't spot that!
Another nice little touch there

Cosmic; reforesting Head-Fi one ear canal at a time.

 

[daftpolecat]

Hey marleybob, I just bought a DX90, put my DX50 and E17 up for sale, I know deep down my BA4 and these beautiful new CE2E deserve a better source.