[RedJohn456]

   
If you ask me, I would not have any problem selling my Tomahawks or Tings. I would never consider the option to get rid of my Cygnus. In fact I really only need two setups:
 
Iphone 6s/Cygnus
and
FiiOX3ii/RA2/Zen2
 
Of course the Cygnus sound better than the Zen2 without an amp, but nothing beats the RA2/Zen2 combo. I'm easy to please that way.

I would love to use the RA2 portably but I need to source some good rechargeable 9v batteries. the ones in the VE AE store can't ship early to me thanks to it being.... well a battery lol.
 
A good pair of 9.6V batteries oughta make it sing like a canary 

 

[springbay]

  Is the new batch of Zen 2 a little different than the previous version? I mean like pixel typographic and black face plate a la Monk

 
Mine have the new look
https://d1jesv1uvhg9i4.cloudfront.net/9/94/94ca9a2c_IMG_0187.jpeg

 

[rggz]

   
Mine have the new look
https://d1jesv1uvhg9i4.cloudfront.net/9/94/94ca9a2c_IMG_0187.jpeg

 
Thanks, btw cool setup!

 

[Toom]

My e100s just crapped out on me, so I picked up some Sennheiser MX375 from Maplins yesterday.

I really liking them without the foams via my Fiio X1.

Am eyeing up the Tomahawks though - can anyone comment on whether they would be an upgrade?

 

[vapman]

My e100s just crapped out on me, so I picked up some Sennheiser MX375 from Maplins yesterday.

I really liking them without the foams via my Fiio X1.

Am eyeing up the Tomahawks though - can anyone comment on whether they would be an upgrade?

 
I will have to try the MX375. Please compare to ES100 in neutrality and balance?
 
I love, love  love the ES100 sound but I've never heard of a pair being defective. Mine were defective when I returned them. My replacement units were defective within 24 hours of receiving.
 
I think the E100 is hopeless sadly. Truly a shame for such a balanced and netural sound.
 
edit: You mean Baldoor/Mrice E100 or Hifiman ES100? In this post I refer to Hifiman S100

 

[Toom]

   
I will have to try the MX375. Please compare to ES100 in neutrality and balance?
 
I love, love  love the ES100 sound but I've never heard of a pair being defective. Mine were defective when I returned them. My replacement units were defective within 24 hours of receiving.
 
I think the E100 is hopeless sadly. Truly a shame for such a balanced and netural sound.
 
edit: You mean Baldoor/Mrice E100 or Hifiman ES100? In this post I refer to Hifiman S100

 
E100.  Never tried the ES100.
 
And anyway, as the E100 died before I had the MX375, I can't compare them easily - since accurate brain memory of sound is such an incredibly short time (a few seconds I think), I have never understood those who seem to be able to miraculously compare the sound of headphones or IEMs months or even years after they last used them!

 

[vapman]

   
E100.  Never tried the ES100.
 
And anyway, as the E100 died before I had the MX375, I can't compare them easily - since accurate brain memory of sound is such an incredibly short time (a few seconds I think), I have never understood those who seem to be able to miraculously compare the sound of headphones or IEMs months or even years after they last used them!

All my E100 except one I ripped apart my accent all still going strong. I sold my KRK KNS 8400 for a few sets about a year ago and never loked back. I will probably recable the rest i got with 1.4" pins cause I never ever us em for listening.
 
They're kinda like the ASG's. good at one or two or five things, but a whole mixed and rendered track? forget it...

 

[Toom]

Just tried the MX375 with donut foams (well, actually I cut the middle out of the normal foams and reversed them) and these really improve the bass and fit while keeping the clarity. 
 
Sound really really superb now - I am shocked how great they are actually, for only £15.

 

[yacobx]

Haha I myself wondering if ting is better than Cygnus. I already have 2 friends begging me to sell them my tomahawk.

If you ask me, I would not have any problem selling my Tomahawks or Tings. I would never consider the option to get rid of my Cygnus. In fact I really only need two setups:

Iphone 6s/Cygnus
and
FiiOX3ii/RA2/Zen2

Of course the Cygnus sound better than the Zen2 without an amp, but nothing beats the RA2/Zen2 combo. I'm easy to please that way.

I 100% agree with this. Zen is a few leagues above Cygnus but the zen needs the right amp. The crazy thing about the zen is that it makes music feel real. It hard to describe

 

[stilleh]

I 100% agree with this. Zen is a few leagues above Cygnus but the zen needs the right amp. The crazy thing about the zen is that it makes music feel real. It hard to describe

+1
 
You can really enjoy the Zens without an amp, but if you pair it with a powerful amp (like the RA2) it goes from enjoyment to euphoria. They just evolve over the whole spectra when you feed them more power.

 

[golov17]

Zen 2.0 have a very original signature, nothing like I have not seen anywhere else, and for that I love them

 

[yacobx]

Zen 2.0 have a very original signature, nothing like I have not seen anywhere else, and for that I love them

I actually just got my zens to work correctly. The set up I use allows me to turn down the output of my line out and boost my amp which the zens need so much power to work correctly. I am seriously blown away by the fact that they are better than any other earphone I've ever used

 

[p0mg]

what other portable amps are good for the zens?

 

[golov17]

Somebody has got a new ROSE ??

 

[Tympan]

I wish