Congrats! Wonder are these worth the asking price...Something arrived at my door today.
The D-Max are quite expensive and I had posted this funny message about their cost before.
Woaahhhh. That's big news! Congrats! How is it treating you?Something arrived at my door today.
Indeed,Some more news from Thailand. Local maker named Enginear has been posting interesting teasers lately. Apparently, planar magnetic earbuds named "PLATHEAD" are coming up. Looks promising, so let's stay tuned, as he says
Wow! Congrats on your new shiny!Something arrived at my door today.
I am not getting my hopes up at this point. From all that I have read, planar has been tried, and they seem to be REALLY hard to work with if not impossible to tune to acceptable levels of quality sonics. Though if they manage it, I think we would start seeing tons of new users coming into this thread.Indeed,
I got his words of how he's planning to make it sound. Quite intriguing indeed. Is on my list for upcoming purchases.
Congrats, waiting to hear impressions on these.Something arrived at my door today.
Nope, haven't asked yet. Though I believe he's accepting pre orders now.
Yea I've heard that it is very hard to tune planar in buds, though I would like to see more models since it will get better with more adopters. I do hope it's decent enough, from his descriptions he has worked for months to tune this and will have a neutral-bright leaning sound sid. I might be ordering/pre-ordering this next month.I am not getting my hopes up at this point. From all that I have read, planar has been tried, and they seem to be REALLY hard to work with if not impossible to tune to acceptable levels of quality sonics. Though if they manage it, I think we would start seeing tons of new users coming into this thread.
Getting the DC Elite would be more of a test balloon for myself. Honestly I don't expect a night and day difference at all. Just want to know what the fuzz is about. There are people that rave about source synergy, "sound" of certain amplifiers, staging capabilities technical chops that sources are able to bring out of a transducer. Truth be told the filter selection (some of the filters) on the Q5k do change the staging a tiny bit, and the super slow rolloff filter noticanly changes and tames the upper treble. On some days I think I hear bigger changes, on others the changes are barely to unnoticable to me. So I cannot be sure if this is placebo or not. Either way, if I 'd go for the DC Elite I will nkow if source upgrading is a thing for me or not, seeing they are considered high end.For pure sound quality, either of the iBasso dongles (including the Nunchacku if you like tube sound) would be top tier; not just a single step up. But for bells and whistles, the 5K still can't be touched (IMHO). In that regard, it is simply a beast of a device. And unless you just need more driving power, I might argue that I am not sure how much better the sound can get with a more expensive device. Of course, I am offering an opinion on a device that I have not heard, nor do I know the numbers/specs of it (the 5K) so I could be wrong....
Don't let reviews fool you. There are those that will say that this device sounds SOOOO much better than that one, but like many other threads on Head-Fi, people will defend their expensive investments, and especially if it is something brand new. I read the other day someone say that the iBasso DX300 sounded like a toy compared to the DX340 (newest DAP). I wasn't about to argue with them, but they didn't really realize how ridiculous they sounded. haha
This coming from someone that thought that the DX300 sounded like heaven 3 years ago. How does a device like this stop sounding good after 3 years???? Hmmmmm makes you wonder.
Luckily I don't have a real need for noise cancelling. When I am in a noisy environment I'll simply do something else than listening to music.
Works!Same Same.Oh, I was too... Though I DO order them in secret. Once they are in the house, I will let her know (though even then, sometimes I don't readily reveal the price I paid for such things).
Mostly my girlfriend lets it pass and sees it as my hobby and my money. I know this awkward moment when she asks for the pricing. The real reason for me not wanting to tell prices of gear is that I will have to spell out to her how insane I am. I realize that saying "This tiny piece of equipment to play back music did cost 450€, honey!" Sounds really weird. It is a moment when you have to admit your own addiction. Probably similar to being at an AA meeting and spelling out loud "Hello, I am Tom and I am an alcoholic." 
Did you ever tell us you where ordering these? Not that you have to! This is only the internet. Did I miss you ordering them?
Cheers mate!@ttorbic : let us know the results of your doctors appointment today? Hope everything is fine!
Ugh yeah, i totally relate and do this lol. My partner ignores new gear these days...even though she knows what most of these little packages from AliX hold insideSame Same.
Please do let us know your thoughts on these if/when you do order and recieve them? I would love to have a (good) set of planar earbuds. That would just be a dream come true. I am a bit of a planar freak; at least for headphones and IEMs (thus far).
Oh! I totally get it, and you might find that it does indeed sound THAT much better. I just wanted to temper your expectations on something like this. On the other hand, the DCE DOES have a desktop class DAC inside it (Rohm chip), and is known to sound VERY good. This is one of the differences I had mentioned about the DCE and the DC07 Pro. The DC07 Pro has Cirrus chips (4 of them) just like the DX300, and the DCE has the Rohm chip (though only one) just like the DX320. This of course, does mean that it uses more power from the host than some other dongles might (again, DC07 Pro, which sips power comparatively @80mW). Also the DCE only has 2 filters, if that is important to you. For me, I am just like you. Some days I hear a pretty decently sized difference in filters, and others I can't tell a difference at all.
The DCE actually can make 4.6VRMS from using the stock cable. But keep in mind that the voltage limit of (roughly) 4VRMS doesn't really tell the whole story of driving power, because a good implementation of opamps can work wonders. For instance, while the DCE can make 4.6VRMS it is only capable of 280mW @32Ω, while the DC07 Pro only makes 4VRMS, but is capable of 430mW @32Ω.
Oh, I don't really blame you here, except where the quality of the materials used make a difference. The problem with buying Chinese products such as this is that they could lie and tell you anything about how good the quality of the copper and silver, whether it is in "litz" configuration, etc... but I would argue (from my experience) that not all of these "so called" cables are actually using the TOTL materials they claim that they are. This DOES give me pause sometimes when looking at cheap cables. Though, for me I would never buy a boutique cable that was super costly just because of the name brand, or whatever.
That is pretty much it for me as well. Getting into the ins and outs of WHY I have so many different pieces of head gear is where I lose her every time, and she thinks I am nuts... haha She doesn't understand why I one set isn't sufficient, let alone the amount that I have overall.Same Same.
She says that it hurts her brain when I try and explain it to her. 
It appears to be pretty common on here with all of us. This is just all part of the addiction we all suffer from, apparently.Ugh yeah, i totally relate and do this lol. My partner ignores new gear these days...even though she knows what most of these little packages from AliX hold inside
I got home late from work yesterday and was pretty happy to have the package waiting for me, so I had to do the unboxing and share some pictures. I haven't had much time with them. The buds can be worn two ways... I ended up wearing them as shown on the left. The buds come with relatively thin donut foams preinstalled and didn't sound good to me out of the box. I tried full foams as well, but ended up using HieGi donut foams for best fit and sound.
Thank you! They are some nice looking buds. I guess you could say the metal work definitely has some pizzazz. I measured the diameter at 16.56mm, so pretty close to the normal 15.4mm driver speaker cover diameter. The driver is a 14.2mm Dynamic Driver with Ceramic Diaphragm (per their specs).Wow! Congrats on your new shiny!
Those look huge (not just the shells, but also the face). Cant wait to hear your impressions. They are unique looking to be sure.
Thank you!
My wife knew I had ordered them and I even told her that DHL had messaged me and said the delivery was going to be a day early. So all is good, nothing to hide or to be embarrassed about. I ordered them from MuiscTeck which has an address in New Jersey, USA, but I'm not sure how they operate. The package shipped directly from Hong Kong and DHL plastered a big label on the box stating the item was from China. I didn't pay any additional fees, so I'm happy about that. I believe the box was opened and inspected at US Customs. The cellophane wrap was ripped off the top end of the D-Max product box and the box was taped. I managed to get the tape off without ruining the box. The picture I posted of the front of the box would have been a total wreck if I couldn't cleanly remove their very sticky packing tape.Same Same.
Thank you! I was going for the low key shock value. What fun would it be if I preempted the surprise by saying that I ordered them ahead of time?Did you ever tell us you where ordering these? Not that you have to! This is only the internet. Did I miss you ordering them?
Or is this a case like the one discussed above, where you don't want your addiction to be found out? You where hiding it even from us? There is absolutely no need to do that, we understand and support your addiction, we are all co-dependent here.
I hope your new shinys treat you well. Very much looking forward to your impressions!
that looks like NiceHCK EBX25Ti stock silicone rings, and so far I had absolutely no idea where and how they may be useful because thick and strange interface looking edges which indeed carry no function?One of the best build qualities out there and for the first time ever a set I ended up playing with eq…
