[ClieOS]

ClieOS, sir, I would very much appreciate if you could give me your opinion:
As the K's 500 is on Aliexpress now and HeadFi members get a really nice discount, I'm very interested. But Shozy BK and Rose Masya.
I like the Asura 2, but the Cygnus is slightly better for gaming.
Which one would you rather take and why?

I'll get back to you once I have enough time with BK.

For headphones that's iDAC and not iDSD ?

Yes, I mean micro iDSD. I have Micro iDAC as well, it is also a really good DAC/amp, though iDSD is just a little better overall. But if you dont need it to be protable, iDAC will be more than suffice.

 

[ballog]

What do you guys think of Xduoo XD-05 for earbuds - Monk+, RX1 and in the future high impedance buds? The XD-05 is currently $153 on Gearbest - seems too good to be true!

 

[Blueshound24]

If anyone is interested, Massdrop has the Yuin Pk3 for $24 + $2.75 shipping for two more days.
Think it's worth getting?
 
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/yuin-pk3 

 

[DavidRrofel]

Ballog, just to you know.
I made the order and paid the past October 8th but yesterday I had to cancel my Xduoo xd-05's order because they have not real stock right now. Gerarbest told me that I had to wait at least 15 days more. 

 

[cingcut]

I hear you on the donuts (no pun intended), for the life of me, I simply don't know how to put on the run-of-the-mill black donut foams. It flip flops all over the place, except properly on the circumference of the earbud. Will the Hiegi donuts, that everyone talks about, be any easier?

just put in like full foams
idk dont have hiegi donuts yet, for now, but its still donut, i think it will be same. lol

 

[Tomasz2D]

Yes, I mean micro iDSD. I have Micro iDAC as well, it is also a really good DAC/amp, though iDSD is just a little better overall. But if you dont need it to be protable, iDAC will be more than suffice.

 
What worries me about iDAC2 is that it just has analog volume control and no gain switch. This is of course in the context of using it with earbuds. Do you feel that you still have good volume control in iDAC2 when used with earbuds? No significant channel imbalance with low volume? I mean, as compared to micro iDSD where there are 3 gain levels plus IEM match that helps to tame it.

 

[ClieOS]

What worries me about iDAC2 is that it just has analog volume control and no gain switch. This is of course in the context of using it with earbuds. Do you feel that you still have good volume control in iDAC2 when used with earbuds? No significant channel imbalance with low volume? I mean, as compared to micro iDSD where there are 3 gain levels plus IEM match that helps to tame it.

If you are using super sensitive IEM, then iDSD is definitely the better choice for finer volume control. I haven't listened to any earbud that is so sensitive that gain becomes an issue.

 

[AudioNewbi3]

For those of you who own the SeaHF 320OHM V1, you better take bloody good care of it.
 
According to this thread:
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4820535144
 
BugGuys himself mentions that the "old 320ohm" is "really gone"
In turn, there is a newer version which supposedly reduces clipping with improved sonic performances.

*the newer version he mentions might just be the 320Ohm V2 

 

[golov17]

Like beta Asura.. Rare & beauty

 

[Tomasz2D]

If you are using super sensitive IEM, then iDSD is definitely the better choice for finer volume control. I haven't listened to any earbud that is so sensitive that gain becomes an issue.

Good to hear that. I was always intrigued by what they say why they have used that older Burr Brown PCM1793 chip (and as they like to underline - the last one developed by Japanese before TI overtake). It is almost like a legend On the other hand iFi product lineup with so many products overlaping in functionality is little confusing. But... with British pound going down it is quite tempting now to get iFi directly from the islands.

 

[fairx]

For those of you who own the SeaHF 320OHM V1, you better take bloody good care of it.

According to this thread:
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4820535144

BugGuys himself mentions that the "old 320ohm" is "really gone"

In turn, there is a newer version which supposedly reduces clipping with improved sonic performances.


*the newer version he mentions might just be the 320Ohm V2 

Still have your seahf v1? Maybe someday perhaps I can audition yours? At a meet or something.

I guess all ty 320 ohm are newer version. I'm pretty content with my ty Hp320 despite shipping mishap ( my guess is they don't have it). Still burning in.

 

[vapman]

  If anyone is interested, Massdrop has the Yuin Pk3 for $24 + $2.75 shipping for two more days.
Think it's worth getting?
 
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/yuin-pk3 

Massdrop has had yuins for a long time, it's not a bad price if you don't mind the long wait until shipping, and the long wait after shipping, but like others have said, yuins get less and less appealing as more nice budget models come out.... still, there will be people who want & love the Yuin signature! But, in 2016 you don't really find anyone repping Yuin and nothing else. Even back when they were kind of the "only option" for nice buds people still went for higher end Sonys instead sometimes... (searching "yuin sony" will bring up a lot of thread from 2000-2005!)

 

[tinkertailor]

Yuins are still better than the monks imo... far more detail

 

[vapman]

Yuins are still better than the monks imo... far more detail

more detail for sure, but these days you can get an arguably better bud which is more competent as an all-rounder for no more than $20...  like yes, the yuin still not bad, but there's a reason people wanted something else even 10+ years ago.

 

[springbay]

  For those of you who own the SeaHF 320OHM V1, you better take bloody good care of it.

 
I'm so thankful for my Smart 1. None of my other buds do acoustic guitar as well as them, except perhaps the LD-3 320.
 
About the K500 and the special price. I've put the buds in my cart and immediately replied to the initial message from HCK via AE messenger that I was interested in buying version 2, but they have not adjusted the price in my cart. Am I doing something wrong, or how does this thing work when the seller change the price at AE?