Your cable looks really nice. I am tempting on getting one too. But they only have silver cable on amazon. I google a bit and found this website. Looks like they purchase items in Japan for customers and charge a bit of an agent fee plus shipping. It works out to be JPY16280 for your cable with shipping and agent charge. Converting the difference to usd thats about $15. It's actually pretty good. I might get one from them. How's the cable though, do you like it?
I used to go with Tenso forwarding service in Japan, though I'm not sure about their rate right now. You can check it out here https://www.tenso.com/en
The quote they gave you seems to be great, considering it's both shipping plus agent fee.
I really like the cable. The build quality is very good. The braid is consistent and very tightly together but at the same time feels super soft and flexible. I won't comment on the sound since it's pretty subjective. Overall, this is a high quality cable that is durable and light with great flexibility. Most importantly it looks amazingly beautiful
IMO the big question is how they will deal with the situation. If this is a one-off issue, and they handle the return/replacement well, then it shouldn’t be all gloom and doom. After all, there are cases of far more expensive IEMs like Noble K10s and InEar Prophile 8s shattering like porcelain dolls, so build quality issues isn’t just a Fearless Audio or Chi-Fi thing.
Now, if build quality issues becomes a common theme or if the return/warranty situation isn’t great, then I think we should all have some reservations.
I actually have experience with something like this. I bought a cheap silver cable for my 2-pin zs10 and the build quality was crap and the fastener chipped/melted off. Its the thing that holds the pin in the hole and now that ****er is loose every time and always detaches. Its a pain in the butt.
Anyways, I have the MEE bluetooth 2-pin cable and was wondering if it can power 8ba driver like the s8pro hmm. I guess we'll find out once I get it.
IMO the big question is how they will deal with the situation. If this is a one-off issue, and they handle the return/replacement well, then it shouldn’t be all gloom and doom. After all, there are cases of far more expensive IEMs like Noble K10s and InEar Prophile 8s shattering like porcelain dolls, so build quality issues isn’t just a Fearless Audio or Chi-Fi thing.
Now, if build quality issues becomes a common theme or if the return/warranty situation isn’t great, then I think we should all have some reservations.
I think Linsoul and Penon are the only places they could have been gotten through and both seem smart enough not to let a mistake at Fearless bother their image.
I think Linsoul and Penon are the only places they could have been gotten through and both seem smart enough not to let a mistake at Fearless bother their image.
I agree, bro. From all you (and others who have bought) have said so far, I think Lillian will do her best to make things right. Both Linsoul and Penon have very good feedback on various buying sites like Ebay, Amazon, ali, etc, so I would definitely give them the benefit of the doubt. I also dont think that Fearless would want to get a bad rep, especially since they are really starting to become "a name" in chi-fi gear. Companies like this and BGVP are trying hard to shed the stereotypical image of poor quality by putting out such good quality gear. Even with the best and well known of brands in any given industry, every once in a while, a dud does slip through. Let's think positive.
Hi, this is Lillian from Linsoul. I am sorry for causing you any inconvenience. Could you please contact us via Facebook page(linsoul audio) or our customer service email (linsoultech@gmail.com) and we will deal with the problems of your product as soon as possible.
Thank you so much for your support.
I think Linsoul and Penon are the only places they could have been gotten through and both seem smart enough not to let a mistake at Fearless bother their image.
Yep, Linsoul! Everything's been great with them so far, so I think it'll be okay. I don't really want to dissuade anybody from getting these, but if it's an issue with the cable itself I definitely don't want that cable to be sold with it—imagine buying $1100+ ACME8s and having the cable end melt into them!!
Hi, this is Lillian from Linsoul. I am sorry for causing you any inconvenience. Could you please contact us via Facebook page(linsoul audio) or our customer service email (linsoultech@gmail.com) and we will deal with the problems of your product as soon as possible.
Thank you so much for your support.
On the cable front, somebody needs to tell me not to get this... I don't need it and it's too pricey! But it's so good-looking! (Or this... yikes)
edit: oh, and more importantly of course: I'm in email contact with Lillian right now, and we're waiting to hear back from Fearless. I added this info to my initial post too, so people reading through don't stop there and think I'm being left high and dry.
Also: I swear i'm getting better bass with this cable. I don't believe in sound changes from cables at all, aside from different resistivities, and I'm well aware that people transpose the fact that copper is a darker color into hearing a "darker sound", and so on... I'm guessing it's just from the balanced connection, but I have no idea why that would make the bass better, since on the ES100 balanced/unbalanced are run through the same DACs/amps. *shrug*
Any advantage going balanced on the s8f? Haven't tried any balanced connections so now I'm curious.
Btw, for anyone thinking of buying the s8f Amazon has a page to customize them. I just recently saw this so just putting it out there as another option.
Any advantage going balanced on the s8f? Haven't tried any balanced connections so now I'm curious.
Btw, for anyone thinking of buying the s8f Amazon has a page to customize them. I just recently saw this so just putting it out there as another option.
Improvements Going balanced will always depend on the amp/dac used. Some are vastly different between se and balanced. Some are not. Zx300 is alot different between the two.
Yep, Linsoul! Everything's been great with them so far, so I think it'll be okay. I don't really want to dissuade anybody from getting these, but if it's an issue with the cable itself I definitely don't want that cable to be sold with it—imagine buying $1100+ ACME8s and having the cable end melt into them!!
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