msiekkb
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@Tawek I see you bought, How your first impressions?
since yesterday
For those that are fortunate enough to listen to the A8000, please tell me why are your (especially NymPHONOmaniac) first impressions on the A8000 sound so much like a BA iems when it is a DD iems. I have the Utopia and I am familiar with Beryllium drivers, but your description (fast, clean, transient etc) usually are words that describe BA drivers. I have the FI-BA-SS and the A8000 is described like a FI-BA-SS. Is there any full review in the wild. I am interested.I just received my A8000 review loaner, beautiful design. As @NymPHONOmaniac and @msiekkb have already reported, the A8000 is highly detailed, but since it is brand new and final recommends burn-in—or aging in its own words—I’m going to run this for the next week or so to ensure it sounds it’s best before I put my critical cap on.
It’s been a while since I owned the custom FI-BA-SS commissioned by Astell&Kern, but the A8000 reminds me of this stellar IEM ...
Who is the Final dealer in the US
You should take a drive to Torrence and try out the A8000 on the SP2K at the Source. Both SP2K and A8000 have similar sound character and I am seriously wanting to know how do they pair up. They are both fast, very clean, very dynamic, and with excellent texture and timber. I am tempted to buy them blind. How is the A8000 with your 240SS? Too bright? Final suggests 150 to 200 hours of “Aging” but you really should pick them up and hear how they change over time. Although not pure beryllium, the Campfire DD ADLC drivers are beryllium coated but they have a tendency to loose bass slam in the first 100 hours of burn in. That is why I want to know if there is any change for the A8000 over aging. Btw, the A8000 is not a limited production item, right?
Yea Alan is awesome, is the Source AV an authorized dealer?
Happened to mine after a couple of months. Sent them back under warranty and apparently the mesh was clogged though it was still bright white so I thought otherwise. Advice from the authorised dealer:Well, after 1 year of light use my E4000 got a lot quieter in the right channel. Has anyone else experienced this? Tried different cables, different sources, swapped the channels around, placed them in a dry spot, nothing.
due to the fine mesh of the E4000 it can be hard to see if they are blocked. I have taken a look at yours and managed to clean the mesh with a special earphone vac we have here. But a trick for future if you have issues with these is to put just the tip of the nozzle where the mesh is in some boiling water and then dry them, this should draw out the wax and clean them.
Happened to mine after a couple of months. Sent them back under warranty and apparently the mesh was clogged though it was still bright white so I thought otherwise. Advice from the authorised dealer:
Sounds scary but if that's what they advise it's what I'll do next time.