New cable in town
Is that the XinHS 4 braid "graphene-infused silver"? And how much was it?
I had Hakugei custom make a copper+silver graphene. Not the easiest to find synergy for. Seems to bring out mid-treble and mid-bass energy, like a V-shaped EQ. Sound stage gets smaller and extension reduced.
hmm maybe I should get some spiral dots ++
You can try PW Audio 28 copper v2 cable and spinfit 155 or BGVP A07
Holding off for now on any new cable till Christmas. I have the XINHS silver on order but think I’m done shopping for cables. With the solid copper stock cable 2x cable made of gold silver copper mixes and the silver new one I just ordered I’m already over the $150.00 that I planned to spend on cables.
No not yet, I ll see where I can get some of it. I remember someone mentioned about this tip awhile ago?
The ePros have been around for a while. They are almost de rigueur for Penon IEMs. The mid-centric Penons get increased soundstage and tame a bit of midbass with the ePros. Your mileage will likely vary on different-tuned IEMs.
I recommend giving the FDX1 with KXXS filters a try. I actually place it very close to the IER-M9 with 8 core silver cable (sounds much clearer/detailed vs stock cable).
That's a sweet deal for the Dusk.
I just got the 7hz, was actually surprised how fast it shipped. It's a good set especially if you don't already have a set of planar in your collection. However, I don't think it blows away the P1. They are about on par with each other from what I can tell. The 7hz is much easier to drive though. So if you already have the P1 I'd say skip it. I'd you don't have any planars, the 7hz is a solid first set.
Sundara's still trounce all over both of them though. But for a portable planar setup, this is as good as it gets.
Man I'm really tempted to pick one of these up now but I'm scared I won't like planar. I hated my audeze Mobius/Hyperx cloud orbit 3d even in "hi Fi dac" mode, whatever that is. They weren't bad.. they just weren't good at anything, my pc38x sound way better to me, and even my he-35x sounded slightly better to me. I've also owned a lot of $100-$300 iems but I always end up going back to my cheaper starfields because I like them best. Isn h40 is great but the bass is too bloated. The penon orbs well, they sound smooth I guess and have decent bass, too warm for me. The kbear believe are way too U shaped, I can't believe how many people actually like these. The entire range sounds hollowed out to me except for the bass and treble. The bass is good but I find the treble a bit much. The blon 3 sounded like an inferior believe to me but I still liked it's sound signature a bit more, it's similar sounding but a bit more balanced. I think these were way overhyped, much like most of my other iems. Makes me very reluctant to buy into iem hype anymore. The only ones that have lived up to the hype for me are the bgvp dmg even though they aren't great anymore because at the time they were great and my first step into good chifi (though the Sennheiser momentum in ears came close), and the starfields which have just blown my mind away how good of an all rounder it is. I think we're close to a point where chifi iems are becoming more and more subjective as the hardware in the budget/mid range spectrum improves. That's why if I end up liking the mele more than let's say the blessing 2 Dusk I'll be getting then that's what my end game will be, doesn't matter to me that they're just $50. Hbb's video (even though I don't like him too much) about how they were gonna sell them for $150 really opened my eyes to how a lot of these iems are probably manufactured for a lot cheaper than their cost, and how a lot of their cost is going into their extras like the packaging anyways. I bet a lot of the $100 iems we have could be sold for $200-$300 and that would make their perceived value go way up and make people think they're better than we do now. I think vice versa is true as well. Yeah rant aside I'm just trying to say it's hard for me not to be kinda skeptical these days because of how subjective iems have become. A lot of people would rank the iems have way differently from me so it makes hard for me to trust reviews, etc. Which is how I've ended up going down deeper and deeper in this rabbit hole and money sinkThat's a sweet deal for the Dusk.
Edit: 7hz Timeless is highly dependent on tip rolling. Stock fitted tips are ok but kinda lean sounding. Just tried cp100 on them and they really brought out the warmth and textured bass. Much better. Audeze LCD-2 like versus the P1 which sounds more similar to HiFiMan. Awesome planar sound out of the BTR5
Interesting about the Starfields. Some people say they sound different—Arias are warmer, Starfields have more mids, others say they can’t hear a difference. Did you ever try the Arias and noticed a difference between them?Man I'm really tempted to pick one of these up now but I'm scared I won't like planar. I hated my audeze Mobius/Hyperx cloud orbit 3d even in "hi Fi dac" mode, whatever that is. They weren't bad.. they just weren't good at anything, my pc38x sound way better to me, and even my he-35x sounded slightly better to me. I've also owned a lot of $100-$300 iems but I always end up going back to my cheaper starfields because I like them best. Isn h40 is great but the bass is too bloated. The penon orbs well, they sound smooth I guess and have decent bass, too warm for me. The kbear believe are way too U shaped, I can't believe how many people actually like these. The entire range sounds hollowed out to me except for the bass and treble. The bass is good but I find the treble a bit much. The blon 3 sounded like an inferior believe to me but I still liked it's sound signature a bit more, it's similar sounding but a bit more balanced. I think these were way overhyped, much like most of my other iems. Makes me very reluctant to buy into iem hype anymore. The only ones that have lived up to the hype for me are the bgvp dmg even though they aren't great anymore because at the time they were great and my first step into good chifi (though the Sennheiser momentum in ears came close), and the starfields which have just blown my mind away how good of an all rounder it is. I think we're close to a point where chifi iems are becoming more and more subjective as the hardware in the budget/mid range spectrum improves. That's why if I end up liking the mele more than let's say the blessing 2 Dusk I'll be getting then that's what my end game will be, doesn't matter to me that they're just $50. Hbb's video (even though I don't like him too much) about how they were gonna sell them for $150 really opened my eyes to how a lot of these iems are probably manufactured for a lot cheaper than their cost, and how a lot of their cost is going into their extras like the packaging anyways. I bet a lot of the $100 iems we have could be sold for $200-$300 and that would make their perceived value go way up and make people think they're better than we do now. I think vice versa is true as well. Yeah rant aside I'm just trying to say it's hard for me not to be kinda skeptical these days because of how subjective iems have become. A lot of people would rank the iems have way differently from me so it makes hard for me to trust reviews, etc. Which is how I've ended up going down deeper and deeper in this rabbit hole and money sink
