[vinjeman]

out of context. I was simply poking the Iriver advocates.
The x5 has been one of the most cost effective players out there. It drives the pm-3 very well in the lo-gain mode. The price of some of these cables just drives me crazy. For fun, look at the description Schiit has on their interconnects.

here's to "SuperUltraHyperTechnology"

jhv

 

[AudioBear]

The X5 hits way above it's price.  I just spent a week with the PM-3s and it was great with them.  Going to cost me either a PM-3 or PM-2.  I also use the line-out to drive powered speakers and I have fed my sort of high-end HT system with it and can't say I noticed much of a difference from my $7500 Denon AVP-A1HD processor (of course it's 10 year old technology).  Yes, I have heard better systems but not for the price of an X5.

 

[s0ckpupp3t]

I find it really weird that the PM-3's soundstage per se isn't very large, but its imaging and instrument separation are amongst the best of what I've heard in a closed-back headphone.

The closest that I can get to describing the PM-3s from an imaging and instrument separation standpoint is that the sounds feel more "etched" on the PM-3 than on other headphones.

 

[shazwani87]

Oppo pm-3 with forza audio cable & fiio x1
Incredible

 

[lukeap69]

Oppo pm-3 with forza audio cable & fiio x1
Incredible

Very nice looking cable.

 

[robm321]

I still can't believe how good the PM-3 sounds out of the RWAK100 -> Leckerton Audio UHA-6S MkII. I use it at work, but its feels like I'm listening to a home rig. 

 

[aamefford]

The PM-3 sounds good enough out of an iPhone that I have parted with all my portable amps and dacs.  It's nice to simplify. 
 
Edit - @robm321  This is a comment on the PM-3. I reread it, and it sort of sounds like a slam to your post.  It isn't.  I love a good portable rig (and I bet yours sounds awesome!). I've just gotten to the point for myself that fewer moving parts are better, and the PM-3 sounds good enough out of an iPhone to allow me to eliminate a couple of moving parts.

 

[AudioBear]

+1
 
I always have my iPhone with me anyway and sometimes wires and stacks just seem like a drag.  I take the stack on long flights or I just add my FiiO X5 to the backpack.

 

[howdy]

I will get this tomorrow and cannot wait too try it with my iPhone and Oppo HA2!!!

 

[Maelob]

Thats why i contributed to the HiFi Skyn campaign - it will make the iPhone a little longer but no stacks to worry about.  I hope it sounds good.   

 

[khollister]

After going blind reading reviews of semi-portable closed phones to use with my new Pono player, I settled on the PM-3's (nowhere to audition anything decent in town). Unfortunately I won't be able to really audition them on my main rig versus the HD650's I have since the WA-2 is OTL and probably doesn't play well with the low impedance PM-3's. I was going to go for the HP50's, but I have a large hat size and was put off by the comments about comfort/fit on large heads. I'm also really curious about planars (considering PM-1's for the home system).
 
Keith

 

[nick n]

^ Ortho/isodynamics aren't affected like dynamics tend to be. Their impedance curves stay relatively flat because they are seen as a purely resistive load.
 
Think about trying them out on that vs the 650 and check in when you do

 

 

 

[NZtechfreak]

  ^ Ortho/isodynamics aren't affected like dynamics tend to be. Their impedance curves stay relatively flat because they are seen as a purely resistive load.
 
Think about trying them out on that vs the 650 and check in when you do

 

 

 
I think I have pointed out this quality of planars a couple of times already in this very thread. There needs to be some kind of visible sticky note somewhere in all the planar threads about this.

 

[q2klepto]

If anyone thats driving these from an amp with a 1/4" connection and wants to get extra fancy with their Oppo PM3 i have these FS The silver/black should look pretty nice with it. 
 
 
 
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/765112/5ft-neutrik-trs-3mm-6-3mm-terminated-midnight-black-paracord

 

[Max Choiral]

  ^ Ortho/isodynamics aren't affected like dynamics tend to be. Their impedance curves stay relatively flat because they are seen as a purely resistive load.
 

Same thing about most dynamic headphones. There aren't many which affected
But I was told that PM-3 has some distortion with the impedance of 10 Ohm.