blotmouse
Headphoneus Supremus
Yeah, whats up with the cable? It's weird to me. Do you have to plug both ends in? Does the 3.5 just hang off and scratch up your dap, if you don't?
Oriolus Products General Discussion Thread
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endless402
500+ Head-Fier
Designed for oriolus and sony players apparently where you can switch off the 3.5mm plug when you use the 4.4mm plug. The 3.5mm portion is for grounding. Since 4.4mm plugs don't include a ground, having an external ground can reduce noise resulting in a blacker quieter background
I don't have an oriolus or sony player though...
"The cable is a 4 conductors and 4 independent shielding cable.
It is 5 pin setting,and there are L+,L-,R+,R-,G in the cable.
The G(ground) pin is only for shielding which is independent.
Independent shielding cable make it sound better in the soundstage and more details.
If you are using a Sony 4.4mm jack inside player.
Please plugin it with the follow steps for its automatic balanced mode switching system:
- Put the 3.5mmGND plug into Sony's 3.5mm earphone jack.
- Put the 4.4mm balanced plug into Sony's 4.4mm balanced earphone Jack.
- Check if the balaned mode is ON on the screen of Sony's player.
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blotmouse
Headphoneus Supremus
Looks like it would be better to buy the SE version and put the $500 savings into a proper balanced cable. I don't want a loose end flapping around scratching everything. Thanks for the help.
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Well I just joined the Isabellae club. Just bought from a fellow Head-fier!
Wildcatsare1
Headphoneus Supremus
Rock, have you heard the Rhapsiodio Eden? If not I’d be will ing to ship mine to you to compare.Oriolus Reborn first day impressions...consolidated post, continually updated. Crossposted here.
Earliest of early impressions after just a few test tracks were that this is another work of characteristic Oriolus magic. First thoughts-- very well balanced and pleasing tuning. Think Solaris with more sub-bass, a bit less mid-bass (a little less thump but more woob), not quite as spacious or layered but with more forwardness & even temperedness in the mids combined with The Old Man's peerless affinity for extracting nuance, emotion and subtle textures out of vocals and bringing the whole upper mid-range forward without overshadowing the lower mids, sacrificing weight and body or veering into anything too shouty (it did come a bit close on one of my tracks but that could have been the recording) or sacrificing sweetness in the highs. So far, huge thumbs up.
Some more notes after a few hours. Something I've been surprised about: these things are sub-bass beasts. Not in quantity but in quality-- the bass is quick, thick, very well extended, nicely nuanced & detailed...all in all possibly the most satisfying pure sub-bass experience I've had since the IER Z1R. On the flip side mid-bass oomph, as I noted earlier, is not as strong and at first-- coming right from something like the Dorado or even the Isabellae-- I find myself missing that presence, however invariably after some time passes and my brain adapts to the sound I stop noticing/minding...it's funny how our minds work and what we can adapt to. Not unlike walking into a bright room from the dark-- it's overwhelming at first but after time your perception adjusts accordingly.
On any of my tracks that benefit from a good sub-bass emphasis the Reborn absolutely knocks it out of the park-- I was not expecting the sub-bass to be this good.
Mids are fantastic-- sometimes upper mids veer into "almost too sharp" territory but they never quite get there. I think this is a consequence of missing mid-bass presence I am used to as well as adjusting to, what is in my experience generally sharper, BA midrange timbre. Male vocals are some of the nicest I've heard.
Staging is fairly wide and tall but quite deep-- this is where Reborn's hybrid elements allow it to surpass something like Isa. There is a really nice sense of holographic rendering here and you get the inklings of a tangible 3-d presence-- something that The Old Man perfected in the Traillii.
All that said this IEM has already won me over. My only real reservations so far are 1) re-adjusting back to BA timbre in the mids, 2) not as much mid-bass presence as I usally like, and 3) upper mids come within a hairbreadth of too strident at times...though I must also say that after I've been listening for a while my awareness of all these things vanish as I find myself melting into the inviting, open and embracing tuning of the Oriolius Reborn.
Wildcatsare1
Headphoneus Supremus
I am PM me your address.No but I’d love to hear it. You cool with shipping to Canada?
claud W
Headphoneus Supremus
OK, guys, what cable are you using on your Isa? I started off with a Socrates which sounded good, but changed to a PW Audio #10 with more definition.
claud W
Headphoneus Supremus
The stock pairing is quite good for a stock cable, but I thought I would try some of my better cables with it. Socrates was an improvement by smoothing out the sound, but loosing some definition. The PW #10 plays to Isa's strengths and adds some definition and cleans up the sound. This PW is a 4 wire cable so its supple and otherwise nice to use walking or jogging. For those on a budget, its less than $200.
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I haven't personally rolled enough cables with Isa, but I do think there's improvement to be had with others. This 22AWG 7N OCC brings out more body to the bass and lower mids which I think balances the sound quite well!
