[Young Spade]

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I've gotta get me some of those MD's! Those have to be some of the coolest looking IEMs on the planet. Apparently some of the best sounding too, by most peoples impressions.

The blue cable is what does it for me. 

 

[angstromer]

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For such a small footprint, I really like how this combination sounds. Just a very smooth overall sound.
(And I have my IE8s swapped, which for some reason fit my ears better.)
 

Nice rig. Guess cold i7 and warm IE8 are a good pair. Music great too - PT rules!
 

 

[zero7525]

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Nice rig. Guess cold i7 and warm IE8 are a good pair. Music great too - PT rules!
 

The i7 isn't cold, it's neutral becuase it has a flat frequency response. A DAP with a FR that rises up in treble and less bass is cold. The opposite is warm, with a big quantity of bass with steady roll off at the highs (to a point).

Either way, both a i7 and the ie8 sound good

 

[Hero Kid]

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The i7 isn't cold, it's neutral because it has a flat frequency response.

Wrong. Do you honestly think a flat frequency response means neutral/natural sound?

 

[rawrster]

I consider a flat response to be neutral but that's not the same thing as natural imo. Of course that's another topic in itself..

 

[CoryGillmore]

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The blue cable is what does it for me. 

In a good way or a bad way? I love it actually.

 

[zero7525]

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Wrong. Do you honestly think a flat frequency response means neutral/natural sound?

Neutral and natural sound are different altogether. A flat FR is technically neutral, so I don't know what is your point. Two flat FR headphones can have different sounds, but if we a talking graphs here, then neutral is flat, no questions asked.

 

[Young Spade]

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In a good way or a bad way? I love it actually.

I love it. Draws attention to the cords then people look at your ears and alas, they're gold
Very nice. 

 

[129207]

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Does that FiiO LOD really sound any different than just using the headphone-out and maxing the volume?

Looking forward to the answer to this question as well. 

 

[dziendobry]

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Looking forward to the answer to this question as well.

I haven't compared them before, I will do a comparison listening session sometime this weekend, probably tonight when I have some quiet time in a home of three kids.  

 

[129207]

great! looking forward to your impressions. 

 

[Achmedisdead]

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I haven't compared them before, I will do a comparison listening session sometime this weekend, probably tonight when I have some quiet time in a home of three kids.  

I look forward to it too!

 

[The Larch]

 
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[mrarroyo]

Gear is changing, will need a wheelbarrow soon! 

 Just upgraded an iRiver H120 to an 80 Gb HD, 2,300 mAh battery, and Rockbox version 3.6. Next I will need a balanced cable and hook it all up to iBasso Toucan/Boomslang combo.
 
 

 

 

[J.Pocalypse]

 

Does that FiiO LOD really sound any different than just using the headphone-out and maxing the volume?

I have one on my Fuze feeding an E5 playing 320 MP3s (in the interest of saving storage space), The only thing I can notice going from a mini-mini to the LOD is, the bass seems to be a bit tighter and maybe I'm getting a bit more battery life out of my Fuze.