Soviet planars are a rather broad topic. Once I had them all - if you do not take into account the mass of modifications. And they are really quite good for their penny prices. And it's too much when you put your hands on them and make a mod.
A still working Sansa Fuze V2 and RadioPaq Jazz IEM.
This is where my more serious joinery in portable audio began.
My Creative Nano 1Gb broke down and I went on the few forums back then, to try to figure out what DAP suited me the best for my budget. There came the Sansa.
Both the Creative and SanDisk earbuds were not good enough for this player, neither a pair of very fragile and muddy Pioneer IEMs that were too expensive for what they offered. Again on forums I settled down for the RadioPaq Jazz.
Later came a crystal case and a huge (!) 8Gb uSD! And Rockbox with Winamp skin.
When my original pair of Jazzes broke down, they were already off the market, so I just went collecting IEMs but never got quite the same magical traits of the RadioPaqs (starting with the MEE M9, the Sound Magic ES18 and, from 2015 onwards, the KZ stuff).
These pictured are not the original pair, but ones I managed to recently get on eBay UK, with the nasty microphone(ic) cable and later recabled. They still hold their magical slight bump in the 300 - 400 Hz, and have the most comfortable tips I ever used. A great experience!
You're wording Huge on that 8GB storage still has me wetting my britches I do remember some of the first rigs I threw together, I think I went from this Shuffle to a Zen Mosaic with SE215's!
You're wording Huge on that 8GB storage still has me wetting my britches I do remember some of the first rigs I threw together, I think I went from this Shuffle to a Zen Mosaic with SE215's!
Yeah, I named it that because of the crazy rubbery springiness of the Delta's cable. Not sure if your a Yo-Yo'er but that is an old trick that the BrainWaze cable reminded me of!
Today was a stroll down memory lane, and what good memories!
The Sansa Clip Zip is such a punchy little DAP! Lots of power for less demanding IEMs and headphones. And Rockbox squeezes a lot of functionalities out of this thing.
Yeah, I named it that because of the crazy rubbery springiness of the Delta's cable. Not sure if your a Yo-Yo'er but that is an old trick that the BrainWaze cable reminded me of!
Soviet planars are a rather broad topic. Once I had them all - if you do not take into account the mass of modifications. And they are really quite good for their penny prices. And it's too much when you put your hands on them and make a mod.
Yeah I read these can be modded! I use them stock but may upgrade the cable to balance later.
I love that they are so light/compact and cheap and sounds so good and I just throw them into my bags without thinking twice to get the headphone experience
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I do remember some of the first rigs I threw together, I think I went from this Shuffle to a Zen Mosaic with SE215's!
