[fiascogarcia]

  Have you audiophiles ever found any combos which deliver to your ears the kind of audio making you think it too good to be true? 
 
I am not an audiophile but I like modding/diying/tweaking things, and appreciate quality audio too. I am surprised that audio could sometimes jump big in response to certain tweaking. I now have this combo which makes all the iStocks in my possessions (iphone 4s, ipod video, classic 7g and mini) sound like 2D only (lacking horizontal depth and dynamics, only vertical dimensions). I am blown. 

What combo would that be?

 

[Paul Graham]

  Have you audiophiles ever found any combos which deliver to your ears the kind of audio making you think it too good to be true? 
 
I am not an audiophile but I like modding/diying/tweaking things, and appreciate quality audio too. I am surprised that audio could sometimes jump big in response to certain tweaking. I now have this combo which makes all the iStocks in my possessions (iphone 4s, ipod video, classic 7g and mini) sound like 2D only (lacking horizontal depth and dynamics, only vertical dimensions). I am blown. 

 
And another audiophile is born........

 

[Hisoundfi]

  they are tight,neat,compact and most of all............they sound heavenly gooooooooddddd
 

What DAP is that?

 

[H20Fidelity]

What DAP is that?

iBasso DX100.

 

[maricius]

It's either an iBasso DX100 or the Hibino variant

 

[xplosive]

ak100 + glove a1 + vintage pioneer se-l40 = WOW...
 

 

[NLNH]

e741 (modded) and ms70d 

 

[Paul Graham]

  ak100 + glove a1 + vintage pioneer se-l40 = WOW...
 

 
I very nearly had a pair of these cans last year but lost the bid.
They're getting extremely rare especially in good condition.
I'll find a pair one day ( One hopes!!! lol )
 
Lovely rig!!!

 

[DMinor]

 
What combo would that be?

 
The combo involves quite a bit of modding. For whatever reason, it just clicked firing on all cylinders. Audio is very strange, and I don't think I can even duplicate the same results from a pipeline with all the identical components. 
 
I know this may sound unbelievable to some head-fi'ers. Once I switched a CF card for a SDXC card on one of my diymods, and I instantly noticed with the SDXC it didn't sound as good as with the CF and there was loss of dynamics. I am sure in theory to many of you this is impossible. But impossible is nothing, when  it comes to audio.
 
I know Rudi reported that battery may affect the audio quality. The point is audio may follow a theory but not the audio quality.
 
 

   
And another audiophile is born........

 
haha, No I don't think I am and will be. But I enjoy the fun from modding/diying/tweaking and most importantly listening to TONS of music accessible at my fingertips. I do appreciate quality audio, especially when music doesn't sound that good.

 

[CJG888]

ak100 + glove a1 + vintage pioneer se-l40 = WOW...

Were those Pioneers the inspiration for the FAD Pandora's exterior design???

 

[Fridge77]

 

A very eye-candy rig! I really like it 

Tell us your full setup

 

[Arty McGhee]

thanks
 
fii0 x3 - fiio e12 - takstar 2050 w/ AT hd 700 drivers detachable cable mod and hm5 earpads 
couple cans of krylon  and a mess of 100 paracord and mogami copper

 

[DMinor]

  thanks
 
fii0 x3 - fiio e12 - takstar 2050 w/ AT hd 700 drivers detachable cable mod and hm5 earpads 
couple cans of krylon  and a mess of 100 paracord and mogami copper

 
What braid  did you use for the cable? Really nice looking cable. 

 

[Arty McGhee]

   
What braid  did you use for the cable? Really nice looking cable. 

it's a plain 3 wire braid nothing fancy if you zoom in you can see

 

[xplosive]

   
I very nearly had a pair of these cans last year but lost the bid.
They're getting extremely rare especially in good condition.
I'll find a pair one day ( One hopes!!! lol )
 
Lovely rig!!!

 
Thank you Paul Graham, I really enjoy this headphone. and I hope you can get one as well. Need big power to drive them though. ak240 headphone out not sufficient enough to drive them by itself the sound start to break at high volume (65 or more). with glove a1, it really make the sl-40 sing without breaking even at almost maximum volume on the glove.. ak240 sound more intimate though imo.
 
 
 

Were those Pioneers the inspiration for the FAD Pandora's exterior design???

 
Yes they look about the same. pioneer sl-40 is an open headphone though. it also has hd25 split up headband.