Radsone EarStudio ES100
Oct 31, 2019 at 3:59 PM Post #5,552 of 6,673
NewFantasia HiFi Cable with 2.5mm Trrs Balanced Male for Sennheiser HD598 / HD558 / HD518 / HD598 Cs / HD599 / HD569 / HD579 Headphones and for Astell&Kern AK240 AK380 AK320 onkyo DP-X1 FIIO https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075C9HXW5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_qNLUDbJ54WG5H

That's exactly the cable I use and I love it. It's a little long for my purposes, so I have coiled up a good chunk of it and tied it with zip ties, that bit stays in my pocket with the ES100.

I had previously soldered my own cables by taking apart the 1/4" plug cable that came with my 598's but over time the plug started losing connection to one channel so I gave up and bought something more reliable.
 
Nov 1, 2019 at 7:21 PM Post #5,555 of 6,673
Hmm.. I already ordered ES100 and NewFantasia cable for 598s, but got tempting AKG-K702/712 offer a moment ago.. Would ES100 be enough to drive 712s, if I changed my plan and made wireless 712s instead :wink:

As long as you listen below 90db or so I'd say you'll be fine. I use a bass modded Q701 with my ES100 and it works very well, but I listen between 75-85db.

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Nov 1, 2019 at 7:36 PM Post #5,557 of 6,673
Nov 1, 2019 at 7:56 PM Post #5,559 of 6,673
No,

K701 or K702 for just under 130$, K712 for just under 230$.

But since I'm ordering guitar from that same shop anyway, and adding headphones would break the free shipping limit, "real price" for the headphones would be 100$ / 200$ :wink:

I wouldn't do the K701 since the cable isn't replaceable. But the 702 yes.
 
Nov 1, 2019 at 8:10 PM Post #5,560 of 6,673
I wouldn't do the K701 since the cable isn't replaceable. But the 702 yes.
This is way off ES100 now, sorry for that, but I'm still considering K712 over K702. Never heard either, and have no chance of doing so before purchase, but that "3db low-end boost" sounds tempting. Most likely you haven't heard of most of the bands I listen to, but many of them are "orchestral", powerfull metal music..
 
Nov 2, 2019 at 7:24 AM Post #5,561 of 6,673
Portable Goodness - Campfire Andromeda + DDHiFi BC50B + Radsone ES100 :)


Any thoughts on es100 sq vs iBasso dx160? I just received my es100, suberb sq compared to my m11. I'm just considering sell the m11 to try some other daps like dx160.
 
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Nov 2, 2019 at 7:38 AM Post #5,562 of 6,673
Any thoughts on es100 sq vs iBasso dx160? I'm just received my es100, suberb sq compared to my m11. I'm just considering sell the m11 to try some other daps like dx160.
The DX160 has superior SQ to both ES100 & M11. Cheers!
 
Nov 2, 2019 at 2:32 PM Post #5,563 of 6,673
The DX160 has superior SQ to both ES100 & M11. Cheers!
Althought I don't own DX160 (and before make a final judgement on ES100), did you tried to turn off both bluetooth and USB DAC jitters switchs + both DCT and crossfeed off + filter on sharp roll-off and 1x sampling rate ? (this is how I truely enjoy my ES100)
 
Nov 2, 2019 at 9:52 PM Post #5,565 of 6,673
Any thoughts on es100 sq vs iBasso dx160? I just received my es100, suberb sq compared to my m11. I'm just considering sell the m11 to try some other daps like dx160.
Better then m11 really ?
 

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