[Qupidz]

Alright, there are indeed many of them, thanks!
With that many options to choose from i'm a bit confused about the difference in cores (4,6,8 or even 16?!) Hopefully its not too far offtopic: but is there a noticable difference? is there an indepth article about this somewhere? (google just gave me a lot of balanced vs. unbalanced comparisons).

 

[Amber Rain]

Sorry, that's beyond my level of technical knowledge! Maybe someone else can chime in?

 

[Lurk650]

Alright, there are indeed many of them, thanks!
With that many options to choose from i'm a bit confused about the difference in cores (4,6,8 or even 16?!) Hopefully its not too far offtopic: but is there a noticable difference? is there an indepth article about this somewhere? (google just gave me a lot of balanced vs. unbalanced comparisons).

Balanced cables are like burn in. Some believe and some don't. On that note, it can even go deeper where sometimes even when a believer you don't hear a difference.

Balanced tends to reduce cross talk so you get better imaging and separation, as well as a blacker background sometimes. I personally go no higher than 8 cores, don't see a point. Even between 4 and 8 I don't find an audible difference.

 

[paddyberger]

I received this little beauty yesterday. Quite chore to upgrade the firmware via Mac but all done now.

I have detected a slight rattle inside the device, it doesn’t seem to be impacting performance but does concern me.

Anyone else experience this?

 

[B_Rich]

I received this little beauty yesterday. Quite chore to upgrade the firmware via Mac but all done now.

I have detected a slight rattle inside the device, it doesn’t seem to be impacting performance but does concern me.

Anyone else experience this?

I have the rattle, too. I believe it's one of the buttons that is loose while you shake it. Try putting your finger on one of the buttons while shaking it and see if it goes away.

 

[contra3115]

I've had the earstudio unit for awhile because i wanted to use my audio cable for wireless listening as well as connected to the chord mojo (as opposed to getting a short Bluetooth wire with mmcx connectors). After many hours of listening (literally falling asleep with them using my shure se846s), this device is incredible despite the "limitations" of Bluetooth transmission. Not only can you customize EQ settings (i turn mine off bc if sounds better to me, but in my car i do use bass boost), but you also have very fine control over the volume as well (i use tidal streaming via iPhone X).

The clip isn't the strongest, and it could benefit from a 360 deg rotating clip, but I'm really nitpicking here. I actually think earstudio sounds better than the chord mojo--at least for the SE846s. Cleaner sound and wider soundstage to me (mojo can make them sound a tad muddy/heavy).

One thing I would definitely recommend is getting a balanced cable like one from Plussound. This makes a tremendous difference if you have discriminating ears. Noise floor is much lower, background totally black, and the quality of the music delivery is totally engrossing. I've literally refused to sleep because i wanted to continue listening, which for a wireless unit, is impressive.

Firmware upgrade was tricky to figure out on a Mac but you MUST do this to hear the benefits. I almost returned them bc i didnt wanted to bother with figuring out the firmware. Glad I didn't. Its worth every penny.

 

[MisterMudd]

I've had the earstudio unit for awhile because i wanted to use my audio cable for wireless listening as well as connected to the chord mojo (as opposed to getting a short Bluetooth wire with mmcx connectors). After many hours of listening (literally falling asleep with them using my shure se846s), this device is incredible despite the "limitations" of Bluetooth transmission. Not only can you customize EQ settings (i turn mine off bc if sounds better to me, but in my car i do use bass boost), but you also have very fine control over the volume as well (i use tidal streaming via iPhone X).

The clip isn't the strongest, and it could benefit from a 360 deg rotating clip, but I'm really nitpicking here. I actually think earstudio sounds better than the chord mojo--at least for the SE846s. Cleaner sound and wider soundstage to me (mojo can make them sound a tad muddy/heavy).

One thing I would definitely recommend is getting a balanced cable like one from Plussound. This makes a tremendous difference if you have discriminating ears. Noise floor is much lower, background totally black, and the quality of the music delivery is totally engrossing. I've literally refused to sleep because i wanted to continue listening, which for a wireless unit, is impressive.

Firmware upgrade was tricky to figure out on a Mac but you MUST do this to hear the benefits. I almost returned them bc i didnt wanted to bother with figuring out the firmware. Glad I didn't. Its worth every penny.

Great comments. I said it before, and I'll say it again, the ES100 totally rocks! Can't get enough of it.

 

[contra3115]

Balanced cables are like burn in. Some believe and some don't. On that note, it can even go deeper where sometimes even when a believer you don't hear a difference.

Balanced tends to reduce cross talk so you get better imaging and separation, as well as a blacker background sometimes. I personally go no higher than 8 cores, don't see a point. Even between 4 and 8 I don't find an audible difference.

I agree. I have a 6 core balanced from plus sound and it sounds fantastic. Maybe higher would be better but at that point it gets to be less value for your money IMO.

 

[paddyberger]

I have the rattle, too. I believe it's one of the buttons that is loose while you shake it. Try putting your finger on one of the buttons while shaking it and see if it goes away.

Thanks. It seems to be either the play or the skip button. Interestingly, if I place my finger between both of them it stops completely.

 

[PeterMac]

How to check on Windows PC what codec it use with ES100 ?

Any plans to release app on Windows ?

 

[m4rkw]

Can anyone point me at a 30cm balanced cable for sale? The only ones I can find are much too long. I bought one from someone on here a while back but one of the pins has broken and they’re not responding, also last time I broke it the cost to fix it was similar to a new cable from other sources. Don’t care what materials really as I can’t hear a difference. Thanks!

 

[Rowethren]

Can anyone point me at a 30cm balanced cable for sale? The only ones I can find are much too long. I bought one from someone on here a while back but one of the pins has broken and they’re not responding, also last time I broke it the cost to fix it was similar to a new cable from other sources. Don’t care what materials really as I can’t hear a difference. Thanks!

I have ordered a custom length cable from Forza Audio Works to go with my ES100 when it arrives but pretty much most custom cable shops will do any length you want if you ask.

 

[m4rkw]

Custom cable take forever and cost too much. I was hoping for something off the shelf, ideally uk based

 

[peter1480]

https://oidiosound.co.uk/ delivery less than a week not too expensive

 

[m4rkw]

thanks!