Hey guys, I'm looking to buy Sony's nw-wm1a DAP, so was thinking which IEM's will pair well with it, I now have XBA-Z5, which I use w/ a stock non-balanced cable, on a Hifiman HM-901, it's good, but not great, so I was thinking of getting new IER-m9 for a new DAP, but maybe I should be better of getting a nice balanced cable with 4.4mm plug that will open up full potential of those earphones?
So is there a big enough step up in pure sound quality between XBA-Z5 running with a good cable in balanced vs IER-M9?
As for the balanced cable, I'm interested in Nabunaga Labs Himezuru, which has MMCX KIT (NLP-MMCX-DIY) connector on the earphones side, will it fit XBA-Z5? Do Z5 has a standard MMCX connector type? What about M9? I've read somewhere that M9's MMCX connector is slightly recessed, so I won't be able to connect any custom MMCX cables, can somebody confirm if that's true?
Sorry for so many questions, in my city there're no hi-fi shops where I can try it for myself, so have to buy equipment blindly and therefore doing some research is a must for me...