[superuser1]

Hey @suman134

@Dsnuts wants to know a bit about the sound of the rhythmas. If you could kindly chime in.

 

[Dsnuts]

Not the best bass slam for the price. But certainly present in a polite way, the way BAs handle bass. Mids are full and there is a slight roll off in the upper highs. A decently balanced sound if you ask me. I would assume the top end can be pushed a little further with a SPC cable.

This is the reason why I am more interested in the hybrid one with the dynamic.. Damn and I just rebought a new Shanling M3s. This is the first such mass sale that I can recollect on ALibay and it is all about the CHINESE!!

I just realized I can get a fully custom balanced cable and a custom 5 BA hybrid earphone for less than $200 this Saturday. This is not good.

 

[Dsnuts]

If you guys see any interesting buys. Post a link on here.

I was looking at some DAPs as well. There are some very interesting gadgets you can buy on Alibay for cheap. Will post a few when I see em.

 

[Lurk650]

Since when does AE take PayPal?

I have one balanced cable from AE, I think it's less than a year old and already turning green. Not even a daily usage cable. All of my cables except one have been from VE bc he's cheap, high quality and ships relatively fast. My single cable from Triton was quite a bit more but you can tell it's to a higher standard.

Before getting the Triton I read quite a bit about cables and Purity, and IIRC you can't actually tell purity above 5N so all these 7N claims are false.

 

[Dsnuts]

Everything I linked uses Pay pal. Easy peasy. Makes it too easy to buy stuff on ALibay. Well if you want to talk about false.


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New...arphone-Cable-MMCX-Cable-Can/32826560013.html Anyone think this is real gold plating?

 

[snip3r77]

This is the reason why I am more interested in the hybrid one with the dynamic.. Damn and I just rebought a new Shanling M3s. This is the first such mass sale that I can recollect on ALibay and it is all about the CHINESE!!

I just realized I can get a fully custom balanced cable and a custom 5 BA hybrid earphone for less than $200 this Saturday. This is not good.

Link for the 5BA?

 

[Raketen]

Don't think anyone mentioned these neckspeakers yet, but Innerfidelity posted their Bose Soundwear review: https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/bose-soundwear-companion-speaker

Got a set myself- finding this type of design surprisingly useful, but sounds like a Bose-*** sounding Bose product.

 

[suman134]

Hey @suman134

@Dsnuts wants to know a bit about the sound of the rhythmas. If you could kindly chime in.

First of all thanks for the loan.. @superuser1

Here is my take on it, with my one and only SPC cables from aliexpress. source cayin N3 + E5.

" Rhythmas Has a nicely rounded bass for a BA based earphone, it has an okay impact, doesn't move much air, Doesn’t go as deep as the ES3 nor has the impact or rumble of the ES3 either but it has enough bass when compared to something like q-jays. It has a tilt towards mid bass but it's okay. Details is good for the price, mind you I am comparing it with kind of heavy weights ( for the rhythmas) here..

Lower mid and mid Mid range are really nice for the price, it's not sharp like ES3 or q-jays, its more blunt like UE-900s san its grainy nature. Female vocals sound good, male vocals can sound slightly blunt. Mid range is good, fuller in comparison but again, lacks details. Mid stage is kind of cramped.. I think UE 900s does a fantastic job here. Overall stage is average at best.

Problems start at upper mid where the Rhythmas starts loosing energy and doesn’t gain any afterwards. Take an UE-900s.. lose some details ( some, not "a bit") and energy, viola Rhythmas upper to high range it is. It doesn't have a B200 kind of layering and imaging, so.. figure..

The biggest problem with the Rhythmas is that it lacks the critical amount of details I am used to with other BA based earphones, its a big jolly sounding earphone with okay type bass and isolation.

Its not for critical listening, even for casual listeners I think a Final audio design F3100 or M7 pro can do a fantastic job with more engaging mid range and upper end energy, has better stage too, the cables of the F3100 can't be removed sadly. "

And I think you should try the M7 pro for sure, for better bass.. and sharper notes.. and energetic upper mids.. and bigger stage.. and details.. And fitment.. and accessories.. and.. looks.. and.. enough.. End.

 

[pr0b3r]

Hifi Boy, another Chinese brand into personal audio. I saw one of their products, the OS V3 at Penon's latest offerings on their site.

No full review about the thing yet but it seems like @audio123 got a unit early and is working on a full review.

Got me interested since rumors are the OS V3 is a close competition to the iBasso IT03 which I like, and for a lower price at $199.

Let's hope it's good.

Hifi Boy OS V3 (2BA+1DD hybrid)

Hifi Boy EO 8 (no idea about the configuration)

 

[Lurk650]

Everything I linked uses Pay pal. Easy peasy. Makes it too easy to buy stuff on ALibay. Well if you want to talk about false.


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New...arphone-Cable-MMCX-Cable-Can/32826560013.html Anyone think this is real gold plating?

I haven't used AE in almost 6 months so I had no idea they accept PayPal now. Sure glad I don't buy stuff from there anymore lol

 

[snip3r77]

Will be doing some cable searching and I will post a link of the ones I have my eyes on on the discovery thread. Keep an eye out here. Some nice buys on the ali site. Load your credits on pay pal and lets see what deals we can find.


I can vouch for this one. My most recent cable. It is a larger cable but the sonics it produces for the money is straight bang for buck. Highly recommended for FX850 or DM5 users.
Will be $35 on ALi day.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/OKC...lgo_pvid=da9847f7-c715-44af-ba69-fb5dcb4d7cb0

This next one seems to be a higher end cleaner looking cable than the previous one.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Han...lgo_pvid=da9847f7-c715-44af-ba69-fb5dcb4d7cb0

A nice cheaper silver plated copper balanced cable for $20 on Ali day
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New...lgo_pvid=da9847f7-c715-44af-ba69-fb5dcb4d7cb0

This is another cheaper balanced cable but more a hybrid silver/ copper combo.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/***...lgo_pvid=da9847f7-c715-44af-ba69-fb5dcb4d7cb0

An all black silver coated copper for $30ish balanced
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2-5...lgo_pvid=002ac638-ff83-408d-a075-99a9cc227332

OOO I like this one. single ended but looks very nice for the price.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Eas...lgo_pvid=002ac638-ff83-408d-a075-99a9cc227332

This last one is all copper. Love the looks of this one. Much cheaper on ALi day
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Eas...lgo_pvid=002ac638-ff83-408d-a075-99a9cc227332

Is there a general idea on how
Pure copper
Spc
Pure silver

Will sound ?

 

[Dsnuts]

Copper is more a full slightly warmer sound, excellent transparency and usually brings out the bass end of earphones.

SPC give a brighter sound even more transparency than pure copper. Bass is a bit tighter usually on earphones.

Pure silver I don't have much experience with but I would imagine it will give the best imaging and detail out of the 3.

Gold is supposed to be even better but boutique cable makers only use a slight sliver of gold and probably not all that pure and charge over 1K so IMO not worth it.

 

[Lurk650]

Whereas copper is warmer, silver can tend to be brighter BUT of course this false under the same boat as burn in. Some believe some don't

 

[Ahmad313]

Copper is more a full slightly warmer sound, excellent transparency and usually brings out the bass end of earphones.

SPC give a brighter sound even more transparency than pure copper. Bass is a bit tighter usually on earphones.

Pure silver I don't have much experience with but I would imagine it will give the best imaging and detail out of the 3.

Gold is supposed to be even better but boutique cable makers only use a slight sliver of gold and probably not all that pure and charge over 1K so IMO not worth it.

The pure silver cable bring more clarity and details and as a result the sound feels more brighter ,

 

[Ahmad313]

Whereas copper is warmer, silver can tend to be brighter BUT of course this false under the same boat as burn in. Some believe some don't

so i am consider myself in the group who believes that a cable can effect on the sound ,