The discovery thread!

[Dsnuts]

I am just telling it like I hear it.. Like I said I have not heard a ZA earphone I didn't like. I expected they will up their game with the doppios and that is exactly what they have done.
 
I have seen the doppios sell for as little as $130 on Amazon Japan. Skip flea bay as they are more expensive.  If you guys see it for that price and own a tenso account. That would make for one heck of a deal for these..
 
Speaking of the pistons..I ordered a pair. Look forward to hearing them.

 

[IEMagnet01]

I just have to wait until my DUNU, AT, and Piston come in first and audition each before I can pull the trigger on the Doppios. If either the DUNU or AT don't work out for me, then the ZA is next on my order list.

 

[sfwalcer]

I wasn't taking about you sf. You do yours in good fun, plus I know you don't take things so serious and you make it known as such. I was referring to those who know who they are who decided to single me out for snide comment, like my opinion is worthless and theirs is audiophile law.

We'll all get the last laugh with the PISTON!!! King of all IEM's!!

^ LMAO glad you know me so well???

 
Anywho you know who will be getting the last laugh after you send those HOLY pistons along with your Sammies to me. HE HE HE

 

For the first time, all three of my newly ordered IEMs are coming from overseas. The wait is killing me!

^ I pays to wait it out sometimes meng, all in due tyme. Young grasshiphopper.
 

  I am just telling it like I hear it.. Like I said I have not heard a ZA earphone I didn't like. I expected they will up their game with the doppios and that is exactly what they have done.
 
I have seen the doppios sell for as little as $130 on Amazon Japan. Skip flea bay as they are more expensive.  If you guys see it for that price and own a tenso account. That would make for one heck of a deal for these..
 
Speaking of the pistons..I ordered a pair. Look forward to hearing them.

Ahhh schitt!!! Finally we can get this thang done right HYPED!!!
 

 
Choo Choo! All aboard!!!
 
Hope they are as AMAZING as moshill mochill says they are.

 

[gikigill]

That train is actually on the same line that I live on. It's headed towards the Northern suburbs of Melbourne.

On second thoughts, I can actually RIDE the hype train.

 

[gikigill]

Anyone listen to the Monster Npulse old edition. Selling for $100 or so on Amazon and eBay, not a bad price for a pair of full size cans.

 

[sfwalcer]

That train is actually on the same line that I live on. It's headed towards the Northern suburbs of Melbourne.

On second thoughts, I can actually RIDE the hype train.

OMG OMG OMG for seriously like in real lyfe???!!!

 

 
 

Anyone listen to the Monster Npulse old edition. Selling for $100 or so on Amazon and eBay, not a bad price for a pair of full size cans.

^ Think dat gelocks dood started a thread on them or something, he got those JVC SZ2000s and those Nplus cans at the same time and started an appreciation thread on those instead cuz he thought the JVCs were some weaksauce stuff. LoL
 
Wait don't you own those SZ2000s???
 

 

[gikigill]

Yup, I live in Essendon, which is on the same train line.
Still got the SZ2000, monstrous bass and huge soundstage after 300 hours of burning. Might get the Npulse, already got the Pistons on the plane.

 

[sfwalcer]

Yup, I live in Essendon, which is on the same train line.
Still got the SZ2000, monstrous bass and huge soundstage after 300 hours of burning. Might get the Npulse, already got the Pistons on the plane.

Oh nice can't wait to hear your comparo on those two. Seems like everyone is jumping on those Pistons but i am gonna hold out cuz i is hipster like that. : P
 
But man if those Pistons is as good as chill says they are. LMAO MIND ULTRA BLOWN!!!

 
Everyone can just call it quits for $19. haha

 

[Vain III]

Oh nice can't wait to hear your comparo on those two. Seems like everyone is jumping on those Pistons but i am gonna hold out cuz i is hipster like that. : P

But man if those Pistons is as good as chill says they are. LMAO MIND ULTRA BLOWN!!! :eek:

Everyone can just call it quits for $19. haha :basshead:

You and me both. I'm currently happily enjoying my IM70. If Pistons turn out to be the end-all-be-all I will buy them.

 

[doctorjazz]

All psyched after the concert, gotta post some more, Steve Bernstein in his various bands, really needs to be seen live, but you get some idea. Henry Butler is amazing-sounds like what you'd get if you crossed Professor Longhair and Phineas Newborn (or, to use 2 somewhat more well known examples, though not quite as accurate an analogy, crossing Dr John and Oscar Peterson…). A true original, Bernstein defers to him in this band…it's built around him, the other 8 players take his music and expand/add punch (though, as you can see from the solo piano, he has plenty of punch on his own). Great show!

 

[sfwalcer]

^ LMAO now you know how we feel with some of your random @ss posts. STOP DOING DAT FOOL!!!

 

[bhazard]

  I've yet to meet a single BA driver I can live with. There's a couple I tolerate, or can enjoy to an extent, like the X10 or AL MZX606, but usually the bass is not up to snuff, and if it is, then the mids and highs lack in the tuning. But who knows?

That's the problem I have with all single BA sets I've tried as well. Unless you throw a triple flange on it and shove it halfway through your skull, bass is seriously lacking.
 
Coming up on 25 days of Piston slow boat waiting. Still better than paying a higher shipping cost than the actual cost of the item.

 

[sfwalcer]

You and me both. I'm currently happily enjoying my IM70. If Pistons turn out to be the end-all-be-all I will buy them.

Yeppp same here but i gots all my cabbage on those $100 Frosties iems, so don't really wanna blow scratch on cheapos even though they are so cheap. Only buying game changers from now on, welp dirt cheap gems don't hurt as well.

 

[IEMagnet01]

 
Yeppp same here but i gots all my cabbage on those $100 Frosties iems, so don't really wanna blow scratch on cheapos even though they are so cheap. Only buying game changers from now on, welp dirt cheap gems don't hurt as well.

Frosties?

 

[sfwalcer]

  Frosties?

Upcoming iem from Fostex, the Fostex TE05 for ~ $100 nuff said....
 
http://www.head-fi.org/a/2013-head-fi-winter-gift-guide-in-ear-headphones#user_fostex_te-05
 

 

 
 

 Best stuff of the show:  Vali, Asgard II, Fostex TE05, Geek, Vanatoo, Lau, Teton, LcdX ($800 too much though), dBel's LCD3 modded.  Sanders and Venture speakers.
 
 
Pretty decent: RHA 750 (Fostex TE05 kills it though), Phillips headphones, Woo WES and Monoblocks (not even as bad as some competitor lunatic fanboys say).

 
^ From the same fools that hyped the Schiit Vali, those anal mofos seems to know what they are talkin' about.
 
edit: mo' fun stuff.

 

What model is this magic fostex iem? For $100 it might be worth playing with. How would you compare it to UERMs, Mike?

 


TE-05.  I think the suggested retail will be $129 if I heard right.  I would need more time to AB before diving down that rabbit hole.  It's supremely clean, clear and refined sounding.  No noticeable grain, artifacts or other wierdness that would otherwise scream out for attention.  It's neutral without being overly warmed and veiled, nor bright and analytical.  I think it would lose out on resolution, SS, imaging, top/bottom extension but win on overall tonal signature and balance, perhaps clarity, coherency and refinement.  Take that with a grain of salt until a real production unit shows up that I can compare directly over time.