[drftr]

Oh how you doubt me... even when straight from the horse's mouth!

But what if Jeremy was wrong too??? A date of birth in a passport is just someone's best guess. Mine is wrong too. Tells me I'm 54! I swear to God I can't be over 34 for sure!

Now, kidding aside, I'll share a part of an email conversation with a friend from Surabaya, Indonesia from a few months ago:

She: "Yes yes the party is still on but the schedule changed because my mom changed my birthday from 29 to 30 of Jan. And she still wasn’t sure, so from this year until further notice by my mom, my birthday is Jan 30."

Me: "She forgot when you were born??? Oh well... It's a detail after all... "

She: "I am totally speechless, this is the third time she change it. When I was in kindergarten to elementary school, it’s 31. Then it changed to 30 when i was in junior high, then 29 from senior high to last month, then it came back to 30. Haha. So my age is 3x since I celebrate birthday 3 times a year. Thus, I am 105 now, much older than you! And I remember all the historical detail of this birthday discussion with my mom."

drftr

 

[warrenpchi]

Looks clean . @warrenpchi I was eyeing the Bond Daniel Craig version with the gold accent. Matches the XE6 me thinks.

And here I am slumming it with a Lumix!

But what if Jeremy was wrong too???

She: "Thus, I am 105 now, much older than you"

It's all subjective isn't it?

 

[daijobudes]

I’ll start with the looks, both look Good!

 

[warrenpchi]

lol, did you swap the cables?

 

[daijobudes]

Purely Ergonomic wise, Gaea is more bulky, simple.
Aure is more ergonomic- easier to wear

 

[daijobudes]

lol, did you swap the cables?

For purposes of equal competition - Yes! Gaea cable is very nice looking, so I swapped with Cadmus, same good quality Effect cable.

 

[warrenpchi]

And it gives the Aure an RGB-like quality!

 

[daijobudes]

Aure seems to be flatter , Speedmaster added for reference.

 

[daijobudes]

Gaea would be great for smaller - deeper ears. Its more compact

 

[Stu Paddasso]

Same DAP (SP3K), same tips, same switches I tested in Canjam. My favourites are the medium and max bass switches



It could be the difference. This seals very well. Not hearing much outside noise. The venue had a high noise floor so it could have bled into the playback.

Man this set is addicting to listen to. I can already see this taking a spot in my top list. Lee needs to amp up his production.

Was just wondering as I found Diva with bass boost on, sounded artifical.

 

[daijobudes]

For sound perspective, I need a full 48 hours to say something serious and not brag.
But I can say that I think Gaea is better than Diva. Dynamic driver is cool!

 

[jwilliamhurst]

If true, happy birthday, Jeremy!!! But also: When is your beloved Mahler performance with TT coming up? I have just taken delivery of his 6th with the San Francisco SO.

drftr

April 1st!!!

 

[F208Frank]

Whats best decent priced dap for the u18t thats popular? Intend to use stock cable, main reason being that when I travel I catch myself babying nice cables too much to point where I'm more worried about the cable over the music.

I remember at can jam mid tier ibasso are decent, neutral...

but what about fiios brand daps?

 

[mark88888]

Whats best decent priced dap for the u18t thats popular? Intend to use stock cable, main reason being that when I travel I catch myself babying nice cables too much to point where I'm more worried about the cable over the music.

I remember at can jam mid tier ibasso are decent, neutral...

but what about fiios brand daps?

I'm extremely happy with the Shanling M6U and u12t... the M3U is cheaper and also reportedly very good... both with warm sound

 

[daijobudes]

I'm extremely happy with the Shanling M6U and u12t... the M3U is cheaper and also reportedly very good... both with warm sound

vouch for m6u, amazing dap.
I also very much like my 320EX