I brought my Sony WM1A to a holiday last year to some Indonesian island, and was stopped by the customs haha. They were very interested to check out this big brick - not sure if the customs officer was an audiophile or was worried about a bomb LOL.

All these talk of eyeballs is anathema to stuff to do with the ears (which is our hobby). Who wants to try a gargantuan apple earpod? Guaranteed head-banging fun and eargasms for eternity! Also can be used as a weapon if someone tries to mug you on the streets!

HIFIGO is having a summer carnival sale: https://hifigo.com/collections/sales

Depends on which tuning dial is used, but in general, even on the bassiest dial, the Tanchjim 4U is not that thick in note weight. It goes for a more transparent/clear midrange rather than something gooey thick.

Selling ice to Eskimos Over at pokemon HQ, a cartel of minor bosses met over a table, helmed by a bigger and badder OVERLORD. OVERLORD says: "Sales of ice cubes have been going down lately, KPIs are flopping! We want to venture to the last bastion of the Arctic to sell our wares! I give you...

Speaking about weekly releases, as usual, we have our obligatory KZ Pokemon weekly episode. Pokemon HQ has released another pokemon into the wild! Well before the KZ Libra, Merga and Vader has hit the mail boxes of last week's buyers. Today we have the KZ AS10 Pro! This is a 5 BA set...

New BGVP earbud: DX7 https://www.facebook.com/bgvpfb/posts/pfbid02v9vsakPg1bVDrhuQtgRrRQHxAJSf8jcrJehmJ4mLs833CL7yUAWtB2nUAnS4hjtNl Not sure, I've not tried the Moondrop paper clip earbud. But if initial reviews that I read state that it is a bit lowFI sounding, I doubt it can compete...

Here's a review for the AFUL Explorer: https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/aful-explorer.27201/reviews#review-34069 Pros: Decently accessorized Small profile, comfortable and lightweight Easy to drive Balanced (and unique) neutral with sub-bass tuning, different from the usual Harman suspects...

ONIX Alpha XI1 dongle DAC/AMP Cirrus Logic CS43198 DAC Up to 500 mW @ 32 Ohm output power Dimensions: 64 x 32 x14 mm Weight: 38g Hi-Res Support: 32bit / 768kHz & DSD256 Gain: Low & High Gain Display: 0.87-Inch Monochromatic Controls: 3 Hardware Multifunctional Buttons 3.5mm Single-Ended...

Anyways, since you are here, could we introduce some poison to use in earbuds haha! In picture A, we have bona fide earbuds AKA Flatheads, where the transducer does not enter the ear canal. So earbuds lack in isolation, and generally have weaker sub-bass than IEMs (figure B), which enter the...

I think you might have posted in the wrong thread. Here's the earbuds thread, not for IEM eartips.