Totally agree, the "realness" matters when it comes to trying to predict one person's perception based on the perception of someone else. That's why you've got a hard job as an reviewer! The other point your brought up about inaudible sounds is also a fascinating topic. I did a little...

Thumbs up and Subscribed! Fantastic review: well structured, thoughtful, and honest. Flawless audio, lighting, and camera work as well. Do you do your own production? You raised some interesting questions that, if we're being honest with ourselves, I'm sure most head-fi'ers have also...

Yeah, I got so used to all my electronics getting hot, that it really surprised me when, after hours of use, the DX7s is barely warmer than room temp. It also appears to be pretty well sealed and doesn't have any of the vent holes on top that always worry me about dust infiltration.

UPDATE: The ones sold by "Hemudu" or "Xinpin" (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B071G5KX3X/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_0) are inexcusably crappy: The glass is thick and adequately finished, but the other components (legs) are absurdly low quality. They're soda-can-thin metal. The legs don't...

It's awesome to see a company putting this level of investment into supporting even discontinued products. Not very often these days does it seem like a a company is willing to play the long game and spend money to give existing / previous customers more value for "free". Usually companies...

I've wondered the same thing. My understanding is that the issue is with air that's trapped between the driver and the eardrum. I think it would all depend on how the "open" IEM is constructed. If the venting / open portion is only behind the driver, then I don't think that it would make much...

ooo interesting! That's the first I saw of that. It appears to be using similar "THX" amps that Massdrop did in their stand-alone AMP: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-thx-aaa-789-linear-amplifier. I dont know what the difference between THX "788" and "789" amps are though. The...

Aren't the new multi-bit Shiit modules still just USB-only add-on cards? Not even talking about SQ that makes them quite different from input options perspective. For me, the lack of coax was what took the JOT off my list of consideration. Also, I guess it doesn't ultimately matter if they...

I dont agree that the Jot or Lyr compete as they dont offer the same functionality. They just have a small USB add-on and dont offer any of the other connectivity that the DX7s does. They are Amps, with a small, tacked-on USB DAC, where as the DX7s is a DAC first, that also happens to have a...

I should have been more clear: it was purely figurative. I do NOT own a DAC3. The idea I was trying to convey was that I was expecting the DX7s specs and hype to be too good to be true. I was expecting to fine some part of it (either sound or build) lacking in a way that I could justify the...

TLDR: Even at the $480 Ali Express price I think the DX7s is a bargain. At the $380 Massdrop price it's an absolute steal. At that price it could very realistically be an "entry level" all-in-one, but it's also not something that you'd need to sell when upgrading to better cans or moving...

I just went trough this search myself and ended up finding "monitor stands" on Amazon: small: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B071JTB5BH/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1VGYYY1EQIBD2 larger: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071G5KX3X/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1...

It looks like Steve Lebischak just started making his own. I saw and indiegogo awhile back, but now they're on the website: https://asiustechnologies.com/ Has anyone tried these?

I don't know about the internals beyond the chips, but the DX7/DX7s has balanced xlr line output, which is why I purchased it. However, according to Amir, the D50 measures even better than the DX7s...

Interesting, what specifically improved? Noise floor? SNR? On a different topic, I has the volume control goof up again to the point where I had to completly un plug the unit from both usb and power to get it to work again. I called Mayflower, talked to Tyler who checked my order number and...