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    FIIO first cassette player CP13 is officially released!

    WOW! A great new cassette player with good sound would be a dream for me. Definitely a buy!
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    Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

    Great looks with the original trifecta and that copper cable too, I love well-themed and thought out combos like that. Little works of combinatory art. Must be suuuuuuper analogue and thick sounding though. All warm thick sliders to the max!
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    Introducing the "Baroque Eartips" - Now Available!

    Just wanted to say - very cool, Eletech. Commendable and interesting step into tips. Tips have the highest price to performance ration in head fi and its a cool idea you're doing this.
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    Oriolus Traillii Electrostatic Hybrid IEM discussion thread

    https://www.sony.ee/electronics/headphone-extension-cables/ep-ni1000 These are the sonys. Re: peels. I confused the "peels" for foam only symbios, whereas they are actually silicone only symbios, which I have not tried. I have the foam only ones which are excellent, but don't fit the Trailli...
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    Oriolus Traillii Electrostatic Hybrid IEM discussion thread

    I have the Symbio W peels and they're amazing for my u18t and Fourte Noir -- but the bore size is too small for Trailli. How did you get them to fit? I can't seem to see larger bore size peel... Amazing tips those. I hear there's a new Sony foamn tip too that doesn't diminish soundstage but so...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Oh, it'll definitely improve a Sony (but you'll never know how much more / differently a c9 would :p) Damn, I've been using my 2.5 to 4.4 1960s 4-wire interconnect. Best IC if you're using Orphy as an IEM cable in the chain, as it adds more treble. Incredibly good 1000 USD interconnect :D...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Thanks yeah, that's what I'd heard too but better safe than sorry. It's definitely more detailed and transparent than c9 which is a bit "analogue" and what I call "woolly" in the mids, especially with my also woolly PW Orpheus. Very fast and taut. But the c9 has a very widescreen, super...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Any Tsuranagi loco-wackos here? Is it OK to connect the Brise Tsuranagi amp to an sp3000 with a regular 2.5 to 4.4 balanced cable without any extra grounding, like they say you need with the Sony stuff? Kinda underwhelmed with my first impressions of the Tsu, honestly... the soundstage is...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Which should I get for listening with the Tsuranagi amp that I'm getting - the Rn6 or the Xe6? I am tired of my Trailli and want to try something new. The Fir audio atom venting modules call out to me (love the tech on 64 audio stuff) and I'm also in the market for a more bass-heavy experience...
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    Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)

    So stylish and clean -- is tha a double helix cables cable?
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    Astell&Kern Launches New R-2R DAP and IEMs at High End Munich 2023

    Damn... just wanted to say AK is killing it with these cool-ass releases. A beautiful VE collab (the aesthetics of VE improved -- always a problem with them for me), a long-awaited R2R implementation on the always interesting futura line, and a beautiful copper sp3000 (that goes perfectly with...
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    The Official 64 Audio Thread | apex & tia Technologies

    So, what's next for 64 Audio? Now that they've said Blanc will be the last special edition of the Fourte, and the u18s is as far as the u18 model can be "special editioned"? For me, both the Fourte and u18 still easily compete (and sometimes outdo) the latest multi kilobuck IEMs. For example, my...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Yeah, I'm not sure what I've achieved is a compliment to the Fourte Noir. On one end, what I'm hearing right now is the best IEM I have. It has all the strengths of the Trailli (huge dramatic soundstage, realistic and natural timbre) WITHOUT the weaknesses (no venting pressure build-up, BA bass)...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Mhm, I've heard that combo, it's good. Have you considered "throwing in" a c9? That takes it up a notch, and then the sp3000 takes it up one more :D
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Meet my personal, unexpected Trailli-killer. After 14 months of Trailli, it's... the Fourte Noir? Yup! This combo is better than I got any chain with the Trailli in it to be. It finally makes the Noir work too. So what is it? It's: SP3000 - 1960s interconnect - c9 - Orpheus - Fourte Noir...
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