Can verify that the Enigma+ sounds excellent from the Lotoo PAW6K, A&K SE180 (SEM4) and A&K ACRO CA1000. The PAW6K really matches well - it's a fantastic pairing.

On the Enigma theme, anyone got any good aftermarket cable recommendations for it? Not a huge cable believer, but think it might benefit from a slightly better wire than stock. ;)

The core problem with that is that IMR need to make enough cash to sink a decent chunk into inventory in the hope that they can sell a regular stream of them. As has been theorised multiple times, looks like they are currently still trying to get back above water after getting comprehensively...

It was, but I'm not sure if Bob managed to get hold of any more Sonion BC drivers after the Elan / Plan + / Avalon builds. The listing now shows just "conduction motors", so he may either have changed the driver involved from the original Elan spec or reverted to the way the Dark Matter does...

Ah - last time I updated that was obviously around the time Bob sent one of those "Zion shipping now " updates. I'll go and knock that off now.

Flex is where a DD makes a "crinkling" sound when being inserted into the ear, or in use. It's to do with pressure in the desired ear canal having nowhere to release, so the crinkling soundness the actual driver diaphragm moving. Manufacturers confirm it's harmless and doesn't cause any...

I ordered a Zion, but agreed a trade with Bob way back when the Dawn was just being offered to a few people to take a Dawn and his DAC dongle prototype unit (decent, but nothing special). Probably lost out financially, but decided it was better to take a definite something rather than a...

Without any actual knowledge, it looks fairly predictable behaviour for IMR at the moment. The have fulfilled or traded out the NaLe orders for Dawns / credit, and sorted the Enigma buyers. There is a slow but steady drip feed of Enigmas into the market via their eBay site. Imagine some...

On a more fun note, very much enjoying the Enigma+. It's very bassy (on silver bottom / blue top top) and damn enjoyable. Detail seems decent, and it's definitely a very musical listen. Going to give it a proper listen and see where it ranks against other higher end stuff I currently have...

They have to have built it first.

Aurisonics got purchased by Fender, who binned the ASG line and eventually moved away from working with Dale (Aurisonics main man). Dale Lott is now designing and making iems with a company called Spear Labs - they have a basshead model called the ASL 4.5, which is a successor of sorts to the...

Which cable is that, out of curiosity?

Joining the Enigma+ party - picked up a second hand pair from Ebay, which hopefully arrive on Tuesday. Looking guard to hearing how they compare to the Seraph (which might be going on sale shortly if there is a huge difference).

Ain't that the truth, as the phrase goes. This is less like a hobby and more like an addiction sometimes! ;)

Think the was my "R" you picked up on eBay. I never opened it - how did you find it compares to the "S" in terms of sound (and weight)?

That's where I got mine from. It's basically the CA2000T with a more powerful amp section (sans tubes) and less portability. The line in / amp only option is more useful than I thought, too - was running my other half's record deck through it for a while when we wanted to listen to vinyl on...

Wifi is solid enough to keep signal and stream from my Plex Server in a three story townhouse where the server is on the ground floor and the CA1000 is on the top floor. It's not the strongest wifi antenna by any means, but it's doing the job for me. Don't know if that helps at all? UI is...

Think most of us in this hobby are collectors of one sort or another - last time I did a proper count I had about 8 different DAPs and over 30 different IEMs... As long as you can afford it, fill your boots I say. ;)

Wow - that's some collection. Why the multiples of each DAP, if you don't mind me asking?

Just to confirm, after hard reset to correct TBC bootloop when I upgraded to 1.10, my CA1000 is charging normally with no issues. Charged it from 40% to full overnight with no problem. Hope your issue resolved itself too? Rediscovering the CA1000 recently after picking up a pair of Meze 109...

My guess: new Chromatic series type shells, high end DD full range combined with a Sonion single or double bone conductor for low/mid emphasis and possibly a dual-BA for the upper end. Fathom gives the impression this thing goes deeeeeep. ;)

Just managed to reset it, but thanks for the confirmation.

...to be compatible. Slightly concerned I don't know where to go from here to downgrade an A&K firmware, if I ever get the 1000 to turn on again... **EDIT - Never mind, a hard reset did the trick - the CA1000 is back up and running on v1.10 now. When in doubt, always turn it off and on again...

Max bass, max treble. I'm also in the black and blue club.

Evening all - nice to see a few old faces/usernames still active in here! jBack to my review hobby now, so just in case anyone is interested, popped up a review of the recent Spirit Torino dual-DD IEMs (the Twin Pulse Beryllium). Hope you're all good...