The Empy II doesn't need the bass boost, but takes it like a champ if you ask it to :) Usually only use it when listening at low volume to compensate

I think it works very well, the Empy II becomes more forceful over all and a little more present in the lower treble (it's always lush and enticing, I usually end up in a time warp that ends at 2 am no matter what time of day I sit down for a listen). The X-bass is absolutely bonkers with them...

I just gave up on the “streamer” part and got a working solution.

My guess is changed frame of reference. They heard the Sennheiser HE 1, realised that it wasn’t crazy detailed and they reevaluated what high end audio can be.

A few notes after four months and hundreds of hours of listening. I’m still as excited to put them on as day one, they truly are amazing. For Soul & RnB they are in a league of their own. Both old school like Solomon Burke, Syl Johnson and modern stuff like Cleo Sol and Greentea Peng. That...

We were using the wrong term, microphonic is what I at least meant 😇

That is probably a good bet. You could probably check with the utopia cable just holding it to one of stellia cups to feel the vibrations.

I have two Forza cables for it, Forza Noir Mk2 (XLR) & Forza Claire Hybrid (4.4 mm). I'm not bothered by the mechanical noise since I apparently sit very still, but if you are sensitive to it I'd say both would annoy you. The Noir less so than the Claire by quite a bit though (fabric vs...

I can wear the Stellias with worn pads ok (Elear with ZMF pads is like what you describe), so I’m guessing you’re just a tad bigger than me.

I have them fully extended and it’s right on the verge of having too short rods (bottom of my ears lightly touching the pads), just as close as the Stellias. But way less clamp force and more comfy.

As your resident Scandinavian giant, it’s very easy. It’s always fully extended no matter the headphone, and sometimes not even that’s enough. That said, the Empyrean II is very comfortable even for a person with a big head, if anyone’s wondering.

ROOMs Audio Line 😉

Looks like mine. Fabric and brown leather on the inside, dark dark brown on the outside

There are so many variables at play with audio. Two days ago I started messing around with filters and DSD upscaling (Pro iDSD Signature) and everything glued together all of a sudden, smoother treble which probably made me increase volume so the bass got fuller. It was a day with no stress or...

The iFi Pro iCan Signature does that for me with the X-Bass function. Three levels of analog bass boost at the turn of a knob when a song needs it. Yes, an expensive solution but it really makes me enjoy certain music much more and unlike DSP it’s not on all the time.

Yeah the vocals on Easy On Me are hot in some areas and is right on the edge of being too much (short bursts, if it would have been continuous it would be unlistenable). Checked with the Stellias and it's the same on them as well. Checked with the HD800s and no surprise there, it displayed the...

Getting back home was an ordeal with cancelled trains, delays, taxi rides, ice and extreme cold weather. But now I’m home, bathed in warm sound and Christmas lights. First impressions are very positive. Like a mix between my current main headphone combo (HD800s/Stellia). For those of you that...

I'm about to join the family. Ordered my pair on the 26th expecting delivery in mid January (as stated on the site). It shipped the next morning and arrived in Stockholm on the 28th! Only problem is that I'm in the northern mountains over New Years Eve. So here I am, just longing to get back home!

I have to ask, how the heck do you get Airplay to work? I can't even figure out how to get it on the wifi, every instruction and note just glances over it like it's super obvious. I mean, an ethernet cable to the router would probably work, but a cable through the entire living room kinda...

Using it as a streamer is a mess, honestly pretty much useless. It's frustrating to get it to work, and when you finally get it working you have to use that crappy software from Wiim. The amp/dac part is great though thankfully.

No, for me Stellias gets the most use, but with music with real natural reverberations (soundstage) nothing beats the HD800S

Quite a while ago I compared three different headphones with albums I like. Stellia, HD800S, LCD-XC (2021). Might give you an idea of strengths and weaknesses. Focal Stellia (no EQ) - Closed back that punches hard with well extended (and elevated) bass and lots of micro details. In your face...

I have the Stellia and the LCD-XC (2021). The Stellia is in a league above, the XC’s basically collecting dust.

Not really my expertise so someone who knows better can hopefully chime in if there's a smarter way to go about it. But the above gives us the graph below (forgot about the peak and shelf values so it's not correct). The small corrections between 2k to 10k can't be replicated if the 10 bands are...

I don't think there's any quick fix for that, the built in EQ in iOS is useless so you'll need some third party app (I have no experience with any of them, seems to be a few to choose from). I'd suggest setting up another preset in Equalizer APO limited to 10 bands (that line up with the...