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.

Have you downloaded /upgraded to this firmware yet? I've just updated and now the CA1000 is stuck in a bootloop on the "A" logo. @JasonNYC can only see the CA1000T listed on the firmware page for v1.10, can someone confirm that the CA1000 is compatible with v1.10? For reference, it appeared in...

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...

Evening all - 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! https://audioprimate.blog/2023/09/24/spirit-torino-twin-pulse-beryllium-iem-so-good-they-designed-it-twice/#more-11081

Evening all - just in case anyone is interested (and this thread is still alive!) popped up a review of the recent Spirit Torino dual-DD IEMs (the Twin Pulse Beryllium). Hope you're all good...

Evening all - 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! https://audioprimate.blog/2023/09/24/spirit-torino-twin-pulse-beryllium-iem-so-good-they-designed-it-twice/#more-11081

LID is interesting tech (very similar in concept to the FIBAE tech from Custom Art. It basically removes the source as a cause for some SQ issues, specifically the ones related to the output impedance of the source and the impedance curves of the drivers being used in the IEM. Or to translate...