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I purchased the LA-QXD1 in Feb, 2021 and used it as my DAC for my cubicle at work for about a month, before upgrading to a Bifrost 2. I am the original owner. As stated above, I only used it for about a month, so it is in like-new condition with very limited use. This is an excellent, budget...

Selling my Cavalli/Massdrop Liquid Carbon X (no DAC). I am the second owner and purchased it in May, 2020 to use in my cubicle at work. I am selling because I upgraded my work setup and it has spent (almost) the last year sitting in my bedroom. It needs to go to a good home with someone who...

Up for sale is my excellent condition, 2020 model Hifiman Sundara. I am the original owner. I purchased them new back in January, 2021 out of curiosity and partially because my Utopia had to go out for warranty driver replacement. I am selling because they've sat in storage (aka a headphone...

I can confirm that the Utopia sounds great out of it. If you're going to get a dedicated amp in the future, then the 2541's XLR out should hold you over until then. BUT, as @Baten mentioned, a good dedicated amp will sound better. Even something relatively inexpensive like a Jotunheim 2 gives a...

Thank you! Been using it the last couple days and haven't run into any issues yet; it seems very stable. Hopefully it wasn't too much work for you to update.

Increasing 4k slightly (+~2dB) did seem to make a positive change after increasing the lower midrange.

I started messing around with some EQ for like 30 minutes one night, but I don't usually use EQ and I didn't make much progress. When I started messing around with the upper bass/lower midrange dip, it accented the slight recession in the presence region that can be seen on measurements. When I...

I updated my original comment to correct my mistake. I mixed up my thoughts and was thinking about something completely different. I believe it's the same driver. My apologies.

Not entirely sure if I have this loaded correctly, but I plugged in all those numbers into my EqualizerAPO and it seems to make the Celestee sound significantly worse. You're lowering the response of the midrange and boosting the treble like you're trying to make them a v-shaped response? The...

Edit: It does not have a new driver. I was thinking of a different heaphone entirely and got my thoughts mixed up. I originally incorrectly stated there was a new driver. Has anyone put Celestee pads on an Elegia and seen what happens?

I looked over my Celestee when I got it and noticed something a little weird. I haven't seen any others post about it and I honestly forgot to post about it until now, but it appears that mine has a small printing issue on both of the cups where it says, "Celestee". It's been bugging me in the...

Dang, I just got a 2.5mm iEMatch in for my birthday a week ago. Guess I should've waited on it. How soon will the new 2.5mm one be available?

Thanks! The Aeon really isn't THAT hard to drive if you're using desktop amps. Even a Magni should have enough power to drive them though I haven't tried it. Portability might be harder but if you run balanced out of most modern, mid-fi DAPs, you'll probably be fine. Compared to the Celestee it...

I am going to compare the Celestee to the Aeon 2 Closed w/ Noire pads (and white felt filters) since that's what's on the headphone now and one of the standard pads ripped slightly when taking it off. I am also going to include a few mentions to the Hifiman Sundara since I have compared the...

All these might be better to discuss in the main Celestee thread. I feel kind of bad for hijacking this one as much as I have. Np. Sorry I couldn't give you a definitive answer. Wow, you're in a very similar place to me. I used to have the Clear and AFC. I replaced the Clear with the Utopia...

That's hard to answer but I think so. I'm currently trying to decide which one to keep since I don't need both, and I'm really struggling. I'm leaning Celestee at the moment. The Noire is much harder to drive which could potentially be an issue on-the-go. The Celestee is more genre agnostic...

I think you need to ask yourself the following questions and the decision might be easier to make: Do you need a closed-back headphone or is open-back okay? / Do you need isolation and little sound-leakage? Are you okay with using EQ? The Celestee has a more natural timbre and midrange...

Ramble warning! (sorry) I mean source dependent in the DAC/Amp side of things. In a direct comparison, I can easily tell a difference between my Taurus, Jotunheim, and iDSD BL with the Celestee. The Jotunheim seems the most reserved (it's very close to the iDSD BL) in the bass out of the 3, but...

Comparing the Sundara directly to the Celestee on my home setup (SE output). Note this is not a blind test, nor is it volume-matched. I set them to my normal, comfortable listening level (~70dB-73dB) and went with it. Bass is just north of a flat response on Celestee; a bit more bass than...

From my experience, the Sundara has a pretty good sense of slam for a planar. The Celestee doesn't quite have the same slam as open-back Focal headphones. I haven't listened to them back to back yet but if you're looking for more slam and sense of dynamics, I doubt the Celestee will be a big...

She has the AirPods Pro as well. Doesn't know anything about sound or really care that much though. I know looks-approval is more of a thing with the speaker crowd, but I thought it was funny that the Celestee was the only headphone I own that she thinks looks good.