Their pricing blows plenty of your desktop gear out of the water though. Might be that German influence, I agree ;-) drftr

Congrats on your progress in life, singing, the video, everything really. Please do make sure you enjoy the process even more than the result you're planning for as that makes up 95% of your success. Focussing on the other 5% is a fool's errand. drftr

Totally clears it up so tnx for taking the time. My point was a completely different one than yours so they can still be valid at the same time. We just won't find out soon. Looking forward to your results! drftr

Yes, but said price combination doesn't say everything about SQ. Pretty sure I will prefer some $300 IEMs with a $2,700 cable over certain $3,000 IEMs with their stock cable. I don't see why one approach would be better than the other in a hobby in which it's all about preferences. drftr

But what if your assumption is false? What if that IEM scales so well you'd never have guessed it as it plays in the same ballpark as a regular IEM the price of your cable does? drftr

Sounds like a journey through my subconsciousness or my soul or something. Not sure what it is that touches me. drftr

Any love for Shabaka here? drftr

Yo bro! Super glad to run into you every now and then! Are you trying to find out what they can deliver with a better source and cable than you'd normally do in the price class? Like, seeing how well they scale and perhaps coming to the conclusion it's not necessarily the IEM that makes or...

Not for us buddy. I suggest you do (y)our homework and we'll doubt and question you instead :) drftr

Congrats on the anniversary! Is there an exact date to pop the champagne? drftr

Today? Or a general remark? drftr

Visit System Referenz and demo Accuphase? No need to rely on other peoples' opinions. Debunk the myth or become a new ambassador. drftr

Could be that with high gain you're pressing the amp far too much. Volume-wise this should work, but you're quickly losing all overhead you'd normally need for otherwordly dynamics, imaging, et cetera. Both a "shopping car" and a Ferrari will make it to 180 km/hr, but I'd consider the Ferrari...

I'm good with XL. Lemme know how much I owe you ;-) drftr

Favourite! (not the migraine part obviously) drftr

Ugh... Hope you get better soon. I once had African Tickbite Fever in Swaziland and couldn't make it to the doctor without a taxi. Less than a 500 m walk. Hope you won't get to that stage. drftr

I also came across Penon Volt (I think it was on Penon's page?). Is it the same thing? Could be a translation issue? Or is one a follow-up on the other model perhaps? drftr

Beauty indeed! drftr

You may have noticed on other threads that a great many brands are looking at 3-5 month delays for getting parts from Asia. I could easily imagine Noble is not immune to this. drftr

Although I truly dislike gold my favourite museum ever is the museo d'oro in Bogotá that I visited 3 times. Totally unbelievable Inca craftmanship! Should you ever get close... The gold museum in Lima is also very good. Same folks. drftr

Yes sir! Want some moar? drftr

Tnx... Does Scheherazade feature them? drftr

Is the tuning very different compared to Storm? drftr

Can't recall if they understand the concept of zero in Singapore 😅 but if they do then Zeppelin is at 1st. Otherwise it's at 2nd. EDIT: Looks like ground floor is 1 in Singapore so Zepp would be on tingkat 2. drftr

I don't think that is true by definition. Will have to search for an example as this isn't a regular topic for me. And hey, you may be completely right of course. It's just that things move so much faster than we think we do that I would be disappointed if it didn't exist yet. And this comes...