Lmao imagine believing in cables and accusing the other of side of being the science denier.

Yeah but as long as the cables are functional they don’t change the sound... so, no, unless they are microphonic, too long/short, or aren’t pretty enough there’s no real reason to invest in expensive cables for the sake of matching expensive equipment with expensive equipment.

bro what

Damn, I doubt I could ever wait that long. You’re gonna love them, they are amazing.

Sounds like you got a defective unit. It happens. Not sure what bearing that has on an evaluation of the stack’s performance.

1. Hifiman Arya 2. Focal Clear 3. Focal Elex 4. Modhouse Argon MKIII 5. Sennheiser 650 6. Focal Elear

Anyone here tried both the Blessing 2's and the S8's? What are the major differences?

All good, I understand!

In my opinion, not really, past the fact that higher resolution headphones may pick up hiss and noise more readily and/or need more power.

Basically once you have a sufficiently powerful and sufficiently quiet (low distortion, low noise) amp with whatever features/inputs/outputs you require or want, there is not much difference in sound quality.

I have this exact setup running in balanced. The Magnius powers the Arya with ease. I haven't tried other amps and am personally not a believer in significant differences between sufficiently powerful (and sufficiently quiet) amps, but they sound good, so take from that what you will lol.

Personally, no

I completely agree!

Just got some Blessing 2's and just wanted to say damn I am blown away. There's a lot of chatter about cheaper IEMs competing with TOTL, but these actually do. I think these are my going to be my daily's for quite a while.

You definitely might find something more in line with your preference in the Audeze line-up (would also recommend trying something of Focals), but I would recommend sitting with the headphones for a week or so if you can. I don't believe in burn-in periods, but I do know at least brain burn-in...

Very pretty, just wish it didn't have the Bentley logo. Still interested to audition these, along with the Stellia.

Anyone want to part with one of their S8's lol? Would love to buy.

Hello, I'm very interested in the Shure KSE1200s but had a few questions about it and IEMs in general. First: do the 1200's leak much sound? Second: is it fine to use my phone as a source (w/ Shure's included amp)? Third: I'm also interested in other IEMs like the 64audio U12t, is my phone...

Hello, I've been into headphones for quite a while now but never really got into Head-Fi. Excited to be part of discussions around the best this headphone world has to offer! Current setup: Hifiman Arya, Focal Elex + Schiit Magnius and Modius IEMs: Audeze iSINE 20 I also got a little room...

HD800S has better lateral soundstage imo, but Arya has better depth, great for classical. HD800S beats the Arya on detail, but the Arya has an arguably better overall presentation.

My Aqua Terra on a Barton silicone strap :)

For your tastes my recommendations would be Hifiman Arya or HD800S.

Here's a helpful post for cleaning Focal Clear pads: https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/gruzyi/focal_owners_how_do_you_clean_your_microfiber_ear/ I had the Clears for a while and my only point of caution would be that cleaning it can sometimes mess with the microfibre texture. It can...