[MaggotBrain]

This week Top 10 in no particular order
1. Queen Greatest hits

When I visited Berlin after the wall fell stayjng with a host family one place we visited was Saturn the huge record store - I scouted out a couple records you could only buy in Europe at the time. The best pick - Queens Greatest Hits - just about perfect - I only picked Petty for my list because Petty was closer to my time frame growing up - up until a few years ago there was always Petty around, you know? The other record - and one I doubt will make the lists for desert islands - Milli Vanilli All Or Nothing. Funny thing is the real singers of Milli Vanilli and Freddy were about the same age! The documentary on Paramount is really interesting in any event. Dude pulled the same phony singer act with Boney M and Milli Vanilli decades apart! Anyway, youth is wasted on the young.

 

[slumberman]

Violator was so ahead of its time - that album and De La Soul’s Three Feet High & Rising were the ones I had the most trouble leaving off my list. Good to see Sign O’ The Times getting some love - and bringing double albums is a sneaky way of getting more music to bring!

Ha!

I didn’t think about the double album factor! True…there are 3 doubles and one quadruple on my list!

 

[salwani8888]

desert island 10 album list ;

Pink Floyd - The wall
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper
Melody Gardot - My one & only thrill
Silverson Pickups - Widow's Weeds
Dire Straits - On every street
London Grammer - if you wait
Mumford & Sons - Delta
Norah Jones - Begin Again
Crouching Tiger, HIdden Dragon - Soundtrack
Jagjit Singh - Hare Kirshna.....need some spirituality if I'm going to be stuck on the island....

 

[gLer]

Ok albums, this is a spur of the moment selection and would probably change depending on my mood, time of day, or what I had for breakfast. No particular order:

Land Del Rey - Norman F'ing Rockwell
Thomas Bergersen - Miracles
Reb Fountain - Isis
Fran - Leaving
Beyries - Landing
Katie Pruitt - Expectations
Brandi Carlile - The Story
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer
Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter

I'd probably pack another 90 or so if I could. Pink Floyd, more Lana, Alphaville, Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Flower Face, Rachel Bobbit, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, some soundtracks...

 

[RonaldS86]

I did my part! It's the weekend before!

Picking them up at CanJam Singapore would have saved $109.91 in delivery and customs fees!

Sorry, I don't want to sound ungrateful but one week before Hari Raya holiday is when my workplace quite busy
The good news is my wife already give me her blessings to go to Canjam SG, but I don't know is she able to go with me or will help his mom on the shop. If she's not going with me then I'll go by myself. Being selfish once in a while is fine yeah?
Funny thing is my wife asking me is it a must for me to go there for 2 days straight. Yeah, she definitely don't know we need to queue to try the stuff and there's so many good things there so even 2 days is not enough for me. She has no intenton to join me go to Canjam so I said to her have fun by yourself, but she said she is unable to strolling around the mall alone and need me to accompany her
But I'm positive I can go to Canjam SG next year. Can't wait to meet you guys there. I hope you guys can see me there too because I'm pocket size (only 161cm tall)

its not how many digits for us frequent posters here. But more like how fast it took us to get there.

There a lot of folks I've watched hit what I've spent over 6 years in under 2.

IIRC I start this hobby just before I married my wife so it's around 4 years or so and I think it's still around 5 digits... or maybe it's already 6 digits I don't know

@RonaldS86

@warrenpchi Why you do this to me bro

I only have this unit on hand for a few week so it's limited to a few select participants in Canada unfortunately.

I received the package at lunch and had to endure an agonizing ~4 hour wait until I could deke out of work sufficiently early to get my ears on these, which I've been enjoying through the last couple hours through the RS8.

A few thoughts...

On the whole I think Fei Wan is a pretty awesome IEM. Technically it is exceptional, and often mind blowing...particularly with the resolution, layering, imaging and overall vivid holographic defininition of the instruments and vocals within a fairly immense and deep stage. That said with any IEM that goes for any sort of flavor like this one does it will be made or broken for you depending on how you jive with the tuning...and for me it's a little hit or miss so far. To my ears it is a fundamentally mid-centric set with a decent dose of bombastic energy in the highs and lows, with an emphasis on sub-bass and upper mids/lower treble. By "mid centric" I mean just that while listening most of my attention and focus is drawn towards and within the midrange...with a sliight tilt towards the upper mids. Female vocals are pushed more forward than male vocals but I have not yet heard any hint of shout or anything like that. Tonally Fei Wan reminds me a little of a jazzed up and more frenetic Maestro SE and as with that IEM (though not to the same extent) I find myself wanting just a touch more mid-bass oomph and body in the lower mids...though where Maestro SE for me is more of a specialist in with its tuning for this reason Fei Wan is a little more versatile for me in this respect. Bear in mind that this is just a personal tonal preference and could be a function of my degenerate tastes more than anything. When I heard Fei Wan in CanJam through the LP6 I found it a little too energetic up top at times so I was really curious if I was going to have that issue again here with the RS8. Unfortunately I don't remember what tracks I used in SoCal and listened to a half dozen or so with no real issue...and then NIN's March of the Pigs came on and damn near fried my brain...so yes I think it's fair to say that there can be a lot energy up top but whether or not it is a problem for you will be highly dependent on library and on your individual sensitivities. So far it hasn't cropped up as an issue as much as I thought it might. I'll have more to say here after some more listening. All in all I am really enjoying the Fei Wan so far.

Thank you for your impressions on Fei Wan. Mine is still on the way and if you feel that way using just the stock cable then I'm positive it will sounds great with proper aftermarket cable

I'm not sure we've ever done a survey like this before, but...top 10 desert island albums. Compliations and greatest hits albums are admissable.

Here's mine with no particular order :
- CASIOPEA - Mint Jams
- CASIOPEA - Casiopea Live (Live at The Ryogoku Kokugikan Tokyo, April 1985)
- Dan Terminus - The Wrath of Code
- Fourplay - The Best of Fourplay (2020 Remastered)
- GUNSHIP - Dark All Day
- Hans Zimmer - LIVE
- Hello Meteor - The Glowing Final Cut
- Perturbator - I Am The Night (Remaster)
- Purity Rings - Another Eternity
- Purity Rings - WOMB

Oh yes, team flex here! Makes it so easy to tip roll the Legend X when I get that satisfying crincle conformation with a good fit.

@Rockwell75 I'll give the desert island albums a think and post my selection later... I'll be surprised if we get any outright favourites with this poll.

So it is normal for every IEM with DD in it? I just notice there's a driver flex too on my Jewel recently, so it seems I didn't get a proper seal before

 

[Neweymatt]

I'm not sure we've ever done a survey like this before, but...top 10 desert island albums. Compliations and greatest hits albums are admissable.

Only 10?!? Damn near impossible choices but…

Stones - Let It Bleed
Beatles - Abbey Road
Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Bjork - Post
Radiohead - OK Computer
Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

 

[RonaldS86]

About 4w ago, I placed an order with Andrew @ MT to upgrade one of the stock cables (3.5) that came with the VE Aura with a chiron nova one. It finally came today (unexpectedly), and I got about 2hrs to test it out. Previously I was using the FT cable with the Aura, which I thought was a pretty good pairing to bring out the sound stage, but keeping the charm of the IEM in that it pulls you into the music. With the chiron nova, it took it another step up in that it increased the sound stage, but still kept that intimate feel as if you are at the front stage of a small auditorium. For those of you in California, think of the Warfield as the venue!

The test track that I really shined was Invincible by Tool over the UM AP (granted I haven't broken it in yet) and the supv3. The mixture of percussions and guitar can be felt through your soul, especially at the 9:20min mark as it builds up into the drum at 9:36min mark.

Btw this the only IEM that has the same characteristic as the EE Odin to make you feel like your in the middle of a club for EDM.

I was not ready to put the aura back on, as I was desperately trying to compare the n30le regular vs n30le limited and UM AP. However, this has been a real pleasant surprise to see that the VE aura still has character that neither the rhapsodio supv3 or the UM AP can pull out. The source for all IEMs was still the N30LE regular as I don't think i've had enough hours on the N30LE AP version.

I can't wait to try it out with other tracks, but I really need to finish other projects I started already (N30LE vs N30LE AP) and how much better the UM AP is with the UM MM.

For anyone who wants one IEM that has great energy that has a way to make you feel like you are one with the music; get the VE AURA with Chiron Nova!

I'll be waiting for your impressions on regular N30 Vs the AP version. I'm still on the hunt too for the standalone UM AP, but I'm afraid that my best bet to get it is on MT only at eye watering $8k

 

[blotmouse]

So hard to do. There are so many classics I may have chosen on another evening. Trying to cover all genres

• Caroline Polocek - Pang
• Plaid - Not forThrees
• Boldy James - Bo Jackson
• Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
• Michael Gielen Vol. 6, Mahler - Complete Symphonies
• Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
• The Jam - Compact Snap
• Lily’s- Eccsame the Photon Band
• Bill Evans - Complete Village Vanguard sessions
• Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

 

[Junmoe62]

desert island 10 album list :

Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Daft Punk - Random Access Memory
Genesis - Turn It On Again
Led Zeppelin - Remasters box set
Jesper Kyd - Assassin’s Creed Valhalla : Sons of the great North.
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Pink Floyd - Pulse
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
System of a Down - Mesmerize

Cheers!

 

[waveSounds]

Some might call it garish,
For others perhaps too bling,
But what we can agree on,
'tis a cable fit for the King.

NiceHCK GoldCrown 8 wire on TH900.

And a fantastic ambient album beautiful for chilling out with or meditating to. It's thick with atmosphere, layering and spacial elements.

Ylang - Robert Rich

 

[Stu Paddasso]

OK, I'll give you 10 for fun but next week if you ask it won't be the same 10.

Beatles-Anthology
Boston-Boston
Rolling Stones-Hot Licks
Bruce Springsteen-Born in the U.S.A.
Smokehouse-Cadillac in the Swamp
Fleetwood mac-Greatest Hits
Steely Dan-A Decade of Steely Dan
Trombone Shorty-for true
Rebirth Brass Band-Ultimate Rebirth Brass Band
Stevie Ray Vaugh-Double Trouble

 

[Damz87]

I'm not sure we've ever done a survey like this before, but...top 10 desert island albums. Compliations and greatest hits albums are admissable.

Yikes, this is tough! Some personal classics that would help pass the time that come to mind:

Pendulum - Immersion
Daft Punk - Discovery
RÜFÜS DU SOL - Bloom
Above & Beyond - Tri-State
Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way
RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
Yotto - Hyperfall
Linkin Park - Meteora
OPIUO - Omniversal

 

[Kobe4ever]

I'm not sure we've ever done a survey like this before, but...top 10 desert island albums. Compliations and greatest hits albums are admissable.

AC/DC : Back in Black

PEARL JAM : Ten

THE CRANBERRIES : No need to argue

BRYAN ADAMS : Reckless

FLEETWOOD MAC : Rumours

SIMPLE MINDS : Once Upon a Time

MICHAEL JACKSON : Thriller

MADONNA : Like a prayer

SUPERTRAMP : Breakfast in America

PARAMORE : Paramore ( Deluxe edition )

 

[gLer]

So it is normal for every IEM with DD in it? I just notice there's a driver flex too on my Jewel recently, so it seems I didn't get a proper seal before

No, it depends on how the DD is vented. EE has a lifetime warranty on driver flex damage, so it's really not an issue for me. I also hear it with some CFA IEMs.

Caroline Polocek - Pang

Yeah, another honorable mention for me...great album.

 

[gLer]

THE CRANBERRIES : No need to argue

And another...

FLEETWOOD MAC : Rumours

And another...

I think we all need to meet up on this island for a party