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It always seemed weird that Dekoni ended up getting the IF measurement rig. They had the graph of their headphone with that measurement rig but that was the only thing I saw from them.

if Stereophile is willing to sell the site and assets to Crin, and then if Dekoni sells the measurement rig. It would be like getting the band back together.

Audiostream, the other Rafe run site, also redirecting to Stereophile. Neither are listed under Stereophile’s “Other sites”.

SBAF is my last remaining connection to the world of audio (and I keep it because the people are so interesting: I'm too deaf for the audio) so I wasn't aware, but is there a known story to Rafe's departure? He's nothing less than a vandal, and I am not above laughing at his undoing.

Artificial pinna and the mounting components, will be reusing my coupler

Holy shit, are you going to make a comparison between your EARS pinna and the GRAS one?

I can probably do a brief comparison since I'd have to remeasure existing data points anyways.

Invest in speakers?

Or better yet, build your own speakers. For that cash, you could do some wonders, even with just some basic tools and a bit of time and fun.

Forget all the naysayers because it sound good

HD6XX are now $220 too. Effers.

But seriously...why is the "D" missing the corner?

the cornerless D symbolizes their new strategy of cutting corners while charging more?

Is that with your IEC coupler? What source did you use for those measurements?

@Biodegraded yes, and the iPhone dongle on my portable rig.

6.5khz spike?

UPS and USPS both have their days, but damn if FedEx drivers don't all sit in their trucks all day lighting up and hitting attempted delivery on their devices

Interesting. It measures a bit like ER4S. Are you going to make a thread?

@Biodegraded @jowls Will make a thread later on. It’s a two-parter mod, first part’s easy and reversible while the second part is irreversible and requires a microphone and a bit of tinkering to get proper channel matching.

What ‘tier’ are we talking here?

CIEM? I know the feel, been waiting the same amount of time for my speakers. And they aren't even custom, just another variant of their product line.

Ooh, nice! What do you have coming in?

I'm not going there to take a look for myself, but I suspect such people don't understand science or pseudo.

Should be fixed for Friends. Try now.

THANK-YOU!!!! @purr1n

How're you finding the facetweeter?

And are you using any mod, eq, etc, or taking it as is?

Should be in the mailbox on Monday, hopefully. Already ordered the resonator donuts.

2k iems compete with 1k iems in audio quality, it's a weirdly skewed market.

Kind of a shame really, since if it weren't for the massive premium of "good" IEMs over headphones I'd probably abandon circumaurals altogether (or not really, they're comfy as hell and look cool), maybe get some bookshelf speakers at home to complement.

Was it HitmanFluffy who posted a meme-y pic of this one dude who spends $$$ on IEMs and DAPs just to listen to shitty anime songs? That's (almost) me XD

I think you should ask your audiologist, they may have a suggestion from a medical supply place.

From almost anyone on Herd-Fi :-D

Looking to build something better,than mini DSP ears? Or is something like this what you are looking for: https://www.minidsp.com/products/acoustic-measurement/ears-headphone-jig

Out of interest, have you heard a modded BW-ES1?

@Luckbad Not exactly, but I haven't heard a DD that I really truly love *yet*. I'm always on the search though, maybe someday...

@jowls Not yet

Best compensation? USD sounds good to me.

The biggest challenge is not the best compensation, but knowing how the individual EARS vary from each other.