slankoe

Been thinking of doing the opposite, selling my 800S for a Utopia to run on my ZDS. How has your experience with the change been?

I know which one I'd rather buy spares for!

Otherwise, I did hear the Utopia a while back. It was a dose of heaven, but did not distract me from the path of buying the HD800, which I now have.

Utopia is still the best headphone out there for accuracy, hands down. The HD800 is different, but I wouldn't call it a direct downgrade in most ways. It does the trick well enough.

If I'm financially well off again I'd buy another Utopia, or whatever comes out to "top," it by then, maybe a Verite. HD800 just might stay - I love them even if they are a bit different.

Won't argue it's a shitty company. I just don't think it's as clear cut as you make it out to be with your optics.

Honestly, I just like teasing you guys. Ya'll get so worked up about this it's hard not to.

Send the Stella and it's counterpart to me for an evaluation.

@JK47 does evaluation=sledgehammer?

Most mentioned criticisms about LH are true here, but have nothing to do with me. If I like a product, I like a product.

"I am also just mesmerized by Sony XBA-Z5 at the moment, so smooth"

Smooth as the LH dildo going up your rectal orifice.

An original doesn't need to stand up to its copycat. The copycat product deserves to be universally hated and despised.

Planars never seem to image that well, it seems to be simply due to physics of the operating principle of planar magnetic design. I generally find technical superiority in the dynamic driver headphones.

I can dream. Verite seems to have that magic like Utopia does. Oh my...

Agreed. But planars have that weight and impact that dynamics can only dream of (TH900 gets close tho).

That's why we need at least one dynamic and one planar.

Honestly MX4 and LCD-4 (+Phonitor 2) helped me realize planars aren't crap like I judged from my experience with LCD-2 pre-faz and hifiman. I would be so down to try an LFF modded Hifiman HE-6/HE-5. Seems like winners.

I feel like Utopia does impact on par. But planar bass is special. Feels like it comes from you at all angles. Pleasant for sure.

Is this sarcasm? I hope so.

Not really. I think Etymotics deserve praise for very high performance, which is well worth the cost and then some. The most well put together IEM I've ever heard. QC, reliability, build, sound quality and cohesiveness. Having a true neutral reference is great.

Try binaural audio with ER-4

Yeah, welcome to music heard right !

This thing brings the HD250 Linear to great heights! Loving it.

Whether or not it's good, fact remains that it's a rip-off. The fact that it sounds great is more a testament to KB's work than anything else.

@slankoe would you be willing to send these oh-so-amazing Stealla copycat IEMs to @purr1n for evaluation?

They aren't mine to send. I just got a chance to try them... but I'd really like to hear what purr1n thinks of these.

Ultimately I don't care about the CA/LH shit because no one freaking actually knows, and its not my bizz. I'm also not a customer since I'm already happy with the gear that I have and for the chance to try different things.

Other folks have done direct comparisons andro to katana and had the same result with the katana being clearly superior.

What is your source? Andros are very OI dependent, they could easily sound bad with the wrong pairing.

@Merrick Interesting. I was using my Samsung Galaxy S8, but I also tried on the ZDT Jr. low Z output. Didn't notice a huge change.

Still I feel it won't satisfy me unless bass quality is improved or at least quantity reduced, as well as that treble glare and lack of air on top. My preferences are too specific and I had too many expectstions before trying them.

My first impression is that it sounds nice but I'm not sure I can even judge yet. lol Thanks for the spoiler alert

I think having the Gungnir Multibit - XLR-to-RCA in WA7 and Utopia with it to colour my perception. I could see the built in DAC sucking considering the chip is used on portable players. My bias is showing now, and it takes guts to be objective... won't have this unit here for very long sadly, cause it's so pretty. But, that's not what matters - sound is.

This remembers several girlfriends that I dated. Very pretty, but as soon they start to talk, the date was over.

I adore the tonal character of this can.

I'd never describe Chord gear as "bling-bling." I think it looks like it was designed by a five-year old that likes jelly beans.

Fisher Price aesthetic is what you're looking for.

Desktop R2R vs portable FPGA - hardly a fair comparison until price is considered, and then bye Felicia...

It's happening again...♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯

F*** it, I'm gonna plug em into the ZDS >:D

My spider sense is telling me that could be amazing with an S adapter...

Pretty freakin' great even without the adapter, and I still need to replace the filters. ER-4P is awesome!

That feeling you get for your first proper tube amp... For everything else there's mastercard.