If the cable gets caught on something, I would rather have the cable to disconnect than to have headphones yanked from my head and fall down or smash into something.

I’ve actually had the pair for three or four days and I seem to notice it more and more. They’re excellent for music but for gaming the volume is really inconsistent leaving many annoying quiet patches, and my jaw tends to twist around like crazy when I’m concentrating.

What I’m wondering is would it be crazy to look for some less isolating pads? Might they even exist at all?

Yep this was on the second day and I already auditioned everything else I wanted to anyways.

Haha, ok, sounds good!

People buy $2k cables saying they hear a difference. Listen to whatever music service works for you. Care about artist payout? Find a service with a higher payout. Care about really good discoverability? Spotify's algorithm for finding similar music to what you like is, imo, miles ahead of any other service.

Personally I have a DAP for listening to music on the go or in my car and when I'm at home I use foobar, but the convenience of any music service is also great.

The shell is a little bigger/different than Vari, but since I am able to fit the long nozzle with medium Sedna short tips, it stays in place comfortably.

My ears are kinda big too.

Also, the nozzle has less diameter/thickness than Vari. So the best way I can describe it is "big, but different".

How's the fit compared to the Variations? From pictures, the shell looks so big and blocky.

It is possible to modify some cables to fit the Sennheiser ie200/300 etc without damaging the IEM itself. I made the mmcx connector housings more narrow so they can be inserted a little deeper, they fit the ie300 securely. I only did it to see if it worked, I have no problems with the original cable and prefer it.

Here are some of my favorites I have found the past few years. I am not 100% sure on the genres

• Takenobu - Conclusions | Genre: Modern Folk | LINK
• Murakumo - Murakumo | Genre: Minimal Ambient Electronica | LINK
• Televangel - Anthropocene Blues | Genre: Instrumental Hip-hop | LINK

I returned the Sundara for the same reason. It wasn't very comfortable and I was always aware of them on my head. I have the same problem with Beyerdynamic headphones. I thought it might be the rounded ear cups, but I didn't have a problem with the Fostex headphones I tried.

Aye, wish I could afford one xP. Can't even afford to covet the dcs stuff. Don't think I can justify spending that kind of money on something that produces audio, unless it has 4 wheels and a 10 year/100,000 mile warranty.

Yup!...

...My pain when upgrading to the x3

Or: Someone who purchases well-built, reasonably-priced HP, interconnects, and USB cables - but spends money on several of them of different layouts and materials, so that he can experiment to see if he can actually hear slight differences (ie: me, LOL, and yes). Plus, he's got fall-back cables if one or two ever breaks. He also refuses to buy HPs that need special connectors as a pet peeve....

By high volume are you referring to the setting on the volume control or how loud your earphones sound to you? I ask because people often think that the volume setting on a phone is the same level of loudness with every set of earphones, it isn't and can vary greatly.

See you there, neckbrethren.

Go! It was worth it imo, just leave plenty of time.

Yeah, I think when you look at the best headphones in this price category, it ends up coming down to preferences as they all have their own strengths and weaknesses, but it’s hard to go wrong with any of them.

For example, some may gravitate towards the HD800/S for soundstage, precision, comfort, build, etc, but it’s more analytical/cold. The Clear has a more lively, fun and warm sound but you’re sacrificing soundstage.

I also found it surprising - there were at least 6-8 full stacks there.

Spent some but minimal time with it. As the owner of a Rossini, I’d feel damn fine getting just the Lina DAC and rolling with that in pretty much any system.

These are all IEMs I assume? Not for me so I spent no time there, but interesting to hear about nonetheless.

Does this include my LCD-2s?

no ragrets

Didn’t know this was a thing. BRB, going to read about it for 6 hours.

This was…to audition a headphone. Phew, just had to double check.

Anyway, according to some people's beliefs here.
EQ fixes anything.
Any IEM can be perfectly converted to other IEM.
As long as the FR looks the same, there will be no difference between them.
So... Why bother?

I have it as part of apple one with tv+, music, iCloud storage. Also Apple Music Sing (karaoke mode) is a game changer for my family who loves to sing.