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I don't think they're really monitors.. more like stereophile earphones? I'm not very sure.. monitoring purposes would want as flat a response as possible right..

where'm I able to find these alternative opamps anyway?

maybe not something too ex but I'm sure at 300 he's not looking for some measely stock earphones...

fubar is another brand of amps and Dac but i think not at stereo...

hmmm how's the toma compared to the D2? or fubar?

anyone know if the superpro dac can even compare to this dac at all? I already thought I had quite alot of difference with this esp since it's supposed to be using one of the high end chips..

of course the issue would then be the easy "losability" of those many small parts.. esp on the go..

IEM = In ear monitors. something like canal phones where they're inserted deeper into the ear and have an isolating effect from surrounding noise.

chamoxa at simlim square has a dac called the superpro at about 200 odd. Been using it half a year now... pretty good.. affordable too. Apparently uses one of the highest ended DAC chips.. the CS4398

is it true that we should all use VBR now?

I've read abit about sleek audio.. apparently pretty good and it's cool too. You can actually "EQ" the monitor itself by replacing some filters in the phones itself.

ok so transcoding is off limits.... got it!!

yeah it really depends what you mean by more powerful speakers. I think you could use an amp if you just wanna listen with your earphones. but to power full passive speakers.. then I'm not so sure..

so jist of the story is to just listen to lossless?

what about converting an mp3 to aac?

that doesn't sound too long.. tempting tempting...

any new toys to check out?

angela aki is pretty cool too

oh yes yes oops... westones all the way!!!

you could try the triplefi too by ultimate ears.. although I've no idea how much those cost =)

so jialat huh.... thought better of it..

oops sorry.. I'm with IEMs.. haha

what about stacey kent.. or emi fujita.. pretty good vocals..

how's aac compared to mp3?

are u talking about the old or new mylars? the new x3is are supposed to be sturdier =) MUCH sturdier