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rapier84

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About rapier84

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  • Headphones
    Sennheiser MX400 Audio Technica CK32 KOSS The PLUG Westone UM1
  • Sources
    Creative MuVo TX FM Realtek AC97
  • Favourite configuration used
    Muvo TX FM + Westone UM1
  • Team:
    Team Westone
  1. WTT - Want To Trade Description of Item : 2 week old Audio Technica CK10 Condition : 8/10, very light usage, selling because can't get proper fit Warranty : 11 mths Item wanted : Westone UM2 Selling price : $/TRADE ONLY Preferred Location : Northeast, Central or East Preferred Mode of Contact : PM me Very lightly used CK10 for trade with UM2, not fussy about warranty or colour. Trading because although the sound is great the fit is not quite good for me. Top marks build quality with dual balanced armature technology in the smallest (apparently stainless steel) casing and superb, strong cables. Search Head-fi and you'll see that this phone is highly rated, often being compared to triple armature IEMs from UE, Shure etc.
  2. Hi all, I'm looking at these two models of UEs for portable use out of a Nano, preference is on the Metro Fi 170s. I'd like to ask if there are any users of these on this forum and what are the user experiences (fit, durability, sound (bias bass or treble) etc) with these in ears? Thanks a lot
  3. Please read the classified requirements
  4. You might want to look at the ATH-Pro6 too.
  5. Encode MP3s at 320kbps, then upres to 48khz But ultimately...get a player that supports FLAC or other lossless formats
  6. Custom molds Got em' and they improve the sound tremendously... more than the gap between modded bi-flanges and complys
  7. Too late, I got my molds done, so won't be getting them (for the time being anyway ). Interestingly, I think saw these cans today on my way to school (I was listening to my huge ATH-M20s today, so mine still biggest ) This girl at Harbourfront (She's from my school I think since we got off at the same place) had the white (cream?) coloured version, looks pretty good, though I have no idea how that sounds oh btw listener, the molds I'm talking about are basically impressions of your ears. What it does is that the company will build a shell in which you stick your earphones (Westone UM1s in my case, strictly speaking they are called IEMs ). What you get is a earphones that fits you perfectly, though the cost can seem scary especially for a someone new to this (it cost more than my UM1s)
  8. arguh...crap, I'm about to pull the trigger for custom molds for my Westones and now my life just got a little harder in terms of choices
  9. Wow They look great, real retro, though I'd stay away from that rather 'bright' green especially if going portable with that Panasonic HK lists that as HK $398 RP-HTX7
  10. Arh yes...the well known white glue cure. Well, thankfully I found the trick is to actually when plugging in the stereo plug, look carefully because sometimes fresh out of the Westone case the wires may be twisted and cause stress, so straighten and destress the wire (let it hang loose a while straight out of the case) and hopefully the problem can be avoided or lessened...
  11. Holy S***... Okay, the lucky thing is because the ends of the wire are firmly stuck on the plug (the stereo plug that is), the wire stays in the braid and opens up a little only when twisted, and I hadn't had any (perceptable) noise distortion so far...fingers crossed...
  12. hmm...okay, heres to clear up a little Doug from Westone says that he has a unit of UM1 also, though he did not say how old his was, he says that he too has the similar problem of the wires unbraiding like mine when there is a slight twist of the cord, its just that if the problem becomes much worse i.e the unbraiding affects the integrity of the wire then it should be replaced. Seems like Westone is aware of this problem. But anyway if the problem doesn't become much more serious like the unbraiding becoming longer and/or the sound getting affected then I guess I can live with it.
  13. Thanks guys for the reply Yup, its the strands of wires seperating with no metal exposing yet. However, Westone did reply to my email saying that whilst this does happen, if the split does get worse it'd be advisable to replace the unit. Though it seems that this is a minor(and known) problem, it still bugs me a little given that its only 2 months old
  14. Hey aaron, Thanks for the reply. Nope, not that problem...worse... not only are there the uncut ends (those plastic bits sticking out), but the braided wire itself near the plug is coming apart. Meaning, the wire is made up of 3 seperate smaller wires stuck together, and they are unsticking and seperating Unfortunately I don't have my camera now so I can't show any pics:(
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