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read 2nd post downwards carefully.

this is where many peeps have gotten their etys. http://www.amazon.com/Etymotic-Research-ER...16047121&sr=8-2 $250 and then use vpost to send it home for @$20. price is steal of the century now. audition it locally.

lol price is only a perception. never an indicator for ultimate quality. wats more important is synergy.

yes. it will also be different with the different RCAs used.

different results to your liking and different setups. i could explain warm, but that might be neutral to someone else, and vice versa. i could explain bright, but that might be neutral to someone else, and vice versa. so all i will say is that there's no way of knowing unless u try it yourself. and u might pleasantly surprised with at least one the combos suggested.

do take note the different terminations will give vastly different results. both cables are easily obtainable from LHS and both can be used with RCAPs. the 1505F is crimped but the Canare star-quad is soldered.

personally i do not like cables to have any nature. i wanna know that they dun exist. if i'm looking for anything organic, that must already come from either my amps or speakers. i want my source and cables to be transparent. so it depends on what u looking for. well here's a couple of simple but effective recipes that replaced my kimber selects. specswise the belden has superior double-shielding and lower capacitance than the kimbers. specs dun always give auto results but in this case it did. the other canare has only single-shield but the star-quad arrangement acts like another shield, and this can be soldered shotgun, also with great results. Belden 1505F w/Furutech FP-106 Rhodium rca or w/canare RCAP (some setups prefer this simple crimped 75ohms termination) Canare L4-E6S w/WBT-0110 NextGen pure copper rca. again, it might or might not work for u, just a couple of recipes i picked up from some japanese studio engineers.

this mileage might vary greatly depending on individual preferences. some find the pro cables more organic than the acros.

most of headfi's FOTM or "crap" views MUST be taken with 2 pinches of salt. the 530 is highly regarded in Japan.

some friend u got there...

I've been making it a point to detour EVEN WHEN NOT IN VICINITY. the force is strong there.

do it all the time with the moto q9 with qwerty and all. more and more websites are now mobile formatted, making it damm easy to navigate. there are however sites which are really not compatible at all, and heavy to load. other than that, the web browser on a smartphone is the best app u can have, more for convenience and checking stocks/sports results/forum postings than heavy surfing, for that a full-fledged PC or laptop is essential.

wifi without a web browser? this was creative's chance to answer the itouch but alas it's not be.

exactly. and when the FLAC is decoded and burnt into CDR, it's the exact copy of the original, and to some people even better coz the burn is fresh.

good point. most of the music recordings are patched together using belden/mogami/canare. only gullible audiophools get drawn into the marketing Bull that the industry so loves thrive on.

gotta be the world's most expensive DIY cables.

almost the same here, currently i use my D2000 & K701 pretty often, and sold the HD600/650 & DT880. For me the upgrade patch is more like this: source amp cans snakes

some people will be able to distinguish between the 2 formats. thru my cowon + customs, the difference is night & day. again, your mileage might vary.

pretty as a peach. shall we bling on this? very tempted.

they have a black? where did u see it? the 530 is pretty much balanced, so it'll be a jack of all trades.

gonna suggest a tube amp to pair with the 880, it'll give a lovely balance to your preferred music genres. and maybe wow you along the way. what's your budget?

AKG K530 rocks.

vinc, the keyword here is TRY.

try the Etymotic ER-4S

not the best bass in the world but no concerns whatsoever. if u're already used to the AT presentation, it's a no-brainer.