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AKGs aren't too smooth, they're like dead neutral!

Unfortunately most of us go solo in this audio journey.. haha. i dont have many friends who are willing to spend this much on audio stuff

Wow, when i visited SE I loved the service by Aron!

beats any other shops i've visited IMO, no offence, lol.

Sad..

UE getting more mainstream..

wow. nothing non-obscene comes to mind.

first non-obscene thing that comes to mind:

Homework

i second the echoloft recommendation.

I think i'm one of those rare people that actually like nightwish

Corrine may is wonderful

actually apple lossless and wav should be identical since they're both lossless.

she just had a makeover.. and seems to be swamped with tons of interviews. hopefully the makeover doesn't reduce her appeal and the interviews dont distract her from the competition.

Billy joel's moving out

HA-RX700 is my recommendation too.. Very nice for the price

I love the sf5pro, and hate the umx sound. YMMV

test with other sources.. if the problem persists then bring it to the shop to change.

5pro really cheap second-hand nowadays, you might wanna give it a shot to save money

for ~$150 there's a lot of IEMs you could try.. Phonak Audeo PFE, superfi3, UM1 etc.

odd. if you've changed the firmware it should be hardware. but why didnt you notice until now?

use it at home? or sell it for half price then get IEMs. haha. ES7 should be sellable man.

I wouldn't call the SR80 very bassy. They're very forward and might be quite bright like most grado headphones. Good for rock though i'm not so sure about other genres.

you might not wanna rule out 2.0 alternatives like the A2, they're small and good too.

I'd go with starquad if you're just starting out. It's 3 to 4 bucks per metre and the quality is good.

Smooth and open just screams sennheiser. you can't go wrong especially with hd600 and 650 (but they're not sub-$200 )

There's more info here on how to build the thing:

http://diyparadise.com/web/index.php?optio...id=66&Itemid=26

In case some of you are wondering, a stepped attenuator is a top notch volume control unit. In a normal potentiometer, the audio signal passes through the thin carbon track, even in some high end pots like ALPS blue velvet, so this may degrade the audio performance. In the stepped attenuator, the audio signal only goes through 1 resistor, thus maintaining as much sound quality as possible.

Goot agent is in basement of Sim Lim Tower. Very nice couple owns the shop. I recommend a temperature controlled iron, no need for station. Save the money for your other purchases. I use a 70W temperature control iron and it's fine, even if I forgot to turn off at night and left on for 24 hours.

Hmm.. how much does that cost? Does it have variable temperature function like a soldering station does? ESD safe?