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Caught my eye and I was able to find this on google image search, from a Stereoplay review.

oh yeah, that's not a blind buy that's for sure, but doesn't kill my interest either definitely waiting for reviews ...Munich isn't that far, I really should go next year

I think we can probably expect a non-signature edition after that(well unless the signature edition sells so poorly they have trouble moving all the copies) with hopefully distribution beyond Drop. The launch window is a bit unfortunate as it's competing with the new Sennheiser and Focal releases.

Time will tell as more people get their hands on them, with the previous gen it was very dependent on how loud you listen, and there seemed to be some sample variation - I know I never ran into it with my Elear despite 12dB bass EQ(with appropriate pre-amp) at reasonable listening volume, but...

Focal has two new headphones coming, Hadenys(open back, $699) and Azurys(closed back, $549). @Resolve has the measurements over at the headphone show and they look good: Hadenys: Azurys: You can watch the video with the full impressions here: After finally getting my Elear to sound right...

It's unfortunately a common problem with some IEMs. I have heard about it with Zero:2, I'm actually picking a pair up today so I will see if I have the same issue. Personally I experienced it the worst with Kiwi Ears Cadenza. Large tips might actually make the problems worse - they might make...

The only headphone I'm personally interested in that price range is the upcoming Drop + Grell OAE1 since they're at least attempting to do something interesting that might not be possible to replicate with EQ. Should be around $500, and coming "soon"(rumor has it preorders at the end of this...

Yeah, I was very surprised they just reached out and confirmed they're cutting my subscription cost in half instead of staying quiet and grandfathering me into a worse deal. Gotta say, I kinda stayed with Tidal because of inertia after doing their free trials years ago, but moves like this and...

Anyone at CanJam NYC? The final version is getting demo'd there. Apparently they tamed the treble and added more bass, which makes audiophiles complain, but makes me happy. Preorder rumored by the end of the month. Hoping for some measurements before then.

Worth keeping in mind that the revenue from youtube itself and youtube-integrated ads is a small part of income of any full-time youtube creator these days. Sponsored segments in videos and direct funding from the audience via services like patreon pay the bills most of the time.

Yeah, absolutely. Bass matters a lot more when you can actually play it. Also it turns out a lot of old songs that my parents used to listen on the oldies station on the crappy radio we used to have when I was a kid actually do sound perfectly lovely - once you play them on a decent system.

Not sure what the official MSRP is but I see them from $399 to $479 up for preorder, which seems a bit steep. Suppose they do need to recuperate the cost of shipping with two pair of pads but it seems kind of a waste as I'm sure most people will settle on just one. They do specifically boast...

Their initial effort with X55 wasn't great, then they released some other stuff that was better but never really caught a buzz, maybe because people wrote them off or there was no novelty anymore. Personally I'd love to hear X60 someday when I get a chance. But recently since they've ventured...

If it was half the price, I'd be ordering one now. As is, still a bit too expensive for me, but definitely a step in the right direction(and definitely something I'll be scouring the used market for in a couple years). Impressive that there really don't seem to be any compromises.

Awesome, now if only local dealers here in Europe wouldn't have scalping prices on JDS Labs products that would be great(seriously, Atom Amp+ is $248 here while it's $99 on JDS labs website... there's VAT but that's only 23%, it's a bit of a joke)