Recent content by darmanastartes
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The discovery thread!
I hadn't checked the thread since the end of April and had to catch up on 150+ pages.- darmanastartes
- Post #102,020
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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The discovery thread!
The RSV was very good, sort of an opposite twin to the Moondrop S8. It was also one of the cheapest IEMs they ever made.- darmanastartes
- Post #102,019
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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The discovery thread!
Do you have a link to this?- darmanastartes
- Post #102,011
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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The discovery thread!
My impressions of the Letshuoer Cadenza4 are up on my blog and in my Head-Fi thread: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/reviews-impressions-rants-and-more-from-darmanastartes.963101/page-5#post-18130960 https://medium.com/bedrock-reviews/letshuoer-cadenza4-in-ear-monitor-impressions-a69f122515f5...- darmanastartes
- Post #102,004
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Reviews, Impressions, Rants, and More from darmanastartes
Letshuoer Cadenza4 In-Ear Monitor Impressions Introduction and Disclaimer: The Letshuoer Cadenza4 is an in-ear monitor with a hybrid driver configuration comprised of one 10mm dual-chambered beryllium-coated dynamic driver and three balanced armature (BA) drivers in each earpiece. The Cadenza4...- darmanastartes
- Post #74
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Reviews, Impressions, Rants, and More from darmanastartes
Thanks for the catch. The S8 is still a terrific headphone with some of the best detail retrieval I've heard below $1000, and I felt that it's successor, the Moondrop Dark Saber, was a sidegrade rather than a definitive improvement. With that said, I'm using the IO Audio Volare more these days...- darmanastartes
- Post #73
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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USB-C to 3.5mm adapters (DAC) - Let's find the best
The Simgot DEW4X is a fairly priced and competitive entry into the affordable dongle space, with excellent power efficiency and thermal management. If you’re looking for a neutral-warm dongle, and want something lighter, more compact, more power efficient, and cooler-running than the Colorfly...- darmanastartes
- Post #6,482
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Reviews, Impressions, Rants, and More from darmanastartes
Simgot DEW4X Dongle DAC/AMP Review Introduction and Disclaimer The Simgot DEW4X is a dongle DAC/AMP equipped with both 4.4mm balanced and 3.5 mm single-ended outputs as well as dual C43198 DAC chips. The DEW4X is priced at $79.99. Simgot provided me with a review unit in exchange for my...- darmanastartes
- Post #71
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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The discovery thread!
Simgot EM6L if you want a brighter IEM. For something more neutral, I still think the Truthear Hexa is hard to beat at that price point. Not sure what I'd recommend as a warm/basshead IEM in that range.- darmanastartes
- Post #99,609
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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The discovery thread!
My review of the IO Audio Volare is up on Head-Fi and my blog.- darmanastartes
- Post #99,478
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Reviews, Impressions, Rants, and More from darmanastartes
Introduction and Disclaimer The IO Audio Volare is an in-ear monitor that employs a combination of one dynamic driver, four balanced armatures (BAs), and four electrostatic (EST) drivers per housing. Retailing for $599, this review unit was provided to me by Shenzhen Audio. I suspect that IO...- darmanastartes
- Post #70
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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The discovery thread!
I\O Audio seems to be Shenzhen Audio's answer to Linsoul's Thieaudio. I received a review unit and it's competitive/worth the money at the $600 price point, not a giant killer or anything like that though.- darmanastartes
- Post #98,948
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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The discovery thread!
My review of the Simgot EA500LM is up on my blog and on Head-Fi.- darmanastartes
- Post #98,817
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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Reviews, Impressions, Rants, and More from darmanastartes
Simgot EA500LM Review The Simgot EA500 LM, which retails for $89.99, is an in-ear monitor (IEM) that uses a single lithium-magnesium dome diaphragm dynamic driver per side and features three pairs of interchangeable tuning nozzles. My review unit was provided to me directly by Simgot. Packaging...- darmanastartes
- Post #69
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors
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The discovery thread!
KZ ATE. I'd never heard anything so good for so cheap, and in retrospect, it ended up changing my life. I wrote my first review on Head-Fi on that IEM seven and a half years ago. One thing led to another and I've had a perpetual backlog of IEMs to review for about the last four or five years.- darmanastartes
- Post #98,667
- Forum: Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors