How would I go about it?

http://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/blitzwolf-bw-es1-update-improved-mod-by-tgx78-in-post-43.4946

Hmm, I might give that a try but I'll have to wait till I can get ahold of some .008 guitar string (It's sold in town), but as for sorbothane

hmm

the sorbothane is really just there to change the nozzle volume

can use pretty much anything

fuck me sorbothane is expensive on Amazon

its not cheap anywhere but the US

im trying to find a generic version of it lol

its a really good damping material

https://www.amazon.ca/Isolate-Sorbothane-Acoustic-Vibration-Damping/dp/B0084EUV26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526255883&sr=8-1&keywords=sorbothane

$19 CAD for a sheet of it

about the same as what id have to pay

i wanted to get wolfs to compare them to tin t2 after mod,but the mod materials are way too expensive guitar string? I would need to buy at least 25$ guitar to remove strings from it,etc

There's a few music stores in here

As far as I know, some .008 guitar string won't run me much money

what is 008 anyway,is it 0.008 inch?

I believe so

https://www.amazon.com/Ernie-Ball-Extra-Slinky-Nickel/dp/B000MFN8B6/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1526256189&sr=1-1&refinements=p_n_size_browse-bin%3A14908547011

You want the 0.008/08

I can buy a pack of guitar strings for roughly $10 CAD in town

It's not that expensive of a mod to do since I'd most likely use Sorbothane in KZ earphones

In fact, I might try that

I tried damping my ZST's with dense foam and even that didn't work, perhaps I could put some sorbothane in front of the BA driver?

Wait, no I'd have to put the sorbothane in the ear tip, and have it held there instead. Fuck you and your BA designs, KZ

wtf lol all those mods

"yeah just make it into something completely different altogether

im interested but where exactly would you get sorbothane

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SORBOTHANE-SHEET-3X3x1-10-VIBRATION-ISO-RUBBER-PAD-40D-with-3M-ADHESIVE-BACKING/252021444105?epid=1048586803&hash=item3aada60e09:g:gmIAAOSwEeFU3Yii

too thick

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SORBOTHANE-SHEET-2x4x0-04in-50x100x1mm-VIBRATION-ISOLATION-RUBBER-PAD-50D/370641451042?hash=item564bf3b822:m:mrw9soQRZxBz8AoDvlOVTQA

that's what people say to get

cos its cheapest

6$ shipping to uk 😦

as promising as it looks i don't like the idea of ordering a 1mm thick sheet of rubber specifically for stuffing into the nozzle and finding itself lost in to a desk

not covering your entire house in acoustic foam to dampen the resonance from your earphones <:blobthinkingeyes:427568214579609601>

aliexpress custom iems are coming along nicely bois :DDDDDDDDDDDD

fug ;d

nice

@Rorset😔🤙🥀𝔊𝔅ℭ 𝐸𝑇𝐸𝑅𝑁𝐴𝐿💔 what are they?

@bokehwhore overpriced

Gotem

Ayyyy lmao

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Hisenior-B5-5-10BAs-Universal-Fit-Balanced-Armature-In-Ear-Monitor-IEM-Noise-Cancelling-Custom-Earphone/633941_32799766077.html?spm=2114.12010610.0.0.5dc99bf348fgQb

how much did it cost you to send them ear impression,or you did not

i didnt do ear impressions

you can tho

and it's the same price

yeah with shipping cost 71euro,i will surely send them ear impression

it is 2 hour shipping friend

found work around,if i send the package to czech republic first,it will cost 33euro

that is doable

wooeasy didn't discount it for me

fuck

I'll get ZS6's instead and mod them.

fuck

dont

plz dont

pls,pls do not do that

reee

Too late, and it won't let me refund it

what have I done

A massive fucking mistake

What do they sound like anyways?

Just so I know how bad I fucked up.

Awful

Idk I can't remember mine

They should be here later this week

These things look identical to Campfire Andromeda.

KZ why do you do this

They're just as good

I just realized KZ started off with making ripoffs in the first place.

Audio Technica ATH-IM50's look very similar to KZ ATE's

imagine buying kz in 2018

I have yet to find my holy grail: that cheap Chifi iem that rivals a $ 500 or $1000 model.

```Well, I heard nuforce edc3.

For 99$ it sounds better than ety er4xr
```

new meme???

new meme

>Massdrop

that is guarantee of low quality and high price

Best rugged chi fi with detachable cable for little money?

Sound is not that important

kz ate-s

i wouldnt bother with detachable cable tbh

do you want earbuds or iems

Should I bother getting superlux hd 668b I'm thinking of getting it is a backup for my audio technica air ath-ad500x

if you want

id just get some earbuds or osmething personally

I've got urban fun ones for my everyday bus ride.

do you need a backup?

@z3rk

Earbud or iem doesnt really matter. Its all about the detachable cable tbh. Since it breaks so often

que?¿

I mean, I dunno I feel like it but better to have a backup just incase I fuck the audio technicas

if you want iems i'd just go with einsear t2s again

best iems i've ever had

you mean tinaudio t2 <:tipsfedora:383326576609329162>

Dunno my yincrow X6 are still going strong

The einsear it is then

Cheap enough to replace as well

Thanks a lot

Oh shit i helped someone

Theres a store that ship them rly fast too @Deleted User

Like 1.5 week shipping to my country

You might even get faster shippijg

Shipping"

sounds good, what is the store ?

Mine took like 2 months to arrive and it costed more

Then i ordered 2 pairs for my friends and they arrived within 1.5 weeks

thanks

Holy fuck those TRN V20's still haven't arrived.

I received my ugreen sound card, so far it seems good !

Aren't sound cards placebo?

placebo in what way

placebo in that most dacs of sufficient quality are virtually indistinguishable from each other i guess

<:thinkjojo:333980344044879872>

and any "improvement" is actually a perversion of the original recording and hence less "pure" <:tipsfedora:383326576609329162>

Aren't dacs placebo in the first place?

no and no

chances are whatever is baked into your device is mediocre anyway

dacs definitely arent a placebo since without them you couldnt listen to any digital formats other than using weird pwm decoding shit

some poeple like the entirely digital amps on diyaudio

I mean, some days just straight up can't power shit

The dac in my chink phone can barely power zst's ffs

Dacs*

my s9 is fine

mi a1 was noisy af

Properly driven earphones do sound a lot better than having to Max out the volune on a weakass phone

I think customs lost my TRN V20

```I directly compared the DAC-01A to the Bricasti M1 SE and Chord Dave. There was a difference and for me it is worth the mega £ for the mega dacs but I came to the conclusion that if I had to live with the DAC-01A then I would be very happy indeed with it in my main system.

```

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251074952626

wtf is this thing

having the inputs on the side looks so ugly

oh wow that pre-amp might be something legit

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/response-audio-reference-modified-ming-da-mc-7r

i forgot how long <#365921969004216320> has been going

not sure if i want to go <#365921969004216320> or not for my next dac

Mother texted me, guess those TRN V20's finally arrived.

I'll get them after my shift ends

I'll update you guys with pictures and shit once I get home, and see how they sound.

that's the amp

the dac doesn't power anything

what

oh

you mean what nitro said

yeah

Yeah, my bad

These earphones sound weird.

I'm struggling to get a proper seal with any of my silicone tips

@HEKTIK So, with your TRN V20's, did you ever get a fuckton of sibilance with a lot of vocal tracks?

Because I'm getting it big time

Like, this is worse than my ZST's

i hate sibiliance

I'm using small KZ ear tips with them since they give me the best seal

Wonderful, KZ cables don't fit these

Fucking phone

TRN V20's on the left, KZ ZST's on the right

Eh, used different ear tips, the white ones in the picture

Now they sound right

They don't sound half bad but there's not that much detail above 5KHz.

Soundstage could be a lot wider. My ZST's have a wider soundstage, and better isolation

But overall these aren't half bad.

What DAP is that

That's an Agptek M20.

It's the 8GB model, with a 64GB Kingston MicroSD in it

Good music player too, can play FLAC, WAV, MP3, AAC, and WMA.

And OGG.

It's got good output power at least, it can power HyperX Cloud II's rather well

Nice 👍

Wish the battery life was better, though

Though, the biggest issue with that little thing is that since it's just got an Action 2127s for a chip

It won't play any SACD rips.

If it's 24-bit FLAC, forget about it

24 bit is a meme tbh

yeah

I have FLAC files but I pirate shit

I'll take MP3 320 or FLAC.

TRN V20's are at lot easier to listen to than my ZST's.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/cayin-idap-6-versatile-new-desktop-transport.861785/ desktop transport kek

@Windatica yo what are the tin audio t2 build quality like?

they're.. metal

yep

oh ok thanks

idk man dont abuse ur shity

like me

don't stick needles in holes

```Miketech: should i buy some kz ate still
Miketech: i dropped them on concrete and the casing broke rip
p90only: budget
p90only: ?
Miketech: idk i just dont want to spend a lot
Miketech: breaks too easily
Miketech: even tho its my fault
```

what should i tell him to get

ive heard the zhiyin were built better

The t2s are solid

I dropped mine, slammed em against desks, shit like that

Daily abuse

No dents or even little nicks

should i just send him the food diagram thing

and tell him to make sense of that

@Droidbot you got them back?

@Julian no

feelsBad

Food diagram?

https://cdn.head-fi.org/a/10111499.jpg

idk

someone actually took the time to make that

Ah the ZSchnitzel

I forgot

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Newest-TRN-V60-DD-2BA-Hybrid-In-Ear-Earphone-HIFI-DJ-Monitor-Running-Sport-Earphone-Earplug/32873846743.html?aff_platform=link-c-tool&cpt=1526422905017&sk=B6EuRba&aff_trace_key=fa74485c28ab41378c56fb0c679414cf-1526422905017-02111-B6EuRba&terminal_id=5f8381b78bbb4220a564580e2d4e760e

Some other memey untested iems right now?

I think audiogoy reviewed them

audiogoy's only got V10 and V20 up

imagine being enticed by garbage every time

wtf

I have V20's now, which aren't half bad.

and giving them a 5/5 every time

But I've heard better.

V10's are shit.

```These will be a substantial upgrade on the T2. These actually have bass. The mids are excellent on the HK6 as well. I know the mids on the T2 is a strong suite of the T2 but I am gonna be real here these are at a different level as they should be. A complete full bodied sound and has great sense of space for your music making them very immersive. So the discount using the code is actually $200 for the non cabled version. With the included cable it is $220. Completely worth getting the cabled version as it does include an ear guide on them.
```

mfw

hk6

KZ ZS6's have been scanned entering town.

oh boy

hf in dissapointment land

I bought hk6s too

Should be here about next week

Considering that ZST's are very bright, and ZS6's are brighter.

I think I'll stick with my TRN V20's

lol

are you excited for the dissapointment

fuck

https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/kz-zs6.22686/reviews

```Pros - Great detail, wide soundstage, outstanding vocals, neutral sounding, good tonal balance, superb build
```

idk they might be good

TREBLE IS OVERPOWERING

REEEEEEEEEEEE

Stuff the armature pipes with foam

it's "could be"

not "is"

<:pepestressed:327933525124841482>

Tried that with my ZST's BAs

Didn't work

https://cdn.head-fi.org/a/10114282.jpg

Zs6 are built really nicely tho

yeah

They look fucking fantastic.

Are they made out of aluminum?

yes

they look great

and fit wel

Very solid and the paint is very chip resistant