Shizelbs

Killer post AMike. Thats what I was looking for. Do you find the etymotics to be a bit of overkill for the Axim? I want to get a good set of buds for on the go listening, but, at the same time, I want them to be a good match, not overkill. Like I said before, I think I will just go ahead and demo it with my 590s and make a judgement from there. I think your 'OK' summed it up pretty well for me anyways. Thats my biased prediction anyhow.

How do you like the etys? I am leaning towards the Shure e2c just based on the price. Do you have a better reference rig for home use?

AMike

I don't find the Etymotics to be overkill for anything- I use them for two reasons:

1) superb sound quality
2) isolation <- this cannot be overstated

I think they make anything sound better, even when it's a crazy distorted, noisy source. I thought I'd regret the purchase given the price, but after 9 months they still give me a perma-smile. Yeah, well sorry to blather on like that.

I don't have a home rig yet, but if I do it will consist of my current sound card and a decent quality headphone amp. My dream semi-portable would be the iHP hooked up to a DAC and amplifier....

The "high-end" cans I've heard are 280s, 580s, shure e3, and my 4p. I would personally need an anechoic chamber to really enjoy the 580s, the e3 sounded dull, but better for pop music than the 4p. Just my opinion of course. I'm not sure the Axim has enough juice to drive higher impedance cans, but that will definitely reduce hiss. I have my own high impedance dongle and use it for cheap sound cards to reduce the hiss.

Shizelbs

I will be looking into a portable amp as well. Have you checked out head-fi.org? Great forum there with TONS of headphone stuff going on. Incredible.

AMike

Yep, I used to post measurements there, and I wrote a HRTF plugin for fb2k that I posted there...

Shizelbs

Yeah, after I wrote that last post I thought 'duh, of course he's heard of it.' And again, thanks for your earlier opinion of the SQ from Axim.

mingkee

I got x30 312 ver today
and I am using as digital wireless headphone now
the quality is fine, no "hiss" problem
probably software is another issue...
I am satisfied the audio quality, at least as good as ipaq

outlaw2_0

Got my X30H yesterday and i have been listening to MP3's and surfing lal day. No hiss i can hear. If you go to WM and dont paly anything i DO hear a hiss there, but once i start something...no more hiss.

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