The MAD EAR+ HD I have was part of a trade I did on Canuck Audiomart. I also got into making my own headphone and speaker cables a couple years ago and had great success with it. Hear hear! I have a few things from BJC and Schiit, too. ![]() I was perfectly happy with the sound I was originally getting, but I enjoy the tinkering. They were so nice about getting the right wood panels to complement the rest of my gear. I bought a switch from Mapletree and they were such a joy to work with. Their equipment looks great and they also know what they’re doing, so I would imagine their amps sound as good as they look. I’d love to know how your Mapletree Ear+ sounds. My USB cable is a Black Cat Digit, and I would never have thought about buying it at full price, but I got it at USAudiomart for less then half price. You can also get great bargains by buying used cables. When buying cables, I’ve tried to get the most out of my budget, so as mentioned above, I found a place that custom makes Furutech OCC cables for a lot less less money than buying them ready made. I’m treating this like a hobby, where I’m experimenting with different things. Ok, now spending some time to test more with my playlists and CD's.I have a baseline set of “good value” Blue Jeans and Schiit cables, and then I’ve allotted “play money” to buy different equipment to see how they sound in comparison, i.e. Looks good, sounds absolutly better than the BA Hybrid Cushions! ![]() But i´m wondering about the mesh improvement for several drivers at all, a rule of thumb beside the used cups!? I surely have listen to this actual build a bit more, especially with L-Cushions, maybe G-Cushions too. Bottlehead Crack, DarkVoice 336SE, LittleDot MkII, Garage 1217(!?).I don´t know. But firstly i´ll try a step in entry tube amp´s, but i´m really new to this topic. I also keep an eye on the lindemann amp´s, but they´re quite expensive. The GSP Voyager impressed me so much (John Cadman soldered it, very helpful gentleman). I bought some pairs on eBay, AliExpress and i wouldn´t recommend to burn money. Any advice for geniue ones or good third party L-Cushions? Like I wrote above, i only got seven years old crumbeling L-Cushions. Just wait for the next build for a friend (still no answer from jaco since 5th of february). I had to do it, cause the colors match so well. Yeah, it is really hard to resist Jin´s fabolous headbands. They look a bit warmer and less shiny than the R1s. The bass deserves to be more "organic" and with more substance and presence, but I compare with my speakers and my hi-fi system which does not play in the same court, so once again let the P1s really break in. Between the not perfect recordings and the fact that they are not inked I avoid any criticism. On the metal there are some projections on the medium but I do not prefer to go too far. Diana Krall is sublime all the mouth sounds are very well reproduced. Never an ounce of aggressiveness or greenness and they are not broken in. OUF! The bass is tight but there is not too much, the midrange is the strong point of these speakers, and even if it goes high I do not have the sibilances that I had with the R1. I then tested with Audirvana on a PC and a small piece of USB DAC and my little O2 which was on the desk. ![]() How awful! The bass was sluggish, way too much bass, no treble and vocals like muffled. I quickly tested on my samsung to see if I had soldered well.
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