soloz2

the grado sr60 costs a bit more, but sounds better too.

jvc fx33 or fx66 are the best budget IEM.

for a bit more you can get
er6i
super.fi 3

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Blue_Fire

i could go slightly out of budget with the sr60's, but how will they affect battery life?

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soloz2

they're pretty easy to drive. 32ohms.

senn px100's are very good as well and retail price is $50

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Thats good to know, which would you buy if you had this budget?

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soloz2

sr 60 are better, but the px100 fold up and are better suited for portability. They also leak less sound. If this is strictly portable use I'd go w/ px100

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Blue_Fire

ok ill look them a little more closley and try to see which ones she will like the best. Not really sure if she cares about leaking sound, or portability.
EDIT: went ahead and ordered the sr60's. She's worth the quality... just hope my wallet thinks so too lol.

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Gollie

OMG OMG OMG! 3 days from Shanghai to Texas. Darkvoice 336i in my hands! I'm sorry that I can't put up some pics but my camera is at my mother-in-laws house. I know I know, pics or it did not happen. I will post some pics tomorrow.

My first thoughts are, WOW this thing is HUGE. From the pictures I saw I thought it might have a footprint equivilant to a 3x5 or 4x6 index card. It is actually more like 8x11. I for sure need to get a nice table to sit this thing on. I'll be posting my impression in the days to come.

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kevg73

nice... please tell us anything

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I set it up with what I have available now. I bought a DAC from Soloz and it will be here next week. ATM im going X-Fi > 3.5mm-RCA IC > DV 336i.

When I first turned it on I could not hear ANYTHING. First thoughts are OMG its BROKEN. I played with the volume in Windows and rotated the dail on the amp; nothing.

Then all the sudden I heard a faint sound through my DT770's. I guess the tubes had to warm up a bit because the more the filament inside the tube started the glow the more sound came through. Eventually I had to turn down the volume on the amp because it was not comfortable. Still clear but I was not able to enjoy the sound.

After about 10 minutes I could definately tell the difference between being plugged directly into my x-fi and having my amp. By the time I got to track 13 on the LOTR: Return of the King soundtrack I felt like I had moved to the front row of the performance. The percusion has become extremely detailed. I can hear each time the drum is struck. The mids and highs have also become more refined.

I can turn the amp up much further than my comforable listening level and there is absolutly no increase in destortion or static. Although I can hear a very faint hum during silence between tracks, I'm confident that will be gone after I have a few more hours to let the amp and tubes burn in. I'll get my DAC in the middle of next week and I have purchased several tubes off ebay that will also be here next week. I'll keep everyone posted on the changes and my experiences in the weeks to come.

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Blue_Fire

... Now thats epic.

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