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Enjoy your weekend
No heat stroke folksâŚstay safe
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Last night was supposed to be the last âsuper moonâ in my part of the world for the year. I beg to differ because these came in today.
I went in on this set for the same reason as I did the Kai, I wanted to get a set that could tame some spicy treble.
Quick honeymoon impressions. My go to test is one of my favourite albums but the snare hits on every track can knock me out after 1-2 songs.
A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhmes and Life. The Hop, The Pressure, Get a Hold and Word Play plays fantastic. Phony Rappers and 1nce Again is exceptionally hot for me but man I was boppinâ my head for the entire album. Love it. Motivators bass line has heft but doesnât overtake the song. The Kai tamed the treble as well but the clarity on the Mahina is so much cleaner.
Freddy Madball - Y Que. Vocals are recorded where Madball is spitting his verses over another track of his own voice. Main vocals are front and centre with the reverb like echoes on either side of your head is so clear you can focus on whatever vocal track you want to focus on.
The calmed down treble can let me listen for longer periods. I listened to The Elite Fiveâs Depthâs of Râlyeh album twice in succession because it played it so well.
I wouldnât say the Mahinaâs are detail oriented. When I say they are clear, I mean that the bass doesnât bleed at all into the mids and separation of instruments and vocals are fantastic to my ears. I was looking for a reduced treble set just so I can have very long listening sessions and that will happen right after I sub this post.
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Couldnât agree more with your thoughts on the treble presentation. I have the same problem cymbals and hi-hats with most IEMs. Which are nonexistent with Moonlight and Mahina. Also, great choice of music. I donât jam Freddyâs hip-hop stuff much but, Madball is definitely in my library more so. Not to mention ATCQ is one of my go to hip-hop groups from that era.
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What cable you use for ex800st? Also, is fir xe6 significant upgrade over legend x and ex800st?
I knew I wasnât going crazy when I saw it saying the Z200 had a detachable 2-pin cable!
Now if you look on the webpage they changed it to non-detachable cable haha.
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Yes!!! Stoked!! Happy you like 
Great music taste btw
Glad you dig it.
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So I guess is not going to happen? 
I can do it after my holiday. I have a t2+ 
@hawaiibadboy Whatâs the nozzle size on the Kai? Looking to buy a different SpinFit as all I have is the CP100 which is a bit to small. Not sure if I should go CP145 or CP155.
Anyone wanna buy an ISN H50? 1DD 4BA
Iâll give a good price with free shipping.
DM me!
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I actually was able to fit on cp100 with just a bit more effort than usual.
I got it to fit but, wonder what effect it has on the sound. Wanted try a properly sized one.
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We three kings of Orient are;
bearing gifts we traverse afar,
field and fountain, moor and mountain,
following yonder star.
When I listen, I listen long and loud. These are the tools I use to get it done right. Thanks HBB.
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Can I get the measurements of the case? Really digging how it fits and stores the iems. I got access to some nice IP67 mini hard cases with the pick and pluck foam. Not as fancy as the felt but at least theyâll be safe and dry from the humidity where Iâm at
I try the 145 over the 155 . I think it is most likely to fit of the two.
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I donât know how big the nozzle is on the Kai but the CP155 are pretty huge, they are what I use on the B2 Dusk and on the Audeze iSine.
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Man thank you so much!!!
Length is 6.75", width 3.5" and depth without the iem liner is 1.25"
Threw a Pelican 1010 case for an idea of how bit it is. Nice that you can just take the liner out in case anyone wanted to use the case for something else or maybe store a couple of iems instead of just 1.
edit I didnât measure the top lid as part of itâs internal depth and thereâs about a half inch clearance more
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Couple of extra hours with Kai.
- I have huge driver flex in both sides. I cannot say on side of my head with them how are yours?
- when I started with some vocal centric very rich sounding tracks (in terms of quantity-of-details-recorded like newest Nick Mulvey, Fiona Apple etc) I felt like I have some partial loss of hearing. Olina never gave me that feeling. I started having regrets of selling it (it was due to the money put in audio at that point, fit and comfort). I was disappointed a bit and started looking for some alternatives.
But, but!
- I said myself, ok, I cannot really work efficiently with full focus with that music on anyway. I turned the library shuffle on. Then Silk Sonic popped up on shuffle and now we were talking! Kai shines on more fun music like that. My head was bobbing, feet were tapping and fingers were snapping all the time. What is interesting - my tasks requiring theoretically full focus (designing parts â translation into manufacturing drawings afterwards) was going smooth as hell.
Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open [Official Video] - YouTube - at home I put some rap on - new danger mouse have nice bass base and is masterly recorded. Kai is also great at that
Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Because feat. Joey Bada$$, Russ, and Dylan Cartlidge (Official Video) - YouTube - and the cable - I love it, my 2nd favourite (after Xinhs Graphene 4core which cost more than 50% of Kai) at the moment of all stock and aftermarket ones.
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