For Japanese investors, crypto profits were taxed as miscellaneous income at rates up to 55%
So the investor takes the risk
If it goes well the goverment takes 55 and you get 45
That’s Mafia level
They like 55
The Personal Income Tax Rate in Japan stands at 55.95 percent.
We went from 18,5 to 19,5 and now 21%. We have a so-called ‘low’ rate (6%) for essentials (vegetables and the like) but they want to abolish that as well. That increase will undoubtedly be put to good use 
We have different (cumulative) tiers over here with the highest one maxing out at 50,1. In essence, you’re being punished for making something of yourself (or investing/innovating). To borrow from a certain rocker with a love of all things red: ‘Why would one strive if you get to pay 55?’
First time in 10 years I have seen the specific model of BA in an exploded view of an Empire Ears set
Love to see it
Old thing, they have emp75 in triton and even specify it in specification. Emp75 is kinda old, you can see it briefly on LX page in exploded view, I also remember reading this model number written on BA’s inside my transparent custom LX. And there are emp6#-something aswell on LX exploded view, might be those 69, given similarities in tuning curves.
24k gold plated faceplate.
Is there anyone left at this point that tries to claim that headfi over a certain pricepoint do not fall under the category of Functional Jewelry (like mechanical watches)?
Yes, some folks claim that the R&D is what we pay for and the dress up is just gilding the Lilly and they are full of it.
There has been no major evolution in IEM’s in quite a while.
They pushed the bling development forward
They deserve every dollar for harnessing the power of fake diamonds 
Musicteck Cayin is still a shit show
He already refunded me
The other one arrived though 
I was thinking something similar. They invested all their R&D into (fake) gemstone setting 
At this point, DHL ranks below DPD IMO (and DPD is absolutely terrible; what company lets you pay toll to call them if they are the ones who screwed up 
) Hope you’ll share your impressions of the N8ii with us, really curious to hear what it’s like.
That combo must sound wild 
PS Lyrics automatically came to mind, which is appropriate in this case (‘jumping, what’s that sound’)
Anyone has experiences with chinese dac/tube amps such as from douk audio, aiyama and nobsound?
Currently I’m only using fosi ds2 2024 to power up my iems and I just wanna something more “aesthetically pleasing” for my desk instead of a dongle dangling around. I know 99% iems including mine are not hard to power and I don’t see myself getting into headphones too so I dont need a lot of power but from what I read iems are more sensitive and I should look out for the output impedance of the dacs/amps. Sadly these chinese brands dont really have any measurements out there bar a few.
My budget for getting both is prolly around 150-200$. Cheaper better ofc as long as it doesnt introduce noise floor. For the tube amps tbh i just wanna try and see how it works in general hence i plan to get a cheap ones first.
Sorry if this isnt the correct place to ask but somehow I can’t create a new topic (despite having made one before) over at the other subforum for gears. And this thread is one of the most active that I participate in X). Would be happy to hear what your experiences with these brands or if you guys hve suggestions!
Yes you can, you can’t start a thread here…
But you can if you select one of the sub categories ie DACs here…
Paying taxes is genuinely beginning to feel like coughing up some protection money.
It works! Thanks for the info! 
No worries buddy glad to help 
i ended up pulling the trigger on K11 barely used for 75€. hopefully not a scam 
Prodigy 
