Beautiful shell
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dunno how long itās been with S08, would be a perfect IEM if not for the fit not being great on me
if it fit well, Iād honestly sell a lot of other sets
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I was feeling adventurous, so I picked up the Dunu Da Vinci. They should be here tomorrow. Iām pretty excited about this one, I think this set will be a great compliment to the 2 I currently have.
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Some of my humble and quick impressions, if youāre interested:
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Nice to hear some more about those, they really flew under the radar at releaseā¦ seemed like very little chat about them.
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same picture basically lol, enjoying these a ton, I was worried itād be more veiled compared to S08 but these have been good so far
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NICE! Honestly one of my favorite sets. Not that theyāre the most technically capable but they are capable of enjoyable long-term listening across the genre collective in my library anyway.
They work really well for me on the Hiby R4, theyāre my go to set for that DAP. Also quite nice on the dx180. I havenāt tried them on my M300.
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I only got an M300 for mobile and a schiit stack for desktop lol
Iām absolutely loving them, theyāre incredibly relaxing sound wise and just an enjoyable time. Fit Iām getting to make friends with, then again Iām just forcing default tips lol
edit: Iām pretty sure explorer graph wise has a bit more midbass but the way S08ās planar bass hit is just so satisfying to me as well, I gotta find tips to make it fit perfect on me
I know itās not supposed to be that technical but I think Iāve found the lowest I enjoy treble wise, this is great
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If anyone has Cadenza 4 and a mic, could you try to graph it with shallow insertion??
Iām using wide bore and short tips like the Whizzer SS20.
Thanks in advance!
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Whatāre you hoping to learn? Shallow insertion will primarily affect the treble, and in a way thatās highly dependent on the shape of your ear canal, and where couplers are already unreliable. What we can glean from measurements has serious limitations, as much as we wish it werenāt so.
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For sure, I know that graphs are not the whole story.
I just find the treble better balanced with shallow insertion and was curious to see what it may look like on a coupler. I know that my ear anatomy will be different than the couplerā¦
As a side note, Z300 and QKZ xHBB graphs almost identical but the Z300 sounds warmer and has weird treble peaks somewhere but the QKZ is fine.
Just shift the graph a bit to the left and thats usually how a shallower insertion would graph.
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Hey guys. The Da Vinci is here. I want to try them, obviously, but there is a problem. The nozzles on these things are pretty big, and the tips wonāt fit over them. Iām not sure what to do!
Anyone have this issue before? If so, what did you do? Iām thinking I might have to stretch the tip somehowā¦
What tips are you using, brother? You shouldnāt have any issues getting the tips on if you try to angle the tip against the side of the nozzle opening. I also sometimes try to invert the flange on the tip to better line up the stem on the tip.
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This def helps with some nozzles and also for the OCD tip roller (like me) that wants to seat the stem of the ear tip at a precise depth. Sometimes I feel like I was a jeweler in former lifeā¦ 
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On mine I went with tips that were specād for 4.5-5.5mm nozzle. CP145s I think Iām using on that set. I was able to fit some of the standard nozzle width (3.5mm) tips doing like what @domq422 suggested by flipping the flange back and then angling the tip against the nozzle.
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OK, I got them on! I ended up stretching them across a pair of scissors for about an hour. I am using what they call the Candy tips. I got a set of those, a set of S&S tips and some foams. My instincts were correct, the Candy tips are fitting well. So we are in business! 
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I need to look into these tips. I donāt know much about IEMs yet, but the nozzles on the DaVinci are noticeably bigger than the nozzles on the other two sets I have. In fact, Iām not sure why they didnāt include something like that in the box. Oh well, perhaps my technique will improve over time.
@RBRIII @domq422 Thanks guys for the ātipsā (see what I did there? 
) I reckon I need to practice a little. Main thing is, I got a set on and we are rockin and rollin. Oh boy, are we. First impressions are extremely good. The cable came with 2 options for amp connection. I am using the 4.4MM right now into the SA-1, the only amp in my system that has such a connection. Wow. 
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I got these IEMs I wonāt name because they get a bad rap for good reason but Iāll be honest they sound pretty nice, Iāll give it a wide berth but I am liking em, not too bad for how cheap I grabbed em for
I will say, the reason I bought the IEM for was a certain driver that I already own an IEM for, I think that one might be doing a better job but like I said, weāll give this one some time
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