Drivers license Iād probably supply, as long as it doesnāt have your SSN on it.
Iād also try and figure out what tripped the extra security step.
Even I would like to know, Im from South Africa but im using AGS, so they shipped to NY.
Probably just as simple as a different shipping address to billing.
Problem is that the retailers end up eating the loss in the cases of fraudulant card use, they ship the goods and the CC companies just reverse the transaction so they donāt really get hit, but the goods are lost.
I totally understand and donāt mind safety precautions, was just weird ss its the first time ever I had to give so much info for such a small sale lol
Aiva now 479$ on Massdrop
Here is a weird question for all the Sendi owners. When listening to music. Do you ever hear the music come from infront of you? I only hear it in and ontop of my head. Some songs outside the left and right ear. Chocolate Chip Trip from Tool is a very good example. I hear some sounds going around the back of my head from left to right. Like its suppose to go around my head but never hear it from infront. Is that a mental block or cant headphones do that. If that makes any sence
Hmm, it depends on the track, but you can get a center image projected a bit infront of you, the sendy isnāt known for this but it can do it. Also depends on the quality of your dac and amp too
Thanx MON, i do get a good centre image but inside my head. Thought it was a mental block as to my mind cant trick me to think its coming from infront. If the Elex better in holographic sound, if I can call it that
Yeah with the sendy it is rather intimate so it will be a bit more in your head, but since you have a spark on the way the spark tends to give a bit wider soundstage so that helps. The elex imo is much better for imaging and soundstage, and is more of a circle around your head and can recreate space very well
Thanx MON, will wait for the spark and report back if it opened up the sound.
I just pulled these out again tonight (kinda put them away after i got the Elex) and im blown away by the sound of these. they really do sound fantastic in all their treble glory. but listening to them for a while does make me feel a little like i ate too much ice cream too fast. I just want to take a little off the top. did we find out the best way to do that? a foam filter? or different cups? paper towels?
Im not borhered by the highs, could be that my amp is not resolving enough. Or im just not that sensitive to the highs
I have the same experience as yours. People say the imaging on sendy is just okay not exceptional, so I think itās normal. I can still feel sound comes from the front, but I am not able to point out the exact point. Btw, Iām using SMSL M500 and Aune x7s. While Iāve swapped pads with brainwavz sheepskin angle pads, I also order the zmf universe suede perforated pads. Canāt wait to try on it. 
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Yeah the imaging on the sendy is good but not stand out, same with soundstage
Everything about Aiva is awesome. its very close to the Elex. which sounds to me like a perfect headphone. yeah the Avia has less mids. but it wasnt nearly as bad as the Anada. The mids are there.
And i just love that foward sound stage. having listened to the Elex for a while and going back i was surprised how foward it was. People would say the Elex had soundstage and i couldnt see it, now i do.
I was swaping back and forth and the imaging was as good as Elex as far as i can see.
I think the sound stage is adequate, its not exaggerated but enough for me. The imaging in the given sound stage is pretty good. I know its not the best but im happy. Was just wondering about the infront sound lol
Anyone tried the ZMF Universe perf suade pads on the Sendi?
One thing I kept seeing was to put ZMF micro suede pads, seems to relax them, also the bigger the pads the more relaxed and bigger the soundstage from what Iāve read. Iāll be placing an order soon with ZMF and report back. I got both versions of pads with my Sendyās the non perferated and perferated pads. Seems the non perferated are the most intense for sure. One note about the architecture of the sendy line up (M570, BLON and Sivgaās) seems to be air control. The grill on the back seems to be responsible for a lot of the tuning same with the pads. Same as the fostex X00 its not about dampening but air control
I havenāt but I keep hearing good things about the micro suedes
This might sound weird, I love the Sendyās the sound the soundstage, Iām really excited to start pad swapping but I wanna know if anyone has actually cracked them open and done a fazor for them yet?