It is a Fostex cable for my purple hearts.
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Well the cable kinda sucks in general, and itâs been a bit wonky on both ends with not making any sound until I turn it and stuff. And the DAC, well I kinda hear a difference, and I kinda prefer it over my E10K, but I donât prefer it âŹ149 you know? I only use IEMs (FA1 and T2) and a Koss Porta Pro and soon a KSC75, so I donât know if itâs my gear, or my source (Spotify) or just my ears, but I donât notice that much of a difference. Iâd love to find out which of the three is the problem so I can either do something about it or know that I shouldnât bother myself⌠However this was a pretty expensive upgrage, like I said âŹ149 for the DAC and then another âŹ38 for the wonky cable, thatâs âŹ187 / $205. Also it hisses on my FA1s and I am not going to buy an IEMatch and a 4.4mm to 3.5mm adapter as well, Iâll be down $250 if I do.
Have we seen this problem on here before regarding the Zen Dac on some iemâs?..Strange as iâve never had a problem with my Nano and Micro 
well, the Zen is not built to be portable, so likely wasnât designed with IEMâs in mind.
It is a tad strange imho as iFi are pretty switched on when it comes to their user marketâŚmaybe they shouldâve had both gain switches and a iem matches?
It was designed for lower power items like iems from my experience
are you sure, M0N? itâs a stationary amp that has good balanced output but sub-par se outputâŚthat would say to me itâs meant to drive a headphone, not an IEM. I know IEMâs at the desk are a thing, but more an exception to the rule really.
I mean just saying I have had good experience with it with iems. Not saying itâs made for iems, just made for more lower power stuff. Itâs like the corda jazz ff is a good desktop amp for iems imo, but it wasnât made for iems
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Well to be fair they also hiss on my E10K, but I have an Earbuddy which takes care of any annoying hiss. However Iâm not going to fork over another $60 for an IEMatch.
I also notice the hiss on my T2âs btw, just far less than on my FA1s.
Itâs really a shame that I donât notice it that much, because I like everything else about it.
That wouldâve been awesome.
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A simple and cheap answer youâd thinkâŚa bit of an epic iem fail iFi???
Did you try using the IEMatch button on the amp itself? That should be OFF for sensitive IEMs.
Yeah it is off, if I turn it on with my FA1s I will not have any eardrums anymore 
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turn the audio downâŚobviously. LoL!
So if I listen with the 6.35 to 3.5mm and then an EarBuddy itâs perfectly enjoyable, no hiss at all. Even with the EarBuddy I need to turn off the IEMatch. However without the EarBuddy it will hiss, and also on the balanced output. The annoying thing is that I canât use the EarBuddy on the balanced output.
well, you said those IEMâs hiss on other equipment as wellâŚso itâs something with the IEMâs, not the equipment itself.
Oh no donât get me wrong, I donât hate on iFi for it. Just that I guess that itâs not something for me. On the one hand it saves me a bunch of money, on the other hand I had hoped it would be a significant upgrade for me, now I have to start over again in my search for a nice upgradeâŚ
Wow. grats dude their beautiful
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wondering rn if i should go with a magni heresy and enjoy the simplificity or if a tube amp might make 58Xâs sound even better (or maybe too warm)
How does that THX like itâs new neighbor? Lol
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