What did you buy today? (Part 2)

It’s worth it for the budget and it’s a nice backup to have when you are not comfortable using your expensive IEMs outside like during commutes.

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From the legend himself. My Rikubuds has arrived!

Packed in a generous case. Excited to try it at home!

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Love the new cases, awesome awesome. I hope to be the proud owner of a Riku bud in the very near future! Happy listening :call_me_hand:

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Booked our hotels for Capital Audiofest 2023 and sight seeing D.C, basically a his/hers trip. Very first audio show and first flight for her, knocking out some bucket list items for sure.

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I might have a slight planar addiction, now that’s packaging…and one fierce beer coaster



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Picked up the Tin P1 (OG) and the Hifiboy OS V3 from the for sale thread here, grabbed a 2.5mm swappable tip for the cable on my Fiio FF3s, put in an order for some more of my favorite copper earbud shells and some more drivers from NSC Audio on AliE, and ordered a nice compact regulated soldering iron because the one I use in my shop is pretty bulky and I’m hoping to be able to use this one to do some earbud builds while on the road for months at a time.

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New toys came in for evaluation!

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How do you like it so far?

I love its bass for all kinds of electronic music.

Check this out →

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The bass is impressive, still getting used to the presentation and listening on different sources, the S12 made me a believer in burn in so im gonna give this awhile. Using spin fits at the moment.

I settled with AZLA Xelastec, best tips ever if you ask me :slight_smile:

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ive been wanting to try those and some others, will put some in my cart

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ZMF Perforated Suede pads for muh Tygrs. Purchased with confidence based on my experience w/ ZMF Perf Suede pads for my 6XX.

From what I can remember from stock pads, they sound very similar. Also, they feel less scratchy compared to Dekoni’s Elite Velour.

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Picked this up on Ebay for $190: Pre 2020 HE 400i with ZMF Suede Ori pads:




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Ordered some Moondrop Illuminations off of Audio 64 early this morning on HBB’s recommendation as part of my search for the best sub $1k single DD IEM. When they all get here, I’ll have the Dunu Zen Pro, SoftEars Twilight, and Illumination facing off. This is gonna be FUN!

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budget harman

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Illuminations are quite something, I got a absolute steal on a secondhand pair and even having owned some $1K+ sets still love them

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I had an LCD-24 on an extended loan about this time last year and was smitten by it.
An opportunity presented itself and well…

A new to me LCD-24

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New? I thought they were a limited release?

Congrats btw!

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new to him aka secondhand

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Exactly, this is a pre-owned set that I bought. However, I think you can still find new ones at Moon Audio. I’m not sure how many but they say new ???

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