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I own Sennheiser IE 800s IEMs. Have a 789 on Preorder and may purchase a RME ADI-2 dac. For now, I listen from a Ipad pro. Just wondering haw many others on ASR use IES exclusively?.
Klipsch X11i (and why did spell check turn "Klipsch" into "Moolha"?). Maybe not worth $350, but worth the $100 I paid. IEMs can be annoying, these at least are (relatively) comfortable.
I really can't stand the feeling of headphones other than the HD800 or the Orpheus 2. Every other high end headphone either pinches my jaw or puts pressure on my ears, neither of which I can stand. Audeze headphones are "OK" with the pins removed from the headband (so basically all the caliper pressure is removed) but at 700+ g they make my neck hurt. My favorite earpad is probably the Mr Speakers Electrostatic pad, but only on other headphones since the I am unable to adjust the clamp force on Mr Speakers headphones with the nitinol band to my satisfaction.
It's either speakers or IEMs for me at this point.
I own a VC02, which was excellent especially for the price after slight EQ around 10kHz. Pity build quality around the detachable cables was abysmal and it fell apart within a year. I might get a new pair of well-engineered Chinese IEMs (one of the pioneering distributors in this space, LendMeUrEars, is local to me) soon, but I don't listen to music outside nowadays.
Apple in-ears
RHA CL1 (Daily use in the office)
MassDrop NuForce EDC3 (for the gym)
All three I use with my Ipad Pro when I feel to. For the office I use the E1DA usb DAC. And at home the Atom and D30, which might be replaced by the coming Topping DX7 pro or the sabaj D5.
don't particularly like shoving things inside my ears and keeping them in there for long. I have owned several IEMs but rarely use them now. I prefer over ear or above ear. aesthetically, it's not as 'pretty' walking the streets with big over ears on, but I'm a utilitarian so doesn't really bother me.