Let start our Jaben Malaysia V3. Before it reaches saturation and being deleted.

The v2 thread could be found here

Jaben Malaysia is the first headphone store that allowed auditions of headphones/earphones/headphone amplifier/DAC/cables. We known as the largest headphone store chain in south east asia and Jaben carried the most complete range of headphone and amplifier selection.

Headphone/Earphone

AIAIAI
AKG
Alessandro
Audio Technica
Atomic Floyd
Beyerdynamic
CrossRoads
Denon
Etymotic
FutureSonics
Final Audio
Grado
HifiMan
Hippo
Jays
Koss
Kplisch
Sennheiser
Sherwood
Shure
Sony
Ultimate Ears
Ultrasone
Westone
Wicked
Yuin

Headphone Amplifier/DAC
Beyerdynamic
CEntrance
C&C
CrossRoads
Eddie Current
Firestone
GoVibe
Graham Slee
HeadAmp
Heed
Hippo
LaRocoo
Lavry
Lehmann Audio
Meier
Millet Tube Amp
Mini-Box
mSeed
Ray Samuels
Rudistor
Ordnance
Yamamoto

Custom In-Ear-Monitors

JH Audio
CrossRoads
LiveWires
Sensaphonics
Westone

Audio Player & Accessories

Colorfly
Hifiman
Hippo
HiSound Audio
Let Continue our discussion here. and i will make sure we closed the topic before we reached 125 topics, so our previous footprint will not be deleted.



This post has been edited by walabies: Jan 9 2011, 02:23 PM

thanks jaben for bring these gem to me..

Fourth
Okay let's start discussion. Earsonics SM2, Shure SE425, UM2 or DBA-02?

This post has been edited by tunertoobe: Jan 9 2011, 02:29 PM

Oh my!!! HD650 heaven!!! I wished I had one of those

OMG PCdude u bought 5?

My preference is accordingly: 1. Earsonics SM2, 2. Shure SE425, 3. UM2 4. DBA-02

Wow V3 already....

not mine all of them
haha
only 1 is mine, 1 is my gf's

the other two is sieg + deamon's

thinking of hosting a HD650 / Lavry gathering soon. just for fun. to gather up to 10 HD650 and maybe 7-8 lavry together..
LOL

PS: will HD650 have new stock come?
cause i might have friends who interested with it..

This post has been edited by PcWork: Jan 9 2011, 02:35 PM

Maybe you can audit it at Jaben, music is very personal and we might have different point of view.
One thing is, DBA-02 is very sensitive to hissing, you better test it with your music collection before you go for it. It is a very detail IEM indeed.

by the way. i am in discussion with yuheng.
for hosting one gathering in jaben BEFORE CHINESE NEW YEAR.

i will bring my modded lavry there for AB comparison of stock lavry in jaben VS mine.

as well as my symphonica HD650. i will show some matching of portable amp and source, which i personally feel appropriate.


and in respond to ath thread in headjam, i will bring ES7 and ES5 there too. to show a fully run in ES7 sound in comparison with new ES7.

wat else ???
time and date still NOT SURE. i in middle discuss with yuheng.

Wait, are you replying my post? Seems like it.
Yeah, I changed my mine about the DBA-02 when I also read that it is prone to hissing. I'm looking for something a little bright.
Although I do look for a particular sound sig, I actually don't mind at all if its the exact opposite of what I'm looking for, as long as it sounds good. I do look for adequate, articulate and fast bass, but if you throw at me a mid-rich and sparkly ones, I wouldn't mind at all. In fact I can find stuff in my music collection that will suit it. Oh and I don't mind diff POV, as long as you say it's good, they might as well be for me. I'm not THAT critical, I just enjoy music at a quality. Part of the enjoyment of being in this hobby is discovery. You can say I'm not an audio purist, but an audio explorer. I like hearing variety, that's why I'm looking for 2 COMPLETELY different sounds.

I'm actually looking for a contrast of DDM, if that helps. So which represents a BA driver sig the most? Who among them defines what a BA is?

This post has been edited by tunertoobe: Jan 9 2011, 02:47 PM

That means u got both.

New stock, not sure... have to ask yuheng. I think we still can go oversea look look.

Walabies which colored-sounding headphones u recommend: DT770 or 770 Pro, Shure SRH840 or any others?

I kinda asked this question in the V2 thread but since we have V3 I'll ask again here.... will Jaben be stocking Sony's new flagship IEM? The MDR EX1000.

Tons of gems you have there...

Got pic with muliple larvy tak???

yay V3!!!
can't wait for the gathering...
hope it's on saturday
mm... one of my friend planning to get himself a beyer dt231 (EDIT: He changed his mind )

This post has been edited by power911: Jan 10 2011, 02:38 PM

hehe v3!

wait for me! after this month only free

this gathering will definitely be fun!

give me a date after when you will free. we will try to arrange it after ur exam

Congrats Jaben,

received email from wala..bundles woo i love bundle.
wait for me, im looking for a bundle before CNY =)

wow ....v3 so fast already page 2 alreaady ...

Hope to see the bundle coming up again. woodies bundle??

The more colored ones is Alessandro/Grado, or even the Denons.
If you really want to pick among them I will pick 770 pro. 770 we will have no stock.

Yes if you really request. I might even need you to put in deposits. The SRP is really high at 799USD before tax.

This post has been edited by walabies: Jan 9 2011, 07:59 PM

I see, I was hoping to give the Sony an audition and compare them with other IEMs. Thanks for the info.

Very expensive indeed. I think the price is close to a Future Sonics custom.

can u name me some headphone amp with price below rm200?

Have a look at Fiio.

Yea, I was gonna recommend FiiO as well. Try the E5 but stay clear if you want to use them to drive full sized cans, I don't think they'll help at all

This post has been edited by MrJinggles: Jan 9 2011, 10:03 PM

hey how is the colourful hippo box+
i was away for awhile lazy to dig up D:
and when is penang having a store?
do pm me yo!

congratulation for v3.

so what's the gathering all about?

not sure on it, but mostly all the latest news,event, promotions mainly will be annouce at their headjam.org forum first.

for quick news and fast reply answer, you can try their forum =)

i need my daily self poison.... but dunnue what i want for now...

hey guys, how come my gmod can control volume from the interface? I thought imod bypassed the internal amp?

still if u feed to amp it wont mean nothing right?

HI, the mod is to done for the line out portion, the internal amp is still usable as we do not do anything on it. Once you connect from the bottom part, you get the modded sound

I'm surprised there's no Westone appreciation thread in LYN. Someone should start a thread for all Westone lovers

Does anyone have recommendations for a good headphone for up to RM300? Would like to read some additional reviews and go audition in Jaben when I have the time =D

Beyer DT231 (pro)
Audio Technica ATH-AD300
Grado SR80i

I want to ask also.
What IEM can give good bass(i.e punchy but not muddy) at low volumes? I'm getting sick of pumping out volume to get bass. I see Future Sonics can do it but I want to know of other alternatives, reviews on these are rather mixed(some say good bass with only slightly lacking detail, some say muddy and lack soundstage, some say brings out hidden details ) And preferably under RM1000.

This post has been edited by tunertoobe: Jan 10 2011, 10:36 PM

Earsonic SM2
Westone UM2
radius DDM2

Owh, Earsonics SM2 good at that also ka?
Hmmmm......this is good. It's still around 1k though....but maybe I can live with that.
DDM 2 is a certain purchase.

This post has been edited by tunertoobe: Jan 10 2011, 11:34 PM

Amps. Decisions. Amps. Decisions!!!

Shoot me with the best of the best under RM2000!

come, i show u something good..

noo.....go away!!

Does SM2 come with a clear shell?

Yea it does :

pico slim, Corda stepdance, Corda concento, RSA predator, RSA shadow, RSA mustang and many more xDD

hmmm...thanks. How about less than RM1500? Graham Slee..PPK...etc

come lah....

i think i'll get an amp before i try your stuff...so i won't kena poison and think too much

if that's the case what for you come over to test?
like that no point i purposely host up let u ppl listen loh if everyone is this kind of mentality.


This post has been edited by PcWork: Jan 11 2011, 02:08 AM

don't worry..the poison lasts a lifetime..sooner or later ... just a matter of time before the resistance falls

try edi can at least set a motivation mah.. i really appreciate it bro

Nice...real nice.

Stepdance, the shadow....
btw.. i tot one of ur wishlist is corda stepdance? its around rm1.4k+-

Who knows that might be the cheaper solution for a long run?
And that poison need to be reminded from time to time..
So that you really remember it.

oh..
ada poison itu.. i rindu.. nak lupa pun tak boleh.. sbb too massive..

ada wang... ada poison...
lol!

Bukan sbb too massive, tapi memang dah kat tangan, kan?

Stepdance abit too bulky..how is it compared to PPK?

yup it is too bulky and power hungry amp too... lol...
from brief moment of auditioning PPK with DBA-02, i do think that PPK sounded brighter than stepdance. in terms of soundstage, stepdance wins hands down... as for others, i cant recall back but i prefer stepdance than PPK because the way it can drive my CK100 without changing its sound signature too much...

Are the above IEM's in the RM1K range and if they are, is the Sony MDR-EX700SL (I thought they got a good reputation for bass) @RM1,099.00 totally a non-contender?



I am just curious not that I can afford a RM1K headphone.

Thanks for any info.

What's the average battery life like for the PPK and Stepdance?

I think the Westone UM2 and Earsonics SM2 cost RM1050 each if I'm not mistaken.

PKK uses internal rechargeable batteries (i think), as for stepdance it uses 9V batts...
i buy the cheap tesco 9V batts and it can power up till 9 hours, and energizer i think can do longer than that....

i stop using regulated power supply because it has the tendency to hiss alot... maybe my house electric flow.... so i bought lots of tesco 9v batts and it sounded much much better than the rechargable 9V ones....

i dont know why lol...

This post has been edited by g3n0c|d3: Jan 11 2011, 12:47 PM

nope.. this one totally cant afford it.

sbb??
apa tu?
lol..that one..haha..

The ones mentioned are dual drivers. The Sony has only a single driver but if I'm not mistaken, is the largest IEM driver in the world. I've tested it once. It does have a fun thumping bass, but mid-high freq tends to be a bit harsh and slightly piercing. It's a new unit out of a package so dunno how it'll perform after burn-in. Reviews all over state that it does improve but the harshness remains.

I thought it was a bit overpriced, since you can get dual-drivers for a cheaper price, and in the case of the DDM, almost half the price.

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Added on January 11, 2011, 6:44 pmAiyak, just looked at SM2's included accessories. I'd rather ditch the cleaning tool kit for a bit more tips choices. So that's out.

This post has been edited by tunertoobe: Jan 11 2011, 06:44 PM

Thanks for the info, interesting and also educational for me!

lol
something orange in colour..~

I guess he'll like something wood in colour and small..
that one maybe boleh..

ANy 1 know any upgrade cable for UE TF10 ?

UE Blue Cable and Silver Dragon

wht is the price for both cable ? ! is there different for both cable ?? My friend recomend to get the UE BLUE

Refer to yuheng/walabies for the price.

thanks dude will pm them >< !

ya ya.. that one..



boleh jugak la..
tapi takut tak cukup..

wow congratz jaben for v3 its been along time since i posted here..keke...

Hippo-men back in action!

no wonder no one reply at jaben thread v2. hahaha.
close already. cehh. congratz jaben!

btw,the sony MDR EX1000 and 700SL looks quite good!
is it already release in malaysia?

Tried the 700 a while back.

I know the MDR EX1000 not yet released in Malaysia officially. The retail price of the 700SL is RM1099 according to official website but I think can get cheaper from other sources

Wow, v3 already? Congrats. I also long time never come look see in here already. Haih, 1 more week then OK to come back properly. I hatez exams...

hmm is there anybody using Denon IEM with built in microphone here?

Hey guys, what's hot now? I need to find replacements for my 3 missing IEMs..

Missing???

I wished it would be missing into my possession.

3 IEM missing?? wow~ well I auditioned Klipsch S4 and Hippo VB today (budget about RM2XX-RM3XX). Recommended by Choon Beng and Yu heng for my price budget~ =)

Final Audio IEMs?

Final Audio FI-DC1601SS

It's not really expensive. Give it a try.

this thread is pure poison!
never ask for suggestions....u sure mati one...

anyway...
i know i dun fancy headphones...
and i have the ES3x and UM3x...
any suggestions for my next IEM?
u know when the gatal comes...nothing can stop it...

Another reason I don't go straight to triple drivers.....upgrading from those is a killer for my wallet.
Westone 4 is coming.

i know!
but ive gone from UM2 -> w3 -> ES3x -> UM3x.
been thinking JH16PRO lately.
Could that be the sign. Hmmmmm.

how abt UE18Pro?

haha, not much else than to go to customs.

never a fan of UE actually.


this is the answer i m afraid to hear.