i say go for Davis's bulk- Canada PA2V2. RM222~!

mini headamp +2xAA batt impressive batt life~ much warmer sound.

No batt replacement fussy in future like Ipod.

And Crossroad headamp which around price wif LDM+. Heard is pretty good budget type.

Little Ghost,

My suggestion is the best solution to find out their searching in this forum. Not every DIY sifu likes to take CMOY order right now.

Are all the DIY CMOY goin to be at top quality standard is another question. This is highly depends on mancraftwork as well.

i am kindly providing information for User who wan the quickies. Dat's my initial motive.

I dun see ur motive which strongly disagree up der Plus i dun bashing on others model as well??!! Did i?

Sadly both of the headamps doesn't deliver same color of sound.
For Grado or bright phone users, best to go wif Pa2v2. Unless, u are one dude enjoy highly treble sound. Then LDM+ will roar much detailing~!.

Remember the X-hyped headamp-mini-EPH. It is actually stuck in the middle of PA2V2 & LDM+. Less bright, wider soundstage & bassy than LDM+. Less bassy than PA2V2.
The detail improvement btwn PA2v2 & mini-eph is almost undetected to my ears. Both details improvement are not so obvious as LDM+. Well, placebo effects could make sense. High Treble = Detailing?!

The only DIY CMOY i listened b4 was by PCWORK. Very Bassy. A little overwhelmed especially for deep bass music. The Detail had been improved. It is pretty complicated cuz once bass is booming, the detail had been "covered" like dat. Perhaps, need a little tweak to sounds more comfort & stable.

Ok. these are from my ears. You could refer to em once u got the chance to audition any of them. Dun place my little words in front of ur eyes than the ears.

If you say like that, i afraid you will neva get im716 anymore. It is so hot-selling item & stop production. Hopefully they would be a new model but in audiophile world, new model doesn't mean better for some reason.

Yuheng won't running away wif ur money. haha.. He might worry you will FFK.

Needless to worry again, they will be people replacing your order immediately.

my SR60 seems to hanging der for a period. but im716 is wif me most of the time.

even though im716 cannot deliver the Grado lovely bass impact & resonance.

Well, im716 teaches me how to stay closer to your music completely.

Everyone who loves music to live near to your listening to picture a vision outta the music.
IEM is indeed a powerful tool to possess.

This is the 2nd "wiseful" music gadget i feel spent worthy after my SR60 for so long.

(Of cuz must learn to bear wif the painful inside the ear for certain flanged..haha)