It's not my intention to speak for anyone so one of them sees I'm wrong please correct me. But from what I understand mimic orders go in the same order as the direct orders, the primary benefit being you don't have to wait for direct drops on Fridays. Also Mimic has great support so you obv get...

Elevates the overall bass level without muddying the mids with a slight recess in sub-bass that is generally unnoticeable unless you're test track listening for it. It is similar for the TC and i personally carry both pads with me.

Most prog metal is severely bricked in mastering to the point that a more natural bass/midrange works better. The MR with vegan bass ported pads really shined for me. Source equipment will also make a difference here.

Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE DAC - $2800 Comes with DAC, Remote, Power and USB Cable, and original packaging. Does not have a pre-amp module.

ZMF Auteur Classic Stabilized in Red Burl with cables and pads - $1100 Comes with headphones upgraded to Classic by ZMF, XLR and 6.35mm cables, two extra sets of pads, and the wooden storage case. The pictures on my screen show them being very red, but there is a slight purple hint to them. I...

Abyss Diana TC custom color with Stock and Superconductor Cable and new case - $2600 Comes with headphones in Red Wine, stock 6.35mm cable, XLR Superconductor Cable, New Style Abyss Carrying Case, and custom Diana fenestrated OG pads modded with bass porting (the DMS pads).

I only had an SC cable so unfortunately I do not have that comparison.

I was able to get a short demo yesterday. I posted my quick impressions in the Abyss Headphones Owner's Club in Telegram, so for anyone in there this is redundant: "I got to listen to three songs on the DZ, with a TC to switch back and forth to. Stack was a sagra DAC, Broadway amp, iPad...

I forwarded this along to a group that may be able to help. Hopefully someone circles around to you. :)

It's generally isolated to r/headphones. A large group there puts a heavy emphasis on price/performance and generally anything beyond a Quadlix 5k with an HD600 is severely scrutinized. It's not all like that though. Especially if you already have the equipment and are sharing well thought out...

I find the 1266 to be very comfortable as well.

My Tungsten DS have arrived. I have not listened to them yet so no sound impressions. But first looks impression.... well they speak for themselves.

I have noticed that sometimes the noise measurements are done at like 90%, so there might be a reason to instead of turning to full to turn to 90%. So that is worth trying methinks. However i have tried that with the gs-x mini and i do not believe it to me an issue. even on very sensitive or...

Some amps work best with a specific voltage or range of voltages, and DACs output that different ways on their volume pots. So when both devices have a pot there often a game of turning both at the same time to find the sweet spot. For a while i was using a Gustard A26 straight into the gs-x...