Power-hungry IEMs break some games…

Short notes about final Heaven IV
An adorable IEM that I dramatically underexploit due to a terrible cable

Of Shuoer Tape, EQ-ing, amping and cables!
A vertical tool for a specific musical genre.

final E4000-E5000 : no choice is possible
final E series has 2 TOTL models. Is one better than the other for me ?

Meizu Hifi Headphone Amplifier Pro – a tiny killer
An tiny (and cheap!) device granting incredible sound quality and good power

Fiio BTR5 : great sound, terrible vendor value (and I won’t buy Fiio anymore)
Why and how my experience with the limitations to an otherwise brilliant product offered me a cheap opportunity to delete an unreliable company from my vendors horizon, protecting my pockets and me from future further headaches.

Tempotec v1 : I love this little kid
To me, the right device to implement the ultimate “unbundled” mobile suite.

A great primer about how headphones / IEMs work
A clear & precise description of how our earing works, and how high-end manufacturers like final use this knowledge to design their IEMs

Two useful glossaries
“How do your new earphones sound?”
Not easy to say, eh?