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Puzzleheaded-Pen4413 t1_j9tptlz wrote

At 689 euro for the pair I sadly have to pass for a few years I'm afraid 😶.

Happy with my recently purchased Moondrop Aria's though!

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exnka t1_j9u3i63 wrote

Try to find it on 2nd hand market. Here in my country, an used s8 price dropped to 250$ alrdy.

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mmry404 OP t1_j9u40f0 wrote

Whew man, yeah I paid a lot more than that and there was only one in my country.. S8 for 250$ is to die for

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Puzzleheaded-Pen4413 t1_j9u6nwv wrote

I will let you know when I'm ready to upgrade, 250 $ is not a bad price, haven't found those prices on local second hand websites in Switzerland or EU.

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mmry404 OP t1_j9tqvmk wrote

Thank you very much! Arias are great too! I mean, I'm just happy to find that those $100-ish iems are not yet on the quality/price plateau, which means there is something to look forward to!

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Puzzleheaded-Pen4413 t1_j9tt41v wrote

Very true, of course for me there will be a moment to upgrade in the future and happy to see you are over the moon with your new purchase!

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mmry404 OP t1_j9txcg3 wrote

Sure! I kinda hesitated at first, but then I figured that my ears don't get better as I age, so I pulled the trigger

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Puzzleheaded-Pen4413 t1_j9vq6mh wrote

It was pay day today so pulled the trigger on a HiBy FC4 DAC Dongle. The audiophily continues 😅

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mmry404 OP t1_j9whtld wrote

Yay! Congrats! Yeah, dongles are a must, as even KZ stuff shows just how shitty my built-in phone dac is (cheap samsung..). Did you notice those artifacts too? I am using the iBasso dc05, didn't even try to run the S8 out of the phone jack, as my ears would probably bleed. Are you planning to run your dongle balanced?

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Puzzleheaded-Pen4413 t1_j9xw490 wrote

Running IEM directly from the phone did give me an idea of how good they were compared to normal headphones (or 5 USD IEM's I started with, funnily enough as hearing protectors when riding a motorcycle and as replacement for my helmet speakers from my satnav / phone), it was not long after my first "few bucks IEM that I went into the Rabbit Hole of reddit on them, and here we are today.

The Aria's are superb imho when it comes to IEM's at that price level, but having them now for a while I do notice a bit of tinkering with EQ is needed to get to something I like to listen too more then EQ-less.

Of course I will not try to tinker with the EQ when the HiBy in between for period of time, maybe to change some settings afterwards.

Gotta work from the basis ;)

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mmry404 OP t1_j9xx61n wrote

Does that HiBy dongle have an app with volume control? Been looking into balanced dongles today, and somehow it seems like a rare feature, though I find it to be essential, as android's own volume control is not granular enough. My iBasso has that and it's a must IMO

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Puzzleheaded-Pen4413 t1_j9xxdof wrote

Good point!

It has a 30 step volume control on the dongle itself (look at the 3rd picture on their website: https://store.hiby.com/products/hiby-fc4).

Android volume control sucks, i had the issue when I connect a Bluetooth speaker which volume control buttons control the phones volume control. Can never find the right level 🤣

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mmry404 OP t1_j9xy3az wrote

Oh that's cool, will consider it then, thanks!

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mmry404 OP t1_ja27fqi wrote

Will you please let me know about your impressions when your hiby arrives? I liked the fc5 model, it only has 4.4 balanced output and is a bit smaller than the fc4, though a bit more expensive, probably cause of glass

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Puzzleheaded-Pen4413 t1_ja2ha8o wrote

Sure thing, even though I just started with this audio-hobby. So don't expect a super detailed experience report (but will do my best of course!)

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