Thanks for the shout out u/Tryptamine9!
We only made 1000 of these and a lot of them were bought in Japan!
I’m glad you’re enjoying the device. I’ve fed back the comments on this thread to the development team - regarding the noise floor being where it is… The honest responses you get on forums are genuinely useful to read and work on.
Feel free to DM me or head to our sub if you wanted any advice on anything :]
Thanks,Phil
That’s a sweet set up for sure!
As a few people have pointed out already that will help improve your sound. I hope you manage to get something to separate those speakers, without taking too much of your living space away from you! Having a set up in your bedroom can be really difficult when you don’t have a load of space to work with.
Feel free to drop me a message if you need any help with the ZEN Air Blue at all!
-Phil
It’s nice to get some of that warmth from Vinyls, which can often be what people like to listen to over and above the highest quality versions of said tracks. I’ve come across many audiophiles that would argue Vinyl captures the nuances of recordings more faithfully, hence the a warmer and more natural sound. On the other hand I’ve come across many audiophiles that argue higher quality versions of the songs produce better, clearer results.
Personally I think it can depend on where & when people generally listen to music. I love the process of getting a record out, setting up the player and siting down to have a listen. It think it can feel like a therapeutic process that somehow makes you actively listen to the music more closely, rather than doing other things whilst listening…
I tend to listen to music whilst working, travelling, tidying/cleaning, eating, gaming (with the right game that is) even when showering!
I love having different playlists to suit my setting/mood/the task I’m doing etc.
I did notice recently when going to see Matthew Halsall live that I had listened to his newest album mainly whilst doing other things, and not just putting time to one side to sit and listen to music… like I used to a lot more than I have recently… It was nice just focusing in and listening to the songs, but in a live setting.
So, although I have already messaged you this directly, I thought it best to add this message to the thread as it may benefit anyone else reading the comments to see:
I just checked your IEM’s matched with our GO bar on the headphone calculator tool on our website. This tool shows you if your headphones/IEMS (the list we’ve gathered has nearly all headphones options on there) match well with our DACs & Headphone amps (we have our full range uploaded on there too)
The Campfire Andromeda’s are quite sensitive IEMs with measurments showing 112.8 dB/mW.
Matched with our GO bar it shows that the volume would be too high if used together, regardless of if you chose the 4.4mm or 3.5 headphone output.
It also shows the volume being too high for the IEM’s even if you purchased one of our separate iEMatch cable adaptors too…
However, if you wanted to use an individual iEMatch (sold separately) in combination with the built in iEMatch on the GOLD bar then this could bring it down to a better noise floor for level you.
The GO bar is a very powerful little unit which is why we built in an iEMatch feature, but in this case I can see how it may be causing issues for you with those IEM’s specifically due to their sensitivity.
Maybe try another pair or IEM’s or headphones and this could potentially be a better pairing… Or if you are set on using this pairing of IEM’s and GO bar the you could have a look at doubling up your iEMatch in the signal path.
FYI iEMatch does not compromise signal quality, it just lowers the output.
I hope this helps to offer some sort of solution for your hissing!
Thanks,
Phil
Definition of iEMatch