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  1. 1 hour ago, GisserD said:

    The joyo is a great place to start. I used one for about a year before upgrading to the es8

    The joyo is a bit of a monster to edit on the fly. You really need to invest some time to learn its menus. But it's fully capable once you understand the thing. 

    The es8 is a whole new level above. The key features that are a benifit to me are reordering pedals, and ease of on the fly edits and computer editing and backup. But there's so much more it can do besides that.

    I'm not actually using my es8 anymore since I got a helix. I really should get round to selling it! 

    Do love the ES-8, it's an absolute monster switcher. More than anything, like with the scribble strips on the Helix full-fat opposed to the LT, aside from all the brilliant functionality, I love the fact that it's got a display to label patches.

    Bad timing (for me) that you mention selling it though, I've just brought @bassfan's FLX Pro!! 😄

  2. 17 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

    I've not used, but you seen this? Harley Benton. FXL8 Pro. Boxed. Excellent condition £90 and a fraction of the cost of the ES-8

    Have just dropped him a message.

    The HB/JOYO's are well reviewed. Looks to be a good option.

    Thanks for the heads up 🙂

  3. I'm looking at making some changes to my pedalboard to improve both the "programmability" and the efficiency of the wiring/power.

    The board has the following:

    • Line6 M9
    • Future Impact
    • Source Audio Bass Envelope Filter Pro
    • MXR Octave
    • MXR Envelope Filter
    • Yamaha wireless
    • EBS Microbass II DI/Pre
    • TC Electronic Spectracomp

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     One of the things I'm thinking of investing in is a loop switch, particularly one with MIDI switching for the M9, Source Audio and Future Impact. 

    TBH, the Boss ES-8 looks awesome but I'm a little hesitant to spend THAT amount of cash on it. The ES-5 looks better but I'm worried about the amount of loops I'd need. Alternatively, at the other end of the scale, there's the JOYO PXL Live. In the middle somewhere is the mobile app controlled Hotone Cybery which looks great but with only 4 loops, I'd need a couple of them chained to give me enough loops.

    Anyone using one or can recommend one?

     

  4. 11 hours ago, Kamiel said:

    It's a loop-master, the most simple switcher you can imagine, making it just perfect in my eyes. Real nice company, they make it how you want, you can even choose the color of the LED's! https://www.loop-master.com/

    Just had a look at their stuff. They look really great products and perfect in the fact that they will make you what you ask for. 

    The only showstopper for me is the absence of midi switching as I need to be able to change patches on my Future Impact and the Line6 M9. 

  5. Just watched that and can't help but think how marginalised Neil Finn is. 

    Maybe I'm biased. Never been into FM that much but have been SUCH a fan of Neil Finn over the years. He's been such an amazing songwriter and musician, has a wealth of real quality work down the decades. Feel like he was really struggling to sing the male part there and just think his talent is wasted being a relatively bit part player.

     

  6. On 22/06/2018 at 22:43, Kamiel said:

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    My toys together.

    I know the place is dirty, it's a self-build rehearsal room, what do you expect ;)

    Looks great. If you don't mind me asking, what's the switcher on your board? 

  7. 11 hours ago, Bridgehouse said:

    Not one to go for the usual.. and liking the more, ahem, unusual build.. I’m actually not sure how this one is going to go. 

    One of the two PJ builds I did last year isn’t getting used - so I’m disassembling. I have a nicely subtly relic’d neck and tuners, a bridge a pickguard, and some other bits and pieces for a P bass.

    I contacted Graham, body and neck supplier extraordinaire and he said he had a P bass body “second” - it’s got a minor repaired split in it. Swamp ash.. nice and light. Dead cheap. So it’s ordered. It’s the one on the right:

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    And here’s the repair:

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    They look really great. Where did you get them from again? Who does Graham work for? 

  8. On 28/07/2018 at 23:38, EBS_freak said:

    And now the cable has gone on my ACS. Wow. Surprise - not. Utter stinky poo design.

    Roll on postman. I need some decent ears delivering quick smart!

    Crikey, you're really not having a lot of luck recently with the old ear candy are you? Hope you get sorted ASAP. 

  9. 57 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

    So yeah, the N8t...


    I liked it. I liked it a lot. But not as much as the 12 - which for me, is still the piece (ignoring the difference in the price) I would go for from 64.

    They are both very similar sounding pieces but I much prefer what the bass is doing on the 12. It hits harder, I perceived it to be tighter in the sub bass and with significantly more attack. Overall, I would say the 12 sounds a lot more controlled than the n8t does. It's not a big surprise that the two pieces otherwise sound quite comparable given the similarities in the driver count - but here's the thing for me... The lows in the n8t are a bit less defined (but not muddy) - which is a bit weird given the marketing around it - but I could understand how some people would really like that that sort of signature. It probably has more of a inherent personality tonally than the 12.

    When describing how I felt about it to Paul (bearing in mind he hadn't heard it yet - I am actually the first to have had his n8t demos in my ears!), I said that I feel like the bass is bit more like sticking a sub in a cars boot - yes, lots of bass but not necessarily as focused as it could be. I found the lows smeared a little with the lower mids - but the extended range of the mids as a whole are lovely. Very smooth and slightly warmer (but only a tiny amount that I don't think you would notice if you allowed any significant time in between testing the 2 side by side) than the 12... but I guess that's where the dynamic is showing it's colour over the balanced armature. The n8t doesn't have that bump in the lows (eq wise) that that 12s had... but I think it's that bump that I prefer in the 12s over the n8ts.

    So the other pieces I was trying out were the Layla, Lola and Roxanne. Obviously, I'm very familiar with the Roxanne and that was the piece I started with. Immediately I recognised the sound signature even though they have been out of my ears for a while. Switching to Lola, I recognised the subtle difference in the mids. Again, warmer and fatter - the "bloom" that I talk about it. The Siren series are generally quite dark anyway - but I would say that the added dynamic in the mid (note JH apply their dynamic to the mid as opposed to the bass) makes things all thick and gooey - but in a good way. Very revealing, yet very warm and smooth in your ears. There is one issue I've always had with the Roxanne that was similarly present in the Lola. For my ears, there is a slight sibilance issue with ts and esses. Not an annoyance to point of distraction - but still there nonetheless. So Layla. Lovely piece and I was prepared to spend the money - however... I found it ultimately a bit flat sounding compared to the Roxannes and Lolas. The latter pieces have more of a personality in the bass that the Layla doesn't exhibit as much... I definitely think I'm not into flat response in the bass. I like hyped bass. So ultimately, Layla was out - and I still preferred the tightness of the balanced armatures in the Roxannes over the dynamic of the Lola.

    So you've had my thoughts on the 64 but crucially, it was the 12s verses the Roxannes that I was most interested in. The 12s had better bass - which absolutely shocked me when A/Bing the two side by side. The 12s had a thicker mid despite the Roxanne overall sounding darker. The 12s defo sounded wider and had more "air" (which probably contributes to the 12s sounding less dark than the Roxannes)... but the thing that sealed the deal for me was that the 12s didn't display any of the same sibilance issues that I got with the Roxannes and Lola. (Again, sibilance can be down to my ears as opposed to an issue with the piece itself. Jerry Harvey's ears for example, are going to be different to mine!).

    Paul hasn't currently got a set of 18s to try but I felt confident I wouldn't like the flatter response given the difference I'd heard between the Layla and it's not so flat siblings, Roxanne and Lola. My other concern was the amount of drivers in the shell - I don't want to look like Shrek on stage!

    So it probably comes as no surprise that I ordered a 12t... and I'm pretty excited about getting hold of them. So to confirm my opening statement... the 12 is still the piece that I would go for from 64... and did!

    As a note, I don't listen to whole songs when test IEMs in a shoot out, I switch regularly between the pieces and listen to literally 10 seconds snippets. For those interests, these are the things I was listening to -

    Hotel California (Hell Freezes Over version) (live) - despite being a live recording, I believe this is one of the best recordings out there to try out an IEM. It's got lots of space in the mix, lots going on in the lows, lots of stereo separation going on (listen to the percussion for a start), lots of detail throughout the whole frequency spectrum - and for me, shows up any sibilance issues that I may have with the vocals.

    Walking in Memphis - Marc Cohen - just a great studio performance with a lovely thick vocal and is superbly balanced and mixed.

    Cars and Girls - Prefab Sprout - I don't mind the song but actually hate this recording with a passion but always use this recording to check out sibilance on an IEM. There's a shed load of esses everywhere on this recording that are present on every set up going. If you want to know exactly how bad the esses can be on your IEMs, this is the track to do it.

    Free - Rudimental - the bass monster finder. If you IEMs can kick hard to the point where you can't stand the bass, your IEMs are officially a bass monster. Bass drum, sub bass, thick mid, female vocal. All extremes!

    Not necessarily the songs the I would listen to on a daily basis... but I do tend to keep coming back to them to test stuff out.

    So endeth the JH era, hello 64. What I should say though though, is when you get to this level, they are ALL amazing pieces... and it's literally that last 10% that you get picky over? Would I order the Roxanne again? Of course I would! - it just felt it would be prudent to run through all the pieces again back to back to make sure I was still happy with the Roxannes. Of course I would be happy with the Roxannes... but it would seem I'd be a tiny bit happier with the A12ts.

    Great work homie. Glad you've found your new ear candy. Welcome to the 64 family 😉 

  10. 18 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

    Personally I think the sound signature of the KZ10s aren't that great but I'm pretty sure you'd have a bit of a game reshelling them and getting them to sound right because the balances armatures appear to be tubeless - and I'm not sure whether the dynamic would be able to be reshelled because most makers avoid dynamics...

    So the UE900s it is then. 

    @intime-nick, are you definitely going to get your UE900s reshelled by LUGS? 

  11. On 06/07/2018 at 12:55, EBS_freak said:

    Of course, that's not taking into account the custom SCS art work you'd have... and the custom SCS orange acrylic you'd order... and while you're at it, the thermosoft tips... etc. etc.... Could get pricey 😜

    They'd be the subs bench pair so TBH, don't think I'd go with the full on corporate branding 😉

    I am wondering about giving these a go but in two minds as to which pair to get reshelled. The UE900s or the KZ10s. If it's the latter, seems a lot of money to invest in a pair of 40 quid phones but I don't find them that bad. Mind you, my ears ain't as cultured as yours.

  12. 3 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

    Image above. £180 - I'm guessing you'd have to pay extra for shipping your impressions to him (which will have a cost in themselves) and the shipping of the final article. Think you are probably looking circa 220 quidish all in. Although personally, I'd get him to change the MMCX connector for something less shite...

    Ahhhh, didn't see that, brain fade. Thanks for pointing it out.

  13. 16 hours ago, Bigwan said:

    On the reshelling front I've discovered a local (to me) chap building custom IEMs who advertises a reshell service. He's on Facebook as "LUGS - Play it by ear". No affiliation with the guy but interested in having my UE900S done and he's confirmed he can do them. 

    Ooooo, good spot. I've just followed him.

    I've got a spare pair of UE900s which could be contenders for a reshell. Do you mind me asking what is the ballpark figure for the work and the turn round? Has he given any indication of the process involved? Do you need to be NI based for the impressions to be made?

  14. 16 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

    In other news, courier insurance has paid out on my lost IEMs... so it's time to get busy looking...

    Current wishlist...

    JH : Lola, Roxanne, Layla

    64 : N8, 12t, 18t

    UE : Live

    Noble : Kaiser Encore

    ...but the hardest decision is quite possibly the colour scheme! 😛

    The Laylas and the A18ts look absolutely awesome. Nice quandary to have 😉

  15. 16 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

    That's actually a very good point. Worth mentioning that you really need some trousers that aren't going to move anywhere.. with a cable hanging from it, it does make a good attempt to head for the ground. Not as big deal for blokes as women... (Last gig, the singer in the band I was playing for turned up in a dress and had nowhere to hang her monitor stick from. At the rehearsal before the gig she had been wearing jeans and a sturdy belt.... her flimsy little black number didn't give much in the way of options...!)

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    Fixed!

  16. 46 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

    Actually, thinking about the size of your pedal board... you may want to rethink the amount of signal you are going to lose... that pedal board is just short of a kilometer now isn't it?

    I'm only taking the small one out nowadays following all the criticism

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  17. 22 hours ago, intime-nick said:

    Earphone Buds Replacement 6 Pairs, New Bee Earbuds Tips Premium Memory Foam Earbuds Soft Cushion Earpad Noise Cancelling Suitable for Headphones with 5mm-7mm Tips (S/M/L, Black) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071NZJ7QR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_i_q1CeBb5PF92TC

    Have just ordered some of those for my KZ10s.

    Got a pair of UE900s as well as the 1964 V8s. Obviously the V8s boss them both but would be interested in custom shelling options for either the KZs or the UEs. @EBS_freak, anyone out there doing this now? 

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