# What's in the box! **URL:** \ **Category:** Gear Pics\ **Created:** [June 28, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765 "2018-06-28T20:27:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 298
**Author:** ![hnordberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/hnordberg/32/48020_2.png) [@hnordberg](https://forum.headphones.com/u/hnordberg)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5987 "2021-12-22T00:50:29Z")
![3F5A2106-2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/7/5/7530dabd7d4a1b720ca3cf0f9e2e21bd9b4ccb8a.jpeg) ![3F5A2108-2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/7/9/79216b4949bc876fc270b81349232351cb133ce0.jpeg) ![3F5A2110-2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/9/a/9ae8a990b3db7e692dd2bcc7cace67f994888af5.jpeg) ![3F5A2112-2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/8/2/82cebef592095c6f1a0d6175a84e76e8aa734e53.jpeg) ![3F5A2135-2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/4/e/4e22e0182e3978195ca83b3debf43b3f319ca97e.jpeg) Opening that wooden box, revealing a work of art, gorgeous hand-crafted headphones… love them! And proud to support a small, but growing, family business. 😁 🥰 ---
**Author:** ![JonL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/jonl/32/7974_2.png) [@JonL](https://forum.headphones.com/u/JonL)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5988 "2021-12-22T02:03:42Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/e/7/e7b0d7fcb101d4d2fcb73e5819c4f9773358abfe.jpeg)](https://flic.kr/p/2mSaAgh)[1221211722](https://flic.kr/p/2mSaAgh) by [drjlo2](https://www.flickr.com/photos/60017347@N03/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![frkasper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/frkasper/32/9408_2.png) [@frkasper](https://forum.headphones.com/u/frkasper)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5989 "2021-12-22T02:11:30Z")
Great CNC machining. URL? ---
**Author:** ![JonL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/jonl/32/7974_2.png) [@JonL](https://forum.headphones.com/u/JonL)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5990 "2021-12-22T05:30:52Z")
Just google “Nobsound 4PCS Silver Aluminum Spring” I got mine from Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![xiaoyaoyou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/xiaoyaoyou/32/36114_2.png) [@xiaoyaoyou](https://forum.headphones.com/u/xiaoyaoyou)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5991 "2021-12-22T19:40:00Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/f/4/f4528e96ba501856032d35ade9c406c127ef4939.jpeg) _Shipping Box_ ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/2/c/2ce17fd69ad320298b3574c1e0c751d40fe6d876.jpeg) _Outer Packaging_ ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/8/0/800494dbcb8ad23e63336403b1b94911491c0dcd.jpeg) _Clamshell Contents_ ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/8/b/8b1854c10e8fadb131bb796e9116e1619150ec85.jpeg) _Obligatory Glamour Shot w/ the Cascades_ I decided to take a chance on a pair of Focal Elegia headphones in my search for closed-back, office headphones that are glasses-compatible. Some initial observations/opinions: - Focal does a good job on packing the product, using a tri-wall outer cardboard box, two closed-cell foam blocks, a closed-cell bag around the product box, and desiccant packets in both boxes. The zipper pulls have silicone dampeners and the headphone cable has plastic tape around the metal terminals and splitter. - The cable has considerable memory, but the Hart cable for my Hifiman Sundara should work just fine if I remember to bring them in. - There is no discernable seal problems with my glasses (ProDesign Denmark 3109). I can’t detect a drop in bass w/ vs w/o glasses and I can’t hear my coworkers unless it’s during the lull between songs. - iFi hip-dac v1 pairs nicely with them (Apple Music on iPhone Xs \> HipDac \> Elegia is my path). I have PowerMatch on, XBass on, and the volume dial at the 9:30 to 10 o’clock position. Currently listening to Till Brönner & Bob James – _On Vacation_. - These will probably be my end-game work headphones. ---
**Author:** ![ScubadiverBilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@ScubadiverBilly](https://forum.headphones.com/u/ScubadiverBilly)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5992 "2021-12-23T15:40:34Z")
Something on my doorstep 🎁🎄😆 ![20211223_225541_mh1640273501773](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/7/5/75af2e81dc88d9a44091ce38eadbfbc93cc4fec6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Quantum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/quantum/32/37035_2.png) [@Quantum](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Quantum)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5993 "2021-12-25T00:24:24Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/5/c/5ce4447b73306e8adde9f8f0b987d899c644fda4.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/7/1/71a7ee8ddda4dd21b54f1c02ae9b3d46c82b7f23.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/3/3/330b2406d7a0cd09a59b8bbc5f777488d7fcfbea.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/9/0/905aa053d2c2521f67ef35f06d51a15c39e7b1d6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![andris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/andris/32/41391_2.png) [@andris](https://forum.headphones.com/u/andris)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5994 "2021-12-26T03:40:33Z")
Oh lordy those are gorgeous! Don’t show @TylersEclectic. He’ll steal them! ---
**Author:** ![prfallon69](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/prfallon69/32/43781_2.png) [@prfallon69](https://forum.headphones.com/u/prfallon69)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5995 "2021-12-26T06:52:37Z")
Those were my thoughts exactly. How his eye’s must have lit up on seeing those. Lol. ---
**Author:** ![TylersEclectic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/tylerseclectic/32/8751_2.png) [@TylersEclectic](https://forum.headphones.com/u/TylersEclectic)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5996 "2021-12-27T21:18:12Z")
Those are pretty! Do likes lol ---
**Author:** ![turdferguson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/turdferguson/32/10154_2.png) [@turdferguson](https://forum.headphones.com/u/turdferguson)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5997 "2021-12-28T02:40:03Z")
![3C942304-41EE-43A3-BB8A-87CE17B8E39C_1_102_o](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/5/d/5d8f54359d8eafd27839b2e8fd0c416b5ed83ac3.jpeg) Two words… Holy Schitt!!! Two more… Just WOW!!! ---
**Author:** ![andris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/andris/32/41391_2.png) [@andris](https://forum.headphones.com/u/andris)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5998 "2021-12-28T03:17:18Z")
I feel like these don’t get nearly enough love. When I listened to them at CanJam NYC in Feb, 2020 (in the before times), they ranked way up on my list; I preferred them to many headphones that cost much, much more. Congrats on a great buy! 🍻 ---
**Author:** ![turdferguson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/turdferguson/32/10154_2.png) [@turdferguson](https://forum.headphones.com/u/turdferguson)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/5999 "2021-12-28T03:25:59Z")
I listen to 3-4 headphones primarily - Clear, Aeolus, HE6seV2, and Stax LS300. I have never heard a sound like these! Granted I’m only about 1.5 hours in; but they are staggeringly good. And, until now, I have never heard soundstage, real soundstage in a headphone until now (I’ve had +40 pairs). This is almost two channel s-stage. ---
**Author:** ![Earmuffs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/earmuffs/32/43974_2.png) [@Earmuffs](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Earmuffs)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/6000 "2022-01-03T19:24:54Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/7/2/72b12c95f585b2614fb00fdcf61187124511c306.jpeg) I am sold on the stabilized look and picked up a pair. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/2/7/27475c5296ceed6cbdb23fac4bfb1c6062212b50.jpeg) My phone is not the greatest at showing the wood grain off so here is a picture straight from Zmf. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/4/6/4675a37db45a3998e8e97d583cc372231f7f79da.jpeg) These cans are wonderful. Surprising I thought they would be my heaviest can in my collection because of the stabilized process. But startlingly, they are the lightest!! Must be the low Janka hardness of maple burl. The heaviness was my only initial worry but I read that Zach said even the VC stabilized are in the low to mid 500g’s so not that bad. My cocobolo are like 590g which is my heaviest. (Will be selling them after I have fun doing a/b comparisons with pads on both these Aeolus. If interested let me know.) I just got a 4K camera that I will take shots with but for now here are a few closeups. Trust me these pics don’t come close to showing how wonderful all the small little colors are in the wood grain. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/d/7/d7fa45e13002583659fc22cb6fefbfb945e2122e.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/b/0/b0b0362ea669d46ae9689d28d2968cbf5e03d750.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![CinciJeff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/cincijeff/32/20124_2.png) [@CinciJeff](https://forum.headphones.com/u/CinciJeff)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/6001 "2022-01-09T03:54:14Z")
Something showed up on my Porch Cam 🤔 ![DNA box](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/e/4/e4a4ab0b3f7a6d2b58429932f094c6e2b63cbd60.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![andris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/andris/32/41391_2.png) [@andris](https://forum.headphones.com/u/andris)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/6002 "2022-01-09T04:31:17Z")
> [@CinciJeff](#): > > Something showed up on my Porch Cam 🤔 I’d probably watch such a porch cam live until I got home 😍 ---
**Author:** ![CinciJeff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/cincijeff/32/20124_2.png) [@CinciJeff](https://forum.headphones.com/u/CinciJeff)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/6003 "2022-01-09T04:50:34Z")
I’m not the dramatic type, but I’ll do my best… And what’s this? Something blue! ![IMG_3313](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/3/5/353133c093b8d9ed030dc95d43774e2fa89dcd5e.jpeg) OK, ugh, that was a bit painful. Let’s get to it: DNA Stratus, Serial #5. 11 months since ordering… and 100% worth the wait! Comparing amps and DACs and headphones was fun, but my journey has ended here. Now I’m ready to settle in and just enjoy the music. Sonic Nirvana has been achieved! ![IMG_3318](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/b/c/bcefd7f828bfd08f94e9b69f0a8970cf5b448e82.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![andris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/andris/32/41391_2.png) [@andris](https://forum.headphones.com/u/andris)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/6004 "2022-01-09T05:32:34Z")
Dude, I’m legit so happy for you. Congrats!!! Enjoy it 🙂 I’m (hopefully) 2 months away from my DNA baby, and I absolutely cannot wait to be done w/ my headphone journey for the foreseeable future. ---
**Author:** ![deafenears](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/deafenears/32/11409_2.png) [@deafenears](https://forum.headphones.com/u/deafenears)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/6005 "2022-01-09T07:05:34Z")
![PXL_20220108_200848876](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/5/5/55725f1eed0fe43602d7f21ae632dedd3b934695.jpeg) ![PXL_20220108_201252621](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/headphones/original/3X/6/d/6dad6e6dcae7da1e3cd0582758d70fc1f9539267.jpeg) Audeze LCD-4z. ---
**Author:** ![BuffaloWing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/buffalowing/32/34683_2.png) [@BuffaloWing](https://forum.headphones.com/u/BuffaloWing)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765/6006 "2022-01-09T07:12:10Z")
That cable looks familar [Previous page](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765.md?page=297) [Next page](https://forum.headphones.com/t/whats-in-the-box/1765.md?page=299)