Unique Melody Remold Appreciation and Impressions Thread

Why only a single soundbore? How would a dual bore have affected the presentation?

And piotrus-g, what about your cable; what option did you decide on?

Haha that's not what I wanted to say, though I like PFE. UM3w sound more musical with really nice lows and dynamics while Audeo are calmer and even more neutral in sound. What I wanted to point out is that both are very natural sounding earphones with no colors added to music.

Comapring Audeo to UM3w, UM3w wins hands down in overall SQ. PFE have better a very high-end treble while UM3w sound smoother and more refine. UM3w have closer mids, more intimate with only little sign of warmth in vocals. UM3w have great bass response that goes to the lowest lows with ease. They have greater quantity of bass yet bass is faster than PFEs still keeping the same amount of details in this department. Thus I enjoy more UM3w's lows than Audeo's.
UM3w are more efficient so they don't need amp while Audeo really need it.
Overall UM3w is a notch up from the PFE. I just found it easy to compare them cause those have similar sound signatures

grokit, AFAIK dual-bore sound is said to be more detailed with better separation. dual-bore to single is meant to soft highs.
Now I'm using stock UE cables but will turn them to custom made DIY cables, just need to decide what wire to use. I lean towards solid core silver, will see.

haha i know i know, i was just kidding :P

I do wonder though, since my tf18s have been delayed, and theres an awkward break in the middle of the creation of my customs... i'm actually pretty worried it'll affect the workmanship on it... like... leaving the drivers out in the open for the break or something....

nice piotrus-g. good stuff. PFE is indeed great IEMs but they are a tad bright for me.

i didn't like it last i tried it I didn't find them very clear, i just found them very bright lol

Who has TF18 impressions? I would love to know how these stack up?

? mr ripandburn does

Dough!!!!!! Sorry chaps my mistake.
I meant TF18 VS Shure remolds

It's actually 2 sound bores that combine into a single sound bore. Take a closer look at the first large picture from piotrus-g's post. It's the same setup that I have with the Mage.

TF18 Vs SE6X3 impressions

"Ok so to start off. Both monitors are really really fast. They easily outclass all my monitors in terms of speed. Running them with a high-end source, the soundstage for both is wide wide wide and tall tall. It just sounds like you're sitting in a reference room with speakers surrounding you.

The TF18 first. Using the UE700 driver as the highs (i'm sure the TWFK will sound just as nice), the highs are crystal clear, with a fantastic tone to it. It's no longer the irritating high frequencies that many people find in UE, really crisp, clean high frequency response with lots of detail. The decay is just perfect as cymbals fade out absolutely perfectly. Mid-range...yup you probably guessed it that giant chunk is finally filled in. All i can say is, basically the mids are what the JH10X3 has, but more refined, quicker, with better accuracy. Wonder if this is what the JH13 sounds like? Lows are deep (deeper than the UE11), quick and punchy. The signature is still like the TF10, but it's much quicker, with a quicker and more powerful impact.

Overall, the TF18 is less than neutral, and offers a perfect sound for audiophile listeners, and touring artists.

The SE6X#, what can i say but it sounds like a Se530 on Steroids. To begin with, the really warm sound signature is slightly brightened up to offer a overall crisper and cleaner sound signature. Highs are now dominated with a TWFK driver (ok fine, i cheated i got a proprietary driver here as well. But like the UE700, this proprietary is also a TWFK alternate). So all the highs you want is now in the SE530, the highs aren't as dominant in the SE6X3 compared to the TF-18, but think of a Mage, turn down the brightness a little. That is what you are getting, plus more details, and more refinement. Mid-range is basically the SE530s but quicker, and cleaner. (on the frequency chart, the mid-range is actually put even closer than the stcok SE530, but because there's more highs and lows now, it evens it out) Lows...haha. Nope it's not that warm, messy stuff that many of you think the SE530 has anymore. The dual low drivers will brings the frequency response down to 10Hz (got them checked out at a local audio equipment store...but hey most of us can't hear it to 10Hz anyways. I can, but i only know that cause of a hearing test.) Impact, Punch, Decay, Tone are all very well defined in the lows of the SE6X3. It may not be as powerful as the TF18, but it's more controlled and has a faster decay so the punch is more like a ninja jumping out and punching you then running away rather than buff picking you up and punching you in the gut (ok that's probably one of the worst similes ever).

The SE6X3 if very fun to listen to, but this is a far more suitable monitor for studio recording, sound engineers, and on-stage monitorng for vocalists, and guitarist."

quicker than TF10 is probably a bad thing. xD
Though you say the cymbals sound natural.

Quicker doesn't mean the sound goes away faster. It just means how fast the monitor can reproduce the sound from the signal.

Hey do a longer review on the tf18 and shures when you have the time , they deserve a good one

Thanks MaoDi, Just what i have been waiting for.
I think perhaps the TF18 is more for me coming from IE8.

I really wanted to get some IEM's from UM. I contacted them, laid out everything plain and clear and waited.

First they say it will cost me $59....then $159....then, when all is almost final they tell me the actual price will be $996.00!

I think Jerry will be getting an order from me.

because I really wanted to try out UM.