Livewires - California Dreamin' - Page 18

Ahhh! I'm told my Livewires have finally been shipped, so hopefully transit time from CA to NYC won't be too bad. I can't wait.

PelicanOEM - Custom Foam

I'd order one. Maybe we could get John to offer a pelican case with a custom insert (for an additional price).

COOL.

Did you get any foam with yours?

Worth the long wait

Finally got them! It's exactly six weeks to the day that my impressions arrived at Earpeace, and so far I have to say it was definitely worth the wait.

I love the way they are made with the detachable cable. That is very slick. Mine came with the gold plated connectors, not sure if I like them yet, i might have to try the un-bling mod. It's cool how you can see both of the drivers pointing down its own tube. Do you think that makes a difference, having the sound mixed in your ear instead of the iem?

It takes some getting used to getting them in and out, but once you get them seated right they really disappear and you can hardly tell they are there. I found that the removal trick with pressing twice on the bottom of your ear works pretty well and it works better if i pull the top of my ear up.

I listened to them directly from my ipod touch and also through the minibox-e+. Some people have said how sensitive they are but i don't find them to be any more sensitive than my SE530's. I find that I am listening to them at the same volume setting. Another thing some people have mentioned is that these have a lot of noise when paired with a bad source. I didn't find much noise or hiss from my ipod touch. Maybe it helps that it is a flash drive and not a hard drive? I'm not sure exactly what the issue was with some of the older ipods. Luckily, all of my CD's from the past year or so are ripped in apple lossless, so that is not an issue either.

So how do they sound? I think they sound great! They seem very accurate, especially the mids and highs...but the low end seems a little flat compared to the SE530's. Not as much impact in the bass. Some people have found a good balance of EQ for this, right? Unfortunately there is not much flexibility on adjusting the EQ on the ipod touch. maybe i can rockbox my old ipod video and experiment with that. anyone have some good settings they want to share?

Anyway, those are my first impressions. They are very very cool and a great value considering you could drop $500 on SE530s and 3-4x on other customs.

My experience is that they'll consistently show what they are recieving. So I find the RSA Hornet provides them with a warmer, fatter bass than the Mini 3, though both have plenty of bass for me.

I know what you mean in terms of the fatter SE530 bass. I'd suggest it's an equipment synergy issue as much as anything. EQing will help ATM but you might also look for alternate amp opportunities and check out what they sound like through different equipment (e.g. do you have a home stereo or alternate sources to try them with?)

Hm, would somebody that owns a pair of clear LW be so kind and post a picture of them "in ear"?

Why? Well, you would help me decide on going for clear+clear or black+red&blue

Wow, that was fast, thank you!

Those clears sure do look nice! This will be a very hard decision..

Oh no, don't even try to plant that idea in my head!

yah! livewires for me. waiting upon their shipment. hoping they'll arrive by the end of the week!!