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Originally Posted by ClieOS  I share similar feeling about SA6.
There are two person who don't like SA6 that I read of: TheMarchingMule - I think he doesn't like IEM and earbud's sound in general (a conclusion I get from reading his SA6 and PK1 comments). They don't reproduce the same feeling/SQ as his bigger cans, which I can agree with. No matter how great an IEM/earbud sound, most (if not all) can't match up with big cans, or else we won't need to have big can anymore, won't we? The other person is JoyEnergizer - he prefers TF10 more. I can also understand his point since I too think TF10 sounds better over all. However, consider TF10 is almost $100 more expensive than SA6, one should of course expect TF10 to sound better than SA6 (note: that has nothing to do with whether a person like the sound signature or not).
SA6 is already 4 months in the market now, what is the talk of FOTM?
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Thank you for remebering me! Clieos
Yes I really liked the sweet-mid sound of SA6 in the beggining but for MSRP $240 they are OVERPRICED IMHO.
In my opinion, It's better to pay $80 dollars more for the Triples ($320) and just keep them and be in love with the sounds they reproduce (If they fit your ear comfortably). Therefore, you'll end up save more money, other than spending hundreds of dollars before you get to the high-end IEMs at the end.
I'll be happy until Westone 3 or something better comes out.
Before we talk about the price, I was comparing SA6 over 3 IEM, but one that made me think SA6 is overpriced was the q-Jays. The best sexy and sleek design(to me
), smallest IEM in the world (for now), most comfortable(you can sleep with them laying down by side with no discomfort)
dual driverat reasonable price
$179.
q-Jays are more
analytic and more
accurate over SA6.
I can say that with confidence because I have been A-Bing them for a 2weeks. They also had very generous packages included for that price too!
For $50 dollar cheaper, better performance(in accuracy), better design(to me) and generous package, period.
My opinion is very subjective, and your preference might vary, but I didn't find SA6 attractive over q-jays except pronounced mid frequency reproduction.
SA6 was performing well in Mid frequencies and they sound musical and warm and natural (like you are listening from concert or speakers) but it's due to different sound signature.
Sa6 mid is very forwarded and more like in your face, on the other hand, q-Jays mid department was kind of laid back and distant compared to SA6. However,that doesn't mean q-Jays are lacking in Mid department. They produce more accurate and ARTICULATE sounding than SA6 but q-Jays treble extesion is more pronounced than the mid.
I choose q-Jays over SA6 for sexier and simple look (they really look stealthy, you only see the wires coming out of your ears.), not only that but also q-jays produce cleaner seperation of instrument, and accurate and articulate presentation for the fast paced music like Rock, Trance, House ETC.
For those genre I mentioned above, q-Jays win by big margin since SA6 is veiled and muffled and mixed sounding when music gets busy, SA6 just simply get boomy. I think that's because of the limit of SA6, which is due to the single amarture driver design of SA6
I know people are saying more driver isn't better necessarily, but SA6 is only good and better for classical and Jazz to my ears. for $240? I'll choose q-jays over SA6 even though SA6 is more involving, musical and wider sounding than the q-Jays but your mileage might vary.
The ER4-P is the king of accuracy, many of you might already know how they sound and there are alot of reviews so I don't need to mention about them but for the cheaper price than SA6(4month old) you can't go wrong with ER4-P(very old and you all know the good reputaion of them) except that they are little lacking in bass department (only in quantity).
Therefore, I didn't like the SA6's muffled sounds when music get's busy that's the main reason I let them go
.
But also I really didn't like their cheesy chrome design, and they DO stick out of your ear like ER-4P so it's impossible to sleep with them unless you wanna drill your ear drums.
My Triple-fi by the way, for the price $320, I regret that I was spending unnecessary(or not since it's fun!!) money over the IEM journey.
They do sound perfect to my ear. sweetest spot that I can find for me.
Better Treble, better mid, better bass, better presentation, fuller sounding, wider sound stage(best among all of my IEM experience), sexy look(to me) and crazy seperation of instruments. They are simply amazing and giving me an eargasm all the time I put them on.
However we all know that the Triples are gigantic compared to other IEMs that I mentioned but they are very comfy and makes perfect seal with me even though I have very tiny ear canal. (I couldn't fit XXS sleeves of q-Jays but foamies solved the problem)
I was very pleased with SA6 in the beginning, but they weren't just for my preference of music that I listen everyday. So after i get Triples, I let my q-jays and SA6 go. I sold q-Jays to one of the member here, I sent back SA6 to soundearphones.com
Well, I was very excited and also had good time with SA6, very unique and ingenious renovation of tuning. They are DEFINITELY not the FOTM I can say but they weren't just not my cup of tea.
I am just happy with my Triples, no regret after all.
