Upgradeitis! (Denon c700 rant and questions)

See, I was happy with my RE2's and even more happy when I paired it up with my cheap buy surprisingly okay Fiio amp but then I saw some Denon's C700's up for sale locally at a good price (considering local prices) so I leaped onto it.

After burning the C700's in (18 hours) and trying them in an indoor quiet-ish environment I thought, oh yes all well and good. The next day I tried them in an outdoor environment and this is when things get annoying.

I love the extra detail that came with the c700's but the forward mids arn't for me. If there were 10 rows in a concert hall, I'd prefer being in row 5 while there c700's are in row 3. It can get really annoying for some songs, such as Porcupine Tree songs when 80% of the time it's in the midrange. I loved hearing stuff in hip-hop songs I never heard before such as in J-Live songs, background vocals that weren't there in the RE2.
I loved also how the C700's handled fast attacking music with ease and clarity in which you could clearly hear every note in that fast passage.
The c700's excel for trance music and made my trance music experience so heavenly.

But the biggest issue for me so far since I use canalphones/IEM's outdoors, is the isolation which I've probably nailed down to a fit issue as there are times in which wind passes through the ear like in a tunnel = usually fit issue.

My first question is will the Sony EX series tips, which I heard are better than the default Denon tips, solve the fit and isolation issue? Also will the Sony tips alter the sound in anyway and if so, how as by experience, different tips do alter the sound?

Another annoying thing is the dilemma I have when I pair the c700's up with my Fiio amp. With the RE2's, the Fiio amp was great as it widened the soundstage of the RE2's whilst giving it the much needed bass boost. There was some added sibilance that came with that but nothing I couldn't handle/be annoyed about.

However when I paired up the c700's with the Fiio, I loved the added 'omph' it gave the C700's and it definitely widened the soundstage a bit too which I liked but the really bad thing was that it made the guitars of songs sound quite dark and unnatural which annoyed me a bit.

At the moment, I really dunno if the Denon's are for me and I am looking at the CK7's but I'm highly discouraged by the huge burn-in time it needs.

Also another question is since I've only burnt in the c700's for 18 hours, will more burn in help?

Damn upgraditis giving me this dilemma

What should I do?
The lack of isolation is really starting to annoy me with the C700's

See, I have no problems with the isolation of canalphones it's just that the isolation could be better like in my RE2's with the large biflanges = very good isolation for a canalphone. But hey with the burn-in, nothing like burning them in overnight/ at IT school whilst doing work can't do to speed things up.

Anyway, after a bit of experimentation, I've tweaked the EQ to this:

Flat @ 80 Hz
Flat @ 500 Hz
+1 @ 1.1 kHz
+1 @ 4.1 kHz (I like brightness, I had it at +2 on the RE2's but to counter the hump, lowered it to +1)
+4 @ 11.7 kHz since I like brightness + the c700's according to this graph rolls off a bit at around 8 kHz:



Also, I've stopped using the Fiio with it QQ.

Grzz at expensive EX tips at the official Sony store in town..but where else can I buy them here...*sigh*
Will definitely try these out though and if they fit well = less noise coming in = more isolation = all good

Not my graph Anyway, using a mixture of pink and white noise in burn-in.

They do. Go into the 'Sony Style' stores. They just don't stock them officially.

Nah, it's just they have spares in the cabinet sort of thing :P