Got Se 530 yesterday.
Now, Brief review between SE 530 And UM3X
SE 530 burn in after 10 hours. Sources: Korg Mr-1.
Clarity in SE 530 is one level behind UM3X.
SE 530 is having enough quantity in low end and detail to be called decent, still cant reach UM3X natural, airy, more detailed sound,
Mid end is well known as lush,smooth forward which trade off detail and transparency. SE 530 always can makes mid prominent and upfront no matter what, while UM3X is not upfront always. Sometimes UM3X is tad bright and lack of warmness, it is doing a great job most of time though by providing more detailed, lively, open sound like singer just sitting next to you, while SE 530 make me feel I am listening to CD, nothing more or less. I like UM3X better.
P.S Korg Mr-1 is very detail oriented, natural player which easily trumps all players in my sig just for detail alone., so my experience may be different when you are using ipod as sources.
High end in SE 530 is consistent to mid end, only a little less forward. Even short of energy, intimacy cover up nicely, that is why I think people can stand with roll-off. UM3X's high end is less consistent to other spectrum, pretty laid back, and fairly sparkly, not flushing you with a lot of detail, but still can consider to be natural. To be fair, both are not so good at this area if you ask me, IE8 is still better. Winner between these two is UM3X for sure.
Soundstage. SE 530 is doing great if it is comparing to UM3X, it is offering bigger soundstage and imagination, however it cant beat UM3X in instrument separation or layers.
My conclusion is that even I thought High end universal IEMs were only a matter of personal reference which was basically little trade off from what you prefer to. I can't help saying IE8 and UM3X seems to be one grade above SE 530. The reason is I may be not a big fan for how it color mid to exaggerate how prominent it is, sometimes over warm, flatted. Mid King without its famous mid let me make my rating
Now, Brief review between SE 530 And UM3X
SE 530 burn in after 10 hours. Sources: Korg Mr-1.
Clarity in SE 530 is one level behind UM3X.
SE 530 is having enough quantity in low end and detail to be called decent, still cant reach UM3X natural, airy, more detailed sound,
Mid end is well known as lush,smooth forward which trade off detail and transparency. SE 530 always can makes mid prominent and upfront no matter what, while UM3X is not upfront always. Sometimes UM3X is tad bright and lack of warmness, it is doing a great job most of time though by providing more detailed, lively, open sound like singer just sitting next to you, while SE 530 make me feel I am listening to CD, nothing more or less. I like UM3X better.
P.S Korg Mr-1 is very detail oriented, natural player which easily trumps all players in my sig just for detail alone., so my experience may be different when you are using ipod as sources.
High end in SE 530 is consistent to mid end, only a little less forward. Even short of energy, intimacy cover up nicely, that is why I think people can stand with roll-off. UM3X's high end is less consistent to other spectrum, pretty laid back, and fairly sparkly, not flushing you with a lot of detail, but still can consider to be natural. To be fair, both are not so good at this area if you ask me, IE8 is still better. Winner between these two is UM3X for sure.
Soundstage. SE 530 is doing great if it is comparing to UM3X, it is offering bigger soundstage and imagination, however it cant beat UM3X in instrument separation or layers.
My conclusion is that even I thought High end universal IEMs were only a matter of personal reference which was basically little trade off from what you prefer to. I can't help saying IE8 and UM3X seems to be one grade above SE 530. The reason is I may be not a big fan for how it color mid to exaggerate how prominent it is, sometimes over warm, flatted. Mid King without its famous mid let me make my rating
