Ahoi,
I already posted something here: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/c...ml#post5941814
I thought it would be better to start a new thread so that more people get to know about the existence of these fine IEMs.
Here are some pictures of the final product. I chose the color transparent green which didn't add any cost for me...
I really love the embedded part with my nick name on it
The photos are a little bit too dark but it shouldn't matter since the lighting is always different. For more pictures, visit the gallery: Compact Monitors Gallery
The seem to be pretty good at artwork!
music_4321 already asked some questions and I answered them!
I must add that sound quality was not the only reason why I chose Compact Monitors. At first, they are based here in Germany and in case of emergency, they can react rather quick. They are a little bit cheaper than the competitors but that might vary for you. Money was not so important in this case.
Well, their service is exceptional and I phoned a few times with them. When I ordered the demos, they arrived the very next day. I could have kept them for a week or so. But i settled my decision in less than one week anyway...
If you don't buy anything, you'd have to pay 15 euro which would be ok for me.
When I tried to call them on a saturday, I reached noone but got called back a few hours later. You don't get this kind of service everywhere
When they received my ear impressions, they immediately called back and told me that the impressions were not good. Well, back to the audiologist and I asked the audiologist to call Compact Monitors (they had this idea in the first place) in order to prevent another mistake. Well, everything went fine from then on.
They told me a date when the final product would arrive. It took about two weeks and everything went as expected. The IEMs fitted perfect but one side was way too quiet. I knew then why I had ordered from a German company
They were rather embarrassed about this and promised that they would repair my IEM so that it could it be sent back to me on the same or the next day. Within one week everything was settled. Something went wrong when the IEMs were getting sealed btw.
From then on I'm quite impressed by the quality and fit of the product. These IEMs are something to think about for everyone considering one of the top products, especially if you live in Germany!
Edit: For those who are interested. Impedance measurements: http://s3.directupload.net/images/090807/c8virieg.jpg
They go well below 8 ohms...
Edit2: Here are two pictures of the case!
I already posted something here: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/c...ml#post5941814
I thought it would be better to start a new thread so that more people get to know about the existence of these fine IEMs.
Here are some pictures of the final product. I chose the color transparent green which didn't add any cost for me...
I really love the embedded part with my nick name on it
The photos are a little bit too dark but it shouldn't matter since the lighting is always different. For more pictures, visit the gallery: Compact Monitors Gallery
The seem to be pretty good at artwork!
music_4321 already asked some questions and I answered them!
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--What made you decide to get them? Well, some people over at HIFI-FORUM were talking about them and compared them to some other top tier IEMs like ES3x, JH13, UE11 and quite a few universal IEMs and some customs I don't remember since I was looking at the top range. The conclusion was that all customs sound very good while the JH13 might be the best but each IEM has its own sound signature and quite a few felt the Stage 3 sounded more neutral or just liked them better. And if you read quite a lot from those people within several years, you get to know their taste and this led to ordering the demo versions of the Stage 2 and 3. After a few days of happy listening I was pretty sure that the Stage 3 was enough for my needs. --Number of drivers? Three drivers, two ways with a passive crossover. --Any more information on their sound signature? Rather neutral, never lacking bass. They don't sound harsh or shrill but just the way I think the recording should sound like. It's rather difficult to describe the sound... --How did you hear about them? The before mentioned forum... --How do they compare to your UM3X or some of your full-sized headphones? They are better in every way than the UM3x. The don't lack deep bass and the highs are not as rolled off. More neutral and more extended to both extremes. As you can see, I owned quite a few headphones and all of those big headphones sounded strange at times for me. E.g. the Stax SR-303 sounded rather shrill and was lacking bass, the DX1000 has way too much bass and rolled off highs, HD650 too dark, DT880 too much highs and slow bass... Well, I could go on like that The HD600 was nice but still a bit too dark and the bass was a bit too much and after all, the resolution is not top notch. --Price? 930 euro. The JH13 would cost 1085, ESX3x 1089 and the UE11 1098 euro. You might get them here or there for a little bit less. --Have you got a link? COMPACT MONITORS |
Well, their service is exceptional and I phoned a few times with them. When I ordered the demos, they arrived the very next day. I could have kept them for a week or so. But i settled my decision in less than one week anyway...
If you don't buy anything, you'd have to pay 15 euro which would be ok for me.
When I tried to call them on a saturday, I reached noone but got called back a few hours later. You don't get this kind of service everywhere
When they received my ear impressions, they immediately called back and told me that the impressions were not good. Well, back to the audiologist and I asked the audiologist to call Compact Monitors (they had this idea in the first place) in order to prevent another mistake. Well, everything went fine from then on.
They told me a date when the final product would arrive. It took about two weeks and everything went as expected. The IEMs fitted perfect but one side was way too quiet. I knew then why I had ordered from a German company
They were rather embarrassed about this and promised that they would repair my IEM so that it could it be sent back to me on the same or the next day. Within one week everything was settled. Something went wrong when the IEMs were getting sealed btw.
From then on I'm quite impressed by the quality and fit of the product. These IEMs are something to think about for everyone considering one of the top products, especially if you live in Germany!
Edit: For those who are interested. Impedance measurements: http://s3.directupload.net/images/090807/c8virieg.jpg
They go well below 8 ohms...
Edit2: Here are two pictures of the case!
)so maybe i try
