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Originally Posted by dscans
 My remolded TF10 Pro Quad (with the addition of a mid driver)
 Build quality was excellent. The fit was also very good....slips into the ear like butter and the seal and isolation was fantastic.  UM is also pretty flexible when it comes to colours. You can choose different colours for the faceplate, the body as well as the tips! I chose translucent blue for the body with a black faceplate. I think it turned out pretty well.  A closeup of the innards. The layout seemed neat enough. I'm still trying to get used to the sound. I think it's safe to say it totally changed the sound signature of the TF10 Pro. At first listen, the bass was boomy and overwhelming, unlike the taut punchiness of the TF10. And I was also like, dude...where's my highs? The crisp, sparkling highs were missing  The addition of the mid driver totally warmed up the sound signature of the TF10, but at the expense of the spaciousness of sound the TF10 was renowned for. To my ears, the new sound was kinda congested. The mids were not particularly well integrated. I don't quite know how to describe it, but it seemed like a large lump between the bass and the highs, without any gradual blending between the frequencies. It also resulted in rather "peaky", unnatural highs for higher pitched female vocals like Sarah Brightman and Alison Krauss. I also read somewhere that the TF10 with the mid driver is very similar to the UE11 Pro. Well, I also own he UE11 and I can assure you they sound nothing alike  The clarity and smoothness of the UE11, the spacious sound and the deep, extended bass to the sparkling highs were just so natural. There was just no comparison, really.But that's for the first few hours. After about 10 hours, the bass has tightened up, and the highs were starting to show, and that's promising. We'll see how it goes after a couple of weeks. As an illustration, my UE11 took about 200 hours to really shine. |
