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post #46 of 532
11/11/09 at 4:22pm
So we can say, you have very uncommon taste for headphones. That's ok, it is just your point of view.
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post #47 of 532
11/11/09 at 5:01pm
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Originally Posted by Pianist View Post
Well, I may be wrong of course, or maybe ES3X just needs better sources to shine, but when plugging both into what I have, I find RE0 more tonally balanced and equally, if not better detailed. RE0 may not reach as deep in the bass, but it has a more naturally sounding bass in my opinion, with more impact. ES3X sounds dry and a bit unnatural by comparison. Also, I find that ES3X really needs help to bring out dynamics in the music. With my Sony walkman, I had to turn the dynamic normalizer on to make them sound sufficiently dynamic for my tastes. RE0 sound more dynamic out of any source. As for SE530, I think it totally blows away ES3X in dynamics.

BTW, that's why I returned my ES3X a few days ago. Luckily, got most of my money back (~92%). Gotta update my sig.
Hey, let your ears be your guide. I am currently in love with a $14 pair of im616s that I have paired with my UM56s custom sleeves and the Sony A818 (using Clear Bass EQ). I can't believe how good this setup sounds to me. I am starting to gravitate towards it the majority of time, in fact. Scary, considering I have the UM3X here, and while I do like them, the Ety drivers in the 616s have got me dazzled. And I owned the ER4P at one point in the past.

So I understand, believe me.

Sorry, back to topic.
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post #48 of 532
11/11/09 at 5:04pm
w3's < se530's < tf10 < ie8 < jh-13 pro
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post #49 of 532
11/11/09 at 6:05pm
ER4BPS>UM3x>UM2>SF5PRO>CX500>UM1>SF3>E2C
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post #50 of 532
11/11/09 at 6:11pm
Jh13 Pros. . . . is there anything else?


:^)


I have others but to be honest I don't enjoy them so for me I rank the 13's and then whatever else I have. I know there are a number of good IEM's. I wonder what will be next. I would like an IEM with the more open sound of an open headphone. I think this is also possible. Now for the wait.
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post #51 of 532
11/11/09 at 6:21pm
Apparently so.
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post #52 of 532
11/11/09 at 6:22pm
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Apparently so.
Blasphemy.
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post #53 of 532
11/11/09 at 6:26pm
Well, not everyone is going to spend $1,000+ on IEMs is what I meant.
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post #54 of 532
11/11/09 at 6:28pm
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Jh13 Pros. . . . is there anything else?


:^)


I have others but to be honest I don't enjoy them so for me I rank the 13's and then whatever else I have. I know there are a number of good IEM's. I wonder what will be next. I would like an IEM with the more open sound of an open headphone. I think this is also possible. Now for the wait.
I thought JH13 is perfection, no? After all, what can be more fun for your ears than aural sex?
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post #55 of 532
11/11/09 at 6:30pm
Well we don't want to derail this thread as it is a survey but yes, to me, they are near perfection with little to fault.
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post #56 of 532
11/11/09 at 7:23pm
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Hey, let your ears be your guide. I am currently in love with a $14 pair of im616s that I have paired with my UM56s custom sleeves and the Sony A818 (using Clear Bass EQ). I can't believe how good this setup sounds to me. I am starting to gravitate towards it the majority of time, in fact. Scary, considering I have the UM3X here, and while I do like them, the Ety drivers in the 616s have got me dazzled. And I owned the ER4P at one point in the past.

So I understand, believe me.

Sorry, back to topic.
I'm having a similar experience with the Meelectronics M9 with Head-Direct's large biflanges.

These take precedence over my ES7s now.
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post #57 of 532
11/11/09 at 7:27pm
1. MDR-EX55SL
2. RE0 - maybe I never got the right fit with these, but they were not the giant killer I'd been led to expect.
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post #58 of 532
11/11/09 at 7:48pm
Interesting, because they sound so tempting. But fit, as we know, is critical. If the fit is wrong, no one else's experience/review matters. I've been on both sides of that equation.
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post #59 of 532
11/11/09 at 7:50pm
RE0 > SE530 > Atrio M5 > UE TF10 > Altec Backbeat 326 > RE2 > Ety ER6i > NE-6 = UE SF5EB > Denon C551 > SF5vi = Klipsch Custom 2 > CX500
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post #60 of 532
11/11/09 at 7:54pm
Triple.fi 10 > SE530 > ATRIO m5 > Monster Turbine = UE 700 > SE420 > UE Super.fi 5 = ADDIEM > UE super.fi 4 > SE110 > V-moda vibe 1st gen > CX400 > UE Metro.fi 170 > Sony MDR-EX71 > CX300
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