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post #1 of 29
7/11/11 at 8:39am
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well this seems to have been kept pretty quiet but it would appear Bowers & Wilkins have an IEM ish coming.

 

 

what do people think, would you buy it?  .

 

http://origin-www.trustedreviews.com/news/bowers-wilkins-announces-first-in-ear-headphones

 

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post #2 of 29
7/11/11 at 8:42am

I like the design and I wonder what the "Micro Porous Filter" exactly is. 

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post #3 of 29
7/11/11 at 8:50am

B&W are my favorite speakers, so if they can put their sound into a iem, I'm definitely down for it. I would give them a try, no doubt.

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post #4 of 29
7/11/11 at 9:16am

Is that a cable that goes through that little loop (from what I can tell from the pics).  It looks interesting.

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post #5 of 29
7/11/11 at 10:42am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Inks View Post

I like the design and I wonder what the "Micro Porous Filter" exactly is. 



Hundreds of microscopic steel balls.

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post #6 of 29
7/11/11 at 11:47am

That filter is to help eliminate leakage. Seems they are partially open in the back. That and with those fairly thick Klipsch-like built in ear guides, I think these will be a love or hate kinda of phone. Maybe more for the DDM, FX/EX crowd that don't mind less iso in exchange for more spaciousness. I am sensing a trend :) as more and more earphones are doing this.


Edited by jant71 - 7/11/11 at 11:49am
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post #7 of 29
7/11/11 at 11:58pm

Actually that filter is for soundstage and bass response ala FX700/500. The design seems to be doing a compromise between having an open sound without sacrificing that much isolation. 

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post #8 of 29
7/12/11 at 12:10am

That looks interesting, especially the loop.

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post #9 of 29
7/12/11 at 12:29am
Reminds of the Bose IE2's with a loop thing for comfort. They don't isolate particularly very well though but I'll reserve my judgement for these until they release here and manage to get a hands on somewhere.
Edited by rovex - 7/12/11 at 12:31am
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post #10 of 29
7/12/11 at 3:45am

Well,

 

I'm actually very intrigued by these earphones. However, I don't like the sound of the P5 Headphone.

The Shure SRH-840 remains my favourite, especially in combination with a volume unlocked iPad 2.

 

But my turbines are falling apart, so I need some replacements soon.

 

179,- euro retail sounds very nice for these headphones. Maybe I'll give them a try in august!

 

Regards,

 

Rico.

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post #11 of 29
7/12/11 at 4:00am

It looks interesting. I'm wondering if the cable loop actually would help to alleviate microphonics in the same way wearing over the ear does.

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post #12 of 29
7/12/11 at 5:10am
It's a must have for me! Gosh, I was saving for a Shure SE425... and a P5.
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post #13 of 29
7/12/11 at 5:28am

Somewhat skeptical, but can't wait to see the reviews pour in on them.

They certainly do look interesting but I don't think it states what kind of driver it uses in the article blink.gif

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post #14 of 29
7/12/11 at 8:38am

9mm dynamic driver IIRC.

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post #15 of 29
7/12/11 at 7:02pm

If reviews are goood, im getting it for sure.

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