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post #31 of 322
11/20/11 at 7:45am

I haven't even recieved mine yet.

 

 

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post #32 of 322
11/20/11 at 9:22am

Got the black ones coming my way. Now let's hope the quality isn't heavily batch dependant.

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post #33 of 322
11/23/11 at 8:51pm
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Got these today:

 

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post #34 of 322
11/23/11 at 10:29pm

Just got the wooden pair (CK-W1000) yesterday.

The package looks nice, but the sound .. well as they said, you get what you pay for.

I'm burning them in, let's see if they could get better.

 

 

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post #35 of 322
11/24/11 at 2:20am
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Originally Posted by azuredreamz View Post

Just got the wooden pair (CK-W1000) yesterday.

The package looks nice, but the sound .. well as they said, you get what you pay for.

I'm burning them in, let's see if they could get better.

 

 



I can confirm that the ck-700 and the ck-w1000 sound different. According to the package the ck-700s have a 7mm driver while the ck-w1000s have a 10mm driver.

Out of the box, the ck-w1000s had more midbass, a less hot/detailed mid/treble and much thinner soundstage, while the ck-700s straight out of the box sounded tinny/metallic. 

 

They don't sound as good as my burned in ck-700, but they certainly don't sound bad (better than the cx300-ii, which can cost upwards of $90 here). May i ask what you didn't like about them?

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post #36 of 322
11/24/11 at 2:32am
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More pics:

 

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post #37 of 322
11/24/11 at 6:41am

I too have ordered a couple of IEMs from Chinese websites like Dealextreme, Focalprice, Dealperfect, Buyincoins etc. in the hope of finding one gem amidst the turds. I found out it was wiser to just spend $25 on one decent pair of IEMs than buy 5 pair of really crappy $5 IEMs. All the Kanen headphones I got (KM880, KM92, KM928 etc) were utter trash. Not even worth reviewing. The only people I see liking these are, without trying to sound pretentious, people who have no experience with in-ear sound whatsoever. Or really hate music and want it to sound as bad as possible. 

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post #38 of 322
11/25/11 at 3:38am

Ordered, really wondering how these compare to the Monoprice 8320's.

 

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post #39 of 322
11/25/11 at 7:06am

I'm in. etysmile.gif

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post #40 of 322
11/25/11 at 8:17am
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Ordered, really wondering how these compare to the Monoprice 8320's.

 


In for this

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post #41 of 322
11/25/11 at 9:26am
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In for this


Well, I ordered both purely out of curiosity so I'll be sure to give them a fair run down once I get them.

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post #42 of 322
11/27/11 at 4:27am
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Well, I ordered both purely out of curiosity so I'll be sure to give them a fair run down once I get them.


Thanks man.

 

Please convince some of the others in the Monoprice thread to try them as well.

 

 

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post #43 of 322
11/29/11 at 3:38pm

Got these + my tf10s yesterday. About to sit down and take a listen. etysmile.gif

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post #44 of 322
11/29/11 at 11:55pm

Don't forget the trolls and the bored. The Monoprice thread makes me laugh and facepalm everyday... I enjoy it greatly

 


 

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Originally Posted by Negakinu View Post

I too have ordered a couple of IEMs from Chinese websites like Dealextreme, Focalprice, Dealperfect, Buyincoins etc. in the hope of finding one gem amidst the turds. I found out it was wiser to just spend $25 on one decent pair of IEMs than buy 5 pair of really crappy $5 IEMs. All the Kanen headphones I got (KM880, KM92, KM928 etc) were utter trash. Not even worth reviewing. The only people I see liking these are, without trying to sound pretentious, people who have no experience with in-ear sound whatsoever. Or really hate music and want it to sound as bad as possible. 



 


Edited by lazuline - 11/29/11 at 11:57pm
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post #45 of 322
11/30/11 at 1:34am
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The Monoprice thread makes me laugh and facepalm everyday... 


May I ask why?

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