[vlenbo]

My god, the re700s and the martin logans are identical brothers in tonality, soundstaging, imaging, and bass quality (except the re700s don't have the pull effect and sound a bit bolder). 
 
Damn, I'm a happy man to have both the re700s and logans, never will I sell these two beauties (in their own right).
 
I may even go as far as to say that they are fraternal twins! Jeeze, these guys work together so well.
 
IF the martins do not show up in stores again (I truly hope not), then the re700s are a viable option for late martin logan fans.

 

[Kbman]

So my E07K that I ordered was on back order. I decided to just cancel it and am wondering if going up from a E07K to an E17 is worth the money. Thoughts?

 

[waynes world]

  I'll do that once I get the V's back.  I'll throw the TE-05 into the mix too.  

 
Awesome, thanks! The V's, TE05 and H3's are on my current lust-list. Well, I would probably just snag the H3's if budget were not a consideration. Then again, you have high regard for the V's, and they are sounding like great bang for buck (and a nice complimentary sig to the M200's). I suspect that the TE05's may very well fit into that category also...

 

[sfwalcer]

Im alway right

^ HEY THAT'S MY SLOGAN!!!

  PATENT PENDING PATENT PENDING!!!
 
 

  So my E07K that I ordered was on back order. I decided to just cancel it and am wondering if going up from a E07K to an E17 is worth the money. Thoughts?

^ Never heard the E07Ks but the E17s is pretty good. Powerful and slick looking but it is a bit warm for my liking and is not the best in transparency. I imagine that E07K is pretty similar, just probably not as powerful??? i really dunno and maybe it would be best to ask in their respective threads???
 
Here are some of ClieOS' amp comparo threads that might help???
 
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/596482/the-sub-100-portable-amps-shootout-11-1-amps-compared
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/620775/the-sub-200-portable-amps-shootout-13-11-amps-compared
 
 
Happy reading!!!

 

[DannyBai]

   
Awesome, thanks! The V's, TE05 and H3's are on my current lust-list. Well, I would probably just snag the H3's if budget were not a consideration. Then again, you have high regard for the V's, and they are sounding like great bang for buck (and a nice complimentary sig to the M200's). I suspect that the TE05's may very well fit into that category also...

Ds seems to like the V's and if the Fostex comes anywhere close, then you'll have to pull the trigger on one or the other.  I'm sure Ds will share some more incite on the V's later in the week and sf will have his say also later on.  H3's are a no brainer for you Wayne since we have similar tastes.  Hopefully the price will drop some or a pair will show up on the fs thread.

 

[Vain III]

Finally got a nice fit with my Moshi Vortex's. Auvio red tips to save the day.
Om IEP are currently rocking the Mee clear double flanges. A lot more comfortable.

 

[ericp10]

  For the people that ordered the fostex, will you guys receive the iems this week? If not, I might as well pull the trigger. I only find the heaven V for $240 so far.

I expect it and the V any day now.

 

[vlenbo]

Thank you eric, my trigger finger can rest with ease....

 

[ericp10]

  Thank you eric, my trigger finger can rest with ease....

 

[peter123]

Mochill was right. If you pop out the Piston nozzle and remove the grey foam inside, the bass tightens up a bit and you get a little more extension in the highs.

Anyone that's willing to try to improve the Piston sound should give it a try.

How did you open them up to get in the nozzle?
 

 
Good call on the AKG K323. They sound great out of the box. The damn things are nearly microscopic in size though. For the $27 I paid, they are well worth it so far..

Mine should arrived on Thursday. Had to pay $60 for them over here so I was really hoping that they would best the Piston's.

 

[esteebin]

I too want to remove the grey foam from the Piston 2's. does the wire mesh re-attach after? Or are you left with an open nozzle?

 

[quartertone]

The main features of the METAL EX
Metal housing having excellent vibration-damping properties
MDR-EX450 adopt the aluminum housing/MDR-EX650, brass (brass) to the sound conduit and housing.
metal housing with high rigidity, has excellent internal loss characteristics to suppress unwanted vibration, I realize the midrange and clear smooth response in the low frequency range.

Proprietary 12mm driver unit with high sensitivity in a small
[Diaphragm newly developed]
By simulation and prototyping of more than 100, and developed a new diaphragm to achieve the mobility of the maximum width at the edge of the minimum. By maximizing the effective area of ​​the diaphragm to expand the dome portion, achieving the dome area of ​​the same size as the 16mm driver unit with 12mm.

I adopt a long voice coil and high magnetic force neodymium magnet
By The combined long voice coil (MDREX450 is 300kJ / m ³⁾ and 360kJ/m3 high magnetic force neodymium magnet, and the drive system with high linearity and powerful, acoustic characteristics low distortion (strain) with high sensitivity with small size I realized.

 

 
Just ordered the 650. 

 

[doctorjazz]

The Heaven V are indeed a very nice listen, smooth, have good lows for single transducer, very involving, I found them around $200 but looked a really long time...(not the Aging)

 

[jant71]

   
Just ordered the 650. 

Cool! Look forward to the impressions. How much did they end up costing?

 

[quartertone]

The phones themselves €45, plus €6 shipping. I guess Tenso will be another €15 or so, and if I'm unlucky some customs tax when they get here - though I'm using Rakuten rather than Amazon, which gives me a better chance of avoiding that. So let's call it around €65, or $89.