Sonys Homemade Hybrids? 1 (L) MDR7550 + 1 (R) EX600

lol, what do you get when you cross an MDR7550 with an EX600, well you'll have to hear it to believe it!

I have been enamoured with Sonys IEM line, it all started when I traded my TF10s for a set of EX600s! thanks Majin, and I haven't listened back, I also sold off my RE262s aswell, and I have been exclusively listening to the wonderful 600s for the last 6 months, they are wonderful with a gigantic 3D soundstage, sparkling but adjusted tamed highs, and a thumping low end, and a great mid section albeit a little on the recessed side, and since the 262s I have missed the uber smooth mids of them,

now hearing that the 7550s have a more mid forward presence, I thought I'd give them a try, and kazowies they do! and do they ever have a fullest sound to them and they also have some uber smooth deep thumping bass, and just the right amount of treble, so now I can run my rig full tilt because these 7550s can handle evrything that I throw at them in a very nice way while still being very well balanced, and nnoo distortion, my rig to date is an iPod 7th gen Classic, w/the eq. now shut off>GS Voayger w/the contour switch on>ZOv1 set on high> MDR7550s w/Head-Directs large bi-flange tips! well what can I say I am a self confessed bass head, and these puppies sound teriffic! not as large of a 3D soundstage as the 600s but still very nice,

so I got to thinking about the 600s and the similair but also uniquely different sound signiture..., and they also share the same type of connector? hhmmm what could this mean, I know its a diy homemade hybrid kit just staring me in the face, yep I heard it so I must have dealt it, lol, so I'm now using a 7550 for the left side and a 600 for the right, and I'm really liking it alot, it has aqiured an even more awesomer sound over just using the 7550s or the 600s on there own!

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Originally Posted by psygeist 

I can only imagine the lopsided soundstage.

hhmmm, yes you would think that it WOULD have a VERY lopsided sound to it, but it doesn't hardly any if all, but then again the two of them do share alot of the same characteristics, but also just enough difference in the sound signitures to bring together a very very nice sound in that they wind up complimenting each other! so believe it or not the sound is VERY minimally lopsided if any atall! initially I did it for s's & giggles, but then the two sounds combine quiet well together, the 600 gives the sound back its the 3D effect, and helps in the treble dept. that the 7550 is lacking, and the 7550 adds back to the mids that is very quite ka-sweet that the 600s are lacking! and together they have some super micro details coming out that I wasn't hearing before from either of them on their own, and the bass is just stellar, which is what they both have in common, its an odd thing cuz it kinda, I guess shouldn't be good, but it is and does! and for what very lillte lopsidedness is present is nothing that some crossfeed wouldn't completely eliminate, and what is there is hardly noticeable to begin with!

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so if any one else has these iems, give it a try, you will be suprized, I would like to pair the 7550s up with the EX1000s, as I think they would have an even a better synergy with each other! but then again I am an odd duck, but the thing with odd ducks is they always seem to discover the strangest but bestest of things! lol, happy listening!

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Originally Posted by Majin 

i'm glad you still like them :)

hey hey Majin, Thanks! you betcha! I'm luvin my Sonys! I hope you are also enjoying the TF10s as much as I am enjoying the 600s! one of my happiest days when I answered your sales/trade post!