T-Peos H-100 Hybrid IEM Appreciation Thread - Page 46

Personally its the open spacious nature together with the amazingly fast detailed crystalline nature of the highs, throw in the excellent tight bass, in some cases like a reverberating ( not in a bad way ) wall of solid deeply extended lows( the tonality of the bass specifically ).Some vocals can be further out as well as some mids at times. Not right up front but also not completely missing.

In a minor way it reminds me of the Ultrasone S-logic with its spatial presentation, well the bass also. ( I hesitate to make that comparison hence the bold text)

It all combines together and just does something for me. Almost ethereal at times.

I don't know how else to put it for now, some tracks don't do as well on them and that might be due to their mastering together with some of the tuning on these.

I contacted someone who fully knows the ins and outs of original recording methods and they will hopefully pop in here soon to speak to this, but for now they are otherwise occupied with personal matters.

Sorry if i stated the obvious in the post here, sort of talking out loud to myself and separating what i find interesting and appealing with these. Probably didn't do a good job of the sound description.

Good points in the prior post on the separation and also the tip insertion. In my opinion shallow insertion isn't better, as has been stated in here before.

Gonna quit editing this and let it stand for now.

Another go at them?

 What is it that's drawing you back ? Do you think that your initial expectations influenced your conclusions first or?

Really curious.

It may not be to your liking but i guess only one way to know for sure %100000.

I also forget if you tried any different tips at all will have to go reread again.

Good luck

You may have answered this already eke, but what amp/source did you use and what tips were you using?  The way you describe the sound is how they sounded to me with the stock tips that came and any other silicone type tips I used.  The comply's and an amp completely changed the sound for the better for me.  They are fiddly sons of b's.
 

zach915m  i have some comply 500's coming what did you use again?

You know I'm not exactly a fan of V or U-shaped sound (as I said, I love/d the R50) so H100 is more an exception than a rule in my case.

That said, right now I'm using my DIY foam tips which flatten the frequency response a lot. The borders are still raised somewhat, but the sound could be called 'almost neutral' now. The mids came forward and now I enjoy listening to female vocals as well. The bass is not prominent at all, although it's a tiny bit bloated, but I can live with that. If anything, it's the treble extension and instrument separation that makes it so engaging. I'm a sucker for instrument separation.

Ah yeah, and speed. Really if you think about it, R50 is almost top of the line by being a dual BA, but it sounds lazy compared to H100.

And I'm not the sort of a guy who does or enjoys product hype...

Yeah the 500's are what works best as far as Comply's.
 

TDK BA200 is close.

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Originally Posted by zach915m 

eke:

 

The h-100 is very coherent in that it seperates the midrange from the bass and highs, none of them leak into each other.  By amping them they become incredibly detailed and clear.  Clarity is at an utmost on these.  With the right tips and insertion/amping these do sound warm enough for me, and I like warmer sound headphones.   The soundstage is quite large, almost as big as the heir 4ai's, and for 130 bucks or whatever that's quite an achievement.  I

do think people enjoy the price to quality ratio on these, as I don't believe there's anything

 

 

even close to the price range that comes close to it.

 

The sound sig may just not be for you...no worries theirs plenty of phones out there.  I do think with burn in and careful attention to amping and insertion they are much more adaptable and eq-able than a lot of people may think.  It might be a slight fuss though if you just want to stick them in your ears and go.  But to me they're more than worth the effort.

 

Lastly I don't think there is anything else out there sub $200 that blends this level of bass response and speed with such clarity.  If there is I'd like to know about it!
 

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Originally Posted by Techno Kid 

 

That's exactly why I didn't like them, I've never heard such a thin sounding mid it just made all my music sound like it was coming from a cheap radio or something (excluding the bass as it was good).  It really surprises me how many people like them but to each his own.

This is funny coming from the OP :). But there must be something about it that is drawing many to it. Could be your ears just aren't compatible with the IEM or you are hearing frequencies that others may not be hearing.

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