[jyle_t]

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Originally Posted by djayjp /img/forum/go_quote.gif Aren't the TF10's supposed to be brighter than the SE530's?

Seriously, the brightness you experienced with SE530 is most probably the upper mids/lower treble. SE530 has the largest volume gain among all IEMs i've tried, you probably cranked up the volume a little too much. Trying to hear the background music at same volume as the vocalist? SE530 isn't made for that.

EDIT: or, it could be you listening to lower bitrate songs. In my experience SE530 isn't very friendly with mp3 listeners.

TF10pro has an extended, yet smooth treble, i don't find it harsh at all. Then again everyone hears differently. In that case, e-Q7 might be a safer bet, but like i said, depending on your needs, you might be disappointed with the bass.

 

[iponderous]

Here's the link you asked for: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/s...-harsh-463003/

My experience with the TF10's treble is similar to jyle_t's above description

 

[timmyGCSE]

found the 530's to have a lot of upper mid energy that caused vocals especially female to be sibilant. getting custom tips did help, I think this is probably because I got a much better seal thus much better isolation thus listened at much lower volumes. But cranking the volume up anything above 3/4 and yes the 530's are harsh as hell in the upper mid region.
Anyway how about UM3x? smoother in this region IIRC

 

[iponderous]

Would you be interested in participating in the "Shure SE530s harsh" thread timmyGCSE?

 

[timmyGCSE]

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Originally Posted by iponderous /img/forum/go_quote.gif Would you be interested in participating in the "Shure SE530s harsh" thread timmyGCSE?

yea I almost replied in it a couple of days ago but my gf woke up and I got distracted. I will take a updated looksie now

 

[jaibautista]

Quote:

Originally Posted by djayjp /img/forum/go_quote.gif Aren't the TF10's supposed to be brighter than the SE530's?

Yups, the TF10s are much brighter than the SE530s.

Brighter in the sense that it's not fatiguing or creating that "harsh" feeling when listening to them (at least for me).

That's why I also find it weird that you said that the Shure's are brighter than the TF10s...

 

[iponderous]

No offence but I don't think "brighter" is the appropriate word for what you're describing.

 

[djayjp]

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[djayjp]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jyle_t /img/forum/go_quote.gif Seriously, the brightness you experienced with SE530 is most probably the upper mids/lower treble. SE530 has the largest volume gain among all IEMs i've tried, you probably cranked up the volume a little too much. Trying to hear the background music at same volume as the vocalist? SE530 isn't made for that. EDIT: or, it could be you listening to lower bitrate songs. In my experience SE530 isn't very friendly with mp3 listeners.

As far as your first point goes, I'm definitely starting to feel that this is the case.

No, my songs are all 256kb vbr aac-- which, according to the soundexpert blinded 'census', should be totally transparent: Audio quality of encoders at 256 kbit/s - SoundExpert