Ikarios
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Well, thanks to this thread I've wasted even more money on headphones. Just picked up a pair of Sunrise Xcapes V1 and Klipsch Custom 3s. I was waiting for joker to review the Xcape V2 but from the looks of it I didn't think I was going to like the new sound signature. I listened to a pair of Turbines and they sound pretty good, but ultimately didn't have the detail I crave in the treble. The Sunrise, by all accounts, seem to be similar enough to the RE0s that I think I would really like the sound. The Klipsch, on the other hand, was super cheap, and for how highly they were rated on Joker's scale seemed very interesting. I hope I can get past the crappy cable issues, because an MSRP of $400 with two BA drivers and an 8.8 rating sounds too good to be true for the price I paid. Unfortunately it doesn't look like I'll get the two of them for another two or three weeks, so I won't be able to post any impressions until then
A quick question for joker - are your sound ratings weighted at all based on the price? In other words, does a theoretical $100 headphone that gets a 9.0 rating sound pretty much the same as a theoretical $500 headphone that has the same sound signature? I've done a little more reading and I'm not quite sure what to expect from the Custom 3. A lot of people have said they've gotten them reshelled, too, but that would be an extra ~$100, and reshelling opens up the possibility of getting other earphones that sound good but don't have good form factors (i.e. Triple.fi 10, which does not fit me well at all). Anyway I think I'm rambling...
A quick question for joker - are your sound ratings weighted at all based on the price? In other words, does a theoretical $100 headphone that gets a 9.0 rating sound pretty much the same as a theoretical $500 headphone that has the same sound signature? I've done a little more reading and I'm not quite sure what to expect from the Custom 3. A lot of people have said they've gotten them reshelled, too, but that would be an extra ~$100, and reshelling opens up the possibility of getting other earphones that sound good but don't have good form factors (i.e. Triple.fi 10, which does not fit me well at all). Anyway I think I'm rambling...