Austin Morrow
Headphoneus Supremus
Actually, no, not recessed, that's a little much, maybe a little laid back as I am listening to them right now. Hmm, treble seems a tab bit laid back as well, but still a lot of clarity.
Why it seems so hard to me tο distinguish the highs from the mids? I feel like the mids are actually the juice of the music. All the musical instruments and the liveness of the music lies in the mids. The problem is that most of the times its hard to pick the mids from the highs (treble). A guitar has many notes and strings.
I see all of you can talk so comfortable about the mids but to me its hard to judge.
Preference:
1)Above average bass (Iam not a hardcode bass head, but I prefer a little more bass than usual )
2)Wide sound stage and details in music and mids to be on the warmer side. Not very particular about highs, but they should not be straining and should be there.
3)comfort. Note that I have a very small ear canal.
4)Build quality/isolation/microphonics.
One important thing. I want to buy either from the sub 100$ series or invest on a really good 250$ ones. What I saw was that from the first page is that the xcape scores a 8.x score on the SQ and the Westone2 scores 9.x. Does it mean that for a 180$ penalty there is only a 10% increase in performance?
If yes then should I stick with the sub 100$ series. Are the 250$ ones really worth it? If not, i would like to save that 180 bux for something more useful.
After 3 weeks of painstaking reading I have short listed the following(based on the reviews here and amazon) but really confused which one to buy.
Sub 100$ Series:
1)Sunrise xcape Impressive edition
2)silver bullet
3)eterna
4)Ne700x
5)Hippo VB
OR
250$ series.
1)UM2 - bass compared to NE-700x eterna?
2)Monster turbine copper.
Hi Guys,
I am completely new to this and REALLY REALLY need some help deciding which IEM to buy. Source would be clip+, pc audigy card. Unamped.
Preference:
1)Above average bass (Iam not a hardcode bass head, but I prefer a little more bass than usual )
2)Wide sound stage and details in music and mids to be on the warmer side. Not very particular about highs, but they should not be straining and should be there.
3)comfort. Note that I have a very small ear canal.
4)Build quality/isolation/microphonics.
One important thing. I want to buy either from the sub 100$ series or invest on a really good 250$ ones. What I saw was that from the first page is that the xcape scores a 8.x score on the SQ and the Westone2 scores 9.x. Does it mean that for a 180$ penalty there is only a 10% increase in performance?
If yes then should I stick with the sub 100$ series. Are the 250$ ones really worth it? If not, i would like to save that 180 bux for something more useful.
After 3 weeks of painstaking reading I have short listed the following(based on the reviews here and amazon) but really confused which one to buy.
Sub 100$ Series:
1)Sunrise xcape Impressive edition
2)silver bullet
3)eterna
4)Ne700x
5)Hippo VB
OR
250$ series.
1)UM2 - bass compared to NE-700x eterna?
2)Monster turbine copper.
I have exluded the following out as I read that they have low bass/ not enough for my taste.
1)DBA-02
2)Ck10
I dont stay in US and I dont have the luxary of trying them out at a shop or Sending back if I don't like them. It will be a one shot purchase and use.
Please feel free to refer some other that i may have missed. I cant go beyond 250$ though.
GUYS, I really really need some assistance. All i have is this forum to blindly make a choice and live with what I buy in one shot.
Thanks a Lot
Joker i ask you cause you tested both but anyone else is free to comment. How would you compare the cc51 with the q-jays. One is rated 8 and the other 9 but i have a feeling i will like the cc51 more.
I dont know why but i cant settle with q-jays. The difference with the stock foams to the silicone tips is very big. The problem is that the dry of the mids make the sound a bit less fun and live?Also mids make the sound more distant than my brainwavz M1? For a 150$ iem this is frustrating.
They are very comfortable and looks great but it seems i want to try something different with better mids maybe (?). Is this placebo or the mids could be better?
P.S when foam tips need to be changed, tend to make the sound more warm and less edgy?
I've spotted some neglect of Philips line of IEMs in the reviews. There are some cheap and good models in there supposedly...