[TYATYA]

Do you guys find on your Kse1500 a peak freq?
For me, it has a peak @6800Hz @+4dB, Width 0.5 Octave.
It is around A8 note, make over power in piano some time.

EQ of kse didnt help, its 50% parametric, not fully control.
Luckily NeutronMp has 100% parametric eq. I compensate it ok to flat sweep freq

 

[Bogart24]

Has anyone replaced the stock analog line-in cable? Suggestions?

 

[spook76]

Has anyone replaced the stock analog line-in cable? Suggestions?

I called Ted Allen at Headphonelounge.com. ~$65 for an excellent type 2 OCC silver litz interconnect.

 

[ninaraduga]

Has anyone compared kse1500 with Etymotic ER-4s?

 

[husamia]

does anyone have experience with the KSE earwax cleaning? how do you clean it?

 

[csglinux]

  Has anyone compared kse1500 with Etymotic ER-4s?

 
I used to own the ER4S, but parted ways with them a while back. They were just too boring to listen to on account of their anemic/non-existent sub-bass. They did, however, have outstanding isolation and one of the best, clearest trebles I've heard in an IEM; maybe even close to the treble of the KSE1500, but I'm only speaking from memory. I never made a direct comparison.
 
It's worth mentioning that Etymotic have a couple of new products out now, the ER4SR and the ER4XR. They both have metal bodies and mmcx connectors. Sound-wise, the ER4SR appears to be only a very minor change from that of the ER4S. The ER4XR is the one that's more interesting to me - it has a slightly different driver and a slightly elevated bass, even more so than that of the ER4P. If its bass is even close to that of the KSE1500, I might be tempted with this as a temporary alternative to the KSE1500 when I need to be portable and not carry an electrostatic amp around with me. I'll be getting a pair of ER4XR in a couple of weeks and will post back then with my thoughts on how they compare to the KSE1500.

 

[csglinux]

Do you guys find on your Kse1500 a peak freq?
For me, it has a peak @6800Hz @+4dB, Width 0.5 Octave.
It is around A8 note, make over power in piano some time.

I couldn't hear that on mine (using SpinFit tips). I hear a gradual rise in SPL all the way from ~ 4 kHz to 10 kHz, pretty much like this:

https://m.seeko.co.kr/zboard4/zboard.php?id=m_phones&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=off&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=144

 

[TYATYA]

I couldn't hear that on mine (using SpinFit tips). I hear a gradual rise in SPL all the way from ~ 4 kHz to 10 kHz, pretty much like this:

https://m.seeko.co.kr/zboard4/zboard.php?id=m_phones&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=off&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=144

Did you test with tones one by one or sweeping freq ? Frequency sweep wave is for roughly determine range where need to be check again with tones.
Tones, can get from PA tone (android app on gg play) or some websites (ex wavetones.com).
With black stock foam I found peak@7k, other from 20 to 10k is flat, after 11k it goes down, over 14.5k I cant hear (my range of hearing).
As Audeze producer said, we dont trust in earphone fr measures data by many reason.
Measure by ears ourselves

 

[Eroica4th]

Is it advisable to use comply tips for kse1500?

I don't see it in their category, which tips series most suitable for it

 

[dc-k]

Is it advisable to use comply tips for kse1500?

I don't see it in their category, which tips series most suitable for it

mine came with comply as part of the original package. They're fine but I find spinfits much better. For spinfit it's the CP800-m

 

[Eroica4th]

mine came with comply as part of the original package. They're fine but I find spinfits much better. For spinfit it's the CP800-m

Thanks.

Btw when I connect ak380 to the kse1500 should I use the line out option from ak or leave it as it is?

 

[AnakChan]

Thanks.

Btw when I connect ak380 to the kse1500 should I use the line out option from ak or leave it as it is?

You don't have to use LineOut but you can. Some folks prefer to dial their AK380 volume up close to max (say maybe 138+).

You probably should consider setting the input pad to -10dB though.

 

[timeslip]

I didn't care much for the DAC on the KSE1500 vs AK380.  I've been running the KSE1500 -> line-out on the AK380 with the volume on the KSE1500 at 20, and vary between 90-120 on the AK380.

 

[csglinux]

Did you test with tones one by one or sweeping freq ? Frequency sweep wave is for roughly determine range where need to be check again with tones.
Tones, can get from PA tone (android app on gg play) or some websites (ex wavetones.com).
With black stock foam I found peak@7k, other from 20 to 10k is flat, after 11k it goes down, over 14.5k I cant hear (my range of hearing).
As Audeze producer said, we dont trust in earphone fr measures data by many reason.
Measure by ears ourselves

 
I used the "Frequency Sound Generator" app from the Google Play store. It has a broad sweep, but also fine-grained controls that let you sweep in 1 Hz increments.
I don't hear any peak near 7 kHz on my unit. If you want to PM me a specific set of frequencies and a test tone (or if you're ok with me choosing a sine wave with a suitable amplitude and frequency), I can send you back a set of measured SPLs.

 

[husamia]

someone mentioned a couple of months ago possible v2 of the KSE1500, does anyone have any information?