ericp10
Sits up all night comparing IEMs.
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The EX-1000 was uncomfortable for me, so I have not doubt the H3 would have been an horrendous experience for me. Thanks again james444.
So I loaned my H1 to a friend at work (he bought my original GR07) and he never came back until near the end of the day ( a good sign usually as he often returns gear I let him try out within minutes if he doesn't like them). So I asked him what he thought and his exact words were, "one of the best if not best IEM I have heard". Now to put that into some perspective he listens to lots of house and trance music (hope I have the lingo down correct) alot which seems to do better with good bass.
The more I read about the H3 I am really glad I didn't give them a try but the H1 is a nice IEM. I am not sure I will keep them (my friend has already called dibs of I decide to sell LOL) as I just love the comfort and quiet of the QC20 but I will see.
The rock I listen to sounds very good and these keep up very well. But I don't listen to modern heavy metal, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC sound good though. I will try the fastest AC/DC tune tomorrow and let you know how they sound.
They're buried somewhere in this thread (i'll try to dig em up). They're pretty dodgy machine translations, but the gist of it was that the H3 delivered an overwhelming sound, very "hi-FI", made it out to feel like a V-Shaped phone I think. I was expecting something sort've akin to the 1P2 I guess from the descriptions. And I highly doubt your impressions are off the mark, I'm just curious whether these things'll benefit from run-in at all, or if they're just a lost cause. At the moment though, I don't think my K3K will go up on the chopping block anytime soon
Edit: impressions here- http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/75#post_9778733
So I loaned my H1 to a friend at work (he bought my original GR07) and he never came back until near the end of the day ( a good sign usually as he often returns gear I let him try out within minutes if he doesn't like them). So I asked him what he thought and his exact words were, "one of the best if not best IEM I have heard". Now to put that into some perspective he listens to lots of house and trance music (hope I have the lingo down correct) which seems to do better with good bass.
The more I read about the H3 I am really glad I didn't give them a try but the H1 is a nice IEM. I am not sure I will keep them (my friend has already called dibs of I decide to sell LOL) as I just love the comfort and quiet of the QC20 but I will see.
Impressions index :
H3
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/615#post_9902871
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/660#post_9908323
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/735#post_9915472
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/765#post_9918477
H1
http://www.head-fi.org/t/685463/sony-xba-h1-pictures-and-impressions#post_9880496
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/510#post_9893658
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/525#post_9895105
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/540#post_9896468
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/570#post_9900745
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/585#post_9902181
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/585#post_9902275
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/660#post_9908471
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/690#post_9912803
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/705#post_9913029
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/705#post_9913478
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/720#post_9914875
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/720#post_9915073
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/720#post_9915101
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/720#post_9915114
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/750#post_9916210
H3 & H1
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/45#post_9776726
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/75#post_9778733
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/390#post_9874792
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/525#post_9894598
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/645#post_9907978
http://www.head-fi.org/t/680119/sony-xba-h1-and-xba-h3-hybrid-dynamic-and-ba-iem/645#post_9908080