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yep, only flaw is the fitting. takes time to get used to but not for everyone
yep, only flaw is the fitting. takes time to get used to but not for everyone
yep, only flaw is the fitting. takes time to get used to but not for everyone
i agree medium are most comfortable, but risks losing seal. large works for the most part but you definately feel them in your ears.
So I looked at the headphones and other items at the Aliexpress site (I did order the Onkyos)...more fakes than you can shake a stick at, but they are generally labeled with a different name, or no name...so many headphones with a "B" on the cups, fake B and W (1 shot of them has the Bowers and Wilkins name on the outside cups, the others seem to brush it out). Who knows what we're getting, but if it sounds good at this price, what the heck...
So you guys know how many IEMs own right now and love. I have to put the AS-2, V6, and Cardas out in their own special categories. And without including those three, I have to say out of the rest I own (and have owned), the KEF M200 is still doing it for me. It's the BEST and most refined IEM I've heard for $200 or less. And while I can't say definitely it the best IEM I've heard up to the $400 level (again, excluding those three special ones), I can say definitely that it is my favorite sound signature-wise of universal IEM's I own, owned or have heard costing up to $500 MSRP.
The KEF is a true GIANT killer in the realm of universals for my ears and the sound I like. I consider myself a basshead-audiophile, but I don't really consider the the M200 a basshead earphone (although it can give out enough sub bass to satisfy a basshead). The other great thing I'm discovering about the M200 is that it is very tunable base on the fit and how you have turned in your ear canal. You can actually turn it a certain way (as the same depth level) and get less bass. Fit issues are better once you learn how to wear these earphones properly. And you learn by trial and error (if you can get it the fit). Yes, everything I've stated about the DN-1K and AX-60 still hold true for my ears, but I've been consistent in stating that I don't think much out there beat the M200. Now I'm saying it definitively that I haven't really heard a universal that beats it. Some are equal to it, but nothing is really beating it. Happy listening.
AND FOR NAYSAYER ----------> NO, I WASN'T GIVEN A SAMPLE. BOUGHT FROM A REGULAR RETAILER WITH MY MONEY!
The M500 is still real special too, but the sound signature is totally different from the M200.
Just got the M200 and I haven't found any flaw (sound wise) so far...
The Comply Tsx-500's work wonders for the M200's as well. I wear the large M200 tips and the Medium Comply's work well.
i agree medium are most comfortable, but risks losing seal. large works for the most part but you definately feel them in your ears.
The Comply Tsx-500's work wonders for the M200's as well. I wear the large M200 tips and the Medium Comply's work well.