@Dsnuts, is there any similarities between CKS1000 and ES700 ? From your posts I sensed there is.

I had an hour audition on ES700 at Jaben yesterday. I can confirm what Dsnuts says about this excellent piece. Energetic yet smooth. Bass response is good for a small cup portable. Female vocal has an added fullness to it as opposed to CKM500. WS55 pads look just what ES700 needed, a slightly...

Quote:   Quote:   Quote:   Quote:   These are basically my experience in my short time listening Z100. Tears For Fears' Elemental album is listenable again. It is just sound sooo right. So does Lee Ritenour's. Normally it is not my cup of tea but drums sound amazing...

Quote: Is there any chance fxz100 pics on reddit caused this ?

Happy New Years everyone !!   Dang I spent 2013 reading 40+ pages of this thread just because an opportunity came up on purchasing these IEMs. I ignored this thread after first 30 pages or so after i found out Tenso does not ship to Indonesia. I'd rather sleep well at nights than continue...

Okay, I did the pads change and tape the ports. I picked AKG pads. Mids and treble became more prominent but bass was missing even taped. Went back to stock pad and bass is back and overall sounded warmer than AKG pads. I like it though. This phone still impress me now and then. AKG pads did not...

Yes, I can. CKM with fuller bass and better (balanced) mids and cleaner highs is what I want for my next ATH incarnation. Presentation like FXD80 would not hurt either. Now i have FXZs on sight but CKS1000 would always make me wonder.

OTOH, these IEM grew on me. For me this sound better (soundstage and dynamic) amped than direct from Ipod. My guess is, these like source with lower output impedance.

Quote:   Beautiful lookin IEM those ATH. If I had not read your review of FXZs I might fallin for these as I like CKM500 so much (thanks to you). Maybe JVCs will push ATH into developing dual dynamic IEMs in the future and send samples to you Mr Nuts. Great review, thanks for your effort.

This thread is killing me, must ... not .. read... anymore Quote: Change country on top right corner to Japan.

@dsnuts , would XB90 benefit any improvement using bigger bore tips just like XBA3? OK, I see your point regarding XBA3 and MDR R1. I have no interest on XBA3 as a starting point anyway so I would not have chance to experience it's quality. I'm waiting for FXZ100 impressions.  

Dsnuts, I've demoed MDR R1 and I like it a lot but XBA 3 I just could not stand it. XBA3 mids and highs felt weird to me. I dont see their signature are similar at all.   Speaking of kpop, here is two my favourite korean singers :   Lyn - Memories     Park Ji Yoon - Faded Memories

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Just re-read this thread again, I seem to miss the Hidden Biflange Tips tip. Makes me want to try it out. Thanks Inks.

I have A161 which I use a lot lately but I dont think it suits OP's genre. A161 bass would be lacking in amount for EDM. I personally use XB90EX and CKM500 , I'd say both are suitable for EDM with XB90EX has more bass body and treble,  which is a bit peaky for my taste.  I don't have Yamaha...