The best thing the z1000 has done for me is teaching me that mids can be a good thing. Must be years of having bad cans and EQ'ing them with a V shape, but these babies make the midranges pleasant - ergo, beautiful vocals.

It might be but it will be November until then lol. The z1000 is a perfect balance between musicality and critical listening, by the description the 1r might go in the musical/colored direction. Definitely looks exciting though and it's tempting to preorder. If its anything like the z1k it will...

Just got the z1000s, love them. A TAD light on the bass but I'm starting to see that's how the music is meant to sound, so it's a natural bass. If I'm listening to a song with a double bass, its going to have some punch, bass kicks also have a nice push to them. The difference is that there's no...

This is half a joke post, half a PSA. I haven't seen either on the IE80 here (just the IE8) so I figured this might be useful due to how rampant these are. I bought these off Amazon for 350.00, knowing that if they were fakes they had a guarantee for items that are mislabeled. No surprise, they...

Why aren't Phonak Audeo PFEs on this chart?

I've been holding off from posting my own W1000x porn but these shots are lovely.   What most people see as deficiencies in it are what I love about it the most (though someone thought the mids were forward, what the heck?!). These are simply one of the best classical, jazz, acoustic and...

Quote: Originally Posted by jcoops16 Nice link. I have been trying to find infomation on all the past W series headphones for a while now with no luck, so thanks for that Weird they haven't put the W1000x that I'm wearing on my head at this moment on that lineup.

I own both the SR225 and a few IEMs. Phonak PFE + Gray Filters are the closest Grado in-your-face and lush mids I've heard out of the UM3x and TF10. When I do an a/b test the biggest difference with the grado is the "airiness" that comes from it being open-air.

Welcome to head-fi but under 300.00 isn't going to be in the "big high end purchase" in the full-size headphone arena. If you do buy a decent pair of cans in the 400-1000$ mark you will then need to buy a decent amplifier on top of that to drive those cans properly. Its a rewarding experience...

He is a 100% rated seller, you have very little worry about. What else is there to say? There are no pictures to judge it by or anything like that. IF anything you paid a little bit more than you had to so there is no "too good to be true" factor. You did use the bing.com 8% off cashback right?

You won't really be upgrading unless you go for something like the JH13's, everything else is just a horizontal acquisition. All of the top-tier IEMs just sound "different." Personally, I like the Phonak PFEs for complex classical recordings. My biggest gripes with the "classical" phones...

Quote: Originally Posted by jtsai Last night I found the reason why these sounded so off to me -- the polarity of my cables was reversed the entire time. Taught me to be wary of posts that tell people the "right way" to align the cables for earphones with detachable cables. Soundstage...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pianist ++ The best IEM for under $100-$150 on the market today. You can get Phonak PFE or Sennheiser IE series bendable earhooks to make them more comfortable to wear over the ear. Stretch that ten more dollars and the PFE takes over that category ...

Quote: Originally Posted by grokit The Matrix Mini DAC/headamp has pretty good synergy with the HD600s IME This is why I love head-fi. Thank you for this link! I've been searching all week for a good desktop DAC/Amp for less than $500. I am heavily considering this beauty. The...

I'll throw in the Phonak PFEs. One of the most versatile IEMs in my opinion, I haven't tried any that can do Jazz/Classical well and also do Rock or Trance. The sound is refined enough that its as good as the 300 dollar IEMs (had the UM3x and TF10 to compare to) and according to your preference...

Ah...I remember my e2cs. They will always have a special place in my heart. My first "expensive" headphones back then. People who hate them have to remember that there was literally nothing else at that price range other than overpriced ear buds or bose. Considering that we now have things like...

Do the etymotics have the bass to keep up? After hearing how they are bass light I'm starting to question how well-suited they are to classical. They are always the first to be suggested. But let's not lie, classical requires some awesome bass, if you've ever been in front of a full orchestra...

Quote: Originally Posted by Melanter That's the thing, I listened to them expecting to be blown away, to hear the music I've been listening to in a whole new way but that didn't happen. I've been listening to music on ****ty Sony headphones at home before this, and honestly I didn't...

I'm totally loving the clear look. I love the way the UM3x looks in my ears, it almost feels like I'm downgrading when I use different phones that have a more "earbud" look to them.

Quote: Originally Posted by specto Yes you're right, and I was out of line in my other comment. Head-fi has the right to do this, I just wish the posts weren't deleted as it is now confusing. Also it's not Fisher's fault they became so popular and began doing business on the forums...

Quote: Originally Posted by knubbe I've gone back to the silicone tips after using the Comply a while and the Complies definitely mask a little of the higher range clarity. I also finally tried the large silicone tips after using only mediums and immediately found a better seal and...

Quote: Originally Posted by pseudohippy In the end, now that Ive had them a while Id have to say the SQ is basically the same as before. Little to no change at all. Kept them single bore with stock filter. I'd rather them keep the same SQ rather than change it. How about isolation?

Quote: Originally Posted by iponderous I can answer this question without listening to the track. None of my IEMs reproduce music as convincingly as my full-sized phones and I don't expect them to. The SE530's fare the worst when I a/b them with my full-sized phones. However, coupled...

Quote: Originally Posted by iponderous Until the Amazon $99 sale, the TF10 was regarded as one of the top-tier universal IEMs. It would appear that the cheapening of its price has also corresponded with a devaluing of its reputation. This is what I don't get. Wouldn't paying $99...

Quote: Originally Posted by Antony6555 Many are complaining about the midbass hump. But what universal triple driver doesn't have a midbass hump? Most of the examples I can come up off the top of my head are worse. The se530, um3x, IE8 (not triple armature but comparatively priced), w3...