I am using a Sony NW-ZX507 player. The music files on the player work fine with the amp attached to the player. When switching over to Spotify, I get no sound with the amp. If I bypass the amp and plug straight into the player, Spotify plays fine. Spotify and the Sony are updated to latest...

Anybody own this IEM but me?   To this day in  14 years on HF I think it's still the best $$ for the money I ever spent.  Had them for about 8-9 years now...original cable.  If they ever blew out I'd probably immediately buy another pair.     How Jerry was able to attain such a cohesive...

Anybody familiar with this recording by founding member of Porcupine Tree?   For all practical purposes I sort have lost touch with contemp rock and have been on the contemp jazz track for a while but a friend turned me on to this recordind and I find it sensational.  Every song is different...

Last year jazz drummer Antonio Sanchez got disregarded on his “Birdman” soundtrack release winning nothing .  A release which was dramatically acclaimed by virtually all musicians in jazz who figured it was a hands-down win but apparently the media and voters (whatever credentials THEY have)...

Do they altar the sound too much?  Should they only be used for severe problem fit people?   I have UM56 custom tips which fit perfectly.  I notice that they seem to push the sound more forward and things DO seem more vivid and more detailed.   But it also sort of exaggerates the inclusive or...

Is there REALLY 2 treble drivers in this IEM?  Maybe they forgot one?   No, just kidding but I am just coming off the W50 to the Pro50 series stage monitor and both share the distinct feature of being quite warm.  Let me say up front that I enjoy the Pro50 quite a bit more.  While the bass is...

[This is steered towards high end but could apply to any level]   After 12 years here I have certainly learned that it is difficult to only have and be satisfied with 1 IEM.  Maybe doesn't apply to all but I have come to realize I can appreciate a lot of different things about a lot of...

Can anyone comment on how this is accomplished?  Is it simple tuning of drivers?   I am floored that my IE800 sounds better than my 6 driver JH13 in terms of detail, naturalness and note decay.   Is it simply BA versus dynamic or is something else going on?   I think IE800 is the best kept...

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Meaning that the sound seems 10-15 rows back versus front row in your head like a typical stage monitoring IEM.  Two obvious extremes I can think of are the Westone UM3X versus W3.   Obviously the tuning of the drivers but how do they create "distance"?  The distance is very nice and creates...

Summer of 1977.....Led Zeppelin...I believe "Physical Graffitti" tour.    Chicago Amphitheater.   After about 3 songs Robert Plant announced they could no longer go on.....that Jimmy Page had a case of montezuma's revenge (flu).   Truth is, he could hardly stand up straight.  Seemed...

It has been mentioned before that the new Westone series products have almost non-existant marketing going on.  It’s pretty hard to understand especially when most had, indeed,  undergone distinct changes.  After 6 months or more some have virtually no reviews across the internet.  Pretty...

Multiple drivers do better.   I am one who thinks crossovers are basic and way less complicated or difficult than so many seem to broadcast.  It's the basic premise of splitting frequencies and they all funnel into a nozzle with a damper.  Either the circuitry is done right or wrong.  There is...

Anybody have this release beside me?    Any long time Metheny fans here?   In his long catalog of music over 30 years this is only the second release with a dedicated sax instrument in the mix.....and Chris Potter is no slouch! (Ben Williams on bass either).  [His "80/81" release with the late...

I have heard there are programs or software out there where it will take everything on my Ipod Classic and back it up onto a file onto my PC and from there I want to back it up to a portable hard drive.  Is there an easy and inexpensive way to do this and will it keep the same 256 bit rate I...

In my experience it seems getting a truly accurate tonality and decay of a simple piano is one of the most if not the most difficult instrument to reproduce.  Assuming you would agree.....why is this?  I am mainly an IEM user but I find this to almost always be the case.  There is often...

As much as someone may want to doubt or have disbelief or be frustrated that they just bought the W4R, or that Westone has NOT "publicly" talked about sound changes......the W40 DOES sound undeniably different than W4R.  Almost enough, to me, that I would almost consider it would have been worth...

Just observations trying to stimulate conversation.....     Reel to Reel and phonograph, headphones Cassette and 8-track The Sony "Walkman" Digital Audio (the CD) In Ear Monitors I-Tunes/Digital music online. Portable amps. Really Good IEM's  (last 5-7 years progress)   I remember back in...

In sort of a tangent from the other Bass BA driver thread......   I was pretty set on thinking W4 had among best bass of universals.  Great extension and great texture due to 2 bass drivers.   Now I'm am listening to UMPro30.  Much larger single bass driver.  Definitely more kick and more...

I always questioned the accuracy of Etymotic bass because it never seemed to resemble what I would hear in a live setting.  It was always anemic.   I deduced that this was due to the absence of a viciseral (sp?) effect of the bass which can be simulated much better in dynamic driver...

As long a it does not bleed into mids is more bass generally more desirable? Sort of like what SE846 is doing? Is it completely personal preference? Some say ER4 is perfect bass, some might prefer a stronger presence like SS535....or maybe W4? Bass is maybe most subjective frequency??

More from a scientific standpoint and not what your ears tell you......and let's leave this to SILICONE type tips only and we are also NOT talking about fit!  We are ONLY considering the sound differentiation with regards to the size of the exit hole.   On the surface I always figured a larger...

More from a scientific standpoint and not what your ears tell you......and let's leave this to SILICONE type tips only and we are also NOT talking about fit!  We are ONLY considering the sound differentiation with regards to the size of the exit hole.   On the surface I always figured a larger...

Was shocked to not find a thread comparing these two after all these years?  Strange...   I will have to take my words back as previously stating I preferred SE535 to W4.  I don’t think I gave the W4 enough time.  Although it is still based on our opinions and music genre types…. as an overall...

[this could have went in the Sound Science thread but there's much more traffic here and it's all about IEM's anyway]   I'm not technical but what makes this so difficult to accomplish?  It would seem like basic electronics splitting off frequencies and directing them to specific drivers...