Yes, very concise though.

Any chance of a closer comparison betweeg 2001 and 2000J? The latter impressed me with its crispness and precision, but after a while I just missed a bit of warmth.

Could you elaborate? I've been considering the Cupid and just got the tape, which strikes me as rather bright and thin.

Don't forget the LZ A4! It's a bit airier than the B400 and with the right filters it has more sparkle too.

I had the same problem and solved it by slicing a couple of millimetres off the stems.

A4 - A5 comparison, anyone?

Trying out different tips is pretty essential here. The stock tips coated everything in warm sauce for me, but SpinFits made the sound more open and crisp. Anyone missing treble presence needs to look into different options.

I'd encourage anyone who finds the treble too muffled or rolled-off to try SpinFits. I've never been a fan in the past, but here I find them perfect (after slightly shortening the stems) because they add just a little air and light without impairing the smoothness that makes the B400 so...

On a more musical note, I finally tried out the purple filters on the Icarus and I find these the best. More balance and clarity, but still rich. I went back to the stock tips because the bit of warmth they add is no longer excessive with the purple.

I find the nozzle filters on the A4 are quite varied in this respect; to my ears, the black make the sound more open and balanced than any of the others. As well as the greater presence of upper mids (I think), the soundstage is also larger. My main phones over the last year and a half have been...

I find that they need wider bores than the provided tips, which make them sound too thick and bassy to my ears. I use some that I had in my supply but I don't know where they came from; the Spiral Dot would also be a good bet though. The wide bore gives a more open and balanced sound.

The LZ have a bigger soundstage and more detail. With black back and front, they manage to combine smoothness and clarity quite beautifully. The Icarus sounds rather congested by comparison. Maybe there's some magic effect that kicks in after 100 hours, but so far the Icarus are in the...

My preordered Icarus III also arrived today. I find they benefit from wider bores and thinner tip material than the kombi or Spinfits, which are pretty warm; I found some suitable tips lying around and they give more space to the treble and mids (with the undamped gold filters). Definitely a...

Interesting that people who just ordered them recently are getting them before those of us who ordered months ago... so much for preordering.

Get the Carbo Tenore for significantly less than that. It's renowned here as a giant-killer.