I have had these beauties (without musical tuning service) for just about two months and absolutely love them. They are definitely on the 'musical' side of the spectrum and so much fun to listen to. The bass is prominent and will likely turn off a lot people, but I only occasionally find it a...

Not yet. I am hoping to get back to a shop where I can in the next week or so. I will do some A/B-ing when there and report back when I do. For what it is worth, I was very impressed with the universals and did not feel that I lost anything that I liked or heard any significant differences when...

For the past five more months or so I have been hunting pretty intensively for a new pair of IEMs I could use for my commute and new shared office space. I have spent uncountable hours at several of Japan’s premier earphones shops and tried (multiple times) all of the top models they stock. I...

Works great from my from iPhone plus dongle, but there is a subtle step up moving to a Mojo. I suspect you would be hard-pressed to tell if you're on the move with outside noise. Going to my two desktop amps Sony TA-ZH1ES and TEAC UD-505 is a different story-- the bass gets really mushy and...

I think the only ones that fit are the SmartCore (I am using the Sport Pro). I could not get the 500s to fit my TE5Bs but the SmartCore ones fit. They are flexible and fit a range of nozzle sizes. SmartCore Patented SmartCore™ fits on sound port nozzles with a 0.19” - 0.24” (4.8mm - 6.3mm)...

I have a pair of those right now. They are excellent and have such a unique character overall. Very special sounding earphones. I enjoy them a lot in my office in a quiet environment (especially with the TA-ZH1ES) but they are not a perfect match for me, especially in terms of some unfortunately...

Toranku, I am curious if you have any thoughts on a good commuting iem/ciem, either specific recommendations or general sound signatures that work best for somewhat noisy environments (nothing extreme- just traffic or bus noise). I think my preferences are somewhat similar to yours in terms of...

What is in my signature there. For quick listens in store, I cycle through a demo playlist on my iPhone through the ES100, and then for more extended demos, I use higher quality tracks on the Valoq. Use the Sony in my office for more serious sessions with IEMs. The staging sounded good to me...

Yep, I concur with the sentiments expressed above there. This thread has been enormously helpful. Thank you so much for your time and effort to record your thoughts so carefully and sharing them here. I feel like I can trust your comments a lot more than some reviews where the only criticism is...

  Thanks! Very informative video.   I have a question, will the ZX2 with the optional leather CKL-NWZX2 case fit into the dock or does the case need to be removed?   Cheers!

I have been on the hunt for a high end, highly portable, comfortable IEM. I have moved from the IE800s (man, that cable) to the SE846s (mids a touch rough, treble clarity/sparkle a little lacking for my tastes). The W60's have consistently provided the best comfort and sound signature among the...

  It is indeed a sweet thing when all the tumblers fall into place and audio nirvana opens up.   But, such enthusiasm as expressed above is plentiful in the threads of other biggies in this class- Shure SE846s, Westone W60s, and AKG K3003s. For me personally, I think they all sound great with...

@DrGonzo I just got rid of the IE800s after having them for about a week. I liked the overall sound signature and size/fit but found the cable noise extremely distracting. Even if I were laying down and sitting still, I could hear cable noise caused by the movement of my chest while breathing...

(Thanks for the follow-up messages, AnakChan and Marshal. They were helpful.)     <Ordering a FitEar CIEM through e-earphone in Osaka>   Despite some remaining ambiguities, I decided to move forward with my order and followed the directions to the audiologist in Osaka that was recommended...

I am feeling a little late to this party...   but very, very pleased to have stumbled upon it! I just auditioned the MH335DW's at e-earphone in Osaka yesterday, and my socks were officially blown off. I need to go get some impressions done and then will put my order in. I have worked my...

Yes!   After a few years of swapping open headphones in and out for my office use, I finally tried some powered speakers-- Focal CMS 40 powered speakers and haven't looked back. In terms of soundstage and comfort, they of course totally own any headphones that I had previously used. They sound...

I had them on briefly at headphones shop in Tokyo yesterday. Used my Sony A17 and cycled through a few of my go-to tracks. The treble stuck out a bit and seemed a little peaky for my liking. Everything else sounded nice, reasonably balanced. For such a short listening period, there probably...

Cool. Thanks. I figured it out. I was trying to find the editing options at the album level, but I needed to go into the individual track to get the edit Music option to appear in the options list.   In iTunes there is a grouping option for compilation albums that keeps all of the Artist field...

I have a large selection of compilation albums-- (e.g., Hits of the 80's) and iTunes nicely groups them within a Compilations folder rather than dispersing them throughout the library by Artist. When I transferred that folder to the S1, that Compilations grouping was lost. The number of artists...

Just came home with the HAP-S1. Initial set up went fine and am now transferring files from my iMac. Based on what has been written so far, I am going to do it in chunks. My current strategy is by artist in alphabetical order. Not sure if that is the best way, but will see as I go along. I don't...

  As evidenced by Byrnie’s comments, it might be best to hear them for yourself before drawing this conclusion.   There are notable differences in the frequency responses of these phones that will be hard to dispute (although some will, this is HeadFi after all).  I think it is reasonable to...

I have had these for a little more than a week and have been going back and forth among the Z7, TH900, and D7000.  I think they are all somewhat cut from the same cloth and probably fans of one will be interested in the others. Here are a few rudimentary comparisons and some general impressions...

Totally missed this thread. Here is the official announcement of the TH500RP.   http://www.fostex.jp/news/437

Sorry if this is already old news:   http://www.fostex.jp/news/437       It will be at the Fujiya Avic Spring Headphone Festival, May 10th & 11th, in stores in Japan in July.     Fujiya Blog      

Some brief, first impressions   I stumbled across these on a recent trip to Tokyo and spent about 20 minutes or so with them and my iPod in a somewhat noisy setting. Keeping in mind the conditions and the very limited exposure, I thought they sounded quite good- a very full-bodied sound...