i got mine yesterday. even out of the box, it sounds great. I also noticed female voice to be more involving, emotional. Very satisfied.

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Wow torptube, you are full of analogies! Yet your analogies delivers the message very clearly. Thats important. Thanks

Hmmm, I was planning to grab e-q7 then came this.  On what scale will you place both of them from 1 to 10? Is the SM3 very very very much better than e-q7? if it is then I dont have a choice, do I?

Well thats how i was using my earbud. I tested it with the sponge, doesnt sound good. then i tried with the silicon tip, still doesnt sound good. without any tips gives me the best sound. but yes, it has no isolation and not comfortable.

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Nvw2, can you give me an example of iem with a very good soundstage?

"Bass is important but but it shouldn't be overwhelming" Then you should avoid the eterna.

But is having a linear graph in the RMAA matters alot? Why I am saying this is because, if you look at RMAA of nokia 5230 and few others phone from GSMArena.com - GSM phone reviews, news, opinions, votes, manuals and more..., they do have linear graph as well. Even iphone 3gs seems to have...

Good morning, I own Nokia e90 and the earbud that comes with it, the nokia HS-47. I like the sound of this combo. When I was trying out sony E series with a cheap sonicgear earbud, I immediately hated the way it sounded. But I need a proper words for the sound so that when I am planning to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Roadsong I've been chewing on your post now since you made it......I got all excited over the S:FLO2 & up until this morning was ready to pull the trigger. But a combination of pragmatism (your post) & further research is making me inclined to follow your...

Quote: Originally Posted by 3X0 Clip+ and the RE0, save the rest of the money for a desktop setup. The sFlo:2 is actually pretty good for the money as far as portables go, but not worth the money over the Clip and Clip+. Never, ever buy a portable amplifier. totally agree...

I am planning to get RE0 as my first 'proper' iem. You guys think this would be a good choice for iem under $80 ? I do not prefer heavy bass.

Quote: Originally Posted by Squirsier Last bit of update, a month after purchase. Long story short, after testing the X's sound quality using wav files vs my standalone CD/MD deck (MXD-D400, granted not the world's best CD player, but good nonetheless and I also tested a portable CD...

Quote: Originally Posted by xnor harrypt, I don't think that it makes sense to buy a worse sounding device just because it has more space for flacs.. With 320 kbps mp3's you get about 95% of the original. Even very good sounding devices like the clip+ cannot deliver the original with...

Quote: Originally Posted by harrypt As I see it "audiophile" and compression are not really compatible. If the biggest SQ factor is headphones, then I believe the second biggest factor is file compression. Therefore most of these players, no matter how good they sound, are not really...

pmartel quates: "Listening to Enigma III on the way to work this morning was so close to my Kenwood PCDP it wasn't funny." Enigma was the first cassette that I bought to be played on my new AIWA gold cassette player in 1992. Now they are with Enigma III? I should repeat the same thing. I...

Thanks for all the feedbacks. Really appreciate that. Looks like I can't ask for an audiophile sound on portables without some sacrifices. I will do this: will look for a good headphone or iem for my budget, grab the clip+ or fuze for now and see how it goes. If thats not satisfying, then...

Good morning, I was going through this forums hunting for a player that sounds 'Exactly how it was meant to be in the recording studio'. I do not need extra bass, extra midrange, extra highs or whatsoever. Just purely the sound how it was meant to be. I also do not need video, touchscreen etc...

According to gsmarena audio test of all the nokia phones, looks like nokia 5230 gives the best result followed by nokia X3. It also shows iphone 3GS among the best phone in sound quality. (of course, they are referring only to the numbers and only to the phones that they have tested)

I went to sonystyle yesterday here in Malaysia. Good for me, they had A840 and S740. So I listened to A840 first. It was good. Then I went to S740, listened to the songs they had in the walkman with the stock earphone. I found S740 sounds better. So I told the guy at sony to put in the same...