Quote: They sell AK100-111is for the same price with what? AK100-111is sells for almost ¥50,000 brand-new. F111 is ¥42,800. It wouldn't be far-fetched to say that the casing + cable costs around ¥7000. So it's likely that Parterre's price = F111's price + cost of cable/casing + cost of more...

To be honest 000 shouldn't be considered at all if ergonomics is what you're after. 000 is the stiffest, most microphonic, least comfortable FitEar cable around.   The SQ improvement 000 gives is quite audible to my ears though, so I don't mind dealing with the ergonomic issues.

Quote: Seriously doubtful, because the Parterre has multi-driver configuration. It also comes with 001 cable (+$) and pelican case (+$).   I'm predicting that the sales price of the Parterre will be around ¥60,000, Well, ¥59,800.

Quote: Nothing so far except this : http://fitear.jp/music/sp/parterre.html

Quote: ^This. The review did mention this; I should've translated it as well.   Kinda makes me wonder what kind of Anime music Suyama-san was listening to when designing the Monet.

Quote: Here's the outline of what the review says; the reviewer is basically saying :   - A lot of bass quantity-wise, but it is extremely detailed. He mentioned that the level of detail is maintained even at high volumes. He thinks that bass is Monet's biggest strength. - Dry and...

Quote: There is 002. It's basically 003 cable, but instead of L-plug 002 cable comes with straight plug similar to 000 and 001.

Quote: That's what 4.01 AM does to me.

Quote: I digested your post as saying basically "ER-4 and HF-5 is similar FR chart-wise, thus subjectively any difference in clarity is perhaps due to placebo effect".   I prolly misunderstood your post though.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but since when does frequency response graph have anything to do with clarity?   No matter how similar ER-4 and HF-5 are FR chart-wise, I'm sure as heck ER-4 still wins in terms of clarity over HF-5, especially during complex, fast passages.

Quote: Correct -- there are many other technical factors that could affect the soundstage of an IEM, such as the number of sound bores, diameter and length of sound bores, and driver tuning to name some.

Baby oil and, uh, personal lubricant works wonder when applied to ER-4's tips before insertion. 

I have never demo'd JH16 or ES5 so I can't really comment on those, but I have demo'd UM Miracle and I thought that the soundstage was pretty awesome.

Quote:   http://www.head-fi.org/t/597146/fitear-to-go-334-suyamas-custom-iem-made-universal/2010#post_9126690   Most of the changes listed there also applies to F111 as well, except for the stem/sound tube part obviously. So if we take Mr. Suyama's words at face value, the changes...

Quote:   Quote:   Yeah, the current batch is all sold out at both e-earphone and Fujiya-Avic. There are waiting list for the next batch already; it's highly unlikely that the delivery process will ever go back to normal (normal as in you can order it anytime and it'll be in stock...

Quote: You should try Head-Direct (HiFiMan)'s own RE-400 -- I listened to it recently and I'm pretty sure it has more bass than RE0. Sounds damn good too for the price.

Quote: Yes and no -- You can order 335DW from authorized shops like Jaben, but you can't use ear impressions taken by random audiologist. The ear impressions has to be taken by FitEar-authorized audiologist or expert.

You can also save money by buying 2nd-hand -- it will save you around $200 -- from Fujiya-Avic or e-earphone in conjunction with forwarding service like Tenso. I bought my F111 2nd-hand from e-earphone and it saved me $100 even though it is virtually the same as brand-new goods.

Ahahah, I probably shouldn't have used "prefer" then, as it might imply that you're a basshead :p   To clarify, neither W4R or SM3v2 have what I would say as basshead-level of bass; both does have more-than-neutral bass although W4R is more mid-bass focused whereas SM3v2 is more...

Quote:   Eh, I think cn11 is not trying to "attack" you, but merely questioning the basis of your recommendations, while also suggesting that you explain your suggestions a bit more specifically. And it's not like he was impolite. Rather than taking offense to his post, it'd be much nicer...

Quote: Correction : It has less high-end emphasis compared to F111 (most likely due to the usage of filter). But other than that it sounds exactly like what is shown in the graph; as for other aspects that can't be shown in the graph (like transient speed, decays and whatnot), AK100-111is...

Quote: LOL. Weird, you ask about ToGo!AK100-111is but have no idea what A&K AK100 is.   So A&K AK100 is a high-end portable player, and it is quite popular in Japan right now. Technically speaking, the ToGo!AK100-111is is tuned specifically to match the 22-Ohm output impedance of the...

I'd suggest, if possible, going to a proper electronic/music/headphone/earphone store that have some demo units in-store. Demo as many IEMs as you can, see if you can find one you like.   Anyways, if you're in no position to demo some IEMs, I doubt Westone 4R is what you are looking for in...

Quote: Not gonna argue with you there, it's your ears and what you heard might not be what I heard. To my ears X10's low-end is quite strong, nowhere near neutral.   But as far as I can tell the difference between X10 and W4R is where the bass is emphasized; X10 favors sub-bass and...

Quote:   Mr. Suyama is indeed famous for being a hardcore anime (and anime songs) fan ; He even specifically created a model, the Monet (along with the theme character) to fit the musicality of anime songs.   Quote:   I have. It's basically F111 that is impedance-matched...