I am reporting back after another round of burning in. This time I maxed out the volume on my Sony zx1 (15mW single ended output, so it isn't much around 120dB) to run the ex1000 for 20 hours. The sibilance had again reduced by a significant amount. I know this is not my imagination because I...

My friend don't be stressed, I'm just kidding and trying to hype things up :L3000: :L3000:

Just like er4B is for me :L3000: You need to tell us more, esp how ex1000 is compared to z1r. It is irresponsible to drop a bomb like that. I need to know what my ex1000 is capable of!

Thats awesome! I also notice the bass had extended deeper. Since the last 10+ hr burn in I had stop as I want to focus on burning my headphone first. I don't want to just leave the ex1000 there and burn itself without me watching it grow. By the way you really want to tone down a bit on ur...

Guys I just got my w5000 which I'm still burning it in. It sounds amazing alright but everyday it sounds subtly different, sometimes better. Today I stopped the burning in and let it sit for a day and then it sounded worst after the rest! How long is it going to take to stabilize?

Out of the box the Ex1000 sounds like music from an old school radio receive, with serious treble roll off. Over a few days the roll off went better and stabilized. I thought that was its sound, i.e. having significantly less detail than my Er4 and sometimes sibilant. I was starting to enjoy...

These are my first dynamic driver headphones. Is that normal for dynamic driver IEM/headphones to require so many hours of running in? That seems not the case for balanced armatures. I remember my Er4B came out of the box just fine :L3000: and had not change much since I unboxed them

Recently I was burning-in my new ad2000x from Audiotechnica. I thought to myself, why not?? and then I plug in the Ex1000 along with it to the Hugo. At this point I already had ~50 hr on Ex1000 and it still has some nasty peaks. So I was running them initially for 10 hours overnight at high...

Yo guys, an update: After a few days of listening, I find the driver of these headphones very capable. Layers of instruments are well separated and the sound staging is spacious, with layers properly placed. The treble extents high up while never sounding harsh. I don't think my Hugo has enough...

I think the ad2000x is almost as forward as the er4's, which is very forward. I can only listen at a low volume to get the soundstage and spacing right, else it sounds like an IEM i.e. with the vocal localization being right in the centre of the head and compressed sound-staging. That said I...

After some listening tests I end up settling with the ad2000x. Thanks for the comment, @BattousaiX26 :L3000: I listen to mostly jpop and female vocals. I've been listening exclusively to the Etymotic ER4B for decades now (if you don't already know it is a BA IEM known for its ruthless amount...

Hello everyone, I just got an ad2000x on loan to me. I absolutely love it for the female vocal and the openness. The only point where I have doubt is the price. Does it stack up against other headphone of the same price category (~USD800)? If I value the the openness and vocal a lot, is it...

Hey everyone :L3000: I am looking into getting my first Stax. I have a moderate budget of around 2k+-1k usd for a headphone and the driver. I prefer a balanced tuning suitable for variety of genres. Where should I start my research? The SR-L700MK2 seems like a match for my budget but the...

Hey guys, I have written up a review concluding my thoughts on the Mdr-Ex1000. Feel free to chime in and discuss.:L3000: https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/sony-mdr-ex1000.13158/reviews#review-26672

Hello, I'm from Munich and would love to join the meet up. Anything had happened yet? For gears I have only limited number of IEMs to offer.

I was struggling to understand why these earphones sounded so good to me despite it being not as detail as a balanced armature one. I think you are probably right, the reason is the macrodynamic and the tonality. The music coming out of the EXK's are very engaging and comfy. Playing tracks that...

After a few weeks for listening I still cannot say I fully understand the nature of this amazing little device. On my er4B it is extremely detailed, very well controlled treble and hard-hitting bass and detailed sub-bass. This is not at all easy to come by as only a well driven 4B would have a...

Sorry about your EXK, hope it will get well soon:head_bandage: You don't need to open it up! You can use tweezers to pick them out. I once saw a post on Chinese forum that they have found a store on Taobao selling these foam replacement for EXK. If you are interested I can dig up the post for you.

Nice find there:L3000: A friendly note tho for those interested: Looking at the auction history for EXK's on Yahoo Auction (using aucfan.com), these things go usually for around 40k yen (360USD) at this condition these days. The staring price is kind of irrelevant, seeing that it has already 14...

When I buy my EXK I had missed an unopened EXK's offered and eventually sold at $650:L3000: But then I won't be confident enough to pull the trigger, as I have never listened to a EXK before. Now I probably would buy it straight away at this price! The EXK has been shooting up in price in Japan...

I have done some more listening now and here's some update on sound quality:L3000: I mentioned that the detail was lacking compared to er4B but it is not the case anymore. Turns out the detail retrieval is quite good after a few tens of hours of burning in. Plugging into a Hugo I do not see a...

Hi :darthsmile: I was very lucky to find one on the Yahoo auction Japan and got it through proxy. Sorry to disappoint you but no there is no stock anywhere.

I must say they sounded terrible out of the box. Lacking detail with treble distortion. But the sound stage and separation is pretty good :L3000: Lets see how it goes after some burning in.

Yo guys! :L3000: I just got my ex1000. Plugged into my zx1. Coming from high Ohm IEM, I notice a slight hissing on quiet tracks. Is this normal? Anyway around it?