First things first: this is my first review on Head-Fi. I purchased these a couple of weeks ago, and it was quickly apparent that they needed to burn-in. I don't know who said that BA's don't need the burn in time, but whoever said that never owned a pair of Westone W30's. So definitely give these at least 30 hours of burn-in before even listening to them.
For so long, I have missed the beautiful, smooth, sparkly highs of my Grado GR-10's. The W30's bring that back, and it really gets me excited! They're not really sibilant at all; I listen mostly to metal with various levels of recording quality, and I am not really having any problems with that. The bass is just about right, not too much and not too little. It's punchy enough to render faster double bass in some of my metal pretty well, and it has a good amount of character. Overall, the sound frequency is balanced just about right, without any one part overwhelming any others. The sound stage is more than enough for my purposes, but your mileage may vary.
It doesn't work out of your laptop; the hiss is still there, sorry. I got the Audioquest Dragonfly, and it's been working great for me. It works out of phones and stuff, of course it's still an IEM so that shouldn't be a problem. I really do like it out of the iPhone 6. The cable noise isn't bad, and it's very comfortable. I think the included tips are good, and it is more comfortable than the Sennheiser IE8 or Grado GR-10. I use the large, shallow silicone tips.
Anyways, I know I'm not adding too much to the information on the internet around the Westone W30's. I just wanted to say that they work very well for my purposes: power, progressive, and symphonic metal, and some orchestral/electronic video game music. Double bass is good, highs are very good, and it isn't too revealing for crappy recordings or MP3 files. Definitely would recommend for metal listeners.
For so long, I have missed the beautiful, smooth, sparkly highs of my Grado GR-10's. The W30's bring that back, and it really gets me excited! They're not really sibilant at all; I listen mostly to metal with various levels of recording quality, and I am not really having any problems with that. The bass is just about right, not too much and not too little. It's punchy enough to render faster double bass in some of my metal pretty well, and it has a good amount of character. Overall, the sound frequency is balanced just about right, without any one part overwhelming any others. The sound stage is more than enough for my purposes, but your mileage may vary.
It doesn't work out of your laptop; the hiss is still there, sorry. I got the Audioquest Dragonfly, and it's been working great for me. It works out of phones and stuff, of course it's still an IEM so that shouldn't be a problem. I really do like it out of the iPhone 6. The cable noise isn't bad, and it's very comfortable. I think the included tips are good, and it is more comfortable than the Sennheiser IE8 or Grado GR-10. I use the large, shallow silicone tips.
Anyways, I know I'm not adding too much to the information on the internet around the Westone W30's. I just wanted to say that they work very well for my purposes: power, progressive, and symphonic metal, and some orchestral/electronic video game music. Double bass is good, highs are very good, and it isn't too revealing for crappy recordings or MP3 files. Definitely would recommend for metal listeners.
