First review on head-fi ever. I don't have much to say less the ratings that i've came up with below. Don't take my review seriously though. Different ears, different sound impression. But what i do like about the CT-500E is how the lows/mids/highs work together cohesively. They don't bleed into each other. It makes the CT-500E analytical in a sense but more to the musical kind. For it's kind of price tag, some might think it's ridiculous. Then again, what kind of price tags are ridiculous for us head-fiers right? Hah.
Build quality: 9.5/10 (Real solid build!)
Customisability: 10/10 (Head over to their website to do the online customisation. They've tons of options.)
Comfort: 9.5/10 (Sometimes i feel like i forgot it's in my ears. Seriously.)
Isolation: 9/10 (It breaks up the isolation on a rare occasion. But i guess that due to the mold.)
Highs: 9/10 (Not too sparkly for me. It's just there)
Mids: 10/10 (The perfect treble nuff said)
Lows: 9.5/10 (Accurate bass representation.)
Soundstage: 9/10 (The vocals might be too forward for some.)
Channel Separation: 9/10 (Maybe due to my DAP? I'm using the Luxury & Precision L5 Pro)
Musicality: 9/10 (Is this even considered an actual rating? Idk.)
In the end, The CT-500E is the kind of CIEM i'm looking for in a really long time. I've tried other brands such as EarWerks, CustomArt, HUM, Jomo, InEarz, 64Audio, Cosmic Ears & other CIEM series from CTM but i guess my ears just loves the CT-500E (Besides the Spiral Ear VE5 Ultimate
).
Build quality: 9.5/10 (Real solid build!)
Customisability: 10/10 (Head over to their website to do the online customisation. They've tons of options.)
Comfort: 9.5/10 (Sometimes i feel like i forgot it's in my ears. Seriously.)
Isolation: 9/10 (It breaks up the isolation on a rare occasion. But i guess that due to the mold.)
Highs: 9/10 (Not too sparkly for me. It's just there)
Mids: 10/10 (The perfect treble nuff said)
Lows: 9.5/10 (Accurate bass representation.)
Soundstage: 9/10 (The vocals might be too forward for some.)
Channel Separation: 9/10 (Maybe due to my DAP? I'm using the Luxury & Precision L5 Pro)
Musicality: 9/10 (Is this even considered an actual rating? Idk.)
In the end, The CT-500E is the kind of CIEM i'm looking for in a really long time. I've tried other brands such as EarWerks, CustomArt, HUM, Jomo, InEarz, 64Audio, Cosmic Ears & other CIEM series from CTM but i guess my ears just loves the CT-500E (Besides the Spiral Ear VE5 Ultimate
).
