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New Head-Fier
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I love listening to music, all kinds. So much so that I was convinced there was a holy grail, I mean just spend a month or so reading reviews about which IEM, DAP, headphone, ad nauseum and finally you just need to do some experimenting on yourself to see what you like best. Most of my stuff is either ripped from CD's or 123 bps MP3s, an occasional WAV file and most are quite nice. But different, depending on the player/ IEM combo. All my players, a Sansa Fuse, a Walkman, and a Cowon J3 deliver very nice audio. The lower priced unit is less pleasant overall than the higher priced units. The middle priced unit is as expected somewhere between in audio performance.
I have a drawer full of IEMs. My favorite are my Monster Coppers, because I like the way they sound better than the rest. That doesn't mean the others are worse, just different in delivering the goods I personally enjoy. They're.all pretty close in most respects in so far as being able to provide a pleasant and comfortable listening experience, albeit again different.The Klipsch are nice, the Turbines are nice, heck even the Jamz are nice, just different nice. The Shure's are great but they're different sounding from the others, just different, not better. Finally, what sounds best on one DAP does not necessarily follow through to the others. What I like best with The Cowan isn't what works best for me with the Sony or the Fuze. Heck, the J3 is so sweet you can run a can with a string and find acceptable listening. It makes less good better. Now start adding this and that amp`... you get the picture .
I can see that this can easily be obsessive, perhaps I need to start an audiophile anonymous 12 step program. There's always different, but on balance the differences are marginal at best. That's my opinion, and I won't debate it, but if you are happy with what you've got or 95% happy, wait until what you've got breaks and then begin again.
I have a drawer full of IEMs. My favorite are my Monster Coppers, because I like the way they sound better than the rest. That doesn't mean the others are worse, just different in delivering the goods I personally enjoy. They're.all pretty close in most respects in so far as being able to provide a pleasant and comfortable listening experience, albeit again different.The Klipsch are nice, the Turbines are nice, heck even the Jamz are nice, just different nice. The Shure's are great but they're different sounding from the others, just different, not better. Finally, what sounds best on one DAP does not necessarily follow through to the others. What I like best with The Cowan isn't what works best for me with the Sony or the Fuze. Heck, the J3 is so sweet you can run a can with a string and find acceptable listening. It makes less good better. Now start adding this and that amp`... you get the picture .
I can see that this can easily be obsessive, perhaps I need to start an audiophile anonymous 12 step program. There's always different, but on balance the differences are marginal at best. That's my opinion, and I won't debate it, but if you are happy with what you've got or 95% happy, wait until what you've got breaks and then begin again.
