[Nocturnal310]

I like Neutrally fun headphones.

 

[thatwunguy]

I'd be curious to see the preferences for ideal/favorite IEM's of the people that voted

 

[walkingman]

Different headphones for different moods and genres.

 

[mosi]

Hell yeah, fun - Image X10 describes it perfectly... ah the joy of those little buggers

 

[catscratch]

Why is a warm/bassy sound fun? Why are neutral IEMs analytical?

A well and truly neutral sound is musical by definition. What people call an "analytical" sound is a coloration that stems from insufficient dynamic range and desaturated tone color. Both are colorations, and wouldn't exist in a well and truly neutral headphone, if there ever could be such a thing.

My personal sound is neutral tonally, dynamic, detailed, and above all else, fluid. The ES2 is a lot like that, though it could use more instrument separation, and better performance at the frequency extremes. Still, it has a very good midrange tone, rather HD600-like, is very dynamic, and is very liquid-sounding. Hopefully the UE11 or ES3X or whatever else I get my hands on next will have these virtues too.

 

[i_don't_know]

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Originally Posted by catscratch /img/forum/go_quote.gif Why is a warm/bassy sound fun? Why are neutral IEMs analytical? A well and truly neutral sound is musical by definition. What people call an "analytical" sound is a coloration that stems from insufficient dynamic range and desaturated tone color. Both are colorations, and wouldn't exist in a well and truly neutral headphone, if there ever could be such a thing. My personal sound is neutral tonally, dynamic, detailed, and above all else, fluid. The ES2 is a lot like that, though it could use more instrument separation, and better performance at the frequency extremes. Still, it has a very good midrange tone, rather HD600-like, is very dynamic, and is very liquid-sounding. Hopefully the UE11 or ES3X or whatever else I get my hands on next will have these virtues too.

To achieve something like that, the headphone would basically have to actively EQ itself to work with every sound that passes through.

Sounds like something to think about in the future. It would basically require the drivers to be somehow automatically tuned at lightning speeds.

 

[Spad]

Are head-fiers fun? I take it you've never seen me dance.

 

[Young Spade]

i chose "fun" with treble as my choice. I have Super.fi 5s and I'm always putting the Treble Booster EQ setting on my ipod on.

 

[PortaDiFerro]

Music should be listened to fun and little extra bass never hurt anybody!

 

[John E Woven]

my ideal iem would be the lows of the triple.fi, highs of the er4p, in the formfactor of an se530, for the price of a ksc75.

 

[Feather225]

I like more detail and forward, yet balanced sound from IEM, and most importantly, Isolation...

 

[40760]

I must say I love my sound to be true and transparent or neutral.

My i-Qube, ER4P/S and ESW10 does just that. And to make things better I have an 80gb iPod Video with Vinnie.

 

[MythNoob]

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Originally Posted by forsberg /img/forum/go_quote.gif Definitely fun for me. I like catchy music that has a nice beat. Girl Talk anyone?

I love Girl Talk and listening to it through my Shure's its a great match!

 

[thatwunguy]

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Originally Posted by PortaDiFerro /img/forum/go_quote.gif Music should be listened to fun and little extra bass never hurt anybody!

you've got it right

 

[4sound]

Analytical for at home listening for the detail; but if thats the case I'll use the big cans.

Walking around, out and about; "Fun" (as you call it) warm, bass and soundstage. I like my X10s for most everything else portable.

For me, analytical & portable doesn't make much sense. Again, this is my perspective.