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Headphoneus Supremus
in a few days lindrone is going to be posting his review of the sensaphonics prophonic 2X soft. i thought now would be a good time for me to get this out...
if you love to listen to music with bass that you can feel and a full lush sound that you can fall in love with, assuming you are willing to take the time to find out which tips you like best and how to get the best fit, i believe that the e5c's very well could be the last canalphone you will ever buy.
that being said, their are models out there which exist, such as the sensaphonics and the ultimate ears that cost more. one look at the client list on sensaphonics website, and you can not help but think that Michael Santucci is doing something right. he is a renowned audiologist and founder and President of Sensaphonics for those unaware.
if you think i am writing this to keep my self assured the e5c's are satisfying enough, you would be partly right, i really am gonna try to stick with the notion that the e5c's are the end all be all canalphone for me. i have been praising the e5c's left and right and the more i listen to them the distance between them and perfection continues to edge towards nothingness.
i acknowledge the possibility that the sensaphonics could sound better than the e5c's. At nearly twice the price i really hope they would.
but for them to sound better than the e5c's, it would not be better in the same sense that the e5's sound better than the e3's for me. with the e3's there was much more i was left wanting. with the e5's there is nothing i am left wanting. i have already said that almost every other possession i own does not satisfy in this same fashion. the only thing the sensaphonics could clearly offer me over the e5's is a custom molding that would not affect the sound signature of the earphone. and i have said before how the e5's comfort leave me feeling like a custom molding could not be any more comfortable. i even modded the memory cable to perfection for my ears and snipped just enough off of each tri-flange to create the perfect seal in each ear. i have personalized the e5's as much as possible.
but alas, at the end of the day we are all too often left asking ourselves, what will a few hundred dollars more get us? why does this point always have to come?
i think we too often we dwell on this. and i am going to start dwelling more as lindrone's review looms in the not so distant future. in an attempt to ease my mind, i am attempting to get everything out in this brutally honest post.
i really want to continue to think that the e5c's are the end of the road for me when it comes to canalphones. and with the sound they produce i see no reason why they should not be.
in a few days when lindrone's review of the sensaphonics comes out, i am going to read it with an open mind. but regardless of what i read, i am going to continue to fight it by asking myself, is perfection enough for me?
if i fail, i will get sucked into the vicious whirlpool of audio peer pressure and begin to start thinking of making a purchase which is not primarily inspired by my desire for a better listening experience. and this will not be a good thing.
thank you for allowing me babble and get this all out. i don't know if it made any sense, but i now feel much better and more prepared to deal with perils that lie ahead...
if you love to listen to music with bass that you can feel and a full lush sound that you can fall in love with, assuming you are willing to take the time to find out which tips you like best and how to get the best fit, i believe that the e5c's very well could be the last canalphone you will ever buy.
that being said, their are models out there which exist, such as the sensaphonics and the ultimate ears that cost more. one look at the client list on sensaphonics website, and you can not help but think that Michael Santucci is doing something right. he is a renowned audiologist and founder and President of Sensaphonics for those unaware.
if you think i am writing this to keep my self assured the e5c's are satisfying enough, you would be partly right, i really am gonna try to stick with the notion that the e5c's are the end all be all canalphone for me. i have been praising the e5c's left and right and the more i listen to them the distance between them and perfection continues to edge towards nothingness.
i acknowledge the possibility that the sensaphonics could sound better than the e5c's. At nearly twice the price i really hope they would.
but for them to sound better than the e5c's, it would not be better in the same sense that the e5's sound better than the e3's for me. with the e3's there was much more i was left wanting. with the e5's there is nothing i am left wanting. i have already said that almost every other possession i own does not satisfy in this same fashion. the only thing the sensaphonics could clearly offer me over the e5's is a custom molding that would not affect the sound signature of the earphone. and i have said before how the e5's comfort leave me feeling like a custom molding could not be any more comfortable. i even modded the memory cable to perfection for my ears and snipped just enough off of each tri-flange to create the perfect seal in each ear. i have personalized the e5's as much as possible.
but alas, at the end of the day we are all too often left asking ourselves, what will a few hundred dollars more get us? why does this point always have to come?
i think we too often we dwell on this. and i am going to start dwelling more as lindrone's review looms in the not so distant future. in an attempt to ease my mind, i am attempting to get everything out in this brutally honest post.
i really want to continue to think that the e5c's are the end of the road for me when it comes to canalphones. and with the sound they produce i see no reason why they should not be.
in a few days when lindrone's review of the sensaphonics comes out, i am going to read it with an open mind. but regardless of what i read, i am going to continue to fight it by asking myself, is perfection enough for me?
if i fail, i will get sucked into the vicious whirlpool of audio peer pressure and begin to start thinking of making a purchase which is not primarily inspired by my desire for a better listening experience. and this will not be a good thing.
thank you for allowing me babble and get this all out. i don't know if it made any sense, but i now feel much better and more prepared to deal with perils that lie ahead...