davidhunternyc
Headphoneus Supremus
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I purchased my first set of IEM's, the Sennheiser IE8's, almost a year ago. After more than 500+ hours of burn-in I can honestly say that I am quite impressed with their sound quality straight out of my iPod Classic. I have ripped my CD's using Apple Lossless. As far as listening to my classical music recordings, I have not had any issues with sound quality, except of course, with my Beethoven symphonies. I have had the same CD's of Beethoven for years. For example, I have the famous 70's Karajan recordings and the Carlos Kleiber recordings. The problem with them is that their sound quality just doesn't measure up to my other CD's. The sound is dark and compressed and I find that I am not listening to this music that much due to the sound quality issues. Does anyone have any recommendations for recordings that are brilliant sonically as well as brilliantly performed? I have read that Claudio Abaddo's recordings are at the top of the heap but I have not heard them myself. Please weigh in with your recommendations. Thank you.