VR6ofpain
Headphoneus Supremus
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So they sound 'good', but are the competative for $100? I mean you can get a lot of headphone for that price.
Originally Posted by Sordel I don't think that there was a clear attempt to mislead, although certainly people have found the name to be misleading. (That said, I don't suppose that anyone on these forums buys a headphone on the basis of their interpretation of the product name!) IE seems to be a fair designation for an earbud given that Bose don't make any other headphone that fits anything like that, and the silicone sleeves are indeed projected into the ear. Whether they are "not different than any other Sony or Sennheiser earbuds" I would find it difficult to judge, not having heard them, but that seems a bit like saying that an 880 is no different from an HD 650 ... just because their morphology is (very superficially) similar, doesn't mean that they are not completely different beasts. I note the point about the v-moda though. Will Earphone Solutions be stocking this as an audiophile product then? |
Originally Posted by atx I'm sorry but as I read your review of the Bose IE, I've always thought it was in your best interest NOT to like them (i.e. people would rather pick them up from a local retail outlet with return convenience than pay shipping from your shop), so I take your statement with a very large grain of salt, especially now that you're promoting the V-moda in the Bose thread. |
Originally Posted by VR6ofpain So they sound 'good', but are the competative for $100? I mean you can get a lot of headphone for that price. |
Originally Posted by Sordel Lekun, All of us who are sticking with the IEs know exactly where you're coming from ... I don't think I've read anyone who hasn't implied that they are muffled or muddy fresh out of the box, and a lot of people seem to take them back at that point. There are several of us now reporting that this effect is significantly diminished over time, however. Whether there really is a lot of detail in what I'm hearing as I type is difficult for me to check, but that annoying sense of a very reverberant, uncontrollable bass disappeared pretty much after the first few hours. Either it's burn-in (as I prefer to believe) or the brain compensated amazingly. There's no way that I would be sticking with these if they sounded as boomy as they did when I first got them ... they'd be in a drawer by now gathering dust instead of in my ears giving a nice account of Keith Jarrett's "Koln Concert". |
Originally Posted by Flavio T VR6ofpain, The vibes are scary good. We will post a review on the site but I can anticipate that its ranking will be a big surprise. I'm so confident, that we ordered a ton of them. Pretty soon head-fiers will be posting their impressions and I'm sure people will be in awe. I was... It still does not isolate as Westone and Shure but the sound for the price is "scary". It also does not loop around the back of the ear. Personally I prefer that design (around the back) but I know that people also like the simplicity of having the cables dropping straight down. I was skeptical because of the cool marketing and "jewelry like" appearance but they are for real. The vibe has a big 3-d sound. |
Originally Posted by swraman /img/forum/go_quote.gif I just bought a pair of these, and...they dont seem to live up to expectations. I just want to know if this is how they are suposed to sound (do I have a defective product?) There are almost no highs. The lows are extremely overpowering, with no EQ it sounds like the low and mid-low is the only thing playing. When I set my EQ (on my Zen Vision:M) to strengthen highs (+10db 13khz, +9dv 4Khz, +5db 1Khz), it gets a bit better but still doesnt sound like a normal no-eQ sound. On my PC, I have to set a extreme EQ to get it to sound "normal". This is what I have to set it to to get it to sound "Normal", (thats normal, not extremely loud highs) http://swraman.com/images/eq_triport_ie.jpg These dont sound ANYTHING like my Bose Triport headset (which Ive had for a couple years). That is what I am using as "normal". With that EQ on the headset, it hurts my ears because it is so high. Do the earbuds really soud like this? Do they sound better over time? I hope my product is just defective, id hate to see such a poor product put out by Bose. |
Originally Posted by swraman /img/forum/go_quote.gif ive tried all the different tips, they all sound the same. It sounds like playing music through a cheap subwoofer, with no satelites. its like they forgot to put in the high frequency speakers. Any other ideas? |
Originally Posted by jdimitri /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's supposed to make a seal. |
Originally Posted by swraman /img/forum/go_quote.gif I really want to get these preforming properly, i love my Triport headset, and I thought these would at least sound similar to them...but so far its just muddy bass. |