qawsed
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$104.50, ordered to replace my stolen TF 10s...
Seems like the all-black Japanese version of these (Greenhouse GH-ERC-DMS) is on clearance or something in Japan. Converting from Japanese yen to US dollars, the price is about $55 USD? I suppose even with added shipping agent/international shipping fees it would be a pretty good deal for a TWFK-based earphone.
I really want to like these B2 IEMs, but I'm finding that they have a harshness to them that I would imagine is what people now call sibilance. I am finding it on the B2, but, surprisingly, not on the Etymotic HF5 that I have also started listening to over the last week.
Specific examples include:
Male vocals in Peter Gabriel, So; Don't Give Up and Mercy Street
Piano in The Monty Alexander Trio, Live At The Montreaux Festival
I listened to both of these CDs through Wilson Watt Puppies years ago and I'm pretty sure that I would have remembered if there was this kind of harshness in the recording. While the HF5 are definitely revealing of the high-frequency content, they don't have the harshness I'm hearing in with the B2 using the same source chain.
Source is Apple Lossless through Samsung Galaxy S 4G (Wolfson WM8994, DAC direct, 128x O/S, audio gain only) as well as Sabre DAC into NAD 310.
As much as I enjoy the easier-to-insert nature of the B2 over the HF5 and the somewhat enhanced bass, as I listen to a lot of Jazz and Fusion, this kind of sonic fault is very frustrating. I didn't see anything specific on resolution in the thread, though I might have missed something in my read of the last 70 pages
Any suggestions before I give up on them?
Seems like the all-black Japanese version of these (Greenhouse GH-ERC-DMS) is on clearance or something in Japan. Converting from Japanese yen to US dollars, the price is about $55 USD? I suppose even with added shipping agent/international shipping fees it would be a pretty good deal for a TWFK-based earphone.
Does anyone else feel the imbalance in frequency distribution over the channels in B2 ??? Higher-mids to lower-highs seem to come from right whereas lower-mids and higher-highs seem to come from left channel. In some music (especially trance), it gives a sense of channel imbalance whereas it feels perfect for genres like alternative,etc....
Haven't listened to these in a while. Crossover issues? Definitely didn't notice any imbalance issues. I've never read any issues in the DBA-02 either for that matter, which is identical, though I'm not discounting your experience. Perhaps it's a flaw, perhaps it's a sensitivity. Happen with other two ways ?