Thanks I'll check them out. Nice collection too BTW
Your welcome
Tbh am surprised the missus hasnt expressed any concern about the growing collection of dangly things in the office wardrobe .. surely shes noticed by now. .
If its of any use heres impressions so far from this evolving collection of cough "Christmas decorations" cough ..
The Fidues A83s are the best example in the group of a well balanced bright and sparkly out of head IEM, sweet for female vocal but able to dig deep in bass with EDM. A83s are followed by the 808s which sound to my ears like a slightly scaled down signature of A83s , find the 808s much more comfortable for extended listening and user friendly when out and about. Wish they had detachable cables.. is that being ungrateful, spoilt and picky? Considering I picked these up for $39 I think so .. am still scratching my head over how much they offer per $
Then theres the Shozy Zero's .. warm, intimate ,musical, with tasty rich sounding bass, non muddied forward mids and pleasant slightly laid back treble with a hint of sparkle.. these have taken over the IE80s job of providing my crack EDM bass fix .. Zeros are also the most comfortable of the lot. They are so small the foam tips look ridiculous.. so light you hardly know they are there which makes their big rich sound rather paradoxical. The Zeros are the ones I enjoy taking to work and the ones I worry most about squashing when slothing on the couch..they seem more delicate than the others.. my precious.
The IE80s beat the Zeros on Soundstage .. the IE80s beat them all in soundstage! and also in bass but of a lesser quality of the more boomy muddied kind when dial is tinkered with. Have kept IE80s for their soundstage and am hoping that my next intoxicated purchase (last nights being the Sony MDR -XB90EX) is the QT5s or Shockwaves which will knock the IE80 off its post.
The Tenmak Pros are incredibly comfortable for extended listening almost beating the Zeros , what they lack in bass depth they make up for with a pleasing crisp, clear bright mids and airy treble, perhaps its also the brain knowing they sound this good for $26 and again they jumped up to next level sound quality when using a spare Fidue MMX silver cable! Maybe they seem even more mid and treble sentric because of an absence of bass or recessed bass if that is possible.. have done more tip rolling with Tennmak Pros than any others and discovered that a SHALLOW insertion using large bore silicons from the Easy M2s resulted in pleasing subwoofer resonance in my ear canals making the Pros sound even more balanced and impressive for such a pitance , and thats about as good of compliment as the Easy M2 will get compared to the value of some others in this collection so far. Have read great things about some of Easys IEMs but for me sadly the Easy M2 is not one of them..
I wont bother getting into the others as like my Xs theyve become stepping stones to better ones .
The not bad Piston 2 lead to the better balanced but slightly more dull Piston 3 and aaagh it all began thanks to the Skullcandy Inks (Their nagging inadequacies and horrendous microphonics started it all)
Hope these impressions are helpful
