Matthewwickes
New Head-Fier
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Morning all
My set up is an iBasso DX80 > Centrance Mini-M8 > B&O H6 (second gen) with upgraded cable.
For many years I'd had IEM's but sold my Flare Audio R2ss a year ago as they were hurting my ears.
I'm going to be commuting again regularly so picked up a pair of Westone 4R's. My first impression was I couldn't believe how flat and closed in they sounded in comparison to the H6's.
I know that sounds obvious when comparing headphones to IEM's but I was really disappointed how much 'worse' I found them.
I listened to the 4R's every day for a month to give them a fair go, then swapped back to the H6's this morning. Once again my music had space, life, dynamics and just sounded better.
Obviously the 4R's are great for portability and isolation, but seem to be too much of a compromise on SQ.
I wonder if anyone else had found this going from headphones to IEMs? Maybe I'm not being fair to the 4R's, and not appreciating their sound properly?
My set up is an iBasso DX80 > Centrance Mini-M8 > B&O H6 (second gen) with upgraded cable.
For many years I'd had IEM's but sold my Flare Audio R2ss a year ago as they were hurting my ears.
I'm going to be commuting again regularly so picked up a pair of Westone 4R's. My first impression was I couldn't believe how flat and closed in they sounded in comparison to the H6's.
I know that sounds obvious when comparing headphones to IEM's but I was really disappointed how much 'worse' I found them.
I listened to the 4R's every day for a month to give them a fair go, then swapped back to the H6's this morning. Once again my music had space, life, dynamics and just sounded better.
Obviously the 4R's are great for portability and isolation, but seem to be too much of a compromise on SQ.
I wonder if anyone else had found this going from headphones to IEMs? Maybe I'm not being fair to the 4R's, and not appreciating their sound properly?
