[Deferenz]

I have seen a few others say that the 1950 pairs well with the Legend X. Have you tried the Iliad with the Legend X and if so how would the describe the difference between it and the 1950 in this pairing?

 

[SeeSax]

I have seen a few others say that the 1950 pairs well with the Legend X. Have you tried the Iliad with the Legend X and if so how would the describe the difference between it and the 1950 in this pairing?

I have not directly A/B'd the Iliad and 1950 with the Legend X, but I have used both on there and prefer 1950 or the Plato from Iliad a little more. Not night and day of course, but the Iliad adds more bass impact than the 1950 and I think the Legend X can stand to do without that. Treble-wise, they're pretty similar with maybe a tad more sparkle out of the Iliad, but trying to extract treble energy from the Legend X is like getting blood from a turnip (in my opinion of course). Plato on the other hand tightened up the bass, brought clarity to the mids and provided a clear, airy treble that I enjoyed. @Eric Chong wrote up some thoughts in a PM to me on the Plato vs. Iliad with respect to the Legend X, so with his permission I can share those.

Cheers,

-Collin-

 

[Eric Chong]

I have not directly A/B'd the Iliad and 1950 with the Legend X, but I have used both on there and prefer 1950 or the Plato from Iliad a little more. Not night and day of course, but the Iliad adds more bass impact than the 1950 and I think the Legend X can stand to do without that. Treble-wise, they're pretty similar with maybe a tad more sparkle out of the Iliad, but trying to extract treble energy from the Legend X is like getting blood from a turnip (in my opinion of course). Plato on the other hand tightened up the bass, brought clarity to the mids and provided a clear, airy treble that I enjoyed. @Eric Chong wrote up some thoughts in a PM to me on the Plato vs. Iliad with respect to the Legend X, so with his permission I can share those.

Cheers,

-Collin-

Oh please do go ahead with the sharing Though it's my personal preferences and listening experience, no doubt it should help clarify some doubts. Now that you've mentioned a spreadsheet...i think @mvvRAZ has one cables spreadsheet in secret too

-Eric

 

[mvvRAZ]

@SeeSax @Eric Chong I've been exploring some ideas about the cable spreadsheet but it's looking more and more like a brand commentary than a cable ranking... considering it's all about the different combinations and pairings it's quite hard to flat out rank cables on anything but build quality. And the problem with build quality, is that it tends to be pretty much on a per-brand basis. The way pretty much all Empire IEMs have the same shell, most cables by a given brand have a similar build (with notable exceptions of course)

 

[yong_shun]

Review for Eletech Fortitude is now online on The Audiolocheese:

https://www.theaudiolocheese.com/post/review-eletech-fortitude-ac-cu-rate-and-cu-mulative

 

[Eric Chong]

@SeeSax @Eric Chong I've been exploring some ideas about the cable spreadsheet but it's looking more and more like a brand commentary than a cable ranking... considering it's all about the different combinations and pairings it's quite hard to flat out rank cables on anything but build quality. And the problem with build quality, is that it tends to be pretty much on a per-brand basis. The way pretty much all Empire IEMs have the same shell, most cables by a given brand have a similar build (with notable exceptions of course)

All the more exciting and challenging since nobody had thought to compile that before. It's gonna take tonnes of work lol. This reminded me of Nic ...

Review for Eletech Fortitude is now online on The Audiolocheese:

https://www.theaudiolocheese.com/post/review-eletech-fortitude-ac-cu-rate-and-cu-mulative

Awesome! Thank you for the review!

-Eric

 

[yong_shun]

All the more exciting and challenging since nobody had thought to compile that before. It's gonna take tonnes of work lol. This reminded me of Nic ...



Awesome! Thank you for the review!

-Eric

you are welcome! I enjoy myself very much with Fortitude. Cannot wait to have more listening with other models!!

 

[Deferenz]

It doesn’t look like Canjam will happen in London. So I won’t get to try the Eletech cables.


The UK government has issued new measures. All pubs, restaurants cafes, theatres, cinema, nightclubs, leisure centres and gyms to close as of tonight. Essentially any place where people meet for leisure or social purposes.

 

[mvvRAZ]

It doesn’t look like Canjam will happen in London. So I won’t get to try the Eletech cables.


The UK government has issued new measures. All pubs, restaurants cafes, theatres, cinema, nightclubs, leisure centres and gyms to close as of tonight. Essentially any place where people meet for leisure or social purposes.

Yeah I don’t see how any kind of trade show can happen anytime soon

 

[olddude]

Nice review of the Fortitude. And since I am now locked in my house here in California for the next undetermined time, hopefully Eric will get one to me when he can.

As to CanJams, I wouldn't expect one anywhere else this year. That bird has flown.

Everyone stay safe and eventually this too will pass. In the meantime we can listen to our music.

 

[Eric Chong]

It doesn’t look like Canjam will happen in London. So I won’t get to try the Eletech cables.


The UK government has issued new measures. All pubs, restaurants cafes, theatres, cinema, nightclubs, leisure centres and gyms to close as of tonight. Essentially any place where people meet for leisure or social purposes.

Yeah I don’t see how any kind of trade show can happen anytime soon

Still hoping for miracles or perhaps a postponement of date rather than a full cancellation. Dang, the team was really really looking forward to London - more so than our own SG Canjam

Nice review of the Fortitude. And since I am now locked in my house here in California for the next undetermined time, hopefully Eric will get one to me when he can.

As to CanJams, I wouldn't expect one anywhere else this year. That bird has flown.

Everyone stay safe and eventually this too will pass. In the meantime we can listen to our music.

Soon definitely! We'll trying our best to get things churned out!

Stay safe buddy, let's hope we have same semblance of normal in the 2nd half of the year! That said, we will have more time to R&D and bring out impressive gears when the shows finally resume

-Eric

 

[Deferenz]

Hello out there. The UK is now in Lockdown. You can only leave your house for essential food or medicine. You can drive to work if that work place is essential and you are allowed to leave once a day for exercise i.e. a walk or a run.

To coincide with this I have been infected with chicken pox. I never had it as a child. The first stages of this pox is flu like symptoms; high temperature, heavy fever, lethargy, aches and pains. You can image my thoughts at this point as they are nearly the same as Covide-19 and I had no idea what I actually had at that point.

I can’t listen to my Trio or LX because my ears, just like the entire rest of my body, is covered in ferocious spots. At the moment I just have to remember how good they sound!

Keep safe everyone

 

[olddude]

Chicken pox? Bad enough to get it as a kid. Feel better.

I've been on lockdown for two weeks. We can go out to exercise as long as we stay 6ft away, but I wouldn't be putting my hands on any kind of exercise equipment. I see walkers, runners, bikers and dog walkers.

This is going to be the new normal for a while. Everyone stay in and stay healthy.

 

[Number9redreD]

It doesn’t look like Canjam will happen in London. So I won’t get to try the Eletech cables.


The UK government has issued new measures. All pubs, restaurants cafes, theatres, cinema, nightclubs, leisure centres and gyms to close as of tonight. Essentially any place where people meet for leisure or social purposes.

Aw man, that sucks. I missed it last year and was really hoping to catch it this time. But hey, safety first right?

p.s. I hope you get well soon.

 

[SeeSax]

@olddude greetings from another Californian on lockdown. Stay healthy!

@Deferenz feel better soon!

-Collin-