Empire Ears - Discussion & Impressions (Formerly EarWerkz)
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olddude
Headphoneus Supremus
Dean's cable assortment looks like my tips assortment. Costs more, though
Riverground - So glad I retired from photography (after 30 years) and became a teacher 22 years ago. I'm getting paid to teach from home, so other than having to learn new tech, and having a bit less fun (most of us like working with kids in person) it's not so bad. My district in CA looks to be planning a year of distance learning. We shall see what happens next year. Photography must be a pain right now, my heart goes out to you. Never easy to begin with, and now this.
Riverground - So glad I retired from photography (after 30 years) and became a teacher 22 years ago. I'm getting paid to teach from home, so other than having to learn new tech, and having a bit less fun (most of us like working with kids in person) it's not so bad. My district in CA looks to be planning a year of distance learning. We shall see what happens next year. Photography must be a pain right now, my heart goes out to you. Never easy to begin with, and now this.
The Nemesis seems to be really underrated in the EE lineup. Many people forget it also has dual W9 drivers although not tuned the same as in Legend X. Curious how the Nemesis bass will compare to Odin's bass.
I'd also like to know how the bass of HERO compares to that of Nemesis (which I also think is quite underrated)
amader7
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Actually, Nemesis has a bit more subbass than Lx which has a bit more midbass
Here's a small glimpse of Dean's cable madness in his quest to find the perfect mate for Odin:
I would like to offer my help, just in case you guys run out of hanger space.
Just drop me a pm for my address and rest assurred i would be more than happy to assist you with extra permanent storage space.
riverground
Headphoneus Supremus
That's really cool to know man!Dean's cable assortment looks like my tips assortment. Costs more, though
Riverground - So glad I retired from photography (after 30 years) and became a teacher 22 years ago. I'm getting paid to teach from home, so other than having to learn new tech, and having a bit less fun (most of us like working with kids in person) it's not so bad. My district in CA looks to be planning a year of distance learning. We shall see what happens next year. Photography must be a pain right now, my heart goes out to you. Never easy to begin with, and now this.
I hope things go well for you! Teachers are sooooo underrated.
And thank you! I'm trying to keep a positive outlook after things calm down even more. Hope I could do more shoots soon so I could afford more toys lol
Liberatus
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Wellp.
Side note, I'll be demoing Odin soon as local rep gets stock thankfully. See how the cable stacks up. I'm not a fan of 2.5mm but if there's a good adapter anyone can recommend to 4.4mm maybe it won't be too much of a detractor for me. Is Empire releasing a adapter specifically for Odin cable or just one they have already?
Side note, I'll be demoing Odin soon as local rep gets stock thankfully. See how the cable stacks up. I'm not a fan of 2.5mm but if there's a good adapter anyone can recommend to 4.4mm maybe it won't be too much of a detractor for me. Is Empire releasing a adapter specifically for Odin cable or just one they have already?
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mwhals
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My wife loves the look of Odin! She thinks Hero wording is hard to see on the darker swirled shell.
It sounds like yes.
From the official EE description:
”Stormbreaker is a standard equipped with a CNC silver Valknut y-split featuring a .78 2-pin connector with a 2.5mm balanced termination. 2.5mm to 3.5mm & 4.4mm Empire adapters are available.“
If it's metallic like all their other logos, it should glimmer and sheen in light while the rest of the faceplate is more of a gloss-matte. Personally, I prefer that sorta-camouflage effect where the logo reveals itself, rather than a louder, gold logo. There's also the fact that they've already done that black/white/gold scheme on the Merlin.
New review. I don’t know if this was mentioned yet.
https://www.headfonia.com/empire-ears-odin-review/
https://www.headfonia.com/empire-ears-odin-review/
riverground
Headphoneus Supremus
Not yet!
Just about to read it actually!
Been waiting for their review to come out.
Liberatus
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Hmm, recessed mids supposedly and very source dependent. Also many mistakes in that article. Headfonia was far off the mark on the Nio and others I've gotten that I've seen them review. I wonder how far off the mark they are on Odin because I'm definitely wanting beautiful clean mids and well presented not recessed.
Also says theyve got tip rolling and insertion issues.
Edit - But seeing Odin has vent holes is good in my mind, I was asking for that earlier before release. At least to some extent to help ears
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