[olddude]

My wife has been good about all of this so far. I don't want to push it too far.

 

[Twitley]

Send well?
And which is messy?

The Sp 1000 + Zeus must send well?

I find the full balck, very staining

 

[ctsooner22]

wow, what a neat thread. Congrats to you all. CAn't wait to get my impressions this week. I have a blackout out car with stealthy rims (British Racing Green car with heavy metallic). I do love that look on the car, but for me, I'm going to get something different. It's really nice seeing you all sharing pics of your IEM's. Helpful for me going forward as I need to chose soon.

Some of these systems are just outstanding. Thanks for sharing again.

 

[olddude]

 

[ranfan]

Like mentioned before...wise choice...the Zeus XR is an amazing monitor


Nice to see you over here @olddude, it has been a while that I came across one of your (often fun and informative) posts since the good ol' Pono (Toblerone) days
Wow, the SP1000 with the Zeus XR, I'm very curous about that synergy (after the burn-in) later on. Please keep us informed...

A few days ago I picked up an EE Spartan ADEL + MAM in the classifieds (the price was just too good to resist). It will probably arrive next week and I'm looking forward to see how it will hold up to my other current monitors
I've got especially high expectations in the soundstage department.

The soundstage is very wide, and airy (quite literally, lol). With a proper seal, the sound is pretty great. Resolved, clean, and pretty clear. The bass response is good too. Compared to the Zeus, the Spartan has less treble extension. Definitely more suitable for treble-sensitive listeners.

I just got a stock black Zeus XR Uni and love the "color." Very low-profile. Since I walk with it, it's less apparent exactly what I have in my ears. It reminds me of those cars you see that are all black, black bumpers, black roof, black wheels, black interior. The housings certainly are nice and small compared to Shure 846 and JH Angie. Screams quality.

Right now it's busy being burned in on my Astell SP1000, which also needs burning in (again) as I've been using a 2.5 balanced cable with it and the Zeus has a 3.5 single end Whiplash cable. I'll give it about 50 hours and see how that sounds.

The opaque, and transparent black both look pretty, and nice. The updated smaller housing-size too. Makes it even more low-profile, and comfortable to wear. How do you like the sound so far?

It's a coincidence (?) that EE named their transparent black shell colour, 'Translucent Storm'. Because that's also how I'd describe the Zeus sound. An awe-strucking clear sound.

 

[olddude]

Full stealth, with my Sony Hybrid tips.

 

[NaiveSound]

Full stealth, with my Sony Hybrid tips.

They look so so big. Do they stick out a lot? Can you put them in your ears and send a few pictures on here? From different angles

 

[olddude]

Actually really small for how much is in them. Way smaller than Shure 846 and JH Angie. And no, no selfies.

 

[kubig123]

Actually really small for how much is in them. Way smaller than Shure 846 and JH Angie. And no, no selfies.

yes, considering the dimension of the 2 pin connector they looks quite small, big improvement compared to the previous version

 

[tim0chan]

The Sp 1000 + Zeus must send well?

I find the full balck, very staining

sorry mate, i dont understand

 

[olddude]

Yes, it's a good pairing. The full black part I don't understand. You like it, you don't like it?

 

[Dingding123]

Gratz on your purchase man! The Zeus looks great!

Actually really small for how much is in them. Way smaller than Shure 846 and JH Angie. And no, no selfies.

I find this a bit misleading though. Shure 846 is way smaller than Zeus. In fact, it's hard to beat Shure and Westone when it comes to who makes most compact and ergonomic BA universals.

As for the cable, you might wanna give Whiplash TWau a try.

 

[tim0chan]

Gratz on your purchase man! The Zeus looks great!



I find this a bit misleading though. Shure 846 is way smaller than Zeus. In fact, it's hard to beat Shure and Westone when it comes to who makes most compact and ergonomic BA universals.

As for the cable, you might wanna give Whiplash TWau a try.

Personally i preferred the redcore.
I also felt that the twau wasnt the most ergonomic cable....

 

[olddude]

I don't recall the 846 being smaller, but then for most of the time I used it it was with the Sensaphonic. In any case, while the Zeus is not as small as, say, my UERM, it is quite small enough for my uses.

 

[PinkyPowers]

Nice looking Zeus, olddude! Welcome to the EE family. I have a CIEM Spartan, and am currently borrowing Subguy's Zeus XR.

Both phenomenal earphones.