can someone who has owned zeus/phantom/legend do a quantity scale for lows/mids/highs ?
i find the Zeus to have enough bass for my taste while being very balanced/transparent , but i am still trying to understand how legend/phantom fare next to zeus in quantity , region-wise
something like if say zeus being a 7/8/9 (for R) and 8/9/9 (for xiv), then phantom is perhaps an 9/10/7 and legend is a 10/8/9 ?
anyone ?
The hypothetical proportions you came up with are fairly accurate if we’re talking strictly about quantity. Though, I’d say the Phantom’s midrange is on-par with the XIV’s, so it should be a 9 in that regard. It’s important to remember that the quantify of each frequency has a profound impact on the rest of the range. There are differences in presentation, spatial imaging, textures, body, etc., that define the overall listening experience more than simply
this frequency is louder than that one. For example, the Phantom’s treble is less energetic than the Zeus’s, but it also employs different peaks and dips throughout. Numbers like these can have some value to them, but they lack sufficient nuance IMO if you want to get a serious, better idea of the IEM(s) in question.
So if I whant an all arounder ans well balanced iem that sound good with edm and vocal acoustics. Probably phantom is a better choise?
I also cant get enough pleasure admiring the phantoms ability to reproduce the insane amount of quality bass and yet you saying the lx has even more of that.
I also find phantom to lack sparkles on top.
I compared it to my hd800s and they really shine sparkle and bells zing high.
On phantom you would simply hear it but no sparkle.
Phantom is great cause I listen 5h average a day. Would LX be fatiging over time?
Maybe its because I use single ended with dx200 amp1 that they dont sound that open enouf. And with amp8 all this little issue would be fixed and even the sparkle will show up?
Would ares 2, 8 wire make a sonic improuvement?
Well, the LX has more of it but it also has smaller midrange notes and a more energetic treble. So, it’s a matter of presentation and preference more than anything. You’ll be getting a wildly different signature aside from the bigger bottom.
I told you the Phantom will sound alien after the HD800.
According to many here, the AMP 8 would provide a much more open response. The Phantom is very source-dependent after all. Cable-wise, for added sparkle I’d recommend the Thor Silver II. It provides a clearer tone whilst maintaining the smoothness of the treble. I love the combination with the 4-wire and I’m sure the 8-wire will bring more out of that synergy. Though, the price concerns me.
Nic also recommended the Rhapsodio 2.98 a while back, so that’s worth keeping in mind as well.