Hey everyone I been lately a side from the ee forum thread being very focused on my next big move in audio gear....
But here what happend 3 weaks a go
I baught a used ee phantom uses it for 1 weak and felt in love with it. It was the best iem I ever heard it could reproduce all music just the way it was suposed to be played and on top of that with the perfect sound signature that I love.
Unfortunately I had to return the ee phantom cause they had a damage on them.
So what happend next I rushed to ee office and drove there with a big detour that I had to take of about 3hours. I am a truck driver so that fuel was on my own expense cause I really wanted to hear all 3 iems of ee Zeus, LX and Phantom. So I finally made it Devon gave me a warm welcome and I was very pleased it was a very unique experience for me because it was first time ever I been in a facility where custom high end iems were built and on top, thats where mine where about to be born to!
It was a really awsume that such unique opportunity can arise and I took about 4hours in auditioning comparing all the 3 leaders of the board. I was so concentrated on these 3 that I completly run out of time and didnt even tried the other option there was to try lol.
So in few words.
Zeus XR was the one that I found to be the most relaxed and easy and smooth sounding. For my taste it was to slow and not active and emgaging enough. I just didnt go along with it.
LX was a very good iem but I was expecting it to go supper low in sub bass ( lower than phantom) but thats not what I really felt. Bass and sub bass was there but completly different not like phantoms Ba driver. So I didnt go along with the DD driver eather my preference stayed again with Phantom. Though I was quiet surprise to hear the treble of LX is so far different from hd800s.
I mean my hd800s treble was alway strong and very piercing hirting my ears. It was never so with LX its smooth easy and gentle while at same time it does all the beutifull sparkles hehe.
K now the mighty Phantom.
@ctsooner22 and I. We have this similar love for phantom
This iem is very special I dont know how its possible but I think I now understand why its called phantom. It is capable of being as neutral to the source as you cant imagine. O am not saying its flat and unmusical. Its not lile that. At some point I was listening to my hdv820 and I just got stumble. I stoped the music and went with my hands to my ears and was confused cause I thought I was listening to my hd800s LOL but heck the iem was reproducing the exact synergie and sound signature of my hdv820+hd800s. I was like what .... At that moment I understood that phantom is always showing you exactly how your source sounds!
They are remarkable they have bass treble warmth super natural voices. They have everything!
I would say if your phantom sounding poor well thats because they showing you that your source is crap lol and some serious reupgrading is required hehe.
I also whant to add that what stood out the most for me from phantom is there bass. It is just pure joy and magic. When you listen to it you can be derived into deepest of all subs you can get and not only that it also has halucinating details and so much of it almost like its endless. Also it adds a sublime rumble in there to. I often mentioned on the thread DONT CHANGE THE ARES 2 cable doing so you lose the rumble of the sub bass
So yes I end up ordering a custom phantom
All black shell with fiber carbon plates and custom arts the tiger of my avatar in headfi
I also baught a EA audio Bespore cable ares II with a fiber carbon pentacon connector.
Also I would like to Thank Devon to have taken all the time it was needed to help me out chosing my perfect iem. It was a very important event for me and I am so happy it all went so well.
This one is gona stay for life I think
A few pictures of the ee selection
