DavidMahler
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I have not yet decided how I feel about the impactful bass of the Westone 3. Everything else about the monitor stands out as being nearly perfect. I just did as an experiment a simple EQ adjustment with the iPOD (no amp)......where I just put on the EQ setting Bass Reducer............I'm not saying it sounded instantly better, but it did sound almost identical to my UE10 pro except with a tad less bass and bit more sparkle up in the treble region. If you own the Westone 3 and would like to have some idea of what the UE10s sound like, try this setting with you ipod. The UE10s are tad more bassy than this, but not distinctly so. Also the UE10s are slightly less grainy.
I do not own the UE11s, but I suspect the UE11s sound quite similar to the Westone 3 which is basically a UE10 with subwoofer capability and a bit more treble extension.
I know someone who owns both the UE11s and Westone 3 is going to chime in and beat me up for making such a "ridiculous assumption".........but I already own the UE10 which is more than twice the money of the Westone 3 and I am very willing to call them equals......However the UE10 is simply more neutral and more accurate, if that is important to you then the Westone 3s will never match them......but again if you'd like to hear something sorta similar to the UE10s try the bass reducer eq setting on the iPod with your Westone 3s
Also......try this setting particularly with classical music, I think the setting is wonderful classical music, though again, the flat EQ is also wonderful for all music I've tried.
Dave
I do not own the UE11s, but I suspect the UE11s sound quite similar to the Westone 3 which is basically a UE10 with subwoofer capability and a bit more treble extension.
I know someone who owns both the UE11s and Westone 3 is going to chime in and beat me up for making such a "ridiculous assumption".........but I already own the UE10 which is more than twice the money of the Westone 3 and I am very willing to call them equals......However the UE10 is simply more neutral and more accurate, if that is important to you then the Westone 3s will never match them......but again if you'd like to hear something sorta similar to the UE10s try the bass reducer eq setting on the iPod with your Westone 3s
Also......try this setting particularly with classical music, I think the setting is wonderful classical music, though again, the flat EQ is also wonderful for all music I've tried.
Dave