Tooki
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I've been listening to my JH16s and ES5s interchangeably for the past month or so.
The ES5 have much smoother mids than my JH16s. They just sound perfect with female vocals that I listen most to. However, I tend to listen out more for instrumentation in my music nowadays, that's why I prefer my JH16s. It feels like listening in a concert hall. The ES5s, on the other hand, feels more like smooth, lush vocals getting played right into your face.
Similar to how others have mentioned, the ES5 sounds better straight out from my Sansa Clip than my JH16s. I listen to it on the go, and with my uDAC2. ES5/DACport is just too analytical, everything is so clean that it hurts. Now I understand why HeadphoneAddict finds the ES5/uDAC2 going well together. The warmth of the uDAC2 helps to tame the ES5.
In any way, my personal favorite at a desk is still my JH16/DACport setup, Smooth and clean trebles, tight bass. I'm not a bass head, but if it's good and well-controlled bass, you can never have enough of it. The ES5 and JH16 are clearly different, and it's a personal preference thing that you got to listen to find out for yourself. I could do with one or the other, and I'll probably grow to like the signature of either of them. As an additional point: My JH16s had a 6 months head start, and by human nature, I was expecting my attention to shift to my newer ES5s. More often than not, I reached out for my old trusty pair of JH16s.
The ES5 have much smoother mids than my JH16s. They just sound perfect with female vocals that I listen most to. However, I tend to listen out more for instrumentation in my music nowadays, that's why I prefer my JH16s. It feels like listening in a concert hall. The ES5s, on the other hand, feels more like smooth, lush vocals getting played right into your face.
Similar to how others have mentioned, the ES5 sounds better straight out from my Sansa Clip than my JH16s. I listen to it on the go, and with my uDAC2. ES5/DACport is just too analytical, everything is so clean that it hurts. Now I understand why HeadphoneAddict finds the ES5/uDAC2 going well together. The warmth of the uDAC2 helps to tame the ES5.
In any way, my personal favorite at a desk is still my JH16/DACport setup, Smooth and clean trebles, tight bass. I'm not a bass head, but if it's good and well-controlled bass, you can never have enough of it. The ES5 and JH16 are clearly different, and it's a personal preference thing that you got to listen to find out for yourself. I could do with one or the other, and I'll probably grow to like the signature of either of them. As an additional point: My JH16s had a 6 months head start, and by human nature, I was expecting my attention to shift to my newer ES5s. More often than not, I reached out for my old trusty pair of JH16s.