flinkenick's 17 Flagship IEM Shootout Thread (and general high-end portable audio discussion)

[proedros]

  Yeah but my guess is top 3 would still be pretty easy, and if 50 people or more want to participate it would come down to who posts the right variation of the top 3 first. And it has to be challenging man, it's a $900 iem haha.

 
your prize your rules 

 
you can make it top-5 and if no one gets all 5 correctly , you could give it to whoever finds 4 etc
 
cheers

 

[flinkenick]

   
your prize your rules 

 
you can make it top-5 and if no one gets all 5 correctly , you could give it to whoever finds 4 etc
 
cheers

Yeah I was thinking something similar. Or I can just do top 10 and give it to the one who comes closest. Guess this will still require some thinking 

 If anybody has some experience with raffles or is a qualified logical thinker feel free to jump in.

 

[Kerouac]

Oh guys, I actually meant by the prediction all 15 correct. But I might consider just top 5. Only the first one would be too easy

So hold on with the predictions for now since some important ones are still coming along!

Haha, that makes more logic and that's why I asked: ''only #1?'' before
I thought maybe your intention was to make it an early bird contest, so I gave it a shot in the middle of the night

 
Top 15 (or even 10) correct would be a very hard job I guess. But top 5 with the rules: only one entry before # 15 is reviewed + the first one who gets it totally right gets this (wonderful & expensive) prize, seems very reasonable to me. But like @proedros mentioned: your prize, your rules!
 
Now, let's wait for the last 4 'mystery' contenders

 

 

[flinkenick]

 
Haha, that makes more logic and that's why I asked: ''only #1?'' before
I thought maybe your intention was to make it an early bird contest, so I gave it a shot in the middle of the night

 
Top 15 (or even 10) correct would be a very hard job I guess. But top 5 with the rules: only one entry + the first one who gets it totally right gets this (wonderful & expensive) price seems very reasonable imo. But like @proedros mentioned: your price, your rules!
 
Now, let's wait for the last 4 'mystery' contenders

Yes thanks after your post I realised it was unclear. My intention was the opposite, everybody needs to wait haha. Top 15 will prob be impossible, let's stick with top 5 for now.
 
Later at work I'll try to get the empty chart out so everyone can see the scoring.
 
For two iems I will need to wait 3-4 weeks unfortunately before I can announce them. One of them is confirmed and I think I'll announce it tonight. For the last one I have some contact with a company but nothing concrete yet, I hope to arrange something within 1-2 weeks.

 

[San Man]

Or, maybe make it where participants need to guess the top 3.  
 
Gather a list of the participants who guess correctly, assign them each a number, and use a RNG to pick the winner.

 

[Kerouac]

Oh, and regarding alternative titles (which you requested earlier), what about these?
 
- Shootout time: an in-ear odyssey
 
- The Dark Side of the Ear: a 15x IEM shootout

 

[crinacle]

Any chance for the W500 to make the list too? Seems like it's rather endgame material in bass and would be a good comparison to its competitor the Samba.

 

[jmills8]

Any chance for the W500 to make the list too? Seems like it's rather endgame material in bass and would be a good comparison to its competitor the Samba.

That is one of the worst iems and Im a basshead.

 

[crinacle]

 
That is one of the worst iems and Im a basshead.

 

 

[flinkenick]

  Any chance for the W500 to make the list too? Seems like it's rather endgame material in bass and would be a good comparison to its competitor the Samba.

 
Hi Crinacle, I had the W500 AHMorph a while back, but I was not a fan and sold it later. So that will be a no unfortunately.
 
But they are two very different sounding monitors, the Samba has a more reference signature; cleaner, higher resolving, with leaner notes. The W500 has a more forward signature with laidback treble and thicker notes, and a good deal more bass impact.
 

   

 
But this is always the best reply! Love that movie.

 

[jmills8]

I said it and many others said it in other ways sych as PM.☺

 

[crinacle]

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Hi Crinacle, I had the W500 AHMorph a while back, but I was not a fan and sold it later. So that will be a no unfortunately.
 
But they are two very different sounding monitors, the Samba has a more reference signature; cleaner, higher resolving, with leaner notes. The W500 has a more forward signature with laidback treble and thicker notes, and a good deal more bass impact.

 
Yeah our impressions seem to line up. I've auditioned the Samba and was very impressed with it; it was one of (if not the) most resolving CIEMs I've heard to date. The detail that gets blasted in your face is almost a little intense.
 
Out of your shootout, seems like the only ones that I haven't heard before was the Earsonics (not really interested) and the Warbler (very interested, but sadly no demo units nearby). if we're going by technicalities alone I'm willing to bet that the Deca, NT6-Pro and Samba would come out on top, though it'll be fun to see what else you got behind the curtains of this shootout.
 
Also loved the Lear BD4.2 too. Shame it's not going to be included (I assume), I'm a real sucker for the hybrid sound

 

[crinacle]

 

I said it and many others said it in other ways sych as PM.☺

 
Care to elaborate? At least let's have a good discussion going.

 

[flinkenick]

 
Out of your shootout, seems like the only ones that I haven't heard before was the Earsonics (not really interested) and the Warbler (very interested, but sadly no demo units nearby). if we're going by technicalities alone I'm willing to bet that the Deca, NT6-Pro and Samba would come out on top, though it'll be fun to see what else you got behind the curtains of this shootout.
 
Also loved the Lear BD4.2 too. Shame it's not going to be included (I assume), I'm a real sucker for the hybrid sound

Well if you've heard the Samba, the EarSonics S-EM9 is overall actually pretty close in every aspect with more bass impact. It has a bit more of a 'fun' tuning. The Warbler is something different altogether, but it's not been released yet. It's a pity there are no hybrids right now, one of them might be though I'm not sure yet.
 

   
Care to elaborate? At least let's have a good discussion going.

Alright guys, but keep it respectful

 

[Fiberoptix]

Wow! Good stuff. This will be fun. Would love to see the Prophile 8 in there.