Docterror
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The CIEM landscape sure has changed a lot huh. Apart from 2 or 3 fanboys, I hardly ever hear of Hidition anymore...
Apart from ONE (/3rd the price of Katana ) Fanboy, you mean
The CIEM landscape sure has changed a lot huh. Apart from 2 or 3 fanboys, I hardly ever hear of Hidition anymore...
Apart from ONE (/3rd the price of Katana ) Fanboy, you mean
Hey man, there is an option here with US Postal Service, where you can intercept the package before it is delivered to the recipient, and have it sent back to you. If the package has not been delivered yet, you can try if such an option exists with Singapore Post. May be you already thought about all those options and finally gave up. Just thought I'd let you know if you haven't.
It appears that the SE5 classified has been removed on Head-Fi by the mods.
I didn't send it to him. I met up with him personally under my very own block haha lol.
So nah I can't do anything about it now. But I'm glad the mods did something about it/ he removed it
Sorry to hear man, especially after you got hustled before and everything
Your selling price was really low, if I had known I would have gotten it and had it reshelled to a ref, lol.
does SE reshell the ult into ref ?
also how does ref sound compared to the ult ?
btw , the seller told me that the se5 was sold so somebody managed to get a se5 at a great price
On certain songs, Ult sound brighter, while on certain songs, Ref is brighter. Or you can say they give you different type of brightness.
Bass: The bass is actually very very similar, with a little bit more presence on the ult. The ADSR, capacity and bass detail are very almost the same between the two. Ult definitely not bass light compared to Ref or to any of my other CIEMs. It's a bit on the right side of neutral.
Mid: The Ult is the winner here clearly for me. It's more refined with better coherence and placement. Everything sounds more accurate and more natural. Ref. in contrast can sound not as clean (or overly detailed) due to the huge hump at upper mid region. But as I posted long before, If are a hardcore fan of vocals, or if you want to use Ref for mainly vocal listening. Ref's coloration definitely gives the presentation of vocals one of a kind. Extremely smooth, sponge like. But for me “neutrality/naturalness” is more important. Plus all the amazing characteristics of the mid is still retained in Ult.
Treble: Ref has a big cut at lower treble region (~6-8k Hz) giving the overall presentation a lot of warmth and sound space (y and z direction), while Ult is linear in this region, giving rise to a better focus of the imaging, and more accurate staging presentation. With that said, Ult's lower treble is still not perfect. It has a touch of thinness and sharpness, due to the non-linearity tuning from 5-9k Hz. So sometimes, it can gives you a little bit feeling of "hotness (sharpness plus the warmth of the overall signature)" in the music. So that's why I said on some songs, Ult is brighter/sharper due to lower treble, while on some songs Ref is clearer due to the upper mid, but neither the brightness/sharpness or clarity is presented via correct means IMO. Both Ref and Ult have superb treble extension up to almost 20k Hz, with Ult being a little bit smoother. Transparency and resolution are similar too.
Overall, I still find Ult has more "rights" than "wrongs" compare to Ref. Ult is definitely the more neutral one to my ears. Does it worth the extra money? for me yes. But I won't be surprised people prefer Ref. better. Both are still organic and natural for sure. Also an important note here, for people getting Ult, specially if you coming from Ref-burned-in brain, give it Ult sometime, because Ult has less "wow" factor compared to Ref on the first listen. But over time, I am confident you will find Ult is just more correct in Almost every way.
I didn't send it to him. I met up with him personally under my very own block haha lol.
So nah I can't do anything about it now. But I'm glad the mods did something about it/ he removed it
btw , the seller told me that the se5 was sold so somebody managed to get a se5 at a great price
Well, I emailed SE and the final price for reshell + shipping is around the backyard of 500 Euros. Man...
it's 460 euros with shipping and new connectors/cable
it's 410 euros with shipping and new connectors/no cable
so yeah it's expensive
or you can take out the warranty transfer and it's 150 euros less , so 260 euros for the reshell
which is ok i guess....
No it's an ownership transfer fee, you can't take it out.
well to be fair , both Noble and EE have similarly priced reshells
this is why i respect so much @piotrus-g , his prices are simply amazing , especially if you want to reshell one of his CA ciems.....
well to be fair , both Noble and EE have similarly priced reshells
this is why i respect so much @piotrus-g , his prices are simply amazing , especially if you want to reshell one of his Custom Art ciems.....