In my humble opinion, the KS1500 is playing in a different field versus most TOTL. It is just faster, clearer, more transparent, more resolving, bass is impactful and super tight and layered, etc. You can feel it is a different technology...and a better one. This being said :
In case you guys missed it, Lime Ears have finally announced their latest release: The Model X!
Before anything else, I have to commend @He Is Emil for going against the grain; lower driver count, lower price, and new tech. Bravo! Secondly, I have to express disappointment that you missed out on an opportunity for a Tesla Model X pun; I expected better from you, Emil.Thirdly (and finally), now considering the fact that the prototype I tried (and loved) at CanJam SG 2017 was a four-driver model that's two-thirds the price of the Aether, a second audition is the only thing keeping Lime Ears from taking another dime off of my hands, and they are getting dangerously close.
Hope nice guys and gals from Elons team wouldn't mind. B-)
Thanks for sharing!My review of the Effect Audio Eros II is up:
https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/ef...-5mm-straight-plug.22263/reviews#review-19295
Thanks! Ah yes, of course, you got the Eros II with the giveaway, right? I hope you are enjoying it. I have certainly enjoyed using it for a bit.
Hehe, I have been bouncing off the walls today as well. Too much happening and now I just heard from Vision Ears that they will soon have their entirely line available for a demo at my audiologist here in London... Poof! There goes the last bit of focus.
Listening to the LCD i4 currently. As impressive as it is, I feel the statement "it sounds like a full-size, open-back Headphone" is a bit exaggerated. I would say, it's presentation sits somewhere between a large-stage IEM and an open-back headphone. But it is not full size headphone material yet, because it still delivers the sound through a nozzle and you can't cheat physics.
That said, i4 definitely offers a different feel and presentation compared to an IEM. An open back and airy stage, but the instruments themselves are not presented farther away. So in terms of instrument placement, it is fairly similar to large-stage IEMs like W900 or A18. But the open back feeling is what is different on the i4 than a typical IEM. It will be interesting to compare this and my Zeus with Fully-Open MAM.
Actually one thing it does quite similar to a full size HP is the image size of bass instruments/notes. It's definitely larger than the bass images created by IEMs. That and the quality of the bass itself is the best I have heard. Yes, better than Fourte's bass. I love Fourte's bass equally, but for different reasons. I need to do some tip rolling to see how things change. But for now, those are my first impressions.
