Tom22
Headphoneus Supremus
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Thanks for the info. That's somewhat disappointing. I guess I will see if I can adjust to the reduced bass and still enjoy all my music. The clarity is addicting. Though I will most likely end up using my CX300-IIs just as much as these new 400s... The CX300-IIs with Comply foam tips are pretty great. Which is depressing considering they cost less than a 3rd of the HiFiMan IEMs. I don't want to go anywhere near the EQ to make up for the reduced bass.
i would like to correct myself earlier after a/bing some more tips (i have better things to do but as probably many of you know of the common issue of procrastinating)
i reverted back to the stock biflanges (their small but they seal so deep into my ears, its like a good in between the really large bores and the sony hybrids/gr07tips
so now they have a bit more bass without completely losing out on the smoothness. kinda the best of both worlds
i find tips like the sony hybrids cut off some of the highs and smoothes over the entire sound giving the bass seemingly more emphasis (which i would think more people would prefer) its more relaxing to listen to
the wider bores open the sound stage more, its less smooth this way, i find the vocals a bit thin, however everything is better separated, vocals, instruments background music.
ONE MORE THING try wearing them over the ears, if you really want more bass look for a smaller tip (in the past i remembered i tried the orange sony hybrids( the smalls) and they go deeper giving more a bass boost, some other parts suffer (it was a bit more congested among other things) but at first i liked it cause of hte bass boost)
however it would probably not go anywhere near the cx300s you mentioned, i haven't tried those but i read a few reviews on them. their pretty v shaped and comparing the re400s to my turbines or my jvc fxd80s the bass is no where near in terms of quantity.
now i just enjoy the strengths of the re400s, which is superb clarity, the delicate treble, the very powerful mids, and the versatile bass-- best for more mid tempo music
just enjoy them both, both have their own merits. thats why i own a few iems (haha only a few)