[mrip541]

  More=Better

 
I guess I'm just not convinced beyond maybe 3-4 drivers, in terms of technical necessity. 

 

[ubs28]

   
I guess I'm just not convinced beyond maybe 3-4 drivers, in terms of technical necessity. 

More drivers needs more crossovers hence it degrades overall sound quality. 

 

[Ripvanlink]

I'm certain many K10 owners, like myself, would rather strongly disagree with this statement.

 

[lookingforIEMs]

More drivers needs more crossovers hence it degrades overall sound quality. 

Canalworks L05QD uses 4 full range BAs and no crossovers. How bout that

 

[ubs28]

Out of all the multi driver high end speakers setups with dual amplifiers cost 10k each (40.000+ dollar setups) and mutlti driver IEM's, a single driver Sennheiser HD800 beats them.

I have also heard plenty of 3 way reference monitors being superior to much more expensive 7 way speakers.

So the more drivers is just hype. Crossovers do impact the sound by the way.

 

[Kerouac]

  My review of the 10BA, 5-way crossover Rhapsodio Solar:
http://www.head-fi.org/products/rhapsodio-10ba/reviews/14023

 
The Solar is a great totl iem indeed....

 
Prefering it over my 1p2 and V6 Stage atm

 
Hopefully I can also try it against the K10 and/or UM Mentor in the future...

 

[Kerouac]

There are three reviews on the savant posted on head fi and that topic is covered in the reviews.
Take a peek

Would love to hear the Savant also sometimes, especially the Pablo Prestige one that's in the contest right now

Unfortunately, even how hard I tried, I just couldn't find (using Bing) a password protected video providing me that BMW's kilometers

 

[flinkenick]

This is going to sound crazy, but could it possibly be that there are great iems using only 1-3 BA drivers and a simple crossover system, as well as more complicated designs with a lot of BA's and more crossovers? Or does it have to be one or the other.

 

[lookingforIEMs]

HUM audio's Pristine has only 2 drivers but uses some high quality crossover network that allows it to perform at TOTL level. At least the one I tried.

Out of all the multi driver high end speakers setups with dual amplifiers cost 10k each (40.000+ dollar setups) and mutlti driver IEM's, a single driver Sennheiser HD800 beats them.

I have also heard plenty of 3 way reference monitors being superior to much more expensive 7 way speakers.

So the more drivers is just hype. Crossovers do impact the sound by the way.

Yea depending on how well implemented the crossover is, it will sound a certain way.


And the HD800 aren't full sized speakers. They are headphones. Compare them to headphones. That would be a more fair fight. If u prefer the presentation of HD800s to that of hifi, well then that's a matter of personal preference?

 

[kindonanjaya]

with 8 drivers, Angie sounds little bit thick. It has full body mid range, clear high, but lack of low quantity.
 

 

[Cagin]

Would love to hear the Savant also sometimes, especially the Pablo Prestige one that's in the contest right now


Unfortunately, even how hard I tried, I just couldn't find (using Bing) a password protected video providing me that BMW's kilometers

the Savant contest prize is a universal fit Wizard designed one $800ish with Pablo red/plum faceplate, not a custom Prestige of it though $1600ish.

 

[whoever]

the Savant contest prize is a universal fit Wizard designed one $800ish with Pablo red/plum faceplate, not a custom Prestige of it though $1600ish.

No need to join the game, i'm going to win anyway !

 

[rawrster]

Out of all the multi driver high end speakers setups with dual amplifiers cost 10k each (40.000+ dollar setups) and mutlti driver IEM's, a single driver Sennheiser HD800 beats them.

I have also heard plenty of 3 way reference monitors being superior to much more expensive 7 way speakers.

So the more drivers is just hype. Crossovers do impact the sound by the way.

 
You are comparing different technologies to justify that one driver is better? For a fair comparison, you should compare them against the same technology except one having more drivers. I've heard some terrible single driver dynamic full sized headphones as well so you can't just say it is better.
 
I'v heard the majority of the headphones out there and a lot of iem's. I've heard some great multi driver iem's that beats every single driver iem I have ever heard. I've also heard some terrible multi driver one's where a decent single driver would be better. Unless things have changed in the last 2-3 years where I stopped paying attention to iem's single driver BA do have some limitations which is where mutli driver BA iem's come in place. Dynamic iem's are of course a different technology and typically do not have more than 1 driver with a few exceptions. More drivers is not hype however it is not automatically better either. 
 
Outside of a few full sized headphones, there really isn't that many that are more than one driver so I don't consider that a comparison with full sized and multi drivers. 

 

[Chodi]

 

I don't know about iem's with 1 driver, but I own iem's with 2 drivers (Parterre) and iem's with 12 drivers (UM Mason) and some with 4 drivers including the 846. I have come to the conclusion that the number of drivers in itself does not automatically mean better. Some of the most highly regarded iem's have only 4 drivers. I think it is all in the parts quality and the implementation of the design. 

 

[flinkenick]

With 1-2 BA's I was referring to the Final Audio iems that are regarded pretty high, although I've never tried them. I also read that studio monitor iems go up to $30.000 I believe and often use 2-3 BA designs.

But in the top of the audiophile market there are a lot of 10 BA+ designs that are regarded very high such as the Adel A12, K10, Layla, Mentor and I'm gonna include the Solar

Are you happy with the Mason, and have you ever compared it with the Mentor?