elvergun
Headphoneus Supremus
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The Nano battery is rated for 70 hours of use!
Wow...impressive.
The Nano battery is rated for 70 hours of use!
Wow...impressive.
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I am somehow not ready to part with the larger iCAN amp yet as I still have my Sony's....but maybe I will find that I do not listen to them enough to justify having them around. Time will tell, and/or my curiosity will kick in and I will want to try another set of headphones that the Tera can't drive.
I tried to like IEMs, but the best I could do was to tolerate them. I could never completely switch to an IEM. I own a couple of them for travel and portable needs -- gotta love how much SQ you can fit inside a jean pocket with them little suckers.
I could never get used to iems that I had to stick way down into my ear canal in order to get a good seal. But these JVCs sound amazing with a light seal while just sitting in my ear outside the actual ear canal. They do not block sound as well as an iem that sits deeper in the ear, but they do block some sound, and they are much more comfortable than any other iem I have used. People on other threads have compared them to a lot of top of the line full sized headphones, and I can see why. For example, someone compared the soundstage to the K1000 and someone else compared the bass to the LCD2.
The sound of the JVC HA-FX850's are just that good, especially out of my Tera. I may not keep any of my other gear.
Well, if you like the FX850 so much...I'm looking for a used MA900.
I tried to like IEMs, but the best I could do was to tolerate them. I could never completely switch to an IEM. I own a couple of them for travel and portable needs -- gotta love how much SQ you can fit inside a jean pocket with them little suckers.
I could never get used to iems that I had to stick way down into my ear canal in order to get a good seal. But these JVCs sound amazing with a light seal while just sitting in my ear outside the actual ear canal. They do not block sound as well as an iem that sits deeper in the ear, but they do block some sound, and they are much more comfortable than any other iem I have used. People on other threads have compared them to a lot of top of the line full sized headphones, and I can see why. For example, someone compared the soundstage to the K1000 and someone else compared the bass to the LCD2.
The sound of the JVC HA-FX850's are just that good, especially out of my Tera. I may not keep any of my other gear.
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I got one word for you guys CUSTOMS. Trust me, you'll love em, I sure do.
Here are the reasons I have not gone the custom route lately:
1-The hassles of getting a good fit (been there, done that)
2-The loss in value if you do resell them.
3- Like universals that require a deep insertion, customs can be tricky to get in and out of my ears. It is a pain when my wife walks into the room and wants to talk to get the iems out of my ears so I can hear what she is saying. While some people want or need the ultimate in isolation, I actually like that the JVC universals only block some sound. I can carry on a conversation just by pausing the music. But then I am not riding on airplanes or trains with my iems.
4-Not necessarily the ultimate in SQ. These JVC's sound amazing, and someday I might try the Tralucent 1plus2 which supposedly can rival the top customs in SQ...as well as price
So for now, I am a happy camper with my new JVC's.