LWR999
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I'm relatively new to this hobby - I discovered it after buying some Shure SE846 and then refused to give in to temptation when I read this forum more.
I came with the assumption that IEMs were for portable listening and Full Size were for serious at home, in a chair or or at your desktop type listening. The logical extension of this assumption was that IEMs had the upside of being portable, but surely that meant that they were somehow compromised and that Full Size was the audiophile king.
I think I might be wrong in my assumption and wanted to test that with people's opinions here.
I think I like IEMs better than Full Size regardless of sitting at home or being on the move. I prefer the comfort and the sound. That seems strange to me. It seems to go against other people's thinking.
I'm wondering if I'm doing it wrong
For desktop listening, have Hugo Chord TT. For portable I have an A&K SP1000. I can (and sometimes do) use IEMs with the Hugo TT and Full Size headphones with the A&K SP1000 - so my conclusions aren't source dependent.
My full size headphones were : HD800S, Ether Flow Closed, Ether Open, Focal Elear
My IEMs of note are : Shure SE846, Campfire Andromeda
I'm not a bass-head. Prefer neutral. If I had to choose, I would go brighter rather than warmer. I like separation and soundstage. I like the music and vocals to be "present" rather than search for it in the background. I don't like Dark.
The Ether Open and Focal Elear are sold, because I wasn't using them in favour of the others.
The Ether Flow Closed are getting ready for sale, I'm 95% there. I bought them to listen to music the same room as my partner, but I find I'm preferring IEMs for that.
Only the HD800S seems to offer something different to the IEMs. Whether they are different enough for me to buy them again, I'm not sure. But different enough to not be worth selling.
So... am I doing wrong? Are there full size headphones that will blow me away? Given my penchant for IEMs, are there a pair that I should definitely try next?
Thanks!
I came with the assumption that IEMs were for portable listening and Full Size were for serious at home, in a chair or or at your desktop type listening. The logical extension of this assumption was that IEMs had the upside of being portable, but surely that meant that they were somehow compromised and that Full Size was the audiophile king.
I think I might be wrong in my assumption and wanted to test that with people's opinions here.
I think I like IEMs better than Full Size regardless of sitting at home or being on the move. I prefer the comfort and the sound. That seems strange to me. It seems to go against other people's thinking.
I'm wondering if I'm doing it wrong
For desktop listening, have Hugo Chord TT. For portable I have an A&K SP1000. I can (and sometimes do) use IEMs with the Hugo TT and Full Size headphones with the A&K SP1000 - so my conclusions aren't source dependent.
My full size headphones were : HD800S, Ether Flow Closed, Ether Open, Focal Elear
My IEMs of note are : Shure SE846, Campfire Andromeda
I'm not a bass-head. Prefer neutral. If I had to choose, I would go brighter rather than warmer. I like separation and soundstage. I like the music and vocals to be "present" rather than search for it in the background. I don't like Dark.
The Ether Open and Focal Elear are sold, because I wasn't using them in favour of the others.
The Ether Flow Closed are getting ready for sale, I'm 95% there. I bought them to listen to music the same room as my partner, but I find I'm preferring IEMs for that.
Only the HD800S seems to offer something different to the IEMs. Whether they are different enough for me to buy them again, I'm not sure. But different enough to not be worth selling.
So... am I doing wrong? Are there full size headphones that will blow me away? Given my penchant for IEMs, are there a pair that I should definitely try next?
Thanks!