sorrick
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So I got my JH 16's in the mail yesterday after an agonizing wait (ordered on Feb 8) and all I can say is WOW, I'm on a bus now between DC and PHilly and am just in heaven. I haven't heard the 13s so i can't make a comparison to those, I can say that these are definitely the fullest, most engaging IEMs I've ever heard, and probAbly the most engaging headphones I've heard period. By engaging, I mean that the sound is fuller than anything else I've heard. All of the clarity, detail, etc that one would expected from the most analytic of phones (thinking along the lines of er-4s) is there, and then some, but there is also such amazing base extension and imbact. I do not consider myself a bass head at all, but just as Jude commented in his impressions, the bass doesn't come a the expense anything else...it's as if it is on its own layer (to use a Photoshop analogy).
Ive been doing most of my listening out of my macbook pro going into the dac of my ttvj slim portable amp/dac, but also sounds great out of my iPhone 3GS.
They're just fantastic, I couldn't stop smiling when i first put them in....it was like muscle nirvana. Incidentally, I will have to say that, nothing against those who believe otherwise, bit rate on your music is far less of an issue than it is made out to be here on head-fi. I've done the abx testing and really have a very very hard time telling the difference between the same recording encoded in as a 192 vbr mp3 vs alac or wav lossless, or any the the other lossless files. Furthermore, for those of you who may have files encoded in 128 (it's ok, you can admit it, we've all got tracks we've bought on itunes or downloaded by other means) and they're well mastered, they sound pretty damn great on the 16s too. They're just very very musical and everything out of them sounds great. If you are the type who has to analyze everything for as much detail as possible, you will find it all there with the 16's, but they're so much fun to listen to and have such an engaging (there's that nondescript word again) presentation, that I just find myself lying back and smiling.
I'll give more impressions in a few days after Ive had more time to enjoy them, but just wanted to get some initial thoughts up for those aching for more impressions,
Ive been doing most of my listening out of my macbook pro going into the dac of my ttvj slim portable amp/dac, but also sounds great out of my iPhone 3GS.
They're just fantastic, I couldn't stop smiling when i first put them in....it was like muscle nirvana. Incidentally, I will have to say that, nothing against those who believe otherwise, bit rate on your music is far less of an issue than it is made out to be here on head-fi. I've done the abx testing and really have a very very hard time telling the difference between the same recording encoded in as a 192 vbr mp3 vs alac or wav lossless, or any the the other lossless files. Furthermore, for those of you who may have files encoded in 128 (it's ok, you can admit it, we've all got tracks we've bought on itunes or downloaded by other means) and they're well mastered, they sound pretty damn great on the 16s too. They're just very very musical and everything out of them sounds great. If you are the type who has to analyze everything for as much detail as possible, you will find it all there with the 16's, but they're so much fun to listen to and have such an engaging (there's that nondescript word again) presentation, that I just find myself lying back and smiling.
I'll give more impressions in a few days after Ive had more time to enjoy them, but just wanted to get some initial thoughts up for those aching for more impressions,