JVC/Victor FX700 - The Successor (early Easter Bunny brought something very nice!)

[shotgunshane]

Real Sony Hybrids on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-EPEX10A-BLK-Replacement-Earbuds/dp/B001RB24UA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318981195&sr=8-1
 
Also the Ultimate Ears silicone tips are very good for these:
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/ue/ue-earphones/accessories

 

[grokit]

My favorite way to listen to the FX700 is straight out of my 5G iMod's headphone port, better than amped with a V-cap dock and much more portable.

 

[lee730]

I find the FX700 to sound really good with an iphone 4 through its headphone out. I was surprised how good it sounded. Even on my Sansa fuze without the line out dock it still sounds really good (though the Fuze is small enough for me to use the UHA4 anyways). The large sony hybrid tips work wonders for me. I tried the smaller sizes but they don't give even a loose seal lol. Like putting a jet in the grand canyon.

 

[james444]

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I like the fact that I can hear the kids when I have them on albeit not so happy to hear my wife, but already I hear music too. This makes what she has to say slip through the ears faster, anyways!

Lol, glad you're enjoying the FX700 and hope your wife isn't reading these boards.

 

[Sicilian0]

Thanks for the help with the tips!

I am working with a 3G which is ok, but I did notice that my ipad1 sounds 10 times better!

I have also rolled the d4 to the 1611 opamp with stock buffers and this seems to sound much much better.


As for my wife would never read these posts, and she's got a good sense of humor...not that I wouldn't get some dog house treatment but it wouldn't be for too long!

 

[Ultrazino]

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Lol, glad you're enjoying the FX700 and hope your wife isn't reading these boards.

Forgot to PM you, but I sent yours early this week. I hope they arrive soon. Thanks again!
I don't have mine right now either. They're being passed around too, lol.
 
I really miss them. I'm listening to Two Steps From Hell and the W4 just can't deliver the epicness. Not even with red wine.

 

[Pianist]

I just wanted to say that I also continue to love and enjoy my FX700 immensely. It really does sound fantastic unamped straight out of my DAPs. The level of detail and refinement, the timbre, the bass weight and depth as well as the airiness and soundstage are simply breathtaking on the FX700.

 

[i2ehan]

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I just wanted to say that I also continue to love and enjoy my FX700 immensely. It really does sound fantastic unamped straight out of my DAPs. The level of detail and refinement, the timbre, the bass weight and depth as well as the airiness and soundstage are simply breathtaking on the FX700.

Ditto! I too am in the process of 're-discovering' my love and appreciation for the FX700. Paired with the right tips, they just SING! Having narrowed my selection down to the e-Q5, RE252, and ER4S, I longed for a bass-heavy in-ear without the need for the Zo (which, might I add, does wonders for the RE252 and ER4S). Between the DDM2 and FX700, I prefer the JVC's by a hair or two. Having come across an offer I simply couldn't refuse, I'm now enjoying the FX700's more than ever. 

 

[Pianist]

^ Glad to hear that. How do you find the mids on the FX700? I am probably in the minority as I think FX700 has brilliant midrange quality. I wouldn't call the mids recessed either with the right tips and source. I think the mids are exceptionally natural.
 
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Originally Posted by esanthosh /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
If you are like me, it takes a couple of weeks for the effect of FX700 to wear off. But then, why worry? Just throw everything you listen at it and see what it does

 
Well, I just came across this post again and I have to say that for me the FX700 effect only got stronger after several months of use!

Maybe the secret is not to listen to them all the time. I have many other headphones now and only listen to the JVCs a couple times a week maybe.
 
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Well, I can certainly see myself selling the FX700 because of the excessive bass, but I can't see myself changing my mind regarding their sound quality. The mids and highs are top notch and at least as good as on the best IEMs I've heard, if not better. Mids are better than on e-Q7 IMO and compete directly with ER4 and SE530 for top spot in my ranking, but the JVCs have the advantage of superior timbre. The highs on FX700 are up there with RE0 and ER4 IMO. I think they actually surpass the ER4 because they are more delicate and extended. I also prefer them to RE0 because like the mids, the timbre in the treble is the best I've heard.

 
^ That's my post in this thread from ~6 and a 1/2 months ago. Everything I wrote about them at the time still stands true to my ears today, except that now I also enjoy my RE0 just as much. Now, FX700 competes with my RE0 and RE272 and even though the Hifiman IEMs offer some advantages over the FX700 in sound quality, overall FX700 sounds just as good, if not better. In particular, I feel that the timbre, sense of air, space, and detail on the JVCs are still the best I've heard in IEMs.

 

[i2ehan]

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^ Glad to hear that. How do you find the mids on the FX700? I am probably in the minority as I think FX700 has brilliant midrange quality. I wouldn't call the mids recessed either with the right tips and source. I think the mids are exceptionally natural.

Brilliant and natural? Very much so my friend. Recessed? Just as you mentioned, coupled with the right tips/source, there is an appreciable difference. However, I do find the midrange ever so slightly recessed, but only when listening at moderately low volume levels (which is what I'm used to). When turned up a few notches, however, over what I'm normally used to (though nothing uncomfortable of course), the mids fall right into place. May just be my ears of course, but this holds true for just about any track I've listened to them with, and is most apparent with my vocal trance tracks. 

 
EDIT: I must admit, with the stock large gray silicone tips, the mids aren't at all recessed. They're dead neutral, and exactly where I feel they should be, with respect to the highly energetic treble and aggressive lows. 

 

[lee730]

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Ditto! I too am in the process of 're-discovering' my love and appreciation for the FX700. Paired with the right tips, they just SING! Having narrowed my selection down to the e-Q5, RE252, and ER4S, I longed for a bass-heavy in-ear without the need for the Zo (which, might I add, does wonders for the RE252 and ER4S). Between the DDM2 and FX700, I prefer the JVC's by a hair or two. Having come across an offer I simply couldn't refuse, I'm now enjoying the FX700's more than ever. 

So you sold them and bought them again You're following in the footsteps of Susie Q aren't you? (Do the IE8s ring a bell lol).

 

[soullinker20]

@lee730
 
 
how do they actually differ from the ex1000s and what made you dislike the sonys signature?  im finding it really hard to choose between the two..
 
are they the better rounder?
 
i listen to r&b/hiphop > country/metal

 

[james444]

^ You might want to check out my EX1000 review and scroll down to the listening impressions, EX1000 and FX700 auditioned side by side.

 

[lee730]

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@lee730
 
 
how do they actually differ from the ex1000s and what made you dislike the sonys signature?  im finding it really hard to choose between the two..
 
are they the better rounder?
 
i listen to r&b/hiphop > country/metal

The problem for me with the EX1000 is its treble spike in the lower region. Now I'm not saying you will hear this treble spike but for me I can clearly hear it and am sensitive to that kinda stuff so it ruined the EX1000s for me. Otherwise they were very nice sounding IEMs. But not only that the sound signature was too flat for me, boring in a sense and anemic (thin sounding). Bass lacked the quantity that I wanted but had the quality. I like to have some thickness to the music notes and the FX700s definitely has that in spades over the EX1000s. The EX1000 is very flat sounding and wide sounding like going through a hallway. The FX700s are also wide sounding but are also more 3D sounding as the sound stage is not only prominent horizontally but vertical as well.

 

[soullinker20]

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The problem for me with the EX1000 is its treble spike in the lower region. Now I'm not saying you will hear this treble spike but for me I can clearly hear it and am sensitive to that kinda stuff so it ruined the EX1000s for me. Otherwise they were very nice sounding IEMs. But not only that the sound signature was too flat for me, boring in a sense and anemic (thin sounding). Bass lacked the quantity that I wanted but had the quality. I like to have some thickness to the music notes and the FX700s definitely has that in spades over the EX1000s. The EX1000 is very flat sounding and wide sounding like going through a hallway. The FX700s are also wide sounding but are also more 3D sounding as the sound stage is not only prominent horizontally but vertical as well.

thin sounding?? aww the 535s sound thin to me on the mids and highs and i find it lacking on the liveliness sounding, are the sonys similar to these? thank you for that..