Hello from Shanghai to all!
Very few here knows that Klipsch makes earphones. So it's so glad to see so many Image fans on this forum. I'm not just new to this forum, but also new to earphones - if mobile phone stock or bluetooth don't count. Appreciate if people here could help me with some questions on the Image as well as headphones as a whole.
Not until recently had I considered that earphones might produce acceptable sound. With no experience at all with any real earphones I searched the net and bought myself a pair of Image to use with my iPhone last month. Why Image? Because I was really not sure if I could stand things in my ears. As the Image was said to be the most comfortable, I figured at least I wouldn't need to spend money on another pair if I couldn't bare with the Image.
I'd say I like them now, after some initial difficulties. Yet I hope I can overcome the rest of the difficulties, possibly with you guys to help.
I don't know how you guys started with your first sealed earphones. For me it took quite some time to get use to the ambient noise when plugged - without music, with music turned on I don't hear that noise.
The cord noise is still bothering me, alot. I've tried everything, including a clip on my shirt, winding the wire around ears, adjust the little thing (don't know how to call it in English, well don't even know how to call it in Chinese
to make the wires rest on my neck - none of these work for me. (Around ears worked but I soon got some skin allege behind my ears). So how do you guys get around this cord noise or don't you just feel it?
Without any earphone experience to start with, I didn't really know what to expect in terms of sound quality. Now I'd say I enjoy it when on the move, although it's not comparable to my home audio system. I tried it with Benchmark DAC1 at home, it did sound better than with the iPhone. And it did stand the power level when I turned the volume dial to about 4 o'clock - didn't go further, guess Klipsch won't replace it if I blow it
The bass is above expectation, mid is good and the high acceptable. But it's very difficult for me to enjoy "sound stage" or "image" from the earphones, it just feel weird - the singers sitting on your forehead, or singing IN your head.
A question here, regarding sound quality: how far can a headphone go, compared to this Image (my only reference)? Would the potential sound quality improvement justify the purchase of an over-the-head headphone (say HD650), for mid-night audition at home (we don't have 7-acre backyard here in Shanghai)? Or shall I just stick to the Image?
BTW, I do have something to contribute here with the Image. How fast can you tell which is left and which is right? It takes me no time with light and 1 second in total darkness - I warped a tiny bit of 3M isolation tape (red) around the wire next to the "tail" of the right earbud, hope that "mod" helps, and Klipsch really should make this "feature" stock - I won't file a patent.
Again, really excited to see I'm not the only Image owner on this planet. From your posts I can see you guys are amazing.