The Rino
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Looking for IEM (not SE530's) with excellent staging, voice realism, and imaging. $ no object
I recently bought the markl modded Denon AH-D5000's with Jena recable and I absolutely love them. The problem is that I thought, being a closed design they would be more isolating. I also have a pair of Darth Beyers and after comparing them to the Denons leave much SQ to be desired for my tastes. I would like an IEM that compares closely to the Denons as I can get. The Darths do not have the realism(accuracy), the staging or the subdued amount of base as the Denons and would like to keep those 3 things a requirement for my next pair of IEM's. I had a pair of Shures (the model replaced by the SE530's) and I liked them but it's been a couple of years since I owned them and I can't remember how they sounded well enough to compare. If I remember correctly they were a bit colored which isn't a bad thing if my next IEM's would have the coloring more like the HD650's which I also loved but owned for only a few weeks and realized they were to open (I knew they're and open design but wanted to try them anyway) I recieved a pair of Sure SE530s after the cable broke on the previous model so I just sold them as new. Can anyone give me recommendations as to IEMs . What are the best ones for realism(accuracy), staging and imaging. How about the UE's or Westones or Ety's flagship models. It doesn't have to be their top-of-the-line models but I figured you get what you pay for in most cases. Your help would be great.
I recently bought the markl modded Denon AH-D5000's with Jena recable and I absolutely love them. The problem is that I thought, being a closed design they would be more isolating. I also have a pair of Darth Beyers and after comparing them to the Denons leave much SQ to be desired for my tastes. I would like an IEM that compares closely to the Denons as I can get. The Darths do not have the realism(accuracy), the staging or the subdued amount of base as the Denons and would like to keep those 3 things a requirement for my next pair of IEM's. I had a pair of Shures (the model replaced by the SE530's) and I liked them but it's been a couple of years since I owned them and I can't remember how they sounded well enough to compare. If I remember correctly they were a bit colored which isn't a bad thing if my next IEM's would have the coloring more like the HD650's which I also loved but owned for only a few weeks and realized they were to open (I knew they're and open design but wanted to try them anyway) I recieved a pair of Sure SE530s after the cable broke on the previous model so I just sold them as new. Can anyone give me recommendations as to IEMs . What are the best ones for realism(accuracy), staging and imaging. How about the UE's or Westones or Ety's flagship models. It doesn't have to be their top-of-the-line models but I figured you get what you pay for in most cases. Your help would be great.
