forsberg
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Well let's just say that I am more than reserved in trusting such comparisons.
The group-think mentality here is off the charts IMO. There are over 1000 posts related to IE8 vs W3, but not a single one posted pics. Is that not a little suspicious to you? One guy from Prague (IIRC) even said that the W3 sound like a pair of cheap ear buds. Really.
Then there's the whole fiasco about IE8s needing 250 hrs or whatever of burn-in, and everybody here goes "yeah yeah let them burn-in! Everything becomes SOOO much better". Right. A bunch of IE8 owners on head-fi apparently found something that Sennheiser totally missed out on or didn't think it was important enough to put on the box/manual. OK.
If (and that is a very big IF) burn-in for IE8 is true, then how many of those IE8 vs W3 voters used a pair of brand-new IE8s vs a fully burnt-in pair? Who knows. Then again, if IE8 owners claim burn-in was so evident, then shouldn't there be any "bran new IE8 vs W3" and "burnt-in IE8 vs W3" threads? You tell me.
It just seems lately that W3 has a love-hate relationship. Everybody who has a pair love 'em. Everybody who doesn't (or claimed to have heard them) hate them. Take that guy jinx for example. In the "Do you have sibilance issues with your W3" thread, he voted Yes. Then someone calls him out on his vote because he previously admitted in another thread that he has never heard W3s himself. His rebuttal was "oh well ALL IEMs have some sort of sibilance, so my vote stands." ...uh, ya. Thanks for voting buddy.
That's why I think all these IE8 vs W3 polling threads are a waste of time.
Originally Posted by moseboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif What exactly are you getting at? Are you just calling the majority of European Westone 3 and IE8 owners liars simply because they like the IE8 more and didn't post pictures as proof? |
Well let's just say that I am more than reserved in trusting such comparisons.
The group-think mentality here is off the charts IMO. There are over 1000 posts related to IE8 vs W3, but not a single one posted pics. Is that not a little suspicious to you? One guy from Prague (IIRC) even said that the W3 sound like a pair of cheap ear buds. Really.
Then there's the whole fiasco about IE8s needing 250 hrs or whatever of burn-in, and everybody here goes "yeah yeah let them burn-in! Everything becomes SOOO much better". Right. A bunch of IE8 owners on head-fi apparently found something that Sennheiser totally missed out on or didn't think it was important enough to put on the box/manual. OK.
If (and that is a very big IF) burn-in for IE8 is true, then how many of those IE8 vs W3 voters used a pair of brand-new IE8s vs a fully burnt-in pair? Who knows. Then again, if IE8 owners claim burn-in was so evident, then shouldn't there be any "bran new IE8 vs W3" and "burnt-in IE8 vs W3" threads? You tell me.
It just seems lately that W3 has a love-hate relationship. Everybody who has a pair love 'em. Everybody who doesn't (or claimed to have heard them) hate them. Take that guy jinx for example. In the "Do you have sibilance issues with your W3" thread, he voted Yes. Then someone calls him out on his vote because he previously admitted in another thread that he has never heard W3s himself. His rebuttal was "oh well ALL IEMs have some sort of sibilance, so my vote stands." ...uh, ya. Thanks for voting buddy.
That's why I think all these IE8 vs W3 polling threads are a waste of time.