New custom IEM company - Custom Art: discussion, review, and impressions thread

[whoever]

I am thinking maybe H8 is more for me as I am quite sensitive to trebble, and much of my music is so so in terms of recording quality.

a shame we missed each other, could have tried mine

 

[Mimouille]

a shame we missed each other, could have tried mine

Yes but I am not much of a believer in trying other people's customs.

 

[barretp]

I see everything
 
Well it's just as fellow headfiers said, it all boils down to your preference for treble quantity.
I personally listen to a lot of alternative, metalcore, post-hardcore etc a lot of female vocals and occasionally some electronica (Pendulum, Srillex) and I like my trebles H8P-style.
 
Do you have any favorite earphone or headphone? F.e. if you like shure sound go with 8 (non-pro) if you like JH or UM sound go with 8 Pro.

 


Ive never tried a high quality iem before. The highest I have is Klipsch S4, so it's hard for me to make comparisons. I do have the HE-500s though playing through the Lyr and I think it sounds great. I also have the Sennheiser 558 and AKG Q701. I like the full sound of the he-500s.

 

[piotrus-g]

 

  I see everything

 
Well it's just as fellow headfiers said, it all boils down to your preference for treble quantity.
I personally listen to a lot of alternative, metalcore, post-hardcore etc a lot of female vocals and occasionally some electronica (Pendulum, Srillex) and I like my trebles H8P-style.
 
Do you have any favorite earphone or headphone? F.e. if you like shure sound go with 8 (non-pro) if you like JH or UM sound go with 8 Pro.

 


Ive never tried a high quality iem before. The highest I have is Klipsch S4, so it's hard for me to make comparisons. I do have the HE-500s though playing through the Lyr and I think it sounds great. I also have the Sennheiser 558 and AKG Q701. I like the full sound of the he-500s.

I liked HE-500 with Lyr it's very good sounding set up. I would also say that HE-500 is closer in terms of highs response to Pro rather than non-Pro.

 

[barretp]

I liked HE-500 with Lyr it's very good sounding set up. I would also say that HE-500 is closer in terms of highs response to Pro rather than non-Pro.

 


Interesting, now I'm leaning more towards the pro.

 

[jelt2359]

I am a huge fan of the Hifiman HE6 run from speaker tabs. For me it's no contest. The Pro has highs and trebles much closer to the HE6. It's also not a sibilant or edgy treble.
 
I did a comparison here; will update with a fuller review when my full CustomArt H8P gets in.
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/746615/earwerkz-legend-r-vs-noble-k10-brief-review-updated-on-page-3-with-customart-harmony-8-pro-and-others/30#post_11156363

 

[shakur1996]

I am thinking maybe H8 is more for me as I am quite sensitive to trebble, and much of my music is so so in terms of recording quality.

For last 3 months I only listen to 5ways. I never found them dark, maybe just a tad darkish. When I put Harmony 8 pro into my ears I was bombarded with treble. Now, after around 30hours of listening to them I hear great bass (very similar in quality to 5ways - it has less subbass but IMO hits harder, they have very similar ADSR), clear, detailed and spacious mids but a little bit aggresive and emphasized treble. Now I can focus not only on treble but also on bass and mids.

I'm also considering sending my Harmony for tweaking it into non-pro version, but according to Peter non-pro version cannot be considered as fully balanced (it seems that treble constitute second layer of music) and balanced sound signature is very important for me.

 

[msiekkb]

@Shakur
Spiral Ear SE 5way is very dark for my and they have dense sound. H8P will be better for me. I curious your review about H8P.

 

[Mimouille]

For last 3 months I only listen to 5ways. I never found them dark, maybe just a tad darkish. When I put Harmony 8 pro into my ears I was bombarded with treble. Now, after around 30hours of listening to them I hear great bass (very similar in quality to 5ways - it has less subbass but IMO hits harder, they have very similar ADSR), clear, detailed and spacious mids but a little bit aggresive and emphasized treble. Now I can focus not only on treble but also on bass and mids.

I'm also considering sending my Harmony for tweaking it into non-pro version, but according to Peter non-pro version cannot be considered as fully balanced (it seems that treble constitute second layer of music) and balanced sound signature is very important for me.

Thanks for your feedback... I will talk to Peter should I decide to buy.

 

[throwaway9500]

Been two weeks since I sent my ear impressions in, have you got them yet?

 

[Vic29]

Piotr is on vacation until early January

 

[throwaway9500]

Piotr is on vacation until early January

 

[just-a-test]

As far as I know, customart is closed from the 20th dec. till the 5th jan.

 

[throwaway9500]

As far as I know, customart is closed from the 20th dec. till the 5th jan.

 

[piotrus-g]

  Piotr is on vacation until early January

Well I confirm. He is.
 

  Been two weeks since I sent my ear impressions in, have you got them yet?

Don't worry though, someone will pick up your impressions should they arrive. although we won't start processing anything till 5th Jan.