royalshadow
New Head-Fier
Hi everyone,
Ok perhaps that was a cheeky title, but I want to ask for opinion on something that affects us all differently.
I’m nearing 50 years old, and consider myself to have good hearing despite lots of abuse over the years. Last year I purchased my first pair of custom IEMs in the UK. At first I loved them, they unlocked the door to better sounding audio, and I don’t mean just the isolation they give. However, as time has gone on, I’ve been really critical of the heavy bass loading, this is even despite the fact I mostly listen to heavy rock!
My music is mainly flac via A&K player.
My question is this. In your opinion, is it worth investing in a reference set of custom/ IEMs to see just what the producer/ engineer intended you to listen to? I hate thinking that the iem manufacturer may have limited this in how their product was made.
And finally, and I know this is subjective, have you noticed a great leap in quality when substantially increasing your budget to buy upgraded IEMs? I’m looking now at spending around 1500GBP which is double what my first ones cost, but I’m aware that double the cost doesn’t necessarily mean double the quality. Looking at both JH audio an 64 audio now.
Thanks for your time
Ok perhaps that was a cheeky title, but I want to ask for opinion on something that affects us all differently.
I’m nearing 50 years old, and consider myself to have good hearing despite lots of abuse over the years. Last year I purchased my first pair of custom IEMs in the UK. At first I loved them, they unlocked the door to better sounding audio, and I don’t mean just the isolation they give. However, as time has gone on, I’ve been really critical of the heavy bass loading, this is even despite the fact I mostly listen to heavy rock!
My music is mainly flac via A&K player.
My question is this. In your opinion, is it worth investing in a reference set of custom/ IEMs to see just what the producer/ engineer intended you to listen to? I hate thinking that the iem manufacturer may have limited this in how their product was made.
And finally, and I know this is subjective, have you noticed a great leap in quality when substantially increasing your budget to buy upgraded IEMs? I’m looking now at spending around 1500GBP which is double what my first ones cost, but I’m aware that double the cost doesn’t necessarily mean double the quality. Looking at both JH audio an 64 audio now.
Thanks for your time