[Sauntere]

Thank you so much for this comparison, I've been looking in the net for the last week or so for a comparison between these two and I could find nothing.

I really wanted the fit ear but found it quite hard to find in stock. I stumbled across the Noble 4 thread by accident when looking into getting some heir 4ai. Anyway to cut a long story short I have pulled the trigger on the Noble4 and should get it next week. I'm coming from the Grado gr10 and Ortofon eq5 , I was looking for something a little thicker but without any midbass hump. I tried the stagediver 2 but found they had too much midbass, although the other frequencies were excellent as well as the soundstage and imaging. But alas the curse of the midbass hump. I hope the N4 is the answer. I'll post my impressions once I receive them. I'd still love to try the fitear though.

 
You will enjoy the Noble 4 Very much i am sure. 
 
Since posting the above i have played around a little more with tips and tried a couple of different sources as well. I still think the Fitear is fractionally more detailed but overall i am enjoying the N4 more as it presents most music in a more enjoyable way.
 
I have no experience with Grados so can't comment on comparative sound.  If you want something essentially neutral, detailed and smooth with a bit of sparkle the N4 will go down a treat.

 

[youngsm10]

You will enjoy the Noble 4 Very much i am sure. 

Since posting the above i have played around a little more with tips and tried a couple of different sources as well. I still think the Fitear is fractionally more detailed but overall i am enjoying the N4 
more as it presents most music in a more enjoyable way.

I have no experience with Grados so can't comment on comparative sound.  If you want something essentially neutral, detailed and smooth with a bit of sparkle the N4 will go down a treat.

Great that's reassuring , if it is fairly neutral , but enjoyable with a decent soundstage and imaging, I'm sure I will enjoy it. I've struggled so far with multi armature IEMs , Ive briefly owned the sm3, westone 4 and sure se530 and found them all a bit lifeless and boring. I'm still very curious about the fitear, if you decide to sell it at any point please send me a PM.

 

[proedros]

Thank you so much for this comparison, I've been looking in the net for the last week or so for a comparison between these two and I could find nothing.

I really wanted the fit ear but found it quite hard to find in stock. I stumbled across the Noble 4 thread by accident when looking into getting some heir 4ai. Anyway to cut a long story short I have pulled the trigger on the Noble4 and should get it next week. I'm coming from  Ortofon eq5 , I was looking for something a little thicker but without any midbass hump. I tried the stagediver 2 but found they had too much midbass, although the other frequencies were excellent as well as the soundstage and imaging. But alas the curse of the midbass hump. I hope the N4 is the answer. I'll post my impressions once I receive them. I'd still love to try the fitear though.

 
really curious how they sound compared to the eq5 - as i have them and i am thinking of going up to the N4

 

[Stlrman]

Just curious as to the the price on the Black Friday deal? Thanks

 

[kova4a]

Well, last year the bf discount was 20% but I have no idea if it will be the same this bf coz last year it was pretty much a pre-order 

 

[youngsm10]

really curious how they sound compared to the eq5 - as i have them and i am thinking of going up to the N4

Well I have the EQ5, and find it a remarkable iem for the price. I'll be sure to post my impressions of the noble 4 with some comparison to the eq5

 

[fnkcow]

Well I have the EQ5, and find it a remarkable iem for the price. I'll be sure to post my impressions of the noble 4 with some comparison to the eq5

+1, will be interested in how you compare it to the E-Q5

 

[FullCircle]

Well, last year the bf discount was 20% but I have no idea if it will be the same this bf coz last year it was pretty much a pre-order 

Not really, a pre-order is when a mfg sells a product it doesn't have, uses ur money to purchase parts, and let's the customers sweat out a long wait period... & apparently, the delivery date is an unknown.... Kind of like playing the lottery

Noble had 99% of the parts in hand when we offered the bf sale and all the parts were paid for

Best of all, we met our shipping dead line as well

 

[kova4a]

Not really, a pre-order is when a mfg sells a product it doesn't have, uses ur money to purchase parts, and let's the customers sweat out a long wait period... & apparently, the delivery date is an unknown.... Kind of like playing the lottery

Noble had 99% of the parts in hand when we offered the bf sale and all the parts were paid for

Best of all, we met our shipping dead line as well

Well, a pre-order is not just backing up a kickstarter project that will be released at some point in the future. A pre-order is placing an order for a product that isn't currently availabale on the market - it might be released in a week it might be released in a couple of years. In addition with pre-orders you usually get a discount as an incentive from the manufacturer/seller for your blind thrust in his product. Not that it matters now but it felt a bit like a pre-order to me 

 

 

[FullCircle]

Historically speaking, Noble has never done a pre order

When we opened for ciems there was no pre order period, when the launch of two new products, the PR & FR, there was no pre order as well.

I will not say Noble will never have a pre order, but at this point in time we don't want to engage in this type of practice

You may have interpreted the bf sale as a pre order, but it wasn't our intention, the timing of the launch and b Friday just fell together

If we could have launched before b Friday, we would have but as it was.... It was an extremely tight schedule to meet, every hr was accounted for in order to meet the dead lines.

It was a small miracle that shipping was stable for us, as that was all during the Holliday's

I was very anxious as I feared shipping would not be stable, it could have been a

 

[kova4a]

Well, I know it was a bf discount but just the way all things came together felt a bit like a pre-order to me even if it was all a coincidence caused by the tight schedule. I personally think it doesn't really matter how you call it - people got great products at great prices - that's enough for me. 

 

[Stlrman]

I am going to pull the trigger on the Noble 4 today!

 
 
Thanks to all here and on all Noble boards for the reviews and guidence!
This will be my first high end earphone, and I am very excited.
I am using Iphone 5 earbuds now. The sound differnce will be colossal I'm sure.
My musical preferences include Alt.Folk, Alt Rock, Alt. Country, Jam Bands like Phish and The Dead, Rock, some Jazz,once a blue moon I will listen to Classical or Opera.
I owned nice speakers from Vapor Audio(Breeze), but sold them to buy much less expensive floor standers and subwoofer that I use mostly for home theater. I found that I prefer headphones for listening to music.
Todd

 

[d marc0]

Hi Guys,
 
We have a new Noble 4 review from our good friend Lin...
http://www.head-fi.org/t/713617/the-noble-4-universal-australian-tour-thread-impressions-reviews/105#post_10615777

 

[d marc0]

Here is another review from our good friend White Lotus:
http://www.head-fi.org/products/noble-4/reviews/11159
 
 

 

[QuarterToNine]

Many thanks to all of you for your reviews and feedback about the Noble 4. You have definitely peeked my interest in the Noble 4. For portable use I use a Cypher Labs Theorem 720 DAC/AMP, a laptop (at work) or Samsung Galaxy Note 3 or Apple iPhone 4s with either Sony MDR-1RBT (wired), HifiMan RE-400, Thinksound TS-02 or Audeze LCD-2 (rarely as a portable option due to size) headphones. To me, the LCD-2 destroys the other 3, considerably. I'm looking for something that may approach the LCD-2, but more portable. However, I'd like to limit the expenditure to below $500. Again, many thanks to all for your reviews and feedback.