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Originally Posted by antonyfirst /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Do you think that treble is overemphasized? It's what I've gathered from some posts. Someone told that treble was painful at high volumes, unlike the Shure E500. But I found the E500 to be recessed in treble, so the Denon could just have the right amount of treble.
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That was probably me that said that. It is only a problem on certain program material. Most of the time it is fine. The treble is more pronounced than my E500's, but not harsh.
I have said very similar things about the C700 in scattered posts over the past 2 weeks, and soozieq does a great job bringing it all together in one post
I find the C700 to be more musical than the SE310 or E4c, but not as detailed as the E4c or as neutral as the E4c. I stated elsewhere that the Shures sound better the louder you play them, and the C700 sound great at low to medium volumes, without needing to go for the loudness button. So, for fun earphones I use either the C700 or jump to the E500, but for neutral "monitor-like" sound I sometimes fall back to the E4c.
I have found that outside of the house I tend to wear my C700 more often than my Shures because they are slightly less isolating and there is less pressure of silence on my ears. And, they are my only earphones in which the slicone tips are comfortable for me, and with the silicone tips I can pop them in and out more quickly one handed, without having to use two hands to compress foamies before inserting. At home it is either my E500 or HFI700 that get the most use however.
I reality, I own several IEM that I can live without, like my E2c, SE310, or ER6i - BUT I WOULD NEVER SELL THE C700, E4c or E500 unless it was for something like the UE11, and I'd also want a pair of UE10 as a neutral reference still
The sad thing is that I have spent enough money in the past 30 days on 6 sources, 5 headphones, 1 DAC and 5 amps to have funded BOTH the UE11 and UE10 (at the expense of all the other stuff I got like Tomahawk, D1, HD600, HFI 700, E500, Sony D-5 NE20 and EJ2000, iRiver H120 x2, etc).