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Originally Posted by lucozade /img/forum/go_quote.gif
After having these in my ears for another two days im now more used to there sound signiture, i found it a little fatuging after long listening sessions at first,becouse its so differrent to what im used too, but now ive got used to it some more,its pretty impressive and i can listen all day
On the other had rock music sounds fantastic on the ortos,i love there tight focused bass and crisp drum beats and the speed in the treble, cymbals sound as good on the ortos as they do on the tf10.Infact i think the treble on the ortos is the most enjoyable treble off all my iems
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Agreed totally. I think half of "break in" is 90% mental though
I love these damn things, they just keep getting better and better. The treble is definitely smoothing out, without losing anything dynamically. The bass reminds me of my HE-5s in a way, totally there when you need it while staying unassuming in the overall sound spectrum. The mids are perfect to my ears, a good blend between analytical and musical.
Today I let my iMod/Arrow loose on about 85 gigs of random lossless song files, getting out of my soft rock/bluesy jazz album rut for the first time with the e-Q7s. Everything from classical to Motown to Hendrix to Jamgrass sounded exemplary. I heard nuances in Ziggy Marley's voice that I had not before, there is a wide variety to the drum tones, and great texture is revealed in stringed instruments.
On Handel's "Water Music Suite", there is some extremely loud, high-frequency trumpet blasts that come out of nowhere and would normally cause me some pain, as they are right in my sensitivity "wheelhouse". As I reflexively reached for the volume control, I realized that I could handle it and left it alone. I don't think I would have been able to do so out of the box, but I actually enjoyed the trumpets at "full" volume.
One thing I want to point out is that the e-Q7s seem pretty forgiving of less than perfect recordings for the amount of detail they offer. I appreciate this because of the wide variety of music that I listen to; some are of the "vintage" variety and the quality can vary greatly.
I have some minor ergonomic complaints, but none that actually interfere with my enjoyment of the e-Q7s. If they (and/or my psycho-acoustic adjustment to them) keep improving, I might have to force myself to actually fire up my desktop setups, as I am using my portable rig all over the house now!
I would be surprised if you did not get microphonics when wearing an iem straight down on any iem. I just made my own cable slider since it did not come with one so problems solved.
