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Napilopez, THANK YOU my man. I got my HJE900's in the mail today and although I've got a couples more days before their fully burned in, they sound AWESOME
Glad to hear you're liking them =]
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So what's some good tips for this phone? Included mids sounds best for me right now with 2 problems: Easily falls out and isolation. The latter isn't that big of a deal as I like to hear a little of the surrounding. The large Panasonic tips fits and isolates better but has a horrible mid bass spike that reminds me of my days with the Triple Fi. The hybrid medium and large both sounds rubbish on this. Seems to make the mids a muddy mess. Any of you guys having success with tips that'll stay in and sound good?
Though I thought differently at first, the included tips aren't very good. Functional, but they provide not the best fit, sound, or isolation. The hybrids have been said by almost everyone who has posted having tried them on these(myself included) to be detrimental to the sound; they compress the soundstage and muddy up the entire sound.
I have two tips of choice with these. One is the medium single flange from Meelec, which sounds great. The medium meelec is just about the size of the large panasonic tip, perhaps a bit smaller or larger. Either way, fit was good with both for me. They have a substantially larger opening to them and the silicone doesn't feel as stiff, allowing for a more open sound and more comfortable/isolating fit. The general consensus seems to be that "standard" style single flanges works best with these, such as the mentioned meelec tips, or as many have suggested, UE superfi tips. Meelec biflanges worked well for me and another member, too. In most cases for these, the larger the opening, the better the sound.
When I had them, comply foamies placed backwards on the nozzle worked very well.
My current preferred tips are actually Monster gel Supetips, which I find bring the mids a bit more forward, though they make the soundstage a teensy bit smaller. They also isolate as good or better than any other tip I've tried.
One other tip that is rarely mentioned here are Auvio tips available from radioshack. They don't isolate too much, but from what I remember they sounded great with the Pannies. Largest soundstage because of their unique shape.
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I find these 'phones be be boring and musical. . . They certainly aren't analytical.
I haven't burned them in yet but not very impressed, the mids sound weird, the highs are obnoxious, the bass is too loud. I Think I'll have to try some foam, I have some so I'll do that.
I might also need some different tips. . . .
EDIT: so far they're crap for music but I did really enjoy watching a movie with them.
Hey, they may just not be for you! You know how it goes on head-fi, lol. Give them some time. A couple of notes, though. Your descriptions are a bit contradicting in the usual sense, I find. Usually boring and musical don't go together, and analytical gets tied with being boring. Everyone has different tastes though, of course.
Also... you're coming from two Sennheisers. Although I haven't heard the HD800, every Senn I
have heard or owned had at least a hint of that laid back Senn sound. These are the antithesis to a laid back sound. You're describing the Panny's signature as most impressions already do, just in a more extreme sense: Big bass, sharp highs, somewhat recessed mids. Let them burn in psychologically/physically/metaphysically/whatever for a while, and try to get used to their sound. I found that a good deal of burn in helped make them sound alot more tamed/refined.
As mentioned above, the stock tips aren't terribly good. Try getting yourself any sort of "standard" silicone tips, like UE style tips. Heck, even the tips from my old skullcandies sounded a lot better than the stock ones. The larger opening of standard tips helps clear up the sound. Complies backwards work well too. Check out radioshack auvio tips.
If after giving them some time and messing with tipsyou still don't like the sound, you can try foam modding them(stick low-density foam in the nozzle), which will reduce the treble and bring mids a bit forward, in quantities depending on the amount/density of foam. For the big bass, you can try a smaller size tips, although tips with larger openings tend to tame the bass anyways.