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i'm sure the ESW10 sounds great to yours and lil knight's ears (not me though), but when I auditioned them I was quite underwhemed for something that IMO only sounds 10-15% better than ESW9 but costs 4-5x the price. they look beautiful, but for the money plus a tad more, you could get UE11 or similar. and from memory they IMO do absolutely not sound as good as my current cardas silver DIYMOD->piccolino wired VCAP->pico->W3/SE530 with jena impedance adapter. wil post pics tomorrow when there is better light. also IMO the ESW10 is very impractical for portable; at least for me it would be, because I would always be worried about marking the beautiful wood finish and wanting to keep them perfect. All totally IMO, I know a few people that consider them to be great. variety is the spice of life
Originally Posted by Rednamalas1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif why do you need an imod? imo, that setup sounds better than imod+Vcap+amp with any other portable cans than ESW10. |
i'm sure the ESW10 sounds great to yours and lil knight's ears (not me though), but when I auditioned them I was quite underwhemed for something that IMO only sounds 10-15% better than ESW9 but costs 4-5x the price. they look beautiful, but for the money plus a tad more, you could get UE11 or similar. and from memory they IMO do absolutely not sound as good as my current cardas silver DIYMOD->piccolino wired VCAP->pico->W3/SE530 with jena impedance adapter. wil post pics tomorrow when there is better light. also IMO the ESW10 is very impractical for portable; at least for me it would be, because I would always be worried about marking the beautiful wood finish and wanting to keep them perfect. All totally IMO, I know a few people that consider them to be great. variety is the spice of life