So we can say, you have very uncommon taste for headphones. That's ok, it is just your point of view.
Rank the IEM's you've heard
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Hey, let your ears be your guide. I am currently in love with a $14 pair of im616s that I have paired with my UM56s custom sleeves and the Sony A818 (using Clear Bass EQ). I can't believe how good this setup sounds to me. I am starting to gravitate towards it the majority of time, in fact. Scary, considering I have the UM3X here, and while I do like them, the Ety drivers in the 616s have got me dazzled. And I owned the ER4P at one point in the past.
So I understand, believe me.
Sorry, back to topic.
| Originally Posted by Pianist /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well, I may be wrong of course, or maybe ES3X just needs better sources to shine, but when plugging both into what I have, I find RE0 more tonally balanced and equally, if not better detailed. RE0 may not reach as deep in the bass, but it has a more naturally sounding bass in my opinion, with more impact. ES3X sounds dry and a bit unnatural by comparison. Also, I find that ES3X really needs help to bring out dynamics in the music. With my Sony walkman, I had to turn the dynamic normalizer on to make them sound sufficiently dynamic for my tastes. RE0 sound more dynamic out of any source. As for SE530, I think it totally blows away ES3X in dynamics. BTW, that's why I returned my ES3X a few days ago. Luckily, got most of my money back (~92%). Gotta update my sig. |
Hey, let your ears be your guide. I am currently in love with a $14 pair of im616s that I have paired with my UM56s custom sleeves and the Sony A818 (using Clear Bass EQ). I can't believe how good this setup sounds to me. I am starting to gravitate towards it the majority of time, in fact. Scary, considering I have the UM3X here, and while I do like them, the Ety drivers in the 616s have got me dazzled. And I owned the ER4P at one point in the past.
So I understand, believe me.
Sorry, back to topic.
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w3's < se530's < tf10 < ie8 < jh-13 pro
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ER4BPS>UM3x>UM2>SF5PRO>CX500>UM1>SF3>E2C
jamato8
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Jh13 Pros. . . . is there anything else?
:^)
I have others but to be honest I don't enjoy them so for me I rank the 13's and then whatever else I have. I know there are a number of good IEM's. I wonder what will be next. I would like an IEM with the more open sound of an open headphone. I think this is also possible. Now for the wait.
:^)
I have others but to be honest I don't enjoy them so for me I rank the 13's and then whatever else I have. I know there are a number of good IEM's. I wonder what will be next. I would like an IEM with the more open sound of an open headphone. I think this is also possible. Now for the wait.
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Apparently so.
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Blasphemy.
| Originally Posted by tstarn06 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Apparently so. |
Blasphemy.
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Well, not everyone is going to spend $1,000+ on IEMs is what I meant.
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I thought JH13 is perfection, no? After all, what can be more fun for your ears than aural sex?
| Originally Posted by jamato8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Jh13 Pros. . . . is there anything else? :^) I have others but to be honest I don't enjoy them so for me I rank the 13's and then whatever else I have. I know there are a number of good IEM's. I wonder what will be next. I would like an IEM with the more open sound of an open headphone. I think this is also possible. Now for the wait. |
I thought JH13 is perfection, no? After all, what can be more fun for your ears than aural sex?
jamato8
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Well we don't want to derail this thread as it is a survey but yes, to me, they are near perfection with little to fault.
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I'm having a similar experience with the Meelectronics M9 with Head-Direct's large biflanges.
These take precedence over my ES7s now.
| Originally Posted by tstarn06 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey, let your ears be your guide. I am currently in love with a $14 pair of im616s that I have paired with my UM56s custom sleeves and the Sony A818 (using Clear Bass EQ). I can't believe how good this setup sounds to me. I am starting to gravitate towards it the majority of time, in fact. Scary, considering I have the UM3X here, and while I do like them, the Ety drivers in the 616s have got me dazzled. And I owned the ER4P at one point in the past. So I understand, believe me. Sorry, back to topic. |
I'm having a similar experience with the Meelectronics M9 with Head-Direct's large biflanges.
These take precedence over my ES7s now.
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1. MDR-EX55SL
2. RE0 - maybe I never got the right fit with these, but they were not the giant killer I'd been led to expect.
2. RE0 - maybe I never got the right fit with these, but they were not the giant killer I'd been led to expect.
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Interesting, because they sound so tempting. But fit, as we know, is critical. If the fit is wrong, no one else's experience/review matters. I've been on both sides of that equation.
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RE0 > SE530 > Atrio M5 > UE TF10 > Altec Backbeat 326 > RE2 > Ety ER6i > NE-6 = UE SF5EB > Denon C551 > SF5vi = Klipsch Custom 2 > CX500
Triple.fi 10 > SE530 > ATRIO m5 > Monster Turbine = UE 700 > SE420 > UE Super.fi 5 = ADDIEM > UE super.fi 4 > SE110 > V-moda vibe 1st gen > CX400 > UE Metro.fi 170 > Sony MDR-EX71 > CX300
