[Kerouac]

Hold on $1600? The price like a used w900?

Oh...you're back already. Now, that was a quick rebirth

Yeah, $1600 seems to be the price, but it looks like it doesn't come with a cable.
Don't know how it will hold up to the W900, but @SeeSax really seems to like it

 

[Raketen]

Besides the Solar and Galaxy, Rhapsodio also seems to have a new interesting option these days
It's a 1DD + 8BA called RDB MK8
...aka Zombie

yipes, 126dB/mV is enough to raise any ole hiss from the dead

 

[normie610]

I'm thinking about to get a iem with fast deep and enough bass, some treble sparkle and air as well, with enough sound stage to separate instruments. So that I can use it for both jazz fusion and metal.

Get the LCD i4. You'll get them all with i4

 

[tim0chan]

Get the LCD i4. You'll get them all with i4

Minus isolation

 

[normie610]

Minus isolation

Yep, but not an issue for me unless I'm on a plane with the roar of jet engines

 

[DrummerLeo]

Oh...you're back already. Now, that was a quick rebirth

Yeah, $1600 seems to be the price, but it looks like it doesn't come with a cable.
Don't know how it will hold up to the W900, but @SeeSax really seems to like it

Raise for Zombie

 

[tim0chan]

Yep, but not an issue for me unless I'm on a plane with the roar of jet engines

Some people still need the isolation, hence the asking for the reccomendation of ciem

 

[fuhransahis]

Yep, but not an issue for me unless I'm on a plane with the roar of jet engines

How are they with sound leakage? I'd imagine you can't use them in a typical office environment without annoying everyone.

 

[tim0chan]

How are they with sound leakage? I'd imagine you can't use them in a typical office environment without annoying everyone.

Another big consideration right there

 

[normie610]

Some people still need the isolation, hence the asking for the reccomendation of ciem

He said "IEM" not "CIEM"

 

[tim0chan]

He said "IEM" not "CIEM"

This is afterall a thread where mostly ciems are reviewed

 

[normie610]

This is afterall a thread where mostly ciems are reviewed

Sorry I don't want to have a debate on this. The poster clearly said IEM, and he didn't specify isolation as his main criteria, hence my recommendation. This thread's title is also IEM shootout, and Nic also reviewed IEMs not only CIEMs.

How are they with sound leakage? I'd imagine you can't use them in a typical office environment without annoying everyone.

Sound leakage to surrounding environment is minimal, people would need to get really close to the ears to hear the leakage unless you're in a dead silent environment when there's no sound at all.

 

[fuhransahis]

Sound leakage to surrounding environment is minimal, people would need to get really close to the ears to hear the leakage unless you're in a dead silent environment when there's no sound at all.

Really? I find that surprising. Not saying I don't believe you, just surprising, given that they are open-back, and even sealed IEMs can leak enough sound for others to hear. I've heard extremely positive things about them sound-wise, but the fact that they don't really isolate (I listen mostly on my commute to and from work on the train) and I wouldn't be able to listen to them in the office always put them out of consideration. Guess I'll have to audition them.

 

[normie610]

Really? I find that surprising. Not saying I don't believe you, just surprising, given that they are open-back, and even sealed IEMs can leak enough sound for others to hear. I've heard extremely positive things about them sound-wise, but the fact that they don't really isolate (I listen mostly on my commute to and from work on the train) and I wouldn't be able to listen to them in the office always put them out of consideration. Guess I'll have to audition them.

Yes I think it's best if you can audition them. To be honest, it was also my biggest worry initially. IMHO, the issue is more towards how ambient sound leakage will affect sound quality (especially the low frequencies) and I found out that unless I'm on a plane, the degradation in sound quality is also minimal (note that I haven't used them on trains, only in public spaces such as malls and cafes).

 

[Deezel177]

Really? I find that surprising. Not saying I don't believe you, just surprising, given that they are open-back, and even sealed IEMs can leak enough sound for others to hear. I've heard extremely positive things about them sound-wise, but the fact that they don't really isolate (I listen mostly on my commute to and from work on the train) and I wouldn't be able to listen to them in the office always put them out of consideration. Guess I'll have to audition them.

Sounds like insanely dangerous listening volumes. To be honest, that's usually what I fear most with (semi-)open IEMs; compensating for a lack of isolation with harmful levels of SPL. And, as @normie610, in most cases you have to get pretty loud to hear dat bass!