RAZ's TOTL review and rambles thread... could it be.... alive?

[xenithon]

My understanding is the opposite - the Xe6 is supposed to be warm and musical, while the 5 is geared towards studio/reference. That's why I went for the Kr5, but I haven't heard the 6 personally

Indeed yes, sorry I was getting my wires crossed. Makes sense….it wasn’t computing that you are loving a warm / musical presentation

 

[aaf evo]

Out of interest (I may have missed it) did you compare it or get to listen to the XE6?

From the impressions I’ve read thus far, the 6 seems to be the more technically competent and “audiophile” tuned, and the 5 more “musical” tuned (so not quite reference but bolder, bigger, warmer).

My understanding is the opposite - the Xe6 is supposed to be warm and musical, while the 5 is geared towards studio/reference. That's why I went for the Kr5, but I haven't heard the 6 personally

Yeah @xenithon I think you have those backwards.

I have the XE6 and it’s very musical, big, and rich with good technical ability to go with it. It’s unlike anything else I’ve heard on the market which is why I enjoy it so much.

Not to mention the bass is straight up

 

[xenithon]

Yeah @xenithon I think you have those backwards.

I have the XE6 and it’s very musical, big, and rich with good technical ability to go with it. It’s unlike anything else I’ve heard on the market which is why I enjoy it so much.

Not to mention the bass is straight up

Many thanks for the feedback!

PS. I've fixed my original post so I don't look like a total tart

 

[mvvRAZ]

Indeed yes, sorry I was getting my wires crossed. Makes sense….it wasn’t computing that you are loving a warm / musical presentation

Haha I definitely want to try the Xe6, I am this close to pulling the trigger on one I do think the Kr5 is much closer to my "target curve" though, been on a bit of a treble head wave lately. Also contemplating selling the Kr5 to fund it as a CIEM but that would mean having to go through the whole Classifieds torture chamber

 

[twister6]

Indeed yes, sorry I was getting my wires crossed. Makes sense….it wasn’t computing that you are loving a warm / musical presentation

https://twister6.com/2022/01/04/fir-audio-frontier-series-xe6-kr5-ne4-introduction-and-comparison/

 

[xenithon]

https://twister6.com/2022/01/04/fir-audio-frontier-series-xe6-kr5-ne4-introduction-and-comparison/

 

[gLer]

Haha I definitely want to try the Xe6, I am this close to pulling the trigger on one I do think the Kr5 is much closer to my "target curve" though, been on a bit of a treble head wave lately. Also contemplating selling the Kr5 to fund it as a CIEM but that would mean having to go through the whole Classifieds torture chamber

Don't you have a return window?

 

[aaf evo]

A torture chamber sounds more fun than the classifieds. They’re atrocious.

 

[mvvRAZ]

Don't you have a return window?

Not without a restocking IIRC, but I might pop Andrew an email to see if it's possible

 

[gLer]

Not without a restocking IIRC, but I might pop Andrew an email to see if it's possible

You'll lose less in restocking than the classifieds wasteland. We should start a petition to get the old classifieds reinstated.

 

[mvvRAZ]

You'll lose less in restocking than the classifieds wasteland. We should start a petition to get the old classifieds reinstated.

I sent him an email yup. If it’s 5% or whatever I’ll gladly take it honestly. Just need to get my impressions over to FiR now

 

[Onurb8690]

Haha I definitely want to try the Xe6, I am this close to pulling the trigger on one I do think the Kr5 is much closer to my "target curve" though, been on a bit of a treble head wave lately. Also contemplating selling the Kr5 to fund it as a CIEM but that would mean having to go through the whole Classifieds torture chamber

You have to pull the trigger for Xen 6 so you can compare directly.

 

[mvvRAZ]

You have to pull the trigger for Xen 6 so you can compare directly.

Just sold my Kr5 and ordered the CIEM! Xe6 later down the line

 

[Onurb8690]

Just sold my Kr5 and ordered the CIEM! Xe6 later down the line

Very fast this sale

 

[hAbIrAbI]

How is the KR5 compared to your A18s?