[eke2k6]

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Yes.. my pair have black rhodium faceplates.
 
 
I know the AS-2 gets a lot of love for its bass response (and, admittedly, I actually haven't tested bass performance all that much... yet), but I was just telling Dale (via email) that I actually appreciate the rest of the AS-2;s freq tuning more than the bass.  I guess I just kind of take for granted  the phenomenal bass we can *expect* from Aurisonics..  but this is a phone that's tuned with precision.. from end to end.  The AS-2 is no "one trick pony."  As eke mentioned, the midrange is very immersive (I think fans of the BA200 & HD600's midrange will love the AS-2 midrange).. and the treble is, IMO, perfectly tuned for stage monitor purposes.  I'm a guy who "likes my trebles".. and I don't find the AS-2's treble lacking in quantity at all.  For pro monitoring purposes, there might even be a tad more than what some musicians and engineers would expect.
 
I'm listening to one of my favorite hip hop albulums (

) of all time: Outkast's "Aquemini."  I remember running this through the AS-2 demo/prototype (I heard last summer) and my jaw dropped.. it's every bit as stunning the second time around.

 
Yep, I think the midrange is the best part of the AS-2 series. It has the vocal height of my HD600, plus the kind of intimacy you can only get from iems. Then you have that solid bass line underneath supporting the music...total immersion.

 

[cn11]

Eke,
 
Your review got a shout-out on their FB page. Nice!

 

[eke2k6]

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Eke,
 
Your review got a shout-out on their FB page. Nice!

 
Sweet! Look out, ljokerl 

 
BTW alphaphoenix, I see you lurking. You aren't supposed to be here, mister. No new iems for you, by order of Herr Wallet and Mrs. Wife.

 

[gnarlsagan]

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I know the AS-2 gets a lot of love for its bass response (and, admittedly, I actually haven't tested bass performance all that much... yet), but I was just telling Dale (via email) that I actually appreciate the rest of the AS-2;s freq tuning more than the bass.  I guess I just kind of take for granted  the phenomenal bass we can *expect* from Aurisonics..  but this is a phone that's tuned with precision.. from end to end.  The AS-2 is no "one trick pony."  As eke mentioned, the midrange is very immersive (I think fans of the BA200 & HD600's midrange will love the AS-2 midrange).. and the treble is, IMO, perfectly tuned for stage monitor purposes.  I'm a guy who "likes my trebles".. and I don't find the AS-2's treble lacking in quantity at all.  For pro monitoring purposes, there might even be a tad more than what some musicians and engineers would expect.
 

 
Agreed. There is definitely a treble bump that works well with a lot of material, but can be a bit emphasized for certain recordings imo.

 

[babybiaw]

Thanks for the detailed informative review~
 
Now what concern me much is that lot of BA based IEMs have the trend which is prone to hess, and since ASG-2 is a hybrid IEM and given that the sensitivity of ASG-1.0 is already very very high, do you think that ASG-2 is more sensitive than the ASG-1.

 

[eke2k6]

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Thanks for the detailed informative review~
 
Now what concern me much is that lot of BA based IEMs have the trend which is prone to hess, and since ASG-2 is a hybrid IEM and given that the sensitivity of ASG-1.0 is already very very high, do you think that ASG-2 is more sensitive than the ASG-1.

 
As sensitive as the ASG-2 is, I haven't heard any hiss from it. I don't really have any hiss-prone sources though, so I can't really say.
 
I did hear a bit of transformer hum from my desktop amp though.

 

[aras]

eke2k6 have you listened to eph-100? I wonder how ie800 and asg-2 compare to it. I feel like ie800 is same sig with eph-100.

 

[music_4321]

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... I feel like ie800 is same sig with eph-100.

 
Nooooooo!

 

[aras]

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Nooooooo!

Can you elaborate? 

 

[eke2k6]

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Nooooooo!

 
Lmao
 
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eke2k6 have you listened to eph-100? I wonder how ie800 and asg-2 compare to it. I feel like ie800 is same sig with eph-100.

 
Unfortunately, the angry bird is right. I owned the EPh-100 for about a month last year.
 
The eph-100 is a lot different from the others, and flawed in the treble timbre compared to these two.

 

[Oof Oink]

eke2k6 have you listened to eph-100? I wonder how ie800 and asg-2 compare to it. I feel like ie800 is same sig with eph-100.

Nooooooo!

Just to add to what music_4321 said, HELL NOOOOOOO! I briefly owned the EPH-100, and let's just say there's a reason the ownership was brief...

 

[Idsynchrono_24]

Oh wow. Music is in the hizzizzle. This thread truly has it all. Has the 334 landed yet Eke? Think mine's comin in on Thursday. Tracker said it departed Jersey last night

 

[eke2k6]

FitEar 334 is in the house. I just picked it up from work, and I'm listening to it right now.
 
Bloody hell, it shares the exact signature as the ASG-2. I actually think it has less detail than the ASG-2, and the highs might be even more laid back!
 
I think the ASG-2 just might be better than the TG334....
 
Still, take all this with a truckload of salt until I get home and A/B them.

 

[Idsynchrono_24]

Dude... DUDE

Edit: probably should append this with an actual thought, but that was all I managed after reading that statement. Crazy if true. I think me and Cn11 might be offloading a 334 if that were the case!

 

[eke2k6]

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Dude... DUDE

 

 
! I KNOW !
 
My toes can't stop squirming. I leave work in 45 minutes, so that will be the first order of business after I work start the laundry.