quick update on my impression:
iphone 5c + astell and kern ak10 + final audio heaven 6
ok, things were all getting better here.
feeding the final audio heaven 6 a good quality dac and amp reveals its true capabilities.
all those HOT HIGHS i did mention in my first impression were all gone, it only leads to one conclusion = the iphone 5c has poor dac and amp built.
well, what can we expect from it.
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that's why many companies provide the amp and dac that would bypass the signal *amp and dac of the apple player.
anyway, things were a bit more beautiful this time.
the soundstage expands more, spaces were provide more between instruments, there were now more ups, downs, left and right, and deepness into my music.
and...worst is...any tracks ive played, im never changing it... im attached to it. im more sucked into my music more... well, that i think is an excellent outcome.
it makes me listen more to my music without ever changing it, hahaha. someone also mentioned it here, i remember when i back read in this thread. i can now say, it truly is.
NO MORE HOT HIGHS.
can never be heard here anymore.
just pure bliss of sound.
what makes you listen more, perhaps is its tuning... its balanced.
no frequency is above anything else.
just voice, sparkles here and there of any instruments, it sounds more sweet, the fluidness of that MIDS is just everywhere in your music...you can really hear it, making your music such a fun and musical kind. no thick and boring mids, just the right amount. no matter what genre i listen to... from rock, ballad to live concerts... they sounded great.
soundstage may not be as faithful and true as my NAD VISO hp, but i guess, this one can prove to be something, because of its iem limitation, it can still give me that special soundstage for an iem.
for those who are interested in buying one, pls feed it high quality set up.
a good format of your music (flac or 320kbps mp3) then a good quality amp or dac...
you will see the true capability of your iem. you can push its limits where you can say, this one is not an ordinary kind of an iem... because it can do more than what you expected.
i forget to mention, the vocals in all tracks ive played, has its own special placement.
its more of an upfront kind, with center, with a space in between instruments. its given more of a special placement, i think, because, when you hear the vocals of the artists, you hear it clearly, and thats a very nice thing, specially if you are listening to a good singer.
