[marcello]

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A Member of the Trade may not post announcements, advertisements, sales information or the like about a product he makes or sells in the Main Forums, via Private Messaging, or via Head-Fi's e-mail relay function.

via Head-Fi Rules and Terms of Use.

That post with pictures, weibby, was maybe announcement. It's a strict restriction, it is ment to have only true reviews/posts not based on profit. However, all those posts were truly useful, I know that and thank you.

Btw. requested product information post of a "Member of Trade" should not violate the Rules, am I right?

 

[weibby]

oh well.
if anyone wants more of the event then just google it.

 

[mvw2]

I just grabbed a pair of the Eternas off another member. Initial impressions are favorable. The bass is interesting. It reminds me a lot of car audio running subs. You get that over pronounced bass line but also the full range set still performs well for the rest of the range. The Eterna has that kind of presentation. It's a fun type of gear, an expected type of sound for most people familiar with car audio installs. I was actually surprised by the amount and good extension. At the same time, the pronunciation is like a car setup, low, and it doesn't bleed into the midrange. Bass, mid, and treble quality is certainly good, clean, well behaved. They aren't any significant drawbacks that pop out.

 

[jj94]

The Eterna's are really getting my attention. I have a pair of C710's right now and I like them a lot, and I was wondering how they stack up to the Eterna's? I've been meaning to get a new pair of IEM's when I get a new source (hopefully the J3 when it comes out in the States, otherwise it'll probably be an S9 or a Sony) and I have the Eternas, W3, UM3X, TF10, and a couple more in mind.

 

[weibby]

Most FA products have very strong bass which can be uninviting with the initial out of the box listen.

Their forward nature doesn't help because it eats up the other frequency.
You need to run in for at least 50 hrs to make it sound listenable, by the 250 mark you'd find that it turns into a gem.

 

[mglak51jk]

Can anyone do a comparison of the Eternas to the Meelec M6's, in sound,comfort, and
isolation? I have the M6's and getting a good seal has been tough-are these structured
similarly? Thanks

 

[andreiru]

Would be nice to see reviews of more of their models (they have quite a few, it looks) & a reference or two of some distributors in the UK... I'll definitely look for them when I go to Russia next otherwise. Thanks for the introduction.

 

[andreiru]

Also, a word on their sound isolation, perhaps?

 

[mvw2]

Isolation is good on the Eterna. It's not hyperbolic chamber good, but it's roughly what you'd expect from an IEM. A few earphones do better. Other models will fair differently.

 

[andreiru]

Thanks, mvw2. Looks like they are available from Bugden Audio. Other places I've just looked through appear to be out of stock.

 

[andreiru]

Lol, I've never ordered a set of earphones within an hour of finding out about them before!

 

[FirsToStrike]

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Originally Posted by andreiru /img/forum/go_quote.gif Lol, I've never ordered a set of earphones within an hour of finding out about them before!

Haha, the power ClieOS holds in his hands. With one review he can make headphones sell at 100x the amount they would have been sold without the review.

 

[aconteceu]

M6 does not come close to the sound quality of Eterna, but M6 cable stays put in place. M6 is bassy with somewhat recessed mids and rather harsh treble. M6 is a hard hitting set, it can hurt after lengthy listening sessions. Eterna is bassy but really fluid in all the ranges, has a comfortable fit, and has amazing imaging. You never get tired with it. If only Eterna's cable stayed behind my ear like it was supposed to. Oh well, there's Silver Bullet which is more or less just perfect for me.

 

[mvw2]

The PFE silicon over-ear devices might work very well. Although the Fischer ones fit better than say the IE8 did, I'm not a fan of the big and bulky over-ear devices.

 

[JxK]

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Originally Posted by aconteceu /img/forum/go_quote.gif M6 does not come close to the sound quality of Eterna, but M6 cable stays put in place. M6 is bassy with somewhat recessed mids and rather harsh treble. M6 is a hard hitting set, it can hurt after lengthy listening sessions. Eterna is bassy but really fluid in all the ranges, has a comfortable fit, and has amazing imaging. You never get tired with it. If only Eterna's cable stayed behind my ear like it was supposed to. Oh well, there's Silver Bullet which is more or less just perfect for me.

Having had the M6, I can't see how you're hearing harsh treble. They had a pleasant amount of treble sparkle, true, but harsh? Maybe we just have different tolerances to treble, but I simply can't imagine the M6 ever being considered harsh. I can't imagine them even coming close to anything approaching harshness. And I agree with you about the cable, it really is very well made.