[Mimouille]

X5 sounds good with SE5, in my memory, quite akin to 901 but not as good...but I did not like the shape and UI. Felt cheap to me.

For the cards, iem is to be avoided, sounded bad with SE5 to my ears, with sort of sibilant raspy mids. Balanced is good and discrete is more neutral. Never tried Minibox.

Never listened to DX9O.

 

[gr8soundz]

Is there any hdp-r10 user here? Is the problem mentioned by tupac applicable to the Japanese version of dx100? This problem seems to be UI related so maybe hdp-r10 do not have it (as I understand hdp-r10 is considered as having more mature UI).

 
Didn't realize it til reading this thread but, for some reason, I only use the physical volume buttons on my r10 (guess I prefer gradual volume adjustment that NO slider I've ever used can provide).
 
UI is a bit different on the r10 vs dx100 but (from pics an videos I've seen) onscreen volume slider appears same. I do recall reading in one of the threads here (sorry, not sure if it was the r10 or dx100 thread) that power output may have been a bit reduced on the r10 to help increase batt life. So it may not have exact same max volume as dx100 but all reviews I've read on both still say they can drive difficult headphones.
 
Never maxed my r10s vol yet (not willing to test this theory; may change when I finally buy some hungrier phones) but I don't doubt it could have similar issues if not careful with onscreen slider. 

 

[DeepGroove]

Hey guys I just received my SE5, all is good except I cannot pull the right pin out of the shell. Seems glued and I dont want to force and rip the internals apart.
 
Any of you ever had this problem, how did you solve?
 
Thanks

 

[tupac0306]

you just gonna do it somehow *_*

Interesting note: my left ear piece connector can rotate 180 degree internally and still function

 

[lee730]

you just gonna do it somehow *_*

Interesting note: my left ear piece connector can rotate 180 degree internally

and still function

 
lol sounds scary...

 

[AmberOzL]

   
lol sounds scary...

+1. Definitely sounds scary man.

 

[Mimouille]

He has like 7 pairs so its ok...

My pair is even more scary. I took the cables out but can still hear music :eek:

 

[TheDecline01]

This is wrong.
 
When am I an SE5 owner?

 

[Fabaaroan]

you just gonna do it somehow *_*

Interesting note: my left ear piece connector can rotate 180 degree internally

and still function

 
 

He has like 7 pairs so its ok...

My pair is even more scary. I took the cables out but can still hear music

 
 
Woah I hesitate a lot to buy se5 now I am afraid.
Your se5 are not so old.
What 's going on ?

 

[lee730]

lol I'm sure Mimou is being facetious. I don't know about tupac though.... When he mentions 7 pairs he means other CIEMs ...
 
Personally I wouldn't risk changing cables very often at all on the SE5 being that it is silicone. I changed it out a couple times but won't do that anymore. Sounds marvelous on the old gold cable.

 

[whoever]

I just spent 15min with the SE5 on my zx1......OH MY GOD!!!!!!

 

[DeepGroove]

After many hours of back and forth between my toys I found my perfect IEM: the LKE2.10.5

The shimmering highs of the K10
The captivating mids of the SE-5
The tight and powerful bass of the LCD2

Now let me find my magic wand...

 

[tupac0306]

I just spent 15min with the SE5 on my zx1......OH MY GOD!!!!!!

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yeah this combo is not bad

 

[whoever]

it's actually really hard to get an idea out of this. Was questioning myself all day long if i should change, but couldn't make up my mind until now. I think there is actually no way the SE5 and the Harmony 8 could be in direct competition. They are in my mind more complementary….and technicaly equal. SE5 have a huge impact but less space, which makes them powerfull as it can get (of what i heard)….while the H8 are very very spacious and very well balanced with a all over presentation which leaves nothing behind or out. 
I guess i just need them both……..
 
 

 
 
and here goes my financial suicide……...

 

[Mimouille]

Like I told you on TN, once you go down the rabbit hole...well it is over. At first you tell yourself you need only one iem, good enough. Then you need one, but the best there is. Then you need one custom and one universal. Then another custom for your different moods. Then another custom that has better synergy with your other DAP. Then just this new Japanese universal because there are only 200 of them (Kaede and Lab 1 anyone?). Then your favorite brand comes out with a breakthrough technology. And then your wife leaves you and you only have this left in life so you stop making excuses and just buy everything.

My wife is still here but she's awesome, so do not take her as a reference.

So in the end...do not go there....well unless it's for the SE5 of course...that one is just too awesome