Charlie Norwood
Previously known as Infinity Knives
Well, I will see if I can check them out in October. You going?
RMAF is in like 3 weeks. Weekend after labor day. Just didn't want you to miss it
Well, I will see if I can check them out in October. You going?
So, after a few more days, I sent the N3 back. It's a good backup pair, and not far behind the Z5, but I ultimately didn't need it, so I let it go. I would rank it above the Ex800, but below the Z5.
The Z5 is just a beast. I have owned UE 900, T04, Fearless s8F, RHA CL2, Aurisonics 2.5, KPE, DM6, EX800, Final E 5000, and the Z5 puts them all to shame. I don't know why people bother. The CL2 and S8F are especially overrated. S8F just have a treble spike for their incredible "detail" and cannot handle fast technical music well at wall. The CL2 are even worse, and maybe it's because I am not used to planar bass, but the bass hit on those sounded like a floppy speaker. No body at all. Aurisonics were the best runner up, but they didn't have the detail retrieval of the z5. My only beef with Z5 is isolation could be better and comfort could be better. Wondering what an actual upgrade could be to these that maintaints the same massive bass and super wide stage. Solaris maybe? At 3 times the price though, that doesn't strike as a great deal.