Druphis
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I have had these for about a month. I did find the bass was very lacking. Complies did help. The biggest help was using a warm amp. It helped the bass while maintaining clarity.
It seems like there is conflicting information. Earlier in the thread, many said that Westone Star tips (silicone) were awesome for BA200, but more recent posts say that Westone True Fit (foam) are the best. Which is true?
It seems like there is conflicting information. Earlier in the thread, many said that Westone Star tips (silicone) were awesome for BA200, but more recent posts say that Westone True Fit (foam) are the best. Which is true?
I personally found that any tips other than the stock bi-flange kills the ba200's sound. I tried all the westone tips and none of them came close to what the bi-flange could offer in terms of sound. The Comply tips are even worse, turning the ba200 to a very average sounding iems that is not worth the price.
It is only with the stock bi-flange that ba200 becomes so impressive. Shure grey flange tips come close but still not as good as the bi-flange.
It's true that the silicon bi-flange tips highlight all the clarity and good separation of instruments of the BA-200. But in my opinion, no bass with these tips!
So the extension cord that came with my BA200s just crapped out - audio is now only going to the left side. If I plug in without the extension, everything still works fine, so I know the extension is the problem.
My question is this: can I use any female to male extension cable? I'm hoping I don't have to go to TDK for a replacement - I'm out of warranty, so I doubt they'd help me anyway.
You should be alright as the circuitry for impedance matching is inside the Y split, not the extension cable.
Well, the ba200 are not tuned to be bass heavy in the first place and even with the bi-flange I found the bass to be plentiful.
+1 here as well for stock dual flange.
Anything foamy tends to kill the treble on these which clarity is already it's weakest link IMHO.
That said if any of you have those little red rings that come with monster tips, you can try pairing with other regular IEM tips and surprisingly some aren't so bad.