sensui123
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Mainly lacks the painful satisfaction to know I sank 4 digits into a freaking digital audio player... or the ability to bash i-devices with a snobby smile on my face at meets or show/s
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On a more serious note, mids sound different in that AK120 has more body and sound fuller, while still maintaining the resolution/clarity. Mid bass differs in a similar way but to lesser extend. Treble seems to be more refined/lacks sparkle (glass half empty/half full). Soundstage have more depth but may sound actually narrower on busy/complex tracks. The difference isn't really night and day and has to listen intently to familiar tracks. Many a time I "find" some "deficiency" and switched to the AK120 on the same track and well it wasn't really immediately better (e.g. "em... voice sounded thin..." "oh nevermind it is like that on here too").
They sound different for sure, but if I need to "squint" my ears to listen to different and struggle to decide which one I like better, it made the decision to sell it quite easy. Afterall I gain the satisfaction of having 4 digits of cash back in my pocket now.
Just hope the firmware will arrive at a point it is as stable.
Thanks for this, I hope for more feedback comparing the ak120 to this unit from others. Sounds like I'm not missing much. Meanwhile I'll try to do more listening between the DX100 and this bad boy to see how different they really are. I appreciate your feedback since you and I are both using fitears as the main IEM.