Aero Dynamik
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I should mention that the Carbo Tenore is manufactured by a Japanese company named Zero Audio (that james444 refers to).
never hear of Carbo Tenore does it scale to level of JVC-850's?
Best tonality I've heard from any IEM, except for in the mid-range compared to my FitEar ToGo! 334. Dynamics (with limited dynamic range compression recordings) are definitely behind the FX850 and the build quality is poor, but I can live with that. In my opinion the Carbo Tenore is so good I've sold all of my TOTL phones (TG334, K3003i, EM6, etc.) If you want to call me the Carbo Tenore will cost you $36.70 with free shipping from Amazon (link here).
As promised to T.R.A.N.C.E, compared the entire JVC series here:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/746615/legend-r-vs-k10-brief-review-and-27-others-now-incl-entire-westone-w-um-series-and-jvc-fx-series/105#post_11178667
This was a surprising series- they all sounded quite different!
Wow, you actually liked the stock 1100 better than the 850.
Would the Tenore make a good throw around and gym pair of earphones?
Would the Tenore make a good throw around and gym pair of earphones?
Wow, you actually liked the stock 1100 better than the 850.
Yep. The mids on the FX1100 were very well done, and in general the FX850 sounded thinner and sharper. The two sounded very different, but still with the same signature. The FX750, though, was an entirely different ballgame.
Well, different strokes for different folks. The FX850 are already decidedly bassy and warm. I'd honestly never have expected them to make the FX1100 even warmer.
I'm not a fan of overly warm signatures- the 850 and 1100 fall in that category for sure. But when comparing the two, I was looking at other factors. Given these other factors, I'd also bet that modding or EQ, to remove the warmth, will bring the 1100 to a higher level than the 850. Was that your experience?
It was, and if we're primarily consider their potential, our conclusions aren't far apart.
However, if we're looking at stock signatures, I'd say the 850 is a classic v-shape, low rangea bitoverdone but forward highs for counterbalance. The 1100 cut the highs and boost the low range even more, which to my ears not only throws them out of balance, but makes them sound downright congested from midbass to lower mids. But then again, I'm used to rather balanced phones, that's just my preference, give or take a few db here and there.
never hear of Carbo Tenore does it scale to level of JVC-850's?
Best tonality I've heard from any IEM, except for in the mid-range compared to my FitEar ToGo! 334. Dynamics (with limited dynamic range compression recordings) are definitely behind the FX850 and the build quality is poor, but I can live with that. In my opinion the Carbo Tenore is so good I've sold all of my TOTL phones (TG334, K3003i, EM6, etc.) If you want to call me the Carbo Tenore will cost you $36.70 with free shipping from Amazon (link here).
Would the Tenore make a good throw around and gym pair of earphones?
It was, and if we're primarily consider their potential, our conclusions aren't far apart.
However, if we're looking at stock signatures, I'd say the 850 is a classic v-shape, low rangea bitoverdone but forward highs for counterbalance. The 1100 cut the highs and boost the low range even more, which to my ears not only throws them out of balance, but makes them sound downright congested from midbass to lower mids. But then again, I'm used to rather balanced phones, that's just my preference, give or take a few db here and there.
Yup- I heard all the same things you heard. But I thought that the highs were a bit overdone on the 850, and docked it some points for that. I also added points to the 1100 for its mids. Despite all that the 1100 does better, their points nonetheless ended up quite close, because of the super-excessive warmness of the 1100. But as I wrote- I'm guessing someone does actually like this?
Anyway, I did not put as much weight into their signatures. Let me just say this- if I were to buy either of them, I wouldn't listen to either of them stock.