Haha, I have many full sized headphones that are larger than these. They are not heavy to me. The clamping force is too tight and the build is actually pretty cheap.
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endless402
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sounds like my hyla on the sony....so much slam!
This was really brought home to me in the following of all tracks:
It's electronic (basically) but the precise sense of space, placement and imaging through the Odin is little short of profound.
Rock, if you're gelling with Odin, and love your bass like I know you do, you just have to hear EVO...
Yes, Odin’s bass quality is absolutely top tier. I think it still stands as my favourite IEM bass. EVO is up there too, but after listening to EVO and Odin together for a little while, I felt that Odin’s bass implementation with the rest of its tuning gives it the overall edge, at least for me.
I think if they eventually release a hybrid tuning of those 2 iems with 4 estats and BCD it will be a massive success
That would be amazing. I just wish EE tuned their IEM’s with a little more upper treble and slightly less forward upper mids. Once I heard the Elysian Annihilator and X, I couldn’t go back to Odin’s treble/upper mid tuning.
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I think Odins treble presentation is one of best ive heard. But EVO could use some more upper treble.
Edit: meant upper mids not lower mids lol.
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By the how does X compare to Odin? X graph looks like a dream come true to me. Im just curious about its technical performance.
For me, X’s tuning is near-perfect, and the technicalities are better than anything else I’ve heard. It has incredible sub bass, upper mids and the whole treble tuning from lower to upper is the best I’ve heard. But there are two potential dealbreakers, the mid bass/lower mids recession and the subsequent thinness to the midrange notes and vocals, and the “ultra-ethereal” treble which can make the instrument timbre sound somewhat artificial.
For pretty much anything in the electronic music genre that I listen to, this is a non-issue. But if mid bass slam, thicker/warmer/weightier lower midrange notes and/or instrumental timbre accuracy are a priority, then I would probably say look elsewhere.
Tuning compared to Odin, it pretty much sounds how you would expect from looking at the graph. More bass quantity, less forward upper mids and more forward upper treble. X’s soundstage is freakin’ massive and completely dwarfs Odin’s, especially in height and width. Detail retrieval is pretty close between the two I’d say but X’s treble tuning allows more upper frequency detail to come through. Bass technicalities (detail, speed, slam, note weight density etc) Odin is still king. X has more quantity but it’s definitely a lower quality bass response to my ears.
Damn i need to start thinking of what to sell. This sounds like a dream come true to me.
Do they have any weird issues? Like strange fit or isolation issues?
God i hate i asked....
snapandslide
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Fit is ok for my, but I have larger ears, i know those with more normal size have found the shells big. But if Odin was ok, then I think you'll be ok with X.
Yeah agree with @snapandslide - if Odin is okay, then X should be fine too.
How does EXT fit compare to Odin/EVO?
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Listening to the below jazz fusion on Dark Sky - I think this IEM is going to direct me on a new musical journey, perfect synergy.
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