I've heard from multiple people who said 8.A is actually bloated with overpowering bass and that's part of the reason I was thrown off the IE80's. I like Good bass, real bass, but not a fan of drowning bass. Then I read Average Joes review, who said the sound signature actually makes up for it.
Pardon my french but who the hell calls the 8.A bloated? It is very, very far from that. Bass from the 8.A is tight, crisp and very detailed. And it will hit you like a sledgehammer on tracks like Take The Power Back by Rage Against The Machine. But bloated? Hell no.
Pardon my french but who the hell calls the 8.A bloated? It is very, very far from that. Bass from the 8.A is tight, crisp and very detailed. And it will hit you like a sledgehammer on tracks like Take The Power Back by Rage Against The Machine. But bloated? Hell no.
I have to agree with Sorensiim. The 8.A's are definitely NOT bass bloated. The 8.A has a LOT of bass and reaches really low, but we are talking about not just quantity but QUALITY bass. I guess if you were not used to hearing much bass in other headphones and then you hear the 8.A's for the first time, you might think that there is too much bass or it's "bloated", but we are not talking about Beats Audio here!
I am coming from listening to Ety ER4S's, and even I don't think that the 8.A has too much bass or is bloated in any way.
For that matter, I don't even think the highs on the 8.A's are dark or rolled off. To me they have much more high end detail than the 4.ai's. Coming from the Ety's or my Stax 407's, I don't miss any clarity or detail with my 8.A's.
I've heard from multiple people who said 8.A is actually bloated with overpowering bass and that's part of the reason I was thrown off the IE80's. I like Good bass, real bass, but not a fan of drowning bass. Then I read Average Joes review, who said the sound signature actually makes up for it.
I wouldn't agree with this at all. I find the bass of the 8.A punchy and deep (depending on the amount of bass in the track of course). I find that I still use a bit of bass boost on my amps or in Amarra when I'm listening to electronic music. I haven't heard the IE80, but I own several Westone IEMs, and the 8.A sound better right across the frequency spectrum.
I am truly sorry and I mean no disrespect but I am having a hard time understanding: are these posts first degree ? I mean...I am a client and quite convinced by the qualities of your product, but partaking in the fruit of humility would be a plus.
If you heard the 8.A's you would know I am being humble, and the name was given to me by a Head Fi member before I even went on to the commercial level.
These were made for a show being held in Thailand and they requested for some show attractions. So we put together some 5.0 (worlds first commercially available 5 driver Uni-IEM) (but remaining humble at the same time) and put together a 8.A universal for people to listen to while at the show. (all while still remaining humble of course)
Seriously, when I listened to the Thai 8.A universals the first thought I had was.....
I built these?
I don't actually have a set of 8.A's for myself, as my ear canals turn very sharp, so my personal choice is universal IEMs. Thus I rarely hear the 8.A, which I built/designed around 3-4 years ago while in Thailand. I even built them without the use of a freq analyzer... just test and re-test, useing my ears. The 8.A was the longest trial and error CIEM I designed, as there were so many parameters to adjust.
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