yea, actually that makes sense. why go for something that almost certainly doesn't sound as good as another thing with which I'm not satisfied. see, you saved me $15.
i'm not thrilled with the ne-7m, might send it back as i've only had them about 10 days. i thought ba's didn't need much burn-in? or are they dynamic drivers. anyway, i find them mushy and uncontrolled in the bass, overly mid-rangey, and too rolled off in the highs. they sound veiled to me. i have (currently busted wire) q-jays and though that isn't a fair comparison it is hard to be happy giving up that much detail. i should state that it is very likely that i may have suffered some hearing loss at this point in life so that would explain a lot of my preference here. anyway, the problem is I can't really afford to keep the q-jays. the q-jays also are just not satisfying in the bass department. i used to spend a lot of time on airplanes so the q-jays made a lot of sense. i am moving towards only using iems for falling asleep, which is usually to audiobooks / spoken word / relaxation sounds, etc. as opposed to music. this is really a whole different application than listening to music. (pardon my jumbled writing. i'm really tired). but, it is with listening to music that I've been evaluating the nuforce. so, they don't have 100+ hours on them yet. they do have 10's of hours on them though. i do think they are a good phone and can understand why people are fond of them though.
the ksc's are also new and recabled with mogami 2893. they blow me away for a $13 dollar phone (+$7 for cable). I have portapros with thousands of hours on them that are trashhhhed and sound bad now(i am going to try to warranty them). the ksc-75's have decent enough lows though lower would be welcome if possible. i wouldn't mind a bit more mids. that might be acheivable by taming the highs a bit. i have been playing around putting my cupping my hands over them to try and change the sound. I am half thinking of throwing them in some old closed can shells I have and then venting the backs well to keep them fairly open. done right this might give me a touch more mids and bass. a little more foam or distance from the ear might help the highs??? I will probably let them burn in for 100 hours before I decide i need to do much with them.
and FWIW, i also have ah-d2000's. i like 'em
i actually just tested my mini^3 for the first time yesterday. hurray, it works. that is about all i know yet. it was nearly my first surface mount work so it isn't a museum piece but it all fired up right the first time around. i chose it because it has pretty good reviews and is cheap to build. i may try and stick it in something else and sell the enclosure too. i don't have the 15V wall wart yet and can't find my battery charger and I still have to drill the end plates for the enclosure. looking forward to it though.
