Golden Ears
100+ Head-Fier
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These forums are really funny, so much arguing, and so much correcting by others – it is endless entertainment. But there is a wealth of information there.
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I come from the land of big full format, full range speakers, and not headphones, so when I heard the edition nine’s they sounded extremely natural to me almost immediately. It took very little to get used to their sonic signature.
I don’t listen to headphones much critically, mostly because I don’t find the soundstage or imaging satisfactory – nor the frequency response (uh I can’t feel any visceral bass, nor the overall tonality to be very satisfying. I pretty much relegated headphones to keeping me occupied while doing a task- and not for critical listening or truly satisfying listening. They mostly serve to keep me amped during sports… or to break the monotony while doing work on the computer.
However all of that changed when I heard the edition nine headphones. They were re-wired with the APS headphone cable version 3. Now I know there is no way for me to get the true sound of the ultimate ears UE- 11 in ear monitors without actually having a molded impression of my ear. I think the demo UE-11 must fall short of a true demo.
So I am wondering… who out there has both the Ultrasone Edition 9 with APS V3 cable AND a pair of UE-11’s?
Here are my questions:
One. Which headphone sounds closer to live?
Two. Do you listen to one or the other much more?
Three. If you had to buy only one which would be?
They basically cost the same amount of money. I’m just trying to decide. I’ll probably get both anyway, but if the ultrasound edition nine is far better than the UE – 11, I might have to reevaluate my choices.
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I come from the land of big full format, full range speakers, and not headphones, so when I heard the edition nine’s they sounded extremely natural to me almost immediately. It took very little to get used to their sonic signature.
I don’t listen to headphones much critically, mostly because I don’t find the soundstage or imaging satisfactory – nor the frequency response (uh I can’t feel any visceral bass, nor the overall tonality to be very satisfying. I pretty much relegated headphones to keeping me occupied while doing a task- and not for critical listening or truly satisfying listening. They mostly serve to keep me amped during sports… or to break the monotony while doing work on the computer.
However all of that changed when I heard the edition nine headphones. They were re-wired with the APS headphone cable version 3. Now I know there is no way for me to get the true sound of the ultimate ears UE- 11 in ear monitors without actually having a molded impression of my ear. I think the demo UE-11 must fall short of a true demo.
So I am wondering… who out there has both the Ultrasone Edition 9 with APS V3 cable AND a pair of UE-11’s?
Here are my questions:
One. Which headphone sounds closer to live?
Two. Do you listen to one or the other much more?
Three. If you had to buy only one which would be?
They basically cost the same amount of money. I’m just trying to decide. I’ll probably get both anyway, but if the ultrasound edition nine is far better than the UE – 11, I might have to reevaluate my choices.