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For my FW10000, 350hr burn in still not enough. Running balanced through wm1a at low gain at around 70 vol, may try high gain after some more burn in.
If I had a nickel for everytime someone said the CL2 are hard to drive and I have my volume maxed out, I would have a lot of nickels. I say Bass lite in comparison to say a dynamic speaker, the quad 2905s I listened to have the most natural and realistic bass I have ever heard, I will be buying a set of those speakers soon, it's just beautiful...no other words to describe it. To my ears the Cl2 does not sound bass lite either, I am used to it, It just sounds right.Lower the volume, try getting Eddie Van Halen to lower the volume, lol. Over-reaching generalizations imo, it depends on the iem in question. Bass lite? Mr Speakers Voce estats are not 'bass lite'.
CanJam SoCal LA was 2018, dwtn LA> CanJam SoCal 2019 will be ~50mi south in Orange County, Irvine, not LA. If you've been to a CanJam b4, you know it's not exactly the quietest listening enviro, might as well be in public transit. & what if HA-FW10000 need 300+hrs to 'burn in' like the CL2s?
https://canjamglobal.com/shows/socal2019/
not sure what this treble limit is, most ppl over 50 don't have much treble hearing above 12k...so for us, we can turn it up to level 15, like Van Halen. Turn up the volume to get impactful expansive bass, shouldn't affect treble in that manner if it is a 'balanced' tune. While you wait, I Google'd 'Final Audio Lab II' yesterday, seems there is a pair of them on a Chinese website sans cables for sale @$300 USD, ~1/20th the full set should go for. Meaning they could be counterfeit/not working, and/or stolen Lab II?
With these new customized 3D printed iems, wonder how long before we see a significant increase of counterfeit high-end iems being made in China and other countries. Rt now, you can get plenty of counterfeit 'collector' wines in China, whether it be Bordeaux, Burgundy or Aussie Penfolds G. Hermitage bttlings. I've seen online 'certificate of authenticity' for many limited high-end Chinese teas like collector pu-er or Longjing, those Certs aren't worth the paper they are printed on.
For the most part I feel that the WM1A has adequate power out of the 4.4 balanced (high gain). As reference listening to Eagles HFO Hotel California FLAC at around 50/120 volume.
How long burn-in until the sound noticeable matured? For me, after pass 120-150hrs mark, seem like it’s stable.
Even fresh out of the box, it’s a keeper!
Now I’m curious if there’s anything better out there...
Good job bro , excellent review , to the point and very enjoyable to read just miss a comparison with Solaris and some other high end well known iems but i really like your reviews very easy to understand , keep it up bro .And my FW10K review is up : The King Is Dead, Long Live The King!
Don’t mind the provocative title, the EX1000 is a great IEM
On the upper mid harshness, initially I find it a bit shrill but with 10 hours burn-in and another listen, it’s tamed down. Never encounter that again since. Perhaps my tolerance (but can’t stand CL2 lol) In term of genre pairing, it find it musical and energetic enough. Even on calm piano or smoothing song, I find hard to relax completely unlike Xelento, both on low listening volume.
Good job David on your review, you have the ALO CV5, how does the FW10000 sound with tube amp. I am just curious if it will synergize well with my WA8. I put myself on the preorder list.