Just posted my Phönix full review:
https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/vision-ears-phönix-iem.25667/review/27857/
https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/vision-ears-phönix-iem.25667/review/27857/
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I too consider EXT more of an all-rounder compared to Phönix. It has real bass, for one thing, which makes it more suited to the types of EDM and modern indie pop that aren't so hot with Phönix.Listening to the Vision Ears EXT and Purity Ring “Fineshrine”
Wow. These EXT are made for music like this:
DARKSIDE
Purity Ring
100 gecs
Grimes
probably any glitch pop, EDM
I am curious to find other music that these will work with. It’s is going to be a journey.
Listening to Crosby Stills & Nash and this is good as well. Brings up the older recording and fleshes it out a bit more. You can follow that bass line no problem.
Big Thief sounds great, again percussion and the bass line are not in the background.
So maybe more versatile than I first thought…
Curious what you prefer about EXT vocals. I go back and forth between Phönix's warmer romanticism and EXT's more 'correct' DD mids vocal timbre. Vocals are truly excellent on both, though, so it's really picking between preferences/styles for me. I agree Phönix makes strings and other instruments sound more 'correct'; the only instrument I don't really 'feel' with Phönix is drums. Texture is great but the physicality is absent. Purely a driver limitation I would think.back to the Phönix.
Hmm… missing the EXT for vocals. The richness. The Phönix is no slouch, I just was enjoying the vocals on the EXT.
Instruments sound more correct with the Phönix. More fine, delicate details with the Phönix. Really good texture on strings. Guitars sound like guitars and you can hear how the strings were played.
Curious what you prefer about EXT vocals. I go back and forth between Phönix's warmer romanticism and EXT's more 'correct' DD mids vocal timbre.
Ahh man they are quite different, the VE8 has a more conventional tuning and is more rolled off in the treble. The EXT has much more treble extension and presence and much more sub bass quantity. The quality of the bass is also a step up IMO due to the DD and just overall its just a great bass response on the EXT, some of the best I've heard. Saying that, the VE8's mid bass was very satisfying to me and I found it to be the best BA bass that I've heard. The vocal presentation is also quite different with VE8 pushing vocals forward more and imaging them larger, EXT conversely pulls vocals back a little but they are more textured and weighty. VE8 is also slightly warmer overall from memory and EXT has slightly higher resolution. They are quite different and I wouldn't say that EXT is a successor to the VE8... I guess that title would go to the Erlk/Phonix.I have the VE8 and they are to date my favourite IEM. I wondered if someone can briefly provide a comparison with the Ext?
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Hi friends,
I am hijacking this morning as the discussion turned to putting on tips on the EXT
We found a short, not-fancy-at-all video that shows how we put on our tips. This may not work for every kind of tip out there but might give you a basic idea:
Keep enjoying the EXT's and Phönix's! I will come back later today for a little update and a behind the scenes
Jonas
Hi @hke3g2006,Hi,
May I know when will the next batch of Phönix arrive in HK . I have ordered mine through local dealer more than a month already
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What cable do you have on your EXT in that photo?
Hey guys,
it's been around 3 weeks and 200 listening hours later since i received my EXT. I was looking for some new uiems especially for electronic music.
Last week i demoed the Legend Evo for 3 days and a/b-ed both as i was quite interested how Empire's black beauty would stand up to the EXT. I have to admit i liked them a lot and they looked beautiful as well. Awsome build quality. But against the EXT's the Evo's simply lacked soul. The EXT's sound wonderfully wellbalanced and soulful.
While Evo's fascinating bass wowed me from the first listen the EXTs always managed to stay much longer in my ears because every track i was throwing at them sounded just perfect. Where the EXTs definitely won the cake were the vocals of nearly all tracks. No matter if male or female. Vocals for me with the EXTs nearly sound like Ely's vocals. While Ely in this discipline still holds the pole position the EXTs are just 1 little step behind but with sweeter treble and a bass quality i never heard before. Unbelievable. I really can't believe they sound as full, space-filling and authentic as my beloved Stellias. No, they sound even better. Everything i hear sounds as i want it to hear....
....so for me first time 10/10.
After excessive tipp-rolling (with the EXTs somewhat a painful procedure) i ended up with the Crystals as i get perfect seal with them and they definitly sound most balanced.
So it only remains for me to say : thanks Amin and your team @Vision Ears for this outstanding purple beauty and the great conversation before i pulled the trigger ------> Why seek far afield when the good is close by ?
Cheers folks,
Mario
Looks like an Eletech Illiad.What cable do you have on your EXT in that photo?
What cable do you have on your EXT in that photo?