buffalowings
Went way too far, too many times.
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If you're wanting more bass/treble, then that's cool, it's just not recorded that way. The bass on the SE535s is totally flat...so you're pretty much hearing it the way it was recorded (as best as a universal IEM can do). Any more is coloured...different strokes for different folks I say.
I prefer the flat response of the SE535s. I found the sparkly treble of the W3s very nice, but over time quite fatiguing. Overall these are both great IEMs, just different flavours...neutral vs. fun.
The nice thing with a neutral IEM is that they pretty much go with everything...coloured IEMs are typically limited to a few genres of music.
Sorry bud, I have to disagree. I have recordings that I'm intimately familiar with and the 535's sound a touch off to me. My HD600's do a fantastic job of bringing them together and I think the W3's are actually closer than the Shure's to the real thing.
I've heard a lot of things said about the Westone 3s.....the IEM version of the Denon D7000s, but never the HD600. Goes to show how differently we can hear.
Oh God no... No sir, I didn't say that or intend it.. I just said that the 600's and the W3's reproduce certain details more natural and realistic than the 535's. They are nowhere near the same signature. The 600's are the most neutral can I've heard to date. The W3's are the most fun, yet detailed, V shape I've ever heard. The only thing they have in common is that they both reveal more detail than the 535's in the highs and lows, they just go about it in different ways.
And don't get me wrong, the 535's are fantastic. I just feel that Shure played it safe with their tuning. Forward mids aside, they are very polite across the board. The mids can spike and cause fatigue at higher listening volumes, but otherwise they aren't aggressive. They lack the bite I'd like to hear in guitars and violins, and yet remain detailed. It may be my hearing or the way they work with my ears, but they need a little more on both ends to be perfect for me.
Slightly off topic.. but I would kill for the sound of the HD600 in an IEM..
hmmm...I'd kill for the sound of a grado in a IEM