[ilney]

Mine just arrive

Boy, I wouldn't want anything warmer than this.

 

[soozieq]

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Originally Posted by ilney /img/forum/go_quote.gif Mine just arrive Boy, I wouldn't want anything warmer than this.

Hi there, and welcome to Head-Fi

Please can you tell me what other phones you're comparing with the UM3X? I have no idea what you consider to be 'warm', and there's nothing listed in your profile yet. Thanks.

 

[bLue_oNioN]

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Originally Posted by kaushama /img/forum/go_quote.gif Better way of putting it is UM3X has more realistic and natural Treble response than W3. Westone is quite rightly recommending W3 for recorded music listening. I do not think UM3X has better soundstage than IE8 though.

This I agree with. Can't comment on the second as I don't own the IE8.

I never did encounter the sibilance issue some folks reported with the W3. A great example of "YMMV" coming into play.

 

[toughnut]

Soozie, do u know where's your UM3X currently located? IIRC it should arrived by Wednesday. Time to strip search them

 

[soozieq]

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Originally Posted by toughnut /img/forum/go_quote.gif Soozie, do u know where's your UM3X currently located? IIRC it should arrived by Wednesday. Time to strip search them

I have no idea where it's located since I didn't opt for tracking this time. My last parcel got held up at customs for 2 weeks, ripped open, damaged, and then delivered to me with the packaging almost in shreds. So I decided to go for regular shipping in the hope it will skip through without being mauled! As for strip-searching the Parcelforce staff, well, that thought is on hold since I saw what our relief guy looked like yesterday

 

[ilney]

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Originally Posted by soozieq /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi there, and welcome to Head-Fi Please can you tell me what other phones you're comparing with the UM3X? I have no idea what you consider to be 'warm', and there's nothing listed in your profile yet. Thanks.

Thx.

I was comparing them with the Phonak. I'm not good at describing sound... Hmm how can I put this? I just feel that anymore bass would make the clarity suffer. The UM3X is at the threshold of the best compromise between warmness and clarity.

I can't tell you much since I've only listen to them like 5 minutes (been working in the garden and cooking). Maybe I'll write more impression after a day or two.

Ps: this thing is very comfortable, not sure how it will fare in the long run though.

 

[Surrealsky]

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Originally Posted by ilney /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thx. I was comparing them with the Phonak. I'm not good at describing sound... Hmm how can I put this? I just feel that anymore bass would make the clarity suffer. The UM3X is at the threshold of the best compromise between warmness and clarity.

Yes the bass in um3x is also the best compromise for me too. Even the pfe's have more clarity, transparency, and more forward mids, the um3x still retains most of it while having more bass at an acceptable level to me.

 

[kite7]

I guess I'm getting the UM3X, but only one will stay.

Westone 3? UM3X? Only time will tell once I get my hands on the UM3X

 

[Punnisher]

Could anyone tell me if there is any hiss when using the UM3X with an iriver h120 or iriver h320? Just the regular headphone jack.

It would be much appreciated.

 

[kloan]

How's the sub-bass with these? More or less than the W3?
How about mid-bass, less or more vs. W3?

 

[Spyro]

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Originally Posted by kloan /img/forum/go_quote.gif How's the sub-bass with these? More or less than the W3? How about mid-bass, less or more vs. W3?

I find sub-bass pretty equal to W3 but mid bass is much less than W3...almost non-existant. That was kind of the point of this IEM in the first place. To make it very balanced.

Hiss is definitlely less than W3. Almost virtually silent between songs to these ears.

 

[Punnisher]

The player you're using makes a huge difference. The iriver players I hiss much more than any of my other players.

 

[sennmann]

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Originally Posted by Spyro /img/forum/go_quote.gif I find sub-bass pretty equal to W3 but mid bass is much less than W3...almost non-existant. That was kind of the point of this IEM in the first place. To make it very balanced. Hiss is definitlely less than W3. Almost virtually silent between songs to these ears.

there is no midbass? does the um3 sounds flat because of that?

 

[bLue_oNioN]

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Originally Posted by Spyro /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hiss is definitlely less than W3. Almost virtually silent between songs to these ears.

I get more hiss from the UM3X.

 

[bLue_oNioN]

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Originally Posted by Spyro /img/forum/go_quote.gif I find sub-bass pretty equal to W3 but mid bass is much less than W3...almost non-existant. That was kind of the point of this IEM in the first place. To make it very balanced.

This I agree with. The response I'm getting is rather flat compared to the W3 (and likely a fair number of other IEMs on the market). I think the UM3X does some things better than the W3, and vise versa. Westone knew what it was doing when it separated the lines and marketed one toward personal listening and one toward monitoring.