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Originally Posted by Wmcmanus
Don't forget the UE-10 Pro IEM's which have 3 drivers. I don't know what real difference they make. Lindrone has compared them to the Sensa 2X-S and found the bass response in the 2-driver Sensa's to be deeper, more impactful, and more realistic/musical.
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Here's what Lindrone had to say about the two approaches:
bass: dual or triple driver?
I think this topic deserves its own dedicated section, since much of the debate has been about whether or not triple driver really makes a difference, and can a another driver really get that much more bass? The answer to the first question is, yes, it does make a difference. However, the answer to the second question is.. no, not very much.
I searched through a lot of my very bass heavy recordings looking for that extra tidbit of bass. On some recordings, once in a while, in one or two particular beat, there is an extra level of deeper bass. For the few notes which it did appear, yes, there is credence to the triple driver design offering extra amount of audible bass at a very low level. However, you do have to look pretty hard for it, and very few recordings other than hip-hop/rap genre will have bass that reaches that deep level.
With that said, there's actually *more* bass on the 2X-S than the UE-10. Part of it is the decay factor I talked about earlier. 2X-S's bass is deep, rich and full, and it is allows to vibrate for a duration of time, reminding me more of what I would hear from a speaker system normally. It's like having a good subwoofer, there's very good visceral vibration with every deep thump. As I also mentioned in the 2X-S review before, this bass is not as exaggerated as the Shure E5c. It has much more texture and detail than that. The mid-bass also doesn't get as much vibration, the deep vibration is reserved for low-bass only, as it should.
UE-10's bass it not bad at all either, it's just more clean and more to the point. As I said before, there's a recurring theme here, right? The bass does have that one or two extra deep note that 2X-S can't produce at a certain point. I also suspect the bass more resembles what a musician hears when a bass note gets played, rather than what's coming out of a speaker system or a subwoofer. There's much less visceral vibration, but a deep penetrating "punch" is still there. UE-10's bass is punchy and powerful.
Now, remember back to what I said about UE-10's vocals being overpowering sometimes. That's one flaw I see in the presentation of the UE-10. In the same way, here's a flaw about the presentation of the 2X-S, when the bass gets really heavy and repeats quickly, there's a tendency for the visceral vibration of the bass to overtake some of the higher-end instruments.
