Dobrescu George
Reviewer: AudiophileHeaven
YKYAAW you stop from doing anything else when receiving your new IEMs and spend a few days just listening to them..
YKYAAW the phrase "audibly transparent" irks you.
YKYAAW you stop from doing anything else when receiving your new IEMs and spend a few days just listening to them..
I wish IEMs were like that for me. I got my Monster Turbines, and I like them. But my left ear has a strange curve that causes me to lose all the treble and mids no matter what I do D=.
Ie800 man. Nothing compares. In fact, sennheiser hd800 and ultrasone signature dj and ultrasone dj one pro (with EQ) compares.
Is that why it has an 800 in the name?
The only thing audibly transparent to me are...glass speakers. If they don't exist, someone had better invent them.
@Dobrescu George
So you just recently got the IE 800, eh? Congrats! I've heard great things about it.
Audibly transparent refers to gear that either sounds the same as each other or reproduces audio perfectly. Since most audiophiles experience very different-sounding gear, with none of it coming close to perfection, this irks me, since those who talk about audible transparency are implying that cheap amps and DACs are already perfect and the expensive ones don't provide an improvement -- and if they do, they are just coloring the sound, unlike the perfect cheap stuff. XD
Thanks!
It is amazing!
I would totally recommend them to you! But they are not linear nor neutral Lots of badd and lots of treble! Everything sounds clear. I stopped for not from my search for headphones / IEMs. Ie800 sounds just like a miniature Hd800. But not a miniature, they sound very close to hd800 but in a pocket.
I am yet to come across a completley linear headphone / IEM. Maybe he-560.
One thing is for sure, the theory stated by Sennheiser that a helmholts resonator will act as a treble spike attenuator is correct. You can hear the cymbals all the way, without the usual 10Khz spike.
P.S. This might interest you more than anyone, @Music Alchemist : In ie800 threads, a person who owns both ie800 and stax 009 said that ie800 is the closest thing he heared to 009. Though, 009 is more linear in response. But ie800 holds that clarity and detail. I think I love more a signature that has much more bass and more treble, but here is a matter of taste
I wonder if Schiit will ever make a DIY kit...
YKYAAW noticing that the knob in the shower is precisely in the middle makes you begin to ponder neutrality in headphones.
Yeah, I don't want my water being so warm that it's unbalanced. But if it's cold, it'll be too analytical. But it's still transparent either way.
So I calculated the minimum amount it would cost to collect all the high-end electrostatic headphone amplifiers (to use with electrostatic headphones like the STAX SR-009 and Sennheiser Orpheus HE 90) I have my eye on. These prices include costs of desired upgrades.
Cavalli Liquid Lightning 2: $4,250
DIY T2 (based on STAX SRM-T2): $10,000+
Eddie Current Electra: $4,000
HeadAmp Aristaeus: $3,980
HeadAmp Blue Hawaii SE: $6,596
Ray Samuels Emmeline A-10 Thunderbolt II: $6,500
Woo WES: $7,890
Only $43,216! How could I have missed this great deal all my life?! :eek:
+1 lol make your future, be your future.