BRAC
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Hi All,
This is my first post, so please be gentle...lol
Anyway, I'm currently looking for an IEM similar in presentation to my AKG K550 over ear cans. I did just pick up some Sennheiser IE 80, unheard, but they are not at all what I'm looking for. What I'm after is a nice clear mid and upper range, with good detail and vocal clarity. I think some may refer to this as a "forward" type of presentation. To give you a little history, I'm a big fan of the older Klipsch Heritage three way speaker designs. I love that forward sounding mid and upper range that you get with horns. It's the closest you can get to live music in my humble opinion. I have found this sound with my K550's and now I'm searching for it in a more portable IEM. It's getting very hard to find these attributes now a days with all these bass "exaggerated" speakers and phones flooding the market. All of the phones that I auditioned have that "veiled" sound that I often see mentioned on these forums, as do my IE 80's. The midrange is so recessed on most of these phones that it seems almost a mile away. Then, I found the K550's and BAM!!! Amazing!!! Now that's more like it...
So, with that out of the way, lets get back to the IE 80's. I took a chance on the IE 80's because of the many positive comments regarding the very large soundstage they present, for an IEM. I'm now thinking that my approach was totally misguided. Please forgive me, I'm new to the world of audiophile headphones and, frankly, it took me years to find the sound I was looking for in a speaker. Maybe I should have been looking at the balanced armature designs like the Shure SE535's or Westone 4's all along...
I'd love to hear some thoughts and suggestions? Thanks in advance!
This is my first post, so please be gentle...lol
Anyway, I'm currently looking for an IEM similar in presentation to my AKG K550 over ear cans. I did just pick up some Sennheiser IE 80, unheard, but they are not at all what I'm looking for. What I'm after is a nice clear mid and upper range, with good detail and vocal clarity. I think some may refer to this as a "forward" type of presentation. To give you a little history, I'm a big fan of the older Klipsch Heritage three way speaker designs. I love that forward sounding mid and upper range that you get with horns. It's the closest you can get to live music in my humble opinion. I have found this sound with my K550's and now I'm searching for it in a more portable IEM. It's getting very hard to find these attributes now a days with all these bass "exaggerated" speakers and phones flooding the market. All of the phones that I auditioned have that "veiled" sound that I often see mentioned on these forums, as do my IE 80's. The midrange is so recessed on most of these phones that it seems almost a mile away. Then, I found the K550's and BAM!!! Amazing!!! Now that's more like it...
So, with that out of the way, lets get back to the IE 80's. I took a chance on the IE 80's because of the many positive comments regarding the very large soundstage they present, for an IEM. I'm now thinking that my approach was totally misguided. Please forgive me, I'm new to the world of audiophile headphones and, frankly, it took me years to find the sound I was looking for in a speaker. Maybe I should have been looking at the balanced armature designs like the Shure SE535's or Westone 4's all along...
I'd love to hear some thoughts and suggestions? Thanks in advance!