I believe I read or heard somewhere that it might be a re-tuning of the 7Hz Zero (aka the other zero)There’s a new blessing 3 coming soon, could be the new Crinacle project red
I believe I read or heard somewhere that it might be a re-tuning of the 7Hz Zero (aka the other zero)
I don't really agree with Equal Loudness EQ. For a start you're not supposed to hear all frequencies to the same loudness, due to Fletcher Munson, so the A16 would have to take that into account. Also Equal Loudness will EQ out your natural hearing deficits you have in some areas, which is probably useful if you need a hearing aid, but otherwise I don't agree with EQ'ing out natural hearing degredation or born individual hearing quirks (as long as it's not severe) - because we get used to what "normal" sounds like with our non-perfect ears, so straying from that would be unnatural sounding.
And do not understand clearly these debates, my wife buy what she wants and the same for me.Of course the question you should ask is what is your wife buying that she is not telling you about?
Hey, if that's what your wife said, that's all I need to know!And do not understand clearly these debates, my wife buy what she wants and the same for me.
But 2 days ago she told me I want a pair of iem. Ordered, and I am pretty impatient to test the effect on me.
I showed her the golfing panther and she answered it's OK if Amir gave them a positive review.
I would suspect, a lot better, the bass on these much less bloated, and it looks a lot more tonally correct through the mids as well, the XM3 looks very off there. To an extent though, it's personal preference, a hugely bass bloated signature is a very popular one and people used to massive amounts of bass might find these thin and anemic sounding.How would the sound of these compare to full-sized Bluetooth headphones like the Sony WH-1000XM3?
What about the soundstage and imaging, though?I would suspect, a lot better, the bass on these much less bloated, and it looks a lot more tonally correct through the mids as well, the XM3 looks very off there. To an extent though, it's personal preference, a hugely bass bloated signature is a very popular one and people used to massive amounts of bass might find these thin and anemic sounding.
I haven't heard the XM3, I'm just going off the graphs/reviews and similar stuff I have heard, I have owned Sony's TOTL over-ear and that had too much bass, and it's only a fraction of what the XM3 has.
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How would the sound of these compare to full-sized Bluetooth headphones like the Sony WH-1000XM3?
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My wife has the XM3, I have the Truthears. She likes the XM3s and they sound fine, I guess, but to me they sound very 'soft', too much midrange, not enough treble, muddy bass. The Truthears I find have a hair too much treble but otherwise are very neutral and balanced with lots of clean and articulate bass.I would suspect, a lot better, the bass on these much less bloated, and it looks a lot more tonally correct through the mids as well, the XM3 looks very off there. To an extent though, it's personal preference, a hugely bass bloated signature is a very popular one and people used to massive amounts of bass might find these thin and anemic sounding.
I haven't heard the XM3, I'm just going off the graphs/reviews and similar stuff I have heard, I have owned Sony's TOTL over-ear and that had too much bass, and it's only a fraction of what the XM3 has.
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How does the ANC of the XM3 compare to the passive isolation of the Truthears?My wife has the XM3, I have the Truthears. She likes the XM3s and they sound fine, I guess, but to me they sound very 'soft', too much midrange, not enough treble, muddy bass. The Truthears I find have a hair too much treble but otherwise are very neutral and balanced with lots of clean and articulate bass.
They're *very* different sounding.
Soundstage is always narrower with IEMs than over-ear headphones.How does the ANC of the XM3 compare to the passive isolation of the Truthears?
Is Truthears' soundstage / imaging worse than that of the full-sized XM3's?
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I have both and agree with you 92.5%I've had the Sony X3 a couple of times for business and listening to the Zero now on a Topping E50/SMSL SP200 and there's no comparison. It's just better in every way except for wireless convenience. The bass is accurate instead of artificial/bloated on the Sony. This doesn't need any EQ or changes for music, but dialing down the bass for gaming is needed so explosions don't drown out other sounds. The Sony just doesn't resolve tiny details like these do. I use a long extender cable to walk around the room without taking them off. I'll take that compromise any day over the Sony. They do need current, not just a phone or onboard sound to be their best.
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Points well taken.. My 3 amplifiers indeed are low impedance.@FrantzM the Apple dongle is plenty powerful already and very low output impedance. These are very low impedance, 10Ω, so you want something at or under ~1.2Ω output impedance to keep the intended tonality. Good dongles are below that but there are plenty of phones / onboard sound that will be a lot higher than that, and this will change the frequency response, boosting the bass. Many older headphone amps and receivers will be high output impedance too. In that link Amir measured the Google V2 dongle at 8Ω for example, which would have an effect on the frequency response. I have an amp here that is 90Ω and it sure has an effect, makes it very muddy. I put measurements further up showing exactly what higher output impedance does to the FR on this, it's not subtle.