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Re: Am I the only one who finds the W4 to be disappointing?
« Reply #60 on: September 13, 2013, 08:01:51 PM »
I think we had some discussion about the RE400 and RE600 here.  To me, they definitely sounded very similar to the point I wondered if they were the same driver w/ perhaps the 600 being doped somehow a la Grado's lineup.

I'll leave these here for reference:

RE400

RE600
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Re: Am I the only one who finds the W4 to be disappointing?
« Reply #61 on: September 13, 2013, 09:32:45 PM »
I see better QC in RE-600 (channel matching is perfect) and the added mass slightly reducing peaks and distortion at high levels due to increased damping. (silver coil)
The damping can be had in RE-400 by tossing some microfibre or doubling the filter - except this also increases acoustic impedance, while just adding mass doesn't - makes the IEM yet more dependent on insertion depth.

Fresh new "perfect" correction for very deep fit with the very short biflanges and RE-272 damper. I'm not sure about the exact magnitude at 20k, but it is close.
(EDIT: Updated, very minor resonant frequency and Q tweaking. Yet closer to ideal - but to be perfect I'd need a few more parametrics or that FFT graphic EQ.
Also the new crossfeed preset - have fun. The LV2 host I'm using is called Carla.)
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Re: Am I the only one who finds the W4 to be disappointing?
« Reply #62 on: September 30, 2013, 03:18:31 AM »
I just got a hold of RE-262/272 filters to try and I really like them on the RE-600.
what surprised me was that the bass did change a bit too, but IMO to the better.
for now, that is. I will try this out for a few days and see if I'll keep it. really enjoying it this far.

when I can try EQ'ing on a computer I will do that and see how I like it.

thanks for the tip Speculums
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