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Re: AKG IEM K3003 Comprehensive Review
« Reply #30 on: April 30, 2012, 06:03:30 AM »

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Re: AKG IEM K3003 Comprehensive Review
« Reply #31 on: April 30, 2012, 06:05:03 AM »

Well to my defense, I did indicate that the standard was the UERM. I don't think that Music123 guy has heard or had any experience with the great IEMs.
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Re: AKG IEM K3003 Comprehensive Review
« Reply #32 on: April 30, 2012, 06:06:07 AM »

There was an older UE universal that was a BA/DD hybrid.  Never heard it but I think I read that it was supposed to be pretty awful.

The last time I said there weren't any others somebody gave me a list of models from brands I've never heard of.  I don't remember any of them anymore though.

Not surprising. I'd imagine it's hard to make everything sound cohesive with all those different moving parts. You'd think they nailed it for $1200 though.
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Re: AKG IEM K3003 Comprehensive Review
« Reply #33 on: April 30, 2012, 06:06:43 AM »

Is there something difficult about bass response for BA's?  What was their rational for a dynamic bass driver, especially if it wound up sounding bloated and disjointed?  The JH13 seemed to have awesome bass from what I remember of the universals I heard. 


There's a timbre in the low end people are used to w/ woofers.  Many IEMers consider the overall tonality of a woofer more 'natural' though they do move more air more effortlessly by virtue of surface area.  It's the same thinking like the AKG 340 rather than using a single large estat.
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Re: AKG IEM K3003 Comprehensive Review
« Reply #34 on: April 30, 2012, 06:07:11 AM »

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Re: AKG IEM K3003 Comprehensive Review
« Reply #35 on: April 30, 2012, 06:10:01 AM »

Well to my defense, I did indicate that the standard was the UERM. I don't think that Music123 guy has heard or had any experience with the great IEMs.

I didn't mean to put you into defense....  They just don't realize that you know what you're talking about  ;)   And they might not want neutral/accurate/clean/flat/fast etc like you do.
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Re: AKG IEM K3003 Comprehensive Review
« Reply #36 on: April 30, 2012, 06:11:52 AM »

Music 1234 has a few screws loose. Don't mind him.
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Re: AKG IEM K3003 Comprehensive Review
« Reply #37 on: April 30, 2012, 06:12:56 AM »

There's a timbre in the low end people are used to w/ woofers.  Many IEMers consider the overall tonality of a woofer more 'natural' though they do move more air more effortlessly by virtue of surface area.  It's the same thinking like the AKG 340 rather than using a single large estat.

So BA's have trouble with a sense of impact similar to stats?  Do you want a sense of impact in an IEM?   ???
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Re: AKG IEM K3003 Comprehensive Review
« Reply #38 on: April 30, 2012, 06:13:29 AM »

Well to my defense, I did indicate that the standard was the UERM. I don't think that Music123 guy has heard or had any experience with the great IEMs.
James444 does have the UERM and k3003 but he's a more reasonable chap and has a preference for a more 'natural' blended signature than BA precision and imaging.  Pretty sure he's also not of the school of improving portable sources beyond the Clip+ so there will be less perceived scaling amongst the phones.


I know Music quite well and he's pretty cool on a personal level, he just likes to get set off and jump on anything that seems out of the ordinary.  He'll pull a gun on a shadow and fire off a few rounds before identifying the target. 
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Re: AKG IEM K3003 Comprehensive Review
« Reply #39 on: April 30, 2012, 06:21:54 AM »

There's a timbre in the low end people are used to w/ woofers.  Many IEMers consider the overall tonality of a woofer more 'natural' though they do move more air more effortlessly by virtue of surface area.  It's the same thinking like the AKG 340 rather than using a single large estat.

So BA's have trouble with a sense of impact similar to stats?  Do you want a sense of impact in an IEM?   ???


Oh no!  My ES5 BA bass driver hits harder and has more impact than any other IEM I've ever heard.  More so than any headphone even.  LCDx's can't do it either.  ES5 is the only phone that almost knocked me out of my seat and made me duck for cover listening to my Fireworks track.  BA's can kick ass w/ punch and impact.


It's a different, softer, fuller almost woolier bass that extend to sub bass effortlessly.  BA's need more help w/ bigger armatures or multiple clusters to hit full extension.
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