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Re: Spiral Ear SE 5-way Reference IEM Measurements
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2013, 01:13:54 AM »
Very nice!
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Re: Spiral Ear SE 5-way Reference IEM Measurements
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2013, 04:11:37 AM »
I swear, I don't know what it is about 5 drivers, they are just so much more coherent a la duals.  Gonna have to do an ES5/SE5 shoot out.
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Re: Spiral Ear SE 5-way Reference IEM Measurements
« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2013, 06:50:30 AM »
If you're going to do a 5-driver shootout, maybe the C5 can be a contender? I seriously need to order my pair soon and once I do, I'll send them over for measurements if no one else sends it
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Re: Spiral Ears 5 IEM Measurements
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2013, 07:29:14 AM »
Thanks Purrin, have been looking forward to seeing this. Personal opinion on the 5-way?

Quote from: MuppetFace on April 07, 2013, 12:21:23 AM
Just curious: how well do these fit your ears if they're Astral's customs? Is their silicon build easier to wear for different people or something?

I'm definitely interested in the Spiral Ears. I think I might go with the SE 3-Way which is supposed to be brighter and thinner sounding. Plus "3 Way" sounds so enticing. Rawr.

(I don't think I could fit all those bores in my canals anyway...).

The 3-Way Pro is thinner and brighter, the 3-Way Reference is similar to the 5-Way Reference only slightly bassier and less resolving on the whole.

Grzegorz has several universals for each model available if you want to demo, IIRC.
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Re: Spiral Ear SE 5-way Reference IEM Measurements
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2013, 03:07:17 PM »
Well, SE-5 is quite coherent, but it has one funny effect, I don't know what causes it.

For example, a jazz ensemble live recorded sounds like it has been pan-pot mastered - that's regardless of equalization. I think that has something to do with the reverberation interacting with various drivers or with phase response. It's not audible in all kinds of music, only in some "wide band" live music with clearly separated instruments. For instance, not in most rock stage recordings or orchestra. Not bad either way.
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Re: Spiral Ear SE 5-way Reference IEM Measurements
« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2013, 05:10:44 AM »
Is the THD referenced to some SPL full scale or to SPL at frequency - calibrated input voltage?

If it's the latter, the percentage is easy to explain - the driver is more than 10 dB quieter.
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Re: Spiral Ear SE 5-way Reference IEM Measurements
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2013, 06:09:19 AM »
SPL/A @90db white noise
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Re: Spiral Ear SE 5-way Reference IEM Measurements
« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2013, 12:47:42 AM »
Purrin pardon my stupid question but I have to ask, in your opinion are silicon shelled customs generally more comfortable to wear and is there more involved in tuning the drivers due to the shells being silicon? I noticed you mentioned at the beginning of the thread the SE 5's overall sig was very coherent. You're not the first person I've run across to state that when discussing a silicon shelled custom. I'm wondering if there might be a correlation towards better sound based on shell material used.
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Re: Spiral Ear SE 5-way Reference IEM Measurements
« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2013, 02:42:37 AM »
Big gossip-y news about the SE5!

It's apparently been revamped for whatever reason (cost to manufacture, etc.) and the sound quality has decreased!

A number of people bought it on or after April 2012 and were like wtf this isn't how it's been described?!? Somebody who had an older set bought a new set around this time and found the new set to be much inferior to the old pair. He ended up selling the new set to some poor sap.

So, feel free to spread the news around and caveat emptor.
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Re: Spiral Ear SE 5-way Reference IEM Measurements
« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2013, 05:33:19 AM »
Wow, well... Interesting way to do business
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