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Phillips Fidelio S2
« on: June 23, 2013, 06:14:14 PM »
Not much time since I'm busy on other things, but really quick impressions based on a few seconds on three recordings I know well.
  • They sound pretty good
  • Slightly bassy / warm - toward upper bass / lower low mids
  • Good bass punch. Maybe a little bit one-note-ish
  • Slight bump around 4k
  • Not laid back in the treble - this is good
  • This results in maybe a slight recess in the vocal fundamentals region (in audio engineer parlance, not science speak.)
  • No, they are not TOTL quality in terms of clarity or detail, but...
  • No issues with seal / cheapy plugs worked for me
  • I would easily recommend them (assuming $200? I dunno)
Quick measurements coming up in a bit...
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Re: Phillips Fidelio S2
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2013, 06:21:27 PM »
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Re: Phillips Fidelio S2
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2013, 06:29:24 PM »
Burst decays
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Re: Phillips Fidelio S2
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2013, 06:29:56 PM »
These sound warm & bassy despite this FR?!
I predict strong distortion in bass. (and in 30s the THD will be posted, heh)
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Re: Phillips Fidelio S2
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2013, 06:33:29 PM »
Distortion - calibrated to 90db SPL/A white noise. Left.
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Re: Phillips Fidelio S2
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2013, 02:57:12 AM »
Interesting, I've expected closer to 1% - but perhaps this might be due to relatively high amounts of high order distortion in bass. Even D5 is near 0.1%, higher orders might be too.

Is it possible to have your rig measure frequency-dependent IMD too? Say, an IMD sweep...
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Re: Phillips Fidelio S2
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2013, 08:36:29 AM »
actually only $149. warm with that FR may not be a bad thing... seems interesting. would love to hear.
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Re: Phillips Fidelio S2
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2013, 10:29:25 AM »
Guys, don't confuse this measured bass response w/ an ER4S, it's not a warm version of an Ety.  It has more bottom end than the Sony EX series.
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Re: Phillips Fidelio S2
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2013, 02:46:37 PM »
This is one of those IEMs where it measures really great in basically every parameter, but the sound is mostly meh, not really mindblowing. It's a nice, do no wrong IEM, but it won't give people goosebumps. It's warm and fluffy. In that respect, I was slightly disappointed. I'd get it during Black Friday, but not any other time.
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Re: Phillips Fidelio S2
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2013, 08:44:11 PM »
Agreed - nothing special - but that it does nothing seriously wrong - and that last aspect never disappoints me.
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