Quote from: rhythmdevils on April 30, 2012, 06:12:56 AMQuote from: Analixus on April 30, 2012, 06:06:43 AMThere'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.
Quote from: Analixus on April 30, 2012, 06:06:43 AMThere'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?
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.
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. I agree with you Maverick. I think the people reacting negatively towards Purrin's review are people who arent familiar with him and don't know what his reference is, or sonic goals are. Which is kind of understandable. If you know his reference and ideal, than Purrin's review is great, because you get it straight and quick and don't have to skim through millions of adjectives. But if I read a review like that and didn't know the person or what they were comparing to or what they wanted out of a rig, it would mean absolutely nothing to me. Basically, you're trusting the reviewer's judgement. So if someone's favorite phones were the GS1000, then it wouldn't work at all (for me)
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.
Quote from: Analixus on April 30, 2012, 06:13:29 AMI 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. You sure about that? Looking at his HF profile and lengthy IEM list of several dozen mid-fi units (and everything he's sold), it doesn't seem he knows what he really wants or what he's doing. Odd that he made such a dramatic jump (and I figure early adopter). It almost seems as if he read the AKG marketing materials and got bamboozled by them - and that he really hasn't heard anything better.
Seems quite a few other guys don't like him much...
You sure about that? Looking at his HF profile and lengthy IEM list of several dozen mid-fi units (and everything he's sold), it doesn't seem he knows what he really wants or what he's doing. Odd that he made such a dramatic jump (and I figure early adopter). It almost seems as if he read the AKG marketing materials and got bamboozled by them - and that he really hasn't heard anything better.
I guess us A-holes just recognize our own species.
