Racio, you also got a listen to these IEM's?? How were they??
To be completely honest bro, I was already planning to put a down on them earlier, unfortunately, after hearing them for the second time, they just didn't blow me away like it sorta' did at the last KenJam. To be fair though, the pair we heard this afternoon was brand spanking new and of course yet to be broken in, but I simply couldn't take the highs, I even tried to EQ the trebles on my iMod, but they were still quite shrilly and overly sibilant to these ole' ears of mine.
Although our good fellow Marvin generously offered to burn them in 'till I come back on Monday, so I'm really hoping their highs will be tamed and its bottom end will open up by then.
I hate to mention this here, given this is the AKG thread, but ever since I took delivery of the UM Merlins, I must confess that I have been listening to them every chance I can, I almost hardly crave for my L's lately. They've just enough warmth on the top end and bass heft that suit my ears to a tee. And as you know, these are my very first customs, and I've got to say that they have these unnerving pin point placement accuracy in headstage, I could effortlessly locate aurally each and every musical instrument, vocalist, and even the audience on live recordings, to the point that I feel as if I could reach out and touch them, it's quite surreal, never have I experienced this with any IEMs before, not even with the demo UM universals at the last GTG, they all sound so much larger than life and unconvincing. However, and a big however, I still do prefer the mids on my L's, they feel somewhat more organic and have a more natural density to my ears. Saying that the Merlins are in a way akin to miniaturized L's to a degree is not very far off from the mark.
Unfortunately, I have to send my Merlins back for a reshell, I can't sustain a perfect seal on them, particularly on my right channel, it keeps popping out, even if I merely smile. And I must admit that I can't seem to listen to them on a prolonged period, my ears do begin to hurt after sometime. I don't know, I might still be adjusting to CIEMs I guess, or the fit is simply not optimal so far. Thus, my sudden focus on the K3003 which feels incredibly way more comfortable in comparison. Again, I'm praying that some burning in on the AKG pair we heard would eventually do the trick for me.
