acidbass

Just received a pair of Ultimate Ears UE Live phones to replace a pair of JH Audio Roxannes (see my comments above for reasons behind this change!) First impressions (pun very much intended): - They are a lot smaller than the HUGE Roxannes which protruded quite a bit past my outer ear. UE Live are more flush and natural looking - as much as is possible anyway. They are super lightweight also. - I don't like the IPX cable. It's very tangly. Already spent way longer untangling than I ever did with JH 7 pin cable which was a beast to be fair. Also no memory wire on UE which might be interesting - I don't like the case - it's a bit small, would have preferred a larger option with hooks to attach the wound cable to - The sound is awesome! The Live model has a dynamic driver for the lows as well as the usual armatures (a bit similar to KZ!) Certainly not as much sub bass as the Roxannes but a lot of focused low end. Reminds me quite a bit of the UE11 which I used up until around 2019. There is a lot of detail in the mids and the highs are crisp but not overpowering. First gig with these babies is starting in around an hour! So will report back. Danny

I demo'ed the full UE range 2 weeks ago when choosing a new moulded set Very happy former user of UE11 for approx 6 years up until 2018 ish. I had gone in with the intention to buy the UE18 and was totally blown away by the UE Live set, which I eventually went with. In order I would rank the earphones: - UE Live - UE11 - UE18 The 11s have great bottom end but the dynamic driver in the UE Live makes them sound incredible!

Just a heads up - Ultimate Ears Black Friday sale is currently on until 2nd December. As an example - UE18s have been reduced from approx £1500 to approx £1200.

Is hotel room burglary really much of a problem nowadays? I don't see the issue really. Things would be much safer in a hotel room which requires keycard access (and also possibly lift access) than in a car on display for all to see.

Just a heads up - Ultimate Ears are having a Black Friday sale commencing the end of this week with some significant discounts on moulded and non-moulded IEMs. Hope this helps someone

I love the Aguilar vibe but the Bass control centred at 40hz is just too low to be usable in a live context IMO. A boost at that frequency is a real speaker cone killer. I would prefer something around 80hz.

I tried most and my flat of choice is La Bella Deep Talkin. I found Thomastiks to be too loose, tension-wise. 760FL or the slightly heavier 760FS La Bellas are just perfect for me.

Marc Rebillet at the Commodore Theatre, Vancouver. Entirely improvised looped electronic funk for 2 hours - absolute bliss!

Cool vid but that bass sounds just like any Jazz bass I have ever heard? What am I missing?

He's good but his videos belie his abilities a bit - he prerecords everything in a studio then essentially mimes the parts in his videos. I would doubt his fluidity if he had to perform one of his basslines from start to finish, given the multitude of techniques he employs. Still a much better bassist than I will ever be!

Smashing, Gareth. Action needed raised a touch and pickup lowered on bass side for more consistency of output. The tone is great, I like the bridge and middle pickup combo which they say is like a Stingray but it very much has its own character. A touch of bass added on the pre and she's sounding sweet! I'm bringing her and the Cortex to Canada now for a tour so that'll be the first real road test of the new rig. Are you in the market for a Dingwall?

I had a particularly bad experience with JH Audio recently that I'd like to share. I dropped one of my Roxannes onto a table and the shell cracked, the faceplate (logo) section detaching from the main earphone. The drivers remained in place and unaffected, in fact it still sounds great even with half an earphone in your ear! I contacted JH to get a repair (reshell) and was told by their Service department that this is not something they offer at all. Apparently, the drivers are not serviceable and so cannot be removed from one shell and put into another. Long story short - the only option is to buy a complete new Roxanne earphone at half the RRP of a complete new set (over 1100 dollars). When I queried how this could be, given that the included 7 pin cable itself costs 250 dollars and the carbon fibre case another 200 dollars - therefore really reducing the total RRP for a complete set by 450 dollars in my eyes - my query was met with a cold 'take it or leave it' response. Sadly the earphones were 1 month outside the 2 year warranty. JH hold my digital ear impressions on file and I am now stuck with having to buy a complete new earphone if I want to continue using my Roxannes. I should also add that this is my third negative experience of JH in the slightly-over 2 years I have been their customer. The first one was that the carbon fibre case (200 dollars!) fell apart after only weeks of use. When I contacted them, they advised I glue it back together. Entirely unsatisfactory. The second negative experience is that the 7 pin cable (250 dollars!) failed around 1 year into use. I asked for a replacement as this was quite simply not good enough for a premium product and again wasn't assisted at all by their warranty or service department, and had to purchase a new one at full cost. Needless to say, my whole opinion of JH as a company has changed and I am currently pricing UE18s to use going forward. I should add that in every one of my three problems with JH, I gave them ample opportunity to correct the issue, which they had no interest in doing. Hugely disappointing but certainly not a novel tale, going by numerous other online forums. Sort of makes sense that they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year when you realise just how poor their after-sales service is.

Seriously spicy meatball this one Supplied by Andertons at a great price Lovely low B Need to change the strings and raise the action slightly but she's almost perfect out of the box, even in tune! Gonna give her a blast in anger this coming weekend for 2 gigs Delighted so far!