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The Heil is defo where it's at out of the two. Plus extra cool points for being the Hunger Games mic...

Personally I think the sound signature of the KZ10s aren't that great but I'm pretty sure you'd have a bit of a game reshelling them and getting them to sound right because the balances armatures appear to be tubeless - and I'm not sure whether the dynamic would be able to be reshelled because most makers avoid dynamics...

Didn't want your post to go unnoticed. Yeah - theres a few guys on here that use them. Theres the P&D option, Eich bass board - and I even have a home-brew version. However... the whole point of going IEM for me was to take less gear to gigs... which I why I tend not to use them... and they tend to pin you to the spot which makes watching a band a bit dull imho. (Kinda great if you a band playing on a small stage and got nowhere to roam though!) Alternatives that we have talked about on this thread though are the woojer strap (which I use when I can be bothered) and the Backbeat - which is due out soon.

I find the opposite. But then they fall out. And then I get no bass. Or any sound for that matter.

I've seen a few marked single beds at some dodgy hotels in my time, I can tell you.

@r16ktx great purchase! enjoy muchly!

I'm sure he could fit in a single.

Quite right... I messed up what I was trying to say - dynamics produce more bass (than balanced armatures) and are often described as "warmer" in their sound. Balanced armatures develop a lot less bass but are a lot, lot more detailed and revealing.

NO! Not anywhere near kinky enough.

1. You are comparing a 41.3mm dynamic to a pair of balanced armatures on bass duties. Dynamic speakers tend to develop a lot more bass than balanced armatures... which is why a lot of bass players (granted, that are prepared to spend the money) really stack up those balanced armatures in the lows. The UE900s have what I would call adequate low end and are less likely to distort if you start digging in. They aren't tuned to be out and out bass monsters). You may want to put an EQ in front of them and start rolling off some of the tops (subtractive EQ) so the IEM becomes more bass focused. For real bass junkies, you are realistically looking at getting a quad in the bass if you want to keep up with the HD25s. With regard to the boxy thing, that could be a 200Hz issue (try pulling that down if it's sounding too boxy) or it could be down to the IEMs themself and how you are perceiving the sound from them - IEMs generally suffer with less wide sound stage... the 64 Apex/Adel (for those that remember) trades a little isolation and bass response for a greater sense of width. If you have access to EQ, you will be able manipulate the sound to give you more of what I think you are striving for. 2. Generally, the failure rate on hitting a perfect fit is low. Ears are of all different shapes and sizes but the process of getting the impression is the same. If the acrylic is too thin and the result is a loose fit.. it has to be built up with more acrylic. If it's the other way around, its shaved down. Normally manufacturers have a 30 day window where you request a refit - and they'll work with you to get the fit right. It's not in their interest to leave somebody with a poor fitting IEM. I was talking to Paul from custom IEM about this on the stand at the bass show. He says that poor fitting monitors are very, very rare now... however, he does check each impression before it leaves so knows if it's up to scratch or not. For manufacturers that aren't using 3D printing and still doing the casting method, the preparation on the impression before making the mould is a skilled task. It has to be shaved down to size (so it looks like an IEM would) and then dipped in wax. This can oversize the mould ever so slightly.. so when it comes to the final polish of the iem, it takes some now how and experience to not go too far. With 3d modelling, all the cutting, shaving and smoothing are done inside the computer... so the results are very, very accurate. Some of the smaller operations are not into the realms of 3d printing yet... so you are putting a certain amount of trust in the people building your IEM... but as I said, these guys have to be accommodating when it comes customers needing to get a perfect fit.

Oi. Stop trying to derail the thread.

We both know that this isn’t about numbers... Who’s lungs have they been through?

CTRL + is your friend...

In the seconds before, her facial expressions give everything away. The fart. The wait. When it hits her nose... and then the dirty girl is secretly digging on it.

@Hellzero - so you're not too keen then? At a push, I'll fill the jiffy bag with some air that may (or may not have) have been breathed by Mark King at some point.

PS... You've been spending too many hours on *those* sites. It sends you blind.

Of course, that's not taking into account the custom SCS art work you'd have... and the custom SCS orange acrylic you'd order... and while you're at it, the thermosoft tips... etc. etc.... Could get pricey 😜

Image above. £180 - I'm guessing you'd have to pay extra for shipping your impressions to him (which will have a cost in themselves) and the shipping of the final article. Think you are probably looking circa 220 quidish all in. Although personally, I'd get him to change the MMCX connector for something less shite...

Well, if you count the sheets he did. I took them to a gig of his and draped it over the balcony with the words, "Mark, you could be under these very sheets". I could tell he was interested. Even though I wasn't even there.

How about ordering a set of quads and asking if this Lugs chap can add some acrylic to your existing reshells. He will have a new impression so should be able to get his micrometer gauge on it to see what needs adding.

Let me sleep on it... ...in a bed that could be sold to Mark King

99kg apparently. Two of my 18inch subs combined weigh less...

Hardly a fair trade is it?

Yup - and his signature sound was created from the unprocessed DI at the desk rather than the amp.

Of course, in a jiffy bag that was intended for Mark King.