Tested 335 and 435 today. 334 was reserved so no testing. Impressions probably not 100% since it's a custom demo so gotta adjust here and there and keep supported to maintain a reasonable seal. I'm both sad and happy. Sad because i may be one of the rare number of pple who didn't legs jelly.
435 has loads and loads of detail. Super resolution and open sounding. Everything is fantastic, except that i couldn't feel the weight. Once that is missing, even how good are the rest of the sound also bueh gum for me liao. Pay $2.7k for it? Nah. Not happening.
Next. 335. More laidback. Abit more bass but unfortunately it's still not enough. It's a very relaxing easy sound and may come off as wooly to some. Bueh pass for me.
Then tested jh13 and jh16. The jh13 demo seems like something not right. L/R channel balance sounded funny. That aside, bass quantity is ok. There's more weight. But the treble sounded abit compressed. Not the kind of sig i would want to pay $1.8k for.
Already quite sian liao. Then finally comes the jh16. That was my silver lining. Suddenly everything just clicks. The bass, weight, thick mids, just right treble, the overall sig is just gum with my genres. I spent the most time on it. At the end of it, it's still a $2k iem.
Then i tried the jh16 on ak120 and compare to my sony a865. Ok... Abit more laidback, abit more grip on the bass, that's about it. Overall sig is quite similar. Detail level not certain for this session but i think is not far. All in all, it's a $300 vs $1.5k difference.
Lastly, i tried ck100pro again to refresh my memory. Ok. Done.
Happy. Happy that i left empty handed!
