anyway seriously speaking
, you really have a very high preference and tolerance. i tried ck100pro again recently at jaben just to refresh memory. cannot take it. the tings and zings are piercing me like 300 arrows too
haven heard the 800st but can just try to extrapolate from my 600 and 1000. and i can imagine... if 800 you feel the least bit of sibilant, then something must be wrong
for my tolerance level, 600 is muddling the line. 1000 is better although some transients also pushing the limit. in a sibilance-to-my-ears scale of 1 to 10, if 600 is 7, 1000 is 5, then ck100pro is 20
To be frank with ya, this discussion has nothing to do with my high tolerance level in terms of treble/brightness. I can tell you with confidence once we meet up and u listen to my pair of PF IX's, you would be very surprised that I would love the signature of these Piano Forte series as quite honestly they are nv considered to be a bright-sounding/analytical pair of iems.
Case in point, bro shsh91 tried them and he found it to be slightly less-resolving/lower in treble clarity compared to his Flat-4 Kaedes, which is quite abt right because to my ears the Kaedes are pretty much on-par on the same level as the MDR-EX800st/EX1000's in terms of overall treble clarity, and through my own serious A/Bing listens since i own the EX800st's too (switched with EX1000's cables) i have nv found my PF IX's to be anywhere more resolving/brighter compared to my EX800st's.
If you are free, go watch this
Youtube video abt the CK100Pro's. It's not exactly an in-depth review regarding this flagship iem by ATH, but more of an interesting discussion and brief summary abt its overall signature and why 2 different ppl with diff signature taste can also love the CK100Pro's. The main commentator Mr. Lachlan (also known as
a_recording) as on Head-fi) owns quite a diversified amount of gears as seen under his profile, he's owns quite a mixture of gears from Grado/ATH/Sony/Sennheiser actually.
I have also personally noted under his
Closed Portable Cans review article on HF, he had specifically mentioned he has a personal preference for and usually likes a warmer/fun signature, specifically where he made some mentions when comparing the MDR-1R vs the Momentums and UE6000 (which the latter 2 have quite abit of mid-bass hump which makes them pretty much warm-sounding gears).
There are also alot of current and existing owners/users on my CK100Pro Head-fi thread, that have shared with me personally before they don't have a problem with its treble/brightness, in fact i believe there's one guy inside who owns the MDR-EX1000's and he professed that he love the CK100Pro's just as much.
As far as I can recall when Guan22/Joe had these on loan for a short period of time borrowed from his female friend, he also had nothing but positive praises for this pair of universals from ATH. (he didn't mentioned anything abt the treble being too bright or ear-piercing to me via his PM msgs as we were exchanging some stuffs regarding Toxic cables for the CK100Pro) Just goes to show that each of us all do hear things differently here.
Sry abt the long WOT again, but just thought I will come in to clarify here regarding yr previous post. Cheers.
