finally....i recieved my TF10 yesterday morning after a long wait due to rakhi... after 8 days!!
I bought these off a Head-fi indian member from Bangalore ....just three months old
hyeah:
Here are some pics:
on very first look they looked great .... the box looks exotic, cable looked of good quality compaired to my image S4, The iems themselves look good ...nice color combination.
But using for a bit i realized that the cable is hard to manage and short ( i used it with a desktop amp, thus a problem. With a portable source the length would be fine, still it wouldn't have hurt to make the cable a foot longer). Sure the cable is tangle free( its hard ) but this also leads to cable memory ....currently they are round shaped , for they were packed in such a way.Buil quality is good the extra cables provided( last pic ....and hay what are these for) have a cheap build .
Coming from S4 i tried to insert them deeeeep inside my ears .....that hurt and soon i realized they give good isolation without much trouble, but just that ..good (with comply foams its very comfortable to wear ..and isolation feels better) . These are big IEMs meant to be worn over the ear for which a shape-able short patch in the cable is provided. These are the first iems i have used with overear design thus at first i was a bit uncomfortable with the fit.
I am yet to recieve my s:flo or HM -602 so i tested these with maverick D1 Amp/DAC
first thing i noticed is the bass is good, much better in quality and quantity than my S4. the mids are again better than s4 if not equal..i was worried much about the mids as the the TF10s are not praised for their mids. The treble is great ...no comparison with the s4 here miles ahead...still i dont find it more emphasized as some say. sense of space is good ...no where near k 702 though.
so far no complaints. these are great IEMs ....i am mighty happy as of now:clap: though these are second hand they dont feel like one ....box is unscratched and there are no scratches on the iems themselves.
Note : the compy foams are really comfortable and and bass is better with them (... may be)
EDIT : ============================================================
These dont pair nicely with maverick D1(DAC) ...i mean my blackberry 8520 drives them better
....with D1 the bass is bloated ....with BB its controlled
....with D1 instrument separation is very poor(..... VERY) ....with BB it improves a lot and i am able tho distinctively hear every instrument used.
....even the treble of TF10 is hampered by using D1 with it ...the snares do not sound good ..with BB it improves on that too
now BB's SQ is good ....i for one consider it to be better than ipod touch ...but i'd be wrong to give the credit to tthe Blackberry for TF10's good performance with them ...the IEMs are to be praised here ( also the praise goes to D1 for setting the standards so low that even my laptop sounds better with TF10)
The strengths of tf10 are bass and treble ...if D1 makes them do pooerly in that department ...its the worst dac/amp for TF10
I am yet to recieve my Sflo and HM 602
...will then comment more on SQ
Note : D1 are not bad DAC/AMP they drive my AKG very nicely (also s4) and have enough power to drive most headphones ....have almost all inputs ( coaxial, optical, multiple analog ) ...its just that they pair badly with Ultimate Ears Triple-Fi 10
I bought these off a Head-fi indian member from Bangalore ....just three months old
hyeah:Here are some pics:
on very first look they looked great .... the box looks exotic, cable looked of good quality compaired to my image S4, The iems themselves look good ...nice color combination.
But using for a bit i realized that the cable is hard to manage and short ( i used it with a desktop amp, thus a problem. With a portable source the length would be fine, still it wouldn't have hurt to make the cable a foot longer). Sure the cable is tangle free( its hard ) but this also leads to cable memory ....currently they are round shaped , for they were packed in such a way.Buil quality is good the extra cables provided( last pic ....and hay what are these for) have a cheap build .
Coming from S4 i tried to insert them deeeeep inside my ears .....that hurt and soon i realized they give good isolation without much trouble, but just that ..good (with comply foams its very comfortable to wear ..and isolation feels better) . These are big IEMs meant to be worn over the ear for which a shape-able short patch in the cable is provided. These are the first iems i have used with overear design thus at first i was a bit uncomfortable with the fit.
I am yet to recieve my s:flo or HM -602 so i tested these with maverick D1 Amp/DAC
first thing i noticed is the bass is good, much better in quality and quantity than my S4. the mids are again better than s4 if not equal..i was worried much about the mids as the the TF10s are not praised for their mids. The treble is great ...no comparison with the s4 here miles ahead...still i dont find it more emphasized as some say. sense of space is good ...no where near k 702 though.
so far no complaints. these are great IEMs ....i am mighty happy as of now:clap: though these are second hand they dont feel like one ....box is unscratched and there are no scratches on the iems themselves.
Note : the compy foams are really comfortable and and bass is better with them (... may be)
EDIT : ============================================================
These dont pair nicely with maverick D1(DAC) ...i mean my blackberry 8520 drives them better
....with D1 the bass is bloated ....with BB its controlled
....with D1 instrument separation is very poor(..... VERY) ....with BB it improves a lot and i am able tho distinctively hear every instrument used.
....even the treble of TF10 is hampered by using D1 with it ...the snares do not sound good ..with BB it improves on that too
now BB's SQ is good ....i for one consider it to be better than ipod touch ...but i'd be wrong to give the credit to tthe Blackberry for TF10's good performance with them ...the IEMs are to be praised here ( also the praise goes to D1 for setting the standards so low that even my laptop sounds better with TF10)
The strengths of tf10 are bass and treble ...if D1 makes them do pooerly in that department ...its the worst dac/amp for TF10
I am yet to recieve my Sflo and HM 602
...will then comment more on SQNote : D1 are not bad DAC/AMP they drive my AKG very nicely (also s4) and have enough power to drive most headphones ....have almost all inputs ( coaxial, optical, multiple analog ) ...its just that they pair badly with Ultimate Ears Triple-Fi 10
Congrats !! How much did you end paying for it ?
