Just bought some Sony XM4 wireless earbuds today. Does that count as IEM here, or am I doomed now 
? They sound pretty good after having them EQ‘ed inside the app. And they seal well 
Is $319 a good price for the FH7?
Not at all - in my experience they are $200 and below nowadays. That includes brand new.
Are they any good?
I haven’t heard them. I’ve heard the FH5, and some have said the FH7 was a marginal improvement. Some people are huge fans of the FH7 (I’m thinking @SoundEater if he has any comment).
My take on the FH5 is that it was great for its time, and still fun now, but there are better choices for timbre and coherency for the same price now.
throw away IEM, keep box - profit 
Here’s my measurement
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It is surprisingly close to Kai before high roll off! Interesting I had different feelings in terms of the genre use case for both…
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Thanks! Looks tasteful to me. Looks like reducing female vocal intensity/guitar bite from something like the Serial, which isn’t strident or overly pronounced in that area to begin with.
Presumably a very relaxed listen overall?
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Don’t forget that it has two switches, so the treble can be boosted. I’m guessing this graph is with both off
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hey I noticed you have the vortex and are one of the few people who graphed it. would it bee possible for you graph it with the vent filter removed?
I was surprised - if you check both the Serial and Vortex in his graphs, the Vortex looks warmer and has a couple dB more sub-bass?
Relaxed indeed. Adjectives that come to mind: relaxed, balanced, sweet, delicate. The low end is no slouch either. Satisfying thumb. It reminds me of the Vulkan for 1/3 of the price. 
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No I’m scared I don’t like it 
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Nice! So you had both switches off for your graph?
Yes 00 default setting. I can measure 11 tomorrow. Have to drive another 800km first. Btw there are only 2 settings 00 and 11.
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Thank you! Can you not do 01 and 10? I have the Canon and that has 8 possible combos from 3 switches
Yes you can only do 00 and 11.
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Sometimes fewer choices are better haha
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That is strange then, why to have 2 dip switches if there are only 2 options. I would test that out tomorrow.
But yes - sweet is the best word to describe them. And also the low end is very satisfying.
I have generally very close experience to what I used to have with Tea.
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