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Grimes new album was made for the Tapes. I love my P1’s but they don’t hang in this particular instance.
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Ive bought the tapes on Amazon a few weeks ago without really reading anything about them. Since I have the Koss Esp95x estat I was curious how they are for just 100€. It’s the second iem I have tried, the only other one was the Fiio FH5, which I didn’t like so much. They sounded good, but they were too much in my head in a way. I really enjoy the tapes so far. They feel way less in my head I think( if I remember right).Noticed the little shouty vocals, but besides that, I think they sound really really good. Comfort is not really an issue now, I can use them with the stock tips. I have read the thread 3 times now, but I always forget 
- If I want to get other tips to try, which are the tips to go? Since I never tried aftermarket tips till now, I want to!
I use the Final Type E tips with them.
You can try the Oratory1990 EQ preset, I like the Tape so much more and it removes the damn peak.
And…not to burst your bubble but the “electrostat” is actually a Magnetostat.
Hey you don’t burst my bubble because I wasn’t even sure if there is actually an estat driver in there, especially for the price. Haven’t really done any research about the driver technologies in there. Thanks for the heads up! I will try the eq preset and look after the tips 
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good to know that I didnt burst it
Here is the link to the list of presets: https://www.reddit.com/r/oratory1990/wiki/index/list_of_presets
and here is the tape: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ytm2jloh6igd98p/Shuoer%20Tape%20(oratory1990%20target).pdf?dl=0
There is a new iem called the “Senfer MT300” supposedly it has a DD + BA (knowles) + Electrostat at only 175 usd.
The electrostat is from “TDK” so I have no idea if that really is an electrostat or a magnetostat like the tape.
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Thanks for the links mate!
Isn’t the problem with actual estat that it needs the special energizer for the super high voltages to work…so would it even be possible to have an estat iem without energizer? Don’t know if it would be possible to build such a small energizer and place it inside the iem…whatever, just basic thoughts 
The iems that has an electrostat are the Shuoer EJ07, Yinyoo ST7, Tri Starlight for example. They use this driver: https://www.sonion.com/electrostatic-tweeter/
you can see that there is a “battery” or something like that
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Oh that’s crazy. Will research a bit about this. Very interesting how far technology has come.
Yeah, hopefully give it a year and the prices should go down. Because iems with those drivers are so extremely expensive.
Then there is Piezoelectric drivers that is kinda similar to electrostats. LZ A6, BQYEZ Spring 1 are examples of iems with it. Personally the A6 is my favorit iem out of like 38 ,those drivers are also very good.
self plugging my own database. 
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Oh thats a sick list! I will keep that. I thought I would never get into IEMs but I think I was probably wrong with that 
kinda Interested in the crazy ones now but I have to keep my money together. The tapes make me happy for now. Tomorrow I will try the eq settings I think.
I’m just listening to them for about 2,5 hours and the sibilance feels definetly less annoying. But I have to say, some tracks sound absolutely horrible, don’t know why. Probably because bad quality files or so. Probably just tracks I don’t like anymore .
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Thanks bro.
IF they are bad mastered or just bad bitrate that might be the issue or that the song is very bright and the peak at 3,5khz makes your ears bleed lol.
If the EQ preset helps then you know the answer. Seriously the driver in the tape has so much potential, cant believe that shuoer still hasnt released the tape 2 or pro…
Wow, that’s impressive. Thanks for the infos!
Price is impressive too though lol, 650-to-800$ IEMs. But oh well 
I’m getting used to seeing these prices everywhere lol.
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I think the total costs is very high. Probably over 4000 usd… Please don’t calculate it for the sake of my mind
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So im testing Oratory1990 EQ settings on the tapes right now. They are awesome! Honestly. Applied them to the Koss ESP95/X , the LCD2C and the HD6XX for testing.
Damn. The Koss sounds amazing - Had an outburst of emotion, listening to my favourite track from Heilung. I couldnt stop laughing for 10 minutes coz i felt so happy! The LCD2C sounds amazing. Its a bit like listeing to different headphones - headphones that are fucking great
On the Sennheiser…im not sure. It sounds very good, but im not sure if i can EQ my beloved 6XX.
Im really impressed. EQ done right. I have messed with equalizer APO when i started getting into audio but i ditched it because i couldnt really get something to sound right. It always felt like im destroying the sound. But with real knowleedge and mesurements etc its a different story i see
Thank you so much for telling me 
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No problem bro, I felt the same about EQ for the last 2 years I “officially” been in chi-fi. I used to use EQ for my old Xiaomi Piston/hybrids (didnt even know they were chi-fi back then lol) but I didnt know the “proper” way of using it and just boosted the bass and treble so all my already v-shaped stuff became even more v-shaped lol.
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hah yeah i feel you on that. I think especially the bass boost is the typical way of eq´ing something and somewhat killing the sound. If i think back, i cant understand anymore how i could listen to my shitty equalized headphones 2 years ago
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Reviving this thread because I wonder if the Tape would be good for electronic music and hip-hop. I want an energetic sound and sounds like you guys have been pretty successful with EQ on the Tape.
How about the Tape Pro?
Get 7hz Timeless and don’t look back.
Avoid the tape pro…
Ordinary tape with EQ works with electronic music but not that well with hip hop.
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