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Westone 3

Postby insyte » Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:30 pm

I wonder how this will compare with the triple.fi as it is priced in that range :)

http://www.westone.com/content/264.html
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Re: Westone 3

Postby bass_nut » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:53 am

insyte wrote:I wonder how this will compare with the triple.fi as it is priced in that range :)

http://www.westone.com/content/264.html
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i hope they have local reseller(s) so we can have actual audition and possibly acquire a couple of these if SQ is to our taste ;) :clap:
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Re: Westone 3

Postby reorx » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:55 pm

Initial impressions over at head-fi tout these as the end-all and be-all of universal iems. They claim it handily beats current kings the shure e530 and UE triple fi pro...

Too bad westone has never really had a local distributor. But at a retail price of 400 usd, i can only imagine at what price they will be sold here :tmi:

I personally would rather buy a denon d5000 or grado rs-2 at that price point, as I dont think it can provide a quantum leap of improvement over my current image x10s
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Re: Westone 3

Postby insyte » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:25 pm

well some love it some don't. I just read a thread where the OP said that the W3 sounded like a cheap earphone. There were also some complaining about the sibilance of the w3. Anyway here's a nice review of the W3 :)

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/revi ... ad-386477/
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Re: Westone 3

Postby dogears » Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:21 pm

I just read another rave review... so who will be the first one to secure this very intriguing iems over here at WS? 8) If it sounds like insyte's er4s with the bass slam and a little bit more of everything, it's definitely worth having. I'm still very open to having a very good iems that can trash my tweaked ep630s ;)

edit: and then I read insyte's supplied link - excerpt:
The Westone 3 have such a full body and a weighty presence to the sound that they are the one IEM that I have heard that comes anywhere close to the sense of space and power or authority of a full size headphone.
I think I'll be selling stuff and will be saving for this W3 instead (bye D2000 heehee) :inlove:
Group buy? :D

edit: sheesh!!! That has generated 80 pages and still counting - it just started this month!
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Re: Westone 3

Postby insyte » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:13 pm

Before I was planning on ordering a UE triple.fi. But now I'm also considering this to complement my er4s :) But probably not my next purchase :) (dami pang nakapila hehe)
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Re: Westone 3

Postby dogears » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:55 am

UM3=HighEndPortability... ang tagal naman ng midyear bonus :rofl:
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Re: Westone 3

Postby insyte » Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:45 am

Nagastos mo na ba xmas bonus?

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So far this is flavor of the month in headfi.org. No bad reviews yet

One claimed that westone has fixed what was wrong sonically with the triple.fi. :)
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Re: Westone 3

Postby dogears » Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:27 pm

Archos AV500 = Bonus :P

I'm sure I can find something to sacrifice :D
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Re: Westone 3

Postby jetm » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:54 am

Where in HK can one get these 'phones? TIA.
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Re: Westone 3

Postby insyte » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:09 pm

dogears wrote:Archos AV500 = Bonus :P

I'm sure I can find something to sacrifice :D

hehe wawa naman archos :)

@jetm - Sir Ken probably knows the answer :)
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Re: Westone 3

Postby reorx » Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:55 pm

jetm wrote:Where in HK can one get these 'phones? TIA.


Ive read in head fi that both Mingos and KIngsound offer the Westone 3 for sale...and that MIngos even offers it for audition

Both are located in Mongkok btw
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Re: Westone 3

Postby kenckn » Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:48 am

jetm wrote:Where in HK can one get these 'phones? TIA.

Pls try/www.mingo-HMW.com or king sound :clap:
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Re: Westone 3

Postby dogears » Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:29 am

^The site is in Chinese :sweat:
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Re: Westone 3

Postby bass_nut » Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:59 am

dogears wrote:^The site is in Chinese :sweat:


click the British Flag at the right edge... then click on items on the left edge

http://www.mingo-hmw.net/product/index. ... fe9e6d3669

the site has new brands too...

gastos na naman :lol: :clap: .. ;)
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Re: Westone 3

Postby jetm » Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:48 pm

thanks Claude and Ken =)
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Re: Westone 3

Postby kenckn » Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:51 pm

bass_nut wrote:click the British Flag at the right edge... then click on items on the left edge
http://www.mingo-hmw.net/product

This "Mingo" is the largest shop/as in size and complete/Iems, earphones and headphones at HK, u even can test some of the popular model, last week I visited that shop and test Ultrasone HF780, HF2200 and some Iems,unfortunately RS1 and GS1K is out of stock 8)
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Re: Westone 3

Postby insyte » Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:21 pm

Wow they even sell some amps including RSA products :)
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Re: Westone 3

Postby bass_nut » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:05 am

insyte wrote:Wow they even sell some amps including RSA products :)



yes doc Bernard... new brands and known ones on their list :clap:

Thanks ambassador Ken and sir reorx for the heads up :clap:
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Re: Westone 3

Postby dogears » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:09 pm

Welcome 2009! The year of the Westone3? :D
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