Eterna is revealing, low quality mp3 will be projected.

eterna is really unforgiving of bad recording... hell it also source choosy.... luckily my iphone can delivers....

ok back to soundmagic....
i have pl21 and i think i can still hear good music even thou low quality mp3 files...

my advice thou... go rip to wav files... u'll be surprise how good the sound would be... (but still if its from a bad recording.... it will still sound bad thou! lol!)

I had musics that are lossless that I obtained from cds, some have lower quality recording/mastering that Eterna's bullying it into my ear

If the PL-50 is easy to wear, forgiving on lower quality music files and won't break seal that easily I might want to get one

How does the PL-20 compared to the Hpm-70? Is it obviously better in all aspects?

The only IEM earphone I've ever had is the Hpm-70 and it is really good, I don't know how it can get better than that.

Recently, I broke my Hpm-70 and I'm really interested to try other IEM, perhaps the PL-20 can bring the music to another level

And by 'bass' do you guys mean the 'boom' sound in techno song? I don't listen to those kinda song but the bass in rock/jazz/pop/whatever song is really important to me as well

So IYO, which PL will do a better job in bass??

PL11 is the one do better job in bass

How about PL21?? Oh yea do you have any close up picture of your PL11 and PL20??

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Added on December 14, 2009, 5:33 pmWhere did you get yours from??

This post has been edited by zs3889: Dec 14 2009, 05:33 PM

From Here!

PL30 also very souce dependant...
Has a rather fast sound, so pairing it with something that sounds laid back, smooth but detail is necessary

Ear tips is the most important when using PL-30. They sent around 7 pair of tips in the package, only ONE give me best fit! ONE! The others don't have any bass and poor isolation.

Yeah, agree with you rip to lossless is the best.

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Added on December 15, 2009, 8:23 pmBTW, you guys know where to get new FOAM tips? i think the one soundmagic provided is going to wear out soon....

This post has been edited by andrew9292: Dec 15 2009, 08:23 PM

Mr. walabies is your friend Shure Olives, Complys, etc.

U bought from him before? Soundmagic's IEM tip is smaller compare to Creative and other brands... most tips wont fit on them =\

I'm looking for PL21 though.

getting a pair of PL30 soon!!

Owner of PL20 here! Not sure if i've posted here before... Anyway, they're an amazing IEM for it's price. I would say it's an upgrade from my previous Creative EP-630. There's not much bass, but that's why i got them in the first place. Sounds great for easy listening songs. And it really does improve after about 2 days of burn in. Not sure how to say, but i think the midrange and low frequencies improved the most after burn in. Comfort could be an issue initially, but u'll get used to it. Now i can even wear them to sleep.

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Added on January 3, 2010, 2:11 amHere's a close-up of the PL20 without the accessories:



This post has been edited by danny_sp15: Jan 3 2010, 02:11 AM

New owner of Sound Magic. MP21... so happy.

new owner of SoundMagic PL20 reporting in~

just received the unit from GodLuvSxS today (thx again yah!) and in process of burning in on another laptop (but with mediocre audio setup .. )


hope that goes the same for me to danny since initially noticed i kinda miss the bass sound i'm so used to hearing. hehe. maybe PL 11 on the pipeline next ? been hearing great stuff 'bout it.


for now, let's keep on rocking~

well, the bass does improve a bit after burn-in, but it's still not enough for modern songs. but it's enough for me though, cos i listen to oldies mostly. maybe u should try out the pl11 instead?

ah i see. we'll see how it goes in my case. haha.

from my initial response when first hearing it i think it's better geared towards those genre that you said also (oldies and such).

PL11 ? hahaha, maybe later-lah since i already got something else to cater for my bass needs.
or maybe if i managed to saved enough to get it. either one.

Is that "something else" referring to the ones in ur avatar?

haha. can you even see what it is ? (the one in the avatar) woahh~
i'm so impressed.

the one on using now is considerably cheaper and smaller tho'. haha.