Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
I will try some of my other complifoam tips I have lying around and see if I can find some that work well. In the meantime I am listening to both and enjoying both.
This is my overall impression... The 900s' fit great and sound good - more clinical sounding (ie.. great for musicians/live concerts) The NobleXs' fit good and sound great - more natural/all around sound (ie.. great for a more "enjoy the music" feel)
More details are... since there are so many tips, you can find your correct fit with the 900s and the body is smaller and the shape fits my ears really really good (great).
The NobleXs' only come with 4 tips, 2 of which (the foam ones) would cut out sound as they are too long and so don't fit right. One of the silicone tips fits 'ok' but hurt my ears just like my powerbeats3 after a while and still don't seal correctly.
I replaced the tips with some generic complifoam tips I had lying around (extras for my powerbeats3) and it helped a LOT. Now I get a good seal and the sound is more well rounded.... only problem so far is the right earbud still can cut off sound if I don't adjust the earbud just right. I think I need to find a different set of tips to fix this so will do a mass random buy the next time I am on Amazon.
Now, I have eq profiles I made for each earbud which make them sound better so it is hard to tell which would be a better choice when connected to a laptop/computer. When connected to a portable device (iphone/ipod/etc) I prefer the sound of the NobleXs' but once again the fit of the 900s' is sooo good that I tend to carry both around with me in my bag.
OH, also.... I much prefer the cables of the NobleXs' as they don't feel as "waxy" as the 900s' and don't kink up as much.