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Santa Cruz Audio SC1000 IEMs & Hi-Fi Earplugs

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Santa Cruz Audio SC1000 IEMs & Hi-Fi Earplugs

Name: Santa Cruz Audio SC1000 IEMs & Hi-Fi Earplugs
Brand: Santa Cruz Audio
SKU: santa-cruz-audio-sc1000-noise-cancelling-iems
Price: 90 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 2.7 (20 reviews)

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The debut product from California-based Santa Cruz Audio, the SC1000 delivers some of the best noise cancellation available in IEMs today. It turned heads at the LA Audio Show and the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest with its built-in high-performance power amplifier and high-fidelity stereo microphones Read More

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EmanY

Aug 9, 2021

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I can’t believe this has a original MSRP of $1150!!

Very poor fitment, stiff cable, heavy “amp box” with an awkward clip system. Cannot be used with no battery . (it will still play music with unit turned off, but it will sound very bad with zero low end)

Recommends this product? No

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CO0PER

Apr 22, 2021

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Very good mids, but not for everyone

All in all these are some of the clearest sounding iems one can buy. That being said the bass is heavily lacking, even for someone who isn’t super into that. You basically need something to tune the audio like a equalizer so that you can get the most out of this product. For the $90 I spent on massdrop it’s a good purchase, but for anything above that I wouldn’t recommend unless you really are into a raw frequency response chart that looks like a trapezoid...

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Alcoholica

Jan 11, 2021

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Loves it

I can't believe that nobody likes it

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Staresmuthafuckaly

Apr 10, 2020

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Very, very bad

Poor build quality, no rechargable batteries for the built in DAC, and they sound atrocious.

Recommends this product? No

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SOUNDERS

Jan 1, 2020

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Buy these if you hate bass

The mids and highs are really good but these aren't full range IEMs. My UE 10 and 900s are so much more enjoyable, In fact, I'm not convinced that these things aren't broken or defective. These are my last go to head phones scattered about my home and office among about 32 sets. I've adjusted my EQs on my DAPs, OPPO HA 1, Astell & Kern KANN, 380, and various Headphone amps /DACs but it makes the other headphones sound too thick and boomy so I just don't go to these anymore. I think these might be great if need to amplify ambient sounds, but seriously why would you do that while listening to music? Maybe I'm missing the intended use case for this product and it's really a hearing aid designed to blast mids and high frequency into your skull ? If that's the case I'd give 5 stars but for music 2 stars is generous. They don't cancel noise and they don't do bass. The build quality is amazing and they're incredibly comfortable especially after I put the Comply foam tips on. If audiobook is you thang then these are the best option for IEM that I've come across. If the included amp had a bass boost then I would say go for it and get a pair, but the current version are just limited.

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EirikurH

Nov 19, 2019

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Only okay. I have $15.00 Monoprice earphones that produce about the same sound.

I agree about the heavy amp-dongle. I wear shirts with a pocket. I should be fine with this. I was more or less expecting this was a Bluetooth headset, but that's my error. The built-in microphones are disappointing in terms of frequency response and soundstage compared to my Bose Hearphones, ($400.00 list) which have different modes, any one of which is superior to the only mode here. One of my uses would be to help me understand speach against background noise, but the sound is just like an omnidirectional mic on each side of my head, so there's really no benefit. When I'm seated in settled listening position, I still have trouble with the rubber cables, which tangle and are microphonic. If the cables were replaceable, I'd add a star. I'd have no issue paying this much for something that did useful things in the amp, used the microphones to actual advantage, and didn't have the captive rubber cables. I'm not set up to measure the dB reduction caused by the passive noise reduction, but I can say that it's better than some of my collection of earphones, but not better than all of them, and I'm simply talking about phones that don't advertise sound abatement. I'm not being hostile here. I'm an engineer and an electronic musician, and I'm providing my perceptions, which, we all know, are really important to designers. I find myself going to the Monoprice mic-in-the-cord (which I never use) phones instead of these, or my vintage Sennheisers. The weight must be a factor.

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catman2

Oct 20, 2019

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Fine for the money...

The unit is fine for $ 90, but I can't imagine who would pay anywhere near $ 585 that it is listed for. The noise cancelling feature is fine in mildly noisy environments, but not more, and although I am one of the few who liked that one could swap batteries, I am not thrilled that the cabling is for the most part not detachable. As for the sound, it is OK -- nothing remarkable. There are better products out there, but I can recommend this.

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trueholygoat

Oct 21, 2019

catman2If you think they aren't worth $585, try to wrap your head around the fact that they originally listed for $1150.

Taiwwa

May 1, 2019

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These aren't really useful as earplugs. The battery pack and amp is heavy because it uses a AAA battery. It also does not have a built-in clip which it would seem would be a very obvious thing to include. Thus, if you are standing at a concert, the battery pack will pull down on your ears. It also doesn't really get to true silence. You can hear significant white noise with it on. The sound quality is very impressive. I like it more than my dual driver IEM's. the way I would describe its sound is that it is a very full sound, without the petty games of V-shaped that most IEMS pull. That alone makes it a keeper. However, I had bought them with the intention of using them as earplugs, of which it is not very good.

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