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Member Reviews: Heir Audio 8.A

project86

Amazing piece of art..... and it sounds great too!

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By project86

Pros: Beautiful craftsmanship, phenomenal bass reproduction, smooth clean highs, warm spacious mids, big accurate soundstage

Cons: Needs a good source to capture the full potential, bass might be too much for some people

      I posted a few pictures elsewhere, but now I’m making a dedicated thread about it. The topic is Heir Audio: a newly launched, high-end custom IEM company.   Some of you may recall HeadFi user FullCircle, aka The Wizard, posting pictures of his beautiful custom creations a while back. His real name is Dr. John Moulton and he’s a Doctor of Audiology. His posts around here were just for fun, to show off his beautiful custom work. I contacted him and practically begged him to let me buy his services. He refused at first, and we took the discussion to email (since selling things in a commercial capacity is not allowed unless you have Member of the Trade...
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Gorillaz

8.A and 4.A best investment of 2012!

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By Gorillaz

Pros: They have the sound that WoW me letting me enjoy Music without me becoming analytical consequently ending up not enjoying music

Cons: maybe the bass of the 8.A might be too much for some people but not for me!

Well here are my 8.A and 4.A, sorry if it's not a pic of just the two ciems, I posted this pic in the portable rigs thread, and I'm posting it here again because I really don't know when am I going to have time to make a photo shoot of just the ciems! Project86 have this  same design on the 8.A, pure coincidence o.k.!     Well this is my first review ever and I am doing it because it would be unfair of my part not to talk about this two excellent pieces of audio after THE  EXCELLENT customer service I received from John, and I know some of you might get mad about this review since I am not going to focus just on their Sound Quality, why?...
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Kunlun

Heir Audio 8.A: 8-Balanced Armature, 4-Way Crossover Custom Fit In-Ear Monitor

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By Kunlun

Pros: Rich, Lush Sound with great detail. Excellent Bass and treble extention. Smooth, non-fatiguing treble.

Cons: Warm sound signature may not be right for everyone

Synopsis: The Heir Audio 8.A is the flagship custom-fit in-ear monitor (ciem) from Dr. John Moulton at Heir Audio. It's tuned for a supremely warm, rich sound. This very well designed ciem manages to combine this lush sound with excellent precision and clarity. The bass is very well extended into the sub-bass with a lot of well-controlled mid-bass for a fun sound. The midrange is quite warm with a thick resonance to notes, while still maintaining clarity. The treble is very precise and non-fatiguing. It avoids sibilance while shining beautifully and has excellent extension. Everything comes together nicely for an organic, engaging sound. The Heir Audio 8.A is very well crafted. It both...
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uchihaitachi

Exquisite. I don't like to use superlatives but the 8A truly is a masterpiece.

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By uchihaitachi

Pros: Very expansive frequency response. Amazing musicality combined with an extremely detailed presentation, paradoxical yet achieved.

Cons: NA. Maybe too much bass for some people.

As the other reviews have covered most of the 8A's sound signature related qualities, I want to focus on its outstanding merits which I believe to be unique only to the 8A.   The sound signature is supremely rich and musical yet Heir have managed to allow the 8A to portray incredibly high levels of detail. I would assume this is somewhat paradoxical, and would be seemingly impossible to achieve. Yet, the magicians at Heir have managed more than accomplish this 'seemingly impossible feat'.     In addition, a rich and musical sound signature is correlated with a poor soundstage. This is not the case for the 8A. The 8A has an amazing impressive soundstage that is...
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Sorensiim

Nothing short of perfect to me

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By Sorensiim

Pros: Amazing balance between analytical and musical.

Cons: If you want piercing treble and Grado-style aggresion, these are not for you.

  All listening done from my Ibasso DX100 using only lossless files.   Heir Audio is a relative newcomer in the field of custom in-ear monitors, but the man behind the company, Dr. John Moulton, is by no means a rookie. Having already made a name for himself here on Head-Fi by posting his beautiful creations he earned the nickname “The Wizard”. After a series of unfortunate events in dealing with another CIEM company I ordered Heir’s top of the line model, the $1099 Heir 8.A. As the name implies, there are no less than 8 BA drivers in each monitor. Two (very large) for bass, two for midrange, two for treble and two for “Super-high treble”. According to Heir Audio the...
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