DISCLAIMER:
I am not a professional, I do not use charts and graphs, nor do I know all the audiophile lingo. I'm just a single dad, and music nut who finds escape in music. I love to listen to it with great sounding headphones or iem's through good sources!!
I would like to thank Angus at Accutone for his generosity, and being an all-around great guy. I am in no way affiliated with Accutone...just giving an unbiased review.
The Pisces BA retails for 389$
REVIEW:
The overall presentation of the Pisces BA is fantastic! When you're unboxing it feels as if you're opening a treasure chest.
These iem's are beautifully displayed on top of everything else inside so they are the first thing's you see. Underneath, you find the mmcx cable, birth certificate, sound graph chart, tips, and white magnetic case all nicely packed together.
I have to be honest, I was turned off by the design with the long ended connectors. The fact that they are plastic poses a problem. I also thought they would be a hinderence to the overall comfort. Putting them in my ears, I had absolutely no comfort issues, and the winged ends posed no problems what so ever (I still don't like them). I wore these guys for roughly 3 hours in one sitting and had not one comfort issue.
I also don't like the proprietary mmcx connectors, and that really limits the use of third party cables. I am not very rough with my IEM's, but I don't care for the cable as it feels flimsy and easily breakable.
SONGS USED/SOUND QUALITY
fela kuti: tears, sweat, and blood
Leonard Cohen: the partisan
elbow: fly boy blue/lunette
Neil Halstead oh! mighty engine
Fleetwood mac: sara
wye oak: we were wealth
other lives: english summer
james blackshaw: spiralling skeleton
teebs: viewpoint
Morrissey: everyday is like sunday
specs:
I received the best fit with the comply tips that came pre-applied
Ah the sound! the build quality, and the mmcx connection and cables are forgotten.
Listening to James Blackshaw's spiralling skeleton is magical, and hypnotizing while listening with the Pisces. I never understood "hearing the air between the strings" before listening with these.
The instrument separation is fantastic, the sound stage is fairly wide vertically and horizontally. For clarity I listened to a couple elbow tracks and while all sounded incredible, fly boy blue/lunette stood out to me. It is one of my favorite songs. there is a lot going on in that song, and everything was reproduced beautifully! The bass was meaty, but tight. The highs were airy, and wispy, not shrill (if you are an elbow fan, Guy Garvey's voice, using the wrong iem's can give off a scalpel like sibilance). listening to Leonard Cohen's the partisan was fantastic, and the timbre was outstanding. Sara by Fleetwood Mac is another song I know every nuance of, and the mids are reproduced gorgeously.
the mids, highs, and lows were all fantastically reproduced in everything I listened to, all extended well. I am not a bass head, and the bass was quick, punchy, and dug deep when called for. the mids were full of life, and lush. The highs were wispy, and airy. I experienced no sibilance what so ever with the Pisces BA. The sound, was engaging and exciting.
while this is my first iem in this price range, it is my opinion that with the lack of accessories, proprietary mmcx, and overall build may be a turn off to some or even a deal breaker. the sound in my opinion, makes up for everything else lacking in the Pisces BA
I am not a professional, I do not use charts and graphs, nor do I know all the audiophile lingo. I'm just a single dad, and music nut who finds escape in music. I love to listen to it with great sounding headphones or iem's through good sources!!
I would like to thank Angus at Accutone for his generosity, and being an all-around great guy. I am in no way affiliated with Accutone...just giving an unbiased review.
The Pisces BA retails for 389$
REVIEW:
The overall presentation of the Pisces BA is fantastic! When you're unboxing it feels as if you're opening a treasure chest.
These iem's are beautifully displayed on top of everything else inside so they are the first thing's you see. Underneath, you find the mmcx cable, birth certificate, sound graph chart, tips, and white magnetic case all nicely packed together.
I have to be honest, I was turned off by the design with the long ended connectors. The fact that they are plastic poses a problem. I also thought they would be a hinderence to the overall comfort. Putting them in my ears, I had absolutely no comfort issues, and the winged ends posed no problems what so ever (I still don't like them). I wore these guys for roughly 3 hours in one sitting and had not one comfort issue.
I also don't like the proprietary mmcx connectors, and that really limits the use of third party cables. I am not very rough with my IEM's, but I don't care for the cable as it feels flimsy and easily breakable.
SONGS USED/SOUND QUALITY
fela kuti: tears, sweat, and blood
Leonard Cohen: the partisan
elbow: fly boy blue/lunette
Neil Halstead oh! mighty engine
Fleetwood mac: sara
wye oak: we were wealth
other lives: english summer
james blackshaw: spiralling skeleton
teebs: viewpoint
Morrissey: everyday is like sunday
specs:
Housing | Plastic |
Driver Unit | 1 DD + 1 BA driver |
Frequenzy range | 20hZ – 22kHz |
Sensitivity | 101dB |
Impedance | 32Ohm |
Weight | 14 g |
Cable lenght | 1.3m |
I received the best fit with the comply tips that came pre-applied
Ah the sound! the build quality, and the mmcx connection and cables are forgotten.
Listening to James Blackshaw's spiralling skeleton is magical, and hypnotizing while listening with the Pisces. I never understood "hearing the air between the strings" before listening with these.
The instrument separation is fantastic, the sound stage is fairly wide vertically and horizontally. For clarity I listened to a couple elbow tracks and while all sounded incredible, fly boy blue/lunette stood out to me. It is one of my favorite songs. there is a lot going on in that song, and everything was reproduced beautifully! The bass was meaty, but tight. The highs were airy, and wispy, not shrill (if you are an elbow fan, Guy Garvey's voice, using the wrong iem's can give off a scalpel like sibilance). listening to Leonard Cohen's the partisan was fantastic, and the timbre was outstanding. Sara by Fleetwood Mac is another song I know every nuance of, and the mids are reproduced gorgeously.
the mids, highs, and lows were all fantastically reproduced in everything I listened to, all extended well. I am not a bass head, and the bass was quick, punchy, and dug deep when called for. the mids were full of life, and lush. The highs were wispy, and airy. I experienced no sibilance what so ever with the Pisces BA. The sound, was engaging and exciting.
while this is my first iem in this price range, it is my opinion that with the lack of accessories, proprietary mmcx, and overall build may be a turn off to some or even a deal breaker. the sound in my opinion, makes up for everything else lacking in the Pisces BA