A/Bin is more of a fast back and forth than in comparison to comparingCan we go back to normal English and say ‘comparing’ instead of ‘A/B-ing’?I have even read some saying ‘A/B/C/D-ing’ lol.
English can be a tricky language my friend we need to be as specific as we can, especially with this stuff sometimesI strongly suspect that UAPP applies some kind of filter of its own that alters the original music quality. I read somewhere earlier that UAPP has its own USB driver. I have no idea whether this is true, it's not important for me either. Whether this is good or not is up to you. But if the music from the original source sounds exactly the same as the same music through the app, I'm happy. I don't like the idea of a change that deviates from the source.I see a German approach here.. in a good way
I would still recommend to better test playback through different apps.
I personally hear difference between Tidal and UAPP in streaming playback of Tidal files.
And a huge one when playing local files through Neutron on its maximized settings.
Other fun thing is DSD format vs everything else (as it also imply different mastering at times).
For example all The Doors DSD releases sound more wide, spatial, holographic and detailed than their PCM versions IMO.
That is pretty much how we compare in this hobby so the word ‘compare’ should suffice. I think it is jargon we can do without but my opinion will have no impact whatsoever so carry on!A/Bin is more of a fast back and forth than in comparison to comparing
Yeah I know what you mean bud hahaThat is pretty much how we compare in this hobby so the word ‘compare’ should suffice. I think it is jargon we can do without but my opinion will have no impact whatsoever so carry on!
It is of course perfectly legitimate for someone to prefer to buy music and support artists or something similar. My discourse is only from a sonic perspective.
That's exactly how it is: everyone decides for themselves what they want, and of course that has to be respected.
I get your point indeed. However, the VE10 is extremely sensitive, it picks up noise from the RS8 as well, which is supposed to be a high-end unit. If the sound quality is fantastic like in the Tsuranagi, that is not a big issue in my view.
The amp is for desktop listening for sure. It's not that easy to carry around today's flagship DAPs either. It's certainly quirky though, the front panel has lots of inputs/outputs but once you set it up, you just lay back and enjoy it.
I want to test the silver concept version of the Tsuranagi, but this one sounds incredibly good regardless. It might not make sense to many, but I don't think everything in our hobby makes sense either
Amen to that 
Please excuse me, I don't know if what I'm writing now has something to do with that, but do you know that Tidal and Apple Music, for example, have a "loudness" setting that can be deactivated in the settings?
I think it's still better than saying ' I performed a randomized controlled experiment on these two IEMS ' -)That is pretty much how we compare in this hobby so the word ‘compare’ should suffice. I think it is jargon we can do without but my opinion will have no impact whatsoever so carry on!
Such really critical impressions always enthuse me. I just wish we had more of them. Thank you for your helpful and valuable and convincing contribution.The Bonneville short impressions
First thing that I noticed about this IEM is the size, maybe after spending months listening to big IEMs such as the Fei Wan, Mentor, Grand Maestro, I had forgotten how “normal sized” IEM fitted. It felt weird that the IEM isn’t sticking out of my ears.
This IEM resembles some of that Campfire Audio house sound from what I remembered, it has a big upper mids dip compared to neutral sounding sets. But it sounded less warm than I remembered from their other offerings (from what I remembered, anyway).
Right off the bet, I can tell the Bonneville has generous bass boost. It hits pretty hard and goes deep. And since it has more aggressive slope, the bass feels more standout when the music calls for it. And it feels more clean too. And compare to Grand Maestro’s sub bass boost, this has a more even boost across the bass spectrum, for bass lovers this is more “useful” boost I feel like.
With the mids more neutral, this is generally a plus for pop music, they sounded pretty clean. Even for Asian female pop singers, most of the time their voice aren’t covered by the instruments in the track. Combined with the big bass, techno music especially, is addicting to listen to. The aforementioned bass boost does bring quite a bit of bass bleeding into the mids, but for techno music, it is a trade off I am willing to make all day. Listening to Vorso’s latest album, Holonomy is just a bliss on this thing.
The upper mids/ lower treble dips on the other hand will kill any potential to become an all rounder unfortunately. This region of sounds is essential for so many of the soundtracks when the tracks gets to the climax with a lot of instruments going off all at once. There is not enough sound in this region for instruments like violins, flutes to shine, causing these instruments to sound dull when played alone. While alone it is still sounds okay if you are into a warm sound. When combined with other instruments like cello, trombone etc, the violins gets overwhelmed and gets lost in the music. Female vocals also suffer in these tracks, Hiroyuki Sawano’s Attack on titan (wmid) is good example for that. Eliana’s powerful voice just doesn’t shine well with Bonneville.
Technicalities wise, Bonneville has the tendency to make the sounds bigger. This is a problem with complex acoustic tracks, combined with the dip in upper mids, there are times when the music sounded like a massive ball of sound but it’s hard to tell what’s really in it other than “oh, it sounds epic”. But with genres that has more simple instrumentations, this fills up the space and sound really nice. But on some of the tracks it feels bit odd for me, I felt the vocals are sounding too big. It doesn’t negatively affect the listening experience generally, maybe I am just used to the more precise imaging from all the reference IEMs I hear.
Soundstage isn’t the biggest I hear, and separation isn’t the best. But for the music I enjoyed listening with the Bonneville, this is more than enough.
Overall I quite enjoyed the set. It has achieved good balance for a darker sounding set of IEM.
Yes, I know about that. This is most likely either a "bass and treble boost" setting or it normalizes music in custom playlists, so they have exactly the same dynamic range. Nobody has to lower the annoying louder song in a playlist that runs in the background anymore, yey!
Similar opinions. Aura is a vast improvement over the VE Phonix and continues the VE Phonix LE. It really is their successor. Odd that Aura is limited edition feels like the natural progression as though should be an obtainable iem.
It is a good company. I have only heard the Szalayi and the bird from them. Szalayi is a very competent iem for the price.I love it
