Thanks to Concept Kart and gadgetgod for organising the tour of the Artti iems. Below is the review of the Artti T10 . All views of the iem are my own and have no incentives of any sort for the same. Artti is a relatively new brand to hit the market with a set of iems that have gathered positive reviews quickly. Build and fit The T10 is the planar iem offering from Artti. Sporting a 14.2mm planar driver, the iems are moulded into a ABS plastic like shell with a CNC milled aviation aluminium faceplate. The iems come with a nice 4 core SPC cable...

Thanks to Concept Kart and gadgetgod for organising the tour of the Artti iems. Below is the review of the Artti R2. All views of the iem are my own and have no incentives of any sort for the same. Artti is a relatively new brand to hit the market with a set of iems that have gathered positive reviews quickly. Build and fit The R2 is a fairly small iem that dissappears into the ears fairly easily. The shell is resin based with a nice tesseract like faceplate in brown. The R2 comes with a 2pin detachable cable and the the cable is a nice sturdy...

Thanks to Concept Kart and gadgetgod for organising the tour of the Artti iems. Below is the review of the Artti R1. All views of the iem are my own and have no incentives of any sort for the same. Artti is a relatively new brand to hit the market with a set of iems that have gathered positive reviews quickly. Build and fit The R1 sports an all metal shell and is very reminiscent of the MP145 in terms of feel or alteast the faceplate. The iems come with a very nice looking braided brown cables with no microphonics and feels nice and sturdy. The...

Thanks to Concept Kart and gadgetgod for the review tour of the Softears Studio 4. As always, there is no incentive for me to post anything favorable unless I actually feel so in the product. Softears have had a good run in terms of quality iems at the mid-upper budget segment (or lower luxury?) of the price range. The Studio 4 is another such example of well done iems for a specific target audience. Build, package and fit The Studio 4 iems came in the stock padded pelican like case which feels luxurious. A lot of much higher priced iems come...

Thanks to Hidizs and gadgetgod for the review tour of the MP145.I know this is quite late in coming, but here it is. Link to the site here As always, the reviews are all mine, and am not compensated in any way by either cash or kind. The MP145 is a special iem in that 1% of every MP145 order goes directly to supporting Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC). Build The MP145 is a fairly large iem with a full metal body with an interesting faceplate. The plate's grooves represents a whale's tail, in effect representing the Whale and Dolphin...

Thanks to gadgetgod for the review unit of the Questyle CMA18. Questyle is well known for quality audio products for a while now. The CMA18 is a portable dac amp that sounds like the swiss army knife of portable audio products. Package and Build The CMA18 comes in a fairly large carboard box, with foam inserts for the dacamp and accessories. The dacamp itself is a sight to look at on opening the box. The large transparent window showcases the circuitboard with all the components on display. The size of the dacamp is about 3x the size of the M15...

Thanks to gadgetgod and Concept Kart for organising the review of the Softears Twilight . As always, these are my own opinions and with no compensation of any kind accepted or given. Softears has been a raved about brand in the recent times. I have personally heard and probably reviewed the RSV and the Turii (maybe didnt write a review for the turii). The Turii is the elder sibling of the two, both in terms of looks as well as build config. Both the Turii and Twilight sport a single DD in a unusually engineered shell. The faceplate is rectangular...

Thanks to Hifigo and gadgetgod for organising the BQEYZ Wind review tour. Overview BQEYZ was one the earlier iem brands to sport multiple drivers that was a fan favorite for a very long time, with the KC2. I had owned the KC2 for a long time too for providing a very nicely balanced and rich soundscape. It still has its fan following. The Wind felt like a spiritual successor to the KC2 in terms of tuning. The Wind (part of the Weather series of iems) is a hybrid driver iem with a dual cavity dynamic driver, paired with a bone conduction driver...

Thanks to Hifigo and gadgetgod for organising the review of the Celest Plutus Beast. Overview The Plutus Beast is a stunning looking iem with an almost spherical curve to the overall shell. The faceplate looks fantastic. Build The Beast is an all resin iem with a fairly lightweight body. However, they do look like they can get damaged quickly if not babied. The black background helps the faceplate graphics stand out in a stunning manner. The nozzles are chonky and require fairly large ears to get a good fit. As a result, the Bone conduction may...

Thanks to Concept Kart for the review tour and gadgetgod for organising the tour. QuietSea - Buy link Rose Technics has been an underrepresented brand, with some very nicely tuned iems in the past. Off late, they are making more inroads in terms of very nicely tuned iems. The QuietSea (https://conceptkart.com/products/rose-technics-quietsea-iem) is no exception. The QuietSea (QS henceforth) is a 10mm single DD iem that is tuned with zinc alloy acoustic cavity. Like the QT9, the QS is a similarly sized (tiny) iem that practically dissappears in...

The Akliam PD4 plus dac dongle is part of the review tour organised by Concept kart and thanks to gadgetgod for coordinating the same. Overview The PD4 plus (https://conceptkart.com/products/akliam-pd4-plus-portable-dac-amp) is a dual CS43131 Cirrus Logic chipset, that comes with a 4.4mm and a 3.5mm output option. Like most other CS43131 chipset dacs, the PD4 Plus comes with a gain switch and physical volume control buttons. They do have a transparent window on top, similar to the newer dac dongles (like the Tempotec BHD Pro, Questyle dacs, Muse...

Thanks to Concept Kart and gadgetgod for organising the iem and dac review tour! QT9 MK3 Buy link Rose Technics has been a well regarded brand but with not much of a presence here in India. Their house tuning has been pleasant with almost no harshness in the past. As part of the review tour, the QT9 mk3 iems (with the cable and case) and the RZ200 dac dongle were sent together. The review unit came only with the case and dac, no tips or packaging, I wont talk much about the package. Build QT3 mk3 - The iems are very tiny, with a resin body and...

Thanks to Hifigo and Pulkit for organising the review tour of the Effect Audio x Hifigo Griffin cables. The impressions shared below are mine and there is no compensation whatsoever in exchange of the review. Effect Audio and the Hifigo collab brings a beautiful cable with some real cool features - Replacable terminations on both end! Read on and find out! Effect Audio has a set of very nice looking cables that have been popular on the market. The Griffin retails at $199 on Hifigo (https://hifigo.com/products/effect-audio-x-hifigo-griffin) Package...

Thanks to Hifigo and Pulkit for organising the review tour of the SeeAudio Neko (https://hifigo.com/products/seeaudio-neko). SeeAudio is a coming together of seasoned audio engineers in recent times post Covid and have delivered very interesting iems including the Yume, Yume Midnight and Yume 2 iems. The Neko is a 6BA iem in a beautiful shell. Historically, SeeAudio iems were among the best looking iems in the recent times. The iem impressions are my own and have no incentive attached either in cash or in kind. Package and Build The iems were...

Thanks to hifigo and Pulkit Dreamzz for organising the review tour of the Aful Performer 8, the successor of the generally well regarded P5. As usual, the impressions are mine only with zero influence of anything/anyone else. PACKAGE AND BUILD The iems come in a mid sized cardboard box with a minimalistic approach. The iems are present in the foam cut out, while the brown/silver cables in 3.5mm termination and 2 pin at the shell end coming in a nice round faux leather case. Under the foams, there is a selection of tips with various colors and sizes...

Thanks to Concept Kart for organising this review tour of 2 dacamp dongles. Audiocular is Concept Kart's own brand and is their first foray under the brand. Wishing them the very best in bringing excellent products under the umbrella! TP20 Pro and TP30 Pro are balanced and single ended dacamp dongles that are affordable and provide excellent features in a tight budget. The review is from a very neutral standpoint and has absolutely no influence in any way from Concept Kart. All opinions are mine only. Specifications The TP20 Pro dacamp comes with...

BGVP DM9 - Quick impressions Thanks to Bgvp Acoustics for the review unit of the BGVP DM9. This is part of a worldwide tour by BGVP. As usual, there was no compensation in cash or kind (not even shipping charges) was offered or taken for the review. It is completely my unbiased opinion. I have been using the BGVP flagships for a long time, including the DM6, DM8, NS9 etc. I will compare between the DM6, DM8 and DM9 as part of this review. The DM6 and DM8 are my own units and previous flagships of BGVP. PACKAGE AND BUILD The package of the DM9 is a...

Thanks to my dear friend Srinivas Vignesh, I had the good fortune of auditioning and listening to the Aroma Jewel over the week. I received the stock cable, tips and the round case for the listen. Over the last couple of days, I have been listening to the Jewel on a variety of sources and cables. Below is a summary of my experience overall. Build and accessories The Jewel is an all resin build and is fairly lightweight. Packing a large number of drivers and also at the kidney replacing cost of the iems, I babied them for all the time that I was in...

Thanks to Henry and Michael Browne for organising the India tour of the Astral Acoustics cables (https://www.astralacousticscables.com). Astral Acoustics are based out of Hong Kong and have plenty of exotic cables (and materials) including silver, gold, palladium etc. Their cables are very nicely build and look the part of premium range of cables. A lot of the cables cost around the same or lower than other exotic cable makers (pw audio, effect audio). Since the review is for multiple cables, I will add cable reviews to this post as and when I have...

Rose Technics - Martini - Impressions Rose Technics - Martini is a premium single dynamic driver earbuds featuring a two-Way Air Pressure Management System. The impressions are part of a group review courtesy of Concept Kart (https://conceptkart.com/products/rose-technics-martini-wired-earbuds). No influence or compensation was paid for the review and is the personal opinion of yours truly! The Review unit came in a nice velvet lined plastic case that reminds of well made pen cases. The shell of the buds is Gold-Plated Brass and feature...