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AROMA Audio Jewel

"AROMA-Jewel" is the crystallization of AROMA Audio's pursuit of the ultimate gorgeous sound. In addition, its voice matches the word "gorgeous". As a consequence, we name it "AROMA-Jewel", which is as gorgeous as a gem.

It is characterized by magnificence and high penetration power. After a long period of research and development, it finally decided the configuration of 6 electrostatic units, 6 moving iron units and one 9.2mm moving coil unit. "AROMA-Jewel" has magnificent, penetrating sound and broad sound field. In addition, the characteristics of the three units are all brought into play to the extreme and combined.

The electrostatic and moving coil units among the three units of "AROMA-Jewel" are independently developed by AROMA Audio because of AROMA Audio's endless pursuit of sound, bringing the best sound to users.

The high-frequency and even ultra-high-frequency performance of multiple electrostatic units seems to be unlimited. Besides, the lines feel clear and bright. The 9.2mm moving coil unit brings excellent diving depth, dynamics and air sense at low frequency to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the overall sound. When the moving iron unit is used as a connecting role to connect the sound of the electrostatic unit and the moving coil unit, the performance of the moving iron unit in the intermediate frequency is also very clear and bright, coherent and natural, with dense sound density and a clear sense of hierarchy.


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Specification:

13 unit 4 frequency division
6 electrostatic units, 6 BA, 1 DD 9.2mm

Headphone unit distribution:

low frequency (1DD),
medium and low frequency (4BA),
medium and high frequency (2BA),
ultra high frequency (6EST)


4 tubes 3d printing production
Impedance: 22Ω@1Khz
Sensitivity: 103db SPL@1mW
Sound insulation effect 26db(CM)
Frequency response: 10-22khz

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PinkyPowers

Reviewer: The Headphone List
Review: Aroma Audio Jewel
Pros: Great sound. Decent ergos. Lovely aesthetics.
Cons: Terrible price. Bad cable.
This review was originally published on THL. Now I share it with my Head-Fi friends.

Disclaimer...
MusicTeck provided the Aroma Audio Jewel on loan for the purpose of this review, for good or ill.

The Jewel sells for around $5,130
MusicTeck.com

Specification:

13 unit 4 frequency division
6 electrostatic units, 6 BA, 1 DD 9.2mm

Headphone unit distribution:

low frequency (1DD),
medium and low frequency (4BA),
medium and high frequency (2BA),
ultra high frequency (6EST)

4 tubes 3d printing production
Impedance: 22Ω@1Khz
Sensitivity: 103db SPL@1mW
Sound insulation effect 26db(CM)
Frequency response: 10-22khz

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It occurred to me one grim, cold morning all my audio gear was dreadfully out of date. I stepped away from the audiophile world some years ago, and things did not stand still. The landscape is scarcely recognizable. Which is actually reassuring. It means there is much to learn again.

You see, when I’m into a hobby, I’m all in. I dive headfirst, immersing myself fully. It’s overwhelming, and I thrive on it. But eventually you reach a level of familiarity with all the ideas and techniques, and it gets a little boring. That’s not to say you’re an expert, but you feel competent in the field. When that happens, something in my brain checks out, and I subconsciously drift to other things. I move on to another hobby, one which I’ve been curious about for years, and get to joyously wade into those deep, unknown waters afresh.

When a hobby has its teeth deep enough into my spirit, it will call me back. And the siren song of high-end audio reached my ears, urging, and needful.

I began aggressively researching all that was out there. And just as aggressively, I began upgrading my home audio system. New DAC, new amp, new full-size headphones. Yes, plural.

When it came to my IEMs, however, that required extra consideration. My best set for these many years now were the Empire Ears Legend X. The OG LX. I had no idea the Evo even existed. My upgrade options are absolutely stunning. There are so many new TOTL IEMs on the market. With new ones coming every other week. And a shocking number of them are unbelievably expensive! The full-size headphone market, in comparison, is almost stagnant.

In my research, the Aroma Audio Jewel continually emerged as a MUST HEAR. So I contacted good man Andrew over at MusicTeck, asking to get some time alone with the Jewel, and he was gracious enough to arrange it.

Much thanks and appreciation to Andrew and his team at MusicTeck for making this happen.

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The Sound:​

This being an open box demo unit, I’ll skip over the packaging and accessories. Also, if you’ve read any other reviews of this in-ear, you’ll understand why I’m not using the stock cable. Sure enough, the ergos of that cable are just as horrendous as they say.

To get to know the Jewel, I’m using an older cable from my collection, the Effect Audio Thor II+, a thicker gauge pure silver 4-wire that delivers a big, bold sound.

Gear I used for the listening impressions:

Windows 11 PC running foobar2000
FLAC 16bit, 44.1khz through to DSD64
Schiit Bifrost 2/64
Violectric HPA V281 Special Edition (Reissue)

The Aroma Audio Jewel is what I can only describe as neutral-natural. There are many flavors of neutral, since headphones and IEMs cannot ever be truly neutral, as speakers can, because they lack room acoustics to make them sound good with a flat response. They must mimic room acoustics via a variety of tuning techniques. Neutral, therefore, is not a flat line on a graph, for IEMs, but rather an artful balance of peaks and valleys to achieve something which sounds true to our ears.

Jewel’s flavor of neutral has a hint of warmth, healthy fullness, with an abundance of air, while decidedly relaxed and unaggressive in disposition. Jewel never tries to impress you with any trick other than sounding natural. Which means, the only time you’re going to be WOW’ed is when the music demands it, not the IEMs.

I’ve gone so far as to describe Jewel as “Boring, but in a good way.” It does everything so very well, with an effortlessness that is easy to overlook. You may think you want more of X, Y, or Z, but Jewel delivers just enough of any particular attribute to meet the threshold for satisfaction. But it does this for EVERYTHING. Everything is satisfying, but nothing stands out. Except the timbre… which is as perfect as I’ve heard in this hobby.

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If you look at a graph for these earphones, you may think the treble is so rolled off as to be dark. In fact, to the ears, the treble is very well extended. Aroma is using six electrostatic drivers for the ultra high frequencies alone. Clearly, they care deeply about treble. So why recess the upper end so? Again, to the ears, that’s not really how it presents. The highs aren’t lacking. They infuse the stage with wondrous air, delivering a full and extended higher register.

The violins on my DSD copy of Salvatore Accardo – Antonio Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni, sound as sweet and sharp and complete as I could want. Jewel captures these bright notes with ease, extending out to encompass all the air surrounding the notes. What Jewel doesn’t do is exaggerate. You can tell Aroma worked very hard to avoid letting all this treble horsepower get away from them. They wanted a natural sounding IEM. For all the benefits of extra treble, it does come at the cost of timbre. And Aroma prioritized timbre above all. Jewel’s upper register feels like it’s on a leash, being held at the very border of EXCITING, but never allowed to cross. It sounds heavenly, but those who desire details to JUMP out at them will want to snip that leash.

Vocals are an airy, slightly lush affair. They don’t possess the greatest density, and they are in no way forward in the mix. Rather, they confidently stand back with the rest of the instruments, and become part of the whole. I never struggle to hear them. In spite of perhaps needing to listen a little closer, vocals are rendered in full detail, the singer’s texture easily perceived. Listening to Tori Amos’ GIRL, every gasp she takes is well rendered, and those rare moments when she uses fry are excellently defined. I get the same thing from Cat Steven’s INTO WHITE. Although Jewel isn’t a powerhouse of detail, it can bring out exquisite intricacies in the most casual manner.

Acoustic instruments are rich, deep, and earthy. Their full, rounded tuning is immensely satisfying and sounds so very much like the real thing. Electric instruments, however, like the guitars in Tool’s JAMBI, may lack some of the energy and crunch some audiophiles want. This is where the laidback tuning becomes divisive. It achieves so much good for the overall listening experience, but it does hold Jewel back in attack and excitement. The music is still the music, and everything is audible. But if you’re looking for monitors to sharpen those leading edges until they cut through all distraction and demand your attention, Jewel is not that monitor.

If you’re not comfortable calling “naturalness” Jewel’s primary strength, then it has to be the bass. If anything else stands out, Jewel’s low-end does it for me. It’s carefully elevated to color the mids with warmth, and sustains a level of presence which constantly puts a smile on my face. Jewel uses a single Dynamic Driver for its bass, so you get that visceral impact missing from Balanced Armatures. The tonality is delightfully organic, with lovely textures. I hear more mid-bass than sub-bass, though that is not to say the lows don’t extend well. Indeed, I find the bass to be feature rich, delivering the complete experience I look for.

Carmen Gomes’ cover of Sinner’s Prayer has fantastic bass instruments. Whether percussion or strings, there are some delicious low frequency tones, and Jewel accurately deals with each, adroitly giving voice to the instrument, while portraying a highly realistic mix. They sound exactly loud enough to be devilishly compelling, yet never dominating the other elements.

The soundstage is cavernous. It may not be the largest of all IEMs, but it’s big enough to never want for more. The dimensions are spherical, with even size for the X, Y, and Z axis. Listening to A Mother’s Tears – Pergolesi: Stabat Mater & Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus, I truly got the impression of being in that place watching the opera. The sense of depth was particularly inspiring.

Jewel’s resolution is excellent, but it’s so underplayed that many will fail to appreciate it. Some IEMs are tuned to convince you of their technical prowess. Jewel is simply great, and doesn’t mind that you might not know. Detail retrieval, while fully top-tier, takes a step back in the presentation. You must lean forward and listen for all the subtleties to be impressed. Jewel won’t lay them before you on a silver platter. The brilliance of this is that you are encouraged to just relax and allow the music to immerse you.

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Comparisons:​

Empire Ears Odin ($3,399):

I keep describing the Aroma Audio Jewel as modest and never showing off how good it is. The Empire Ears Odin is the polar opposite, and I love them for it. Odin puts its detail and resolution front and center, seemingly terrified you might miss how cutting edge it is.

Its treble is brighter and its presentation more energetic. This cleans up the stage and brings forth so many low level details you might miss from Jewel. Texturing, and strings reverberating against frets are significantly more audible. The down side to this is on brighter tracks, like 80’s pop music, Odin can really push the bounds and become fatiguing. Whereas Jewel never does, on any music. Odin achieves what I call Hyper Realism. Its tuning isn’t as natural as Jewel’s, but it is awesome to behold.

The midrange is more transparent and stark, lacking the hint of warmth and lushness Jewel offers. On the other hand, Odin excels at the attack of drums and the crunch of electric guitar distortion. Jewel gives you a little lower-mid/upper bass bloom that really fills out an instrument like a cello, making it far more emotionally engaging. Listening to Jewel, I was deeply moved by a cello piece on an Amber Rubarth track, only to struggle to find that same moment with Odin.

Odin probably has more sub bass, but Jewel definitely has more mid-bass. Odin sounds a little scooped out in the upper bass, to clean up the mid-rage. This makes Odin the more technical sounding of the two, with faster, more textured low-end, while Jewel is the more natural, with some pleasant bloom and longer decay. Odin absolutely annihilates Jewel in bass resolution. Listening to Tool’s THE POT, you feel like you could map out the exact volume of the chambers in which those low notes are resonating within those instruments. In terms of overall bass presence, they aren’t vastly dissimilar. Neither of them is meant for die-hard bass heads, yet both have a very healthy quantity that feels great in the mix.

The soundstage of these two is very close, where sometimes I want to give the win to Odin, and sometimes to Jewel. If you put a gun to my head, I’d say Odin casts the larger stage, but as I said before, Jewel is large enough to satisfy anyone. As resolving as Jewel is, Odin is noticeably more so. Odin also has cleaner separation of elements with a blacker background. Odin’s clarity is jaw-dropping, making Jewel feel slightly veiled in comparison. Odin pierces that veil, achieving a greater sense of transparency.

They truly complement each other so well, picking a winner is impossible. It comes down to: what do you want more, clarity or naturalness? Why choose? Spend all the money and buy both!

Empire Ears Legend X ($2,299):

The Legend X is warmer, with a thicker, richer sound. It’s the bass-head’s choice for TOTL performance. There’s not as much air as Jewel. LX’s treble is sweet and gooey, like honey. It’s very pleasant on the ears, and has been my go-to IEMs for a long time now. But Jewel extends higher, infusing the treble with breath and freedom.

LX’s mids are denser, with smaller vocals, further back on the stage. They almost sound squeezed, as if through a tube. Jewel’s mids are more natural sounding, with less warm coloration. Jewel conveys more detail, but LX is not far behind. Legend X, however, has the more aggressive tuning, and brings proper excitement to those rock & roll instruments, like guitars and drums. While Jewel will resolve a symbol crash in a more lifelike manner, LX will get you bobbing your head quicker.

There’s no two ways around it, Legend X’s bass is king. It may be TOO MUCH bass, but it’s also more agile, more textured, and all around more interesting. Only Odin renders a more complete image of the bass. Compared to Empire Ears’ offerings, Aroma Audio Jewel sounds rather two-dimensional. LX has a decent amount of mid-bass, more than Odin, but it has significant quantities of sub bass. It REALLY knows how to rumble. Like Jewel, LX fills out acoustic instruments quite nicely, more so than Odin.

For soundstage, they are close in width, yet Jewel is wider. Jewel is also much taller, and has a greater sense of depth. Furthermore, it fills that stage with more air, a blacker background, aiding in superior separation and more believable holography. Jewel is the higher-resolving monitor, as well. Its ability to capture each vibration of a symbol clash, or the subtle qualities of a bow against a violin string, leaves Legend X in the dust… in spite of these sounds not being front and center in the tuning.

Unlike with Odin, Jewel does feel like a genuine upgrade over Legend X, in all ways save for bass. I wish I had LX EVO on hand to see if that bridges the gap some.

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Gear Pairing:​

Violectric HPA V281:

As I mentioned earlier, I did extensive listening to the Aroma Audio Jewel from my best desktop setup, Bifrost 2/64>Violectric HPA V281 Special Edition, the recent reissue to the legend. This is a crazy good pairing. First off, there was zero hiss, despite the monster power of this amp. I have the V281 set to its lowest gain setting, and I could often turn the volume to 12 o’clock.

The Violectric’s smooth and slightly warm tone melded with Jewel’s similar voicing, creating a wonderfully rich and seductive sound. Because neither piece of gear is excessively warm, both amp and IEM being only subtly so, you don’t stray into “Too much of a good thing” territory. Instead, they seem made for each other. Moreover, this amp pushes Jewel’s soundstage to the limit and makes it as holographic as these IEMs are capable.

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Nitsch Pietus Maxiumus:

I built what I consider the ultimate mid-fi setup for my desk at work: Cayin N5ii>Mojo 2>PieMax>headphones. The Mojo2, being a super transparent and detailed DAC, feeding into a gloriously warm and musical amp. It’s a sexy platform to which to add just about any kind of transducer. Jewel grows very euphonic, but again, never becoming too thick or muddy. There was no hiss on low gain, but I don’t recall ever getting to 12 o’clock on the volume pot. So be careful with your adjustments.

It’s an elegant, refined pairing, full of richness and dynamics. The Mojo2 does a fine job of pushing out the detail, but resolution and detailing is not the main strength of this system. It’s MUSICALLITY!. Jewel sounded very much at home here.

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Chord Mojo 2:

For a lighter, more transportable setup, driving right from the Mojo 2 is an experience I highly recommend. This is probably the most pure version of what the Jewel really sounds like, as there are few DACs more transparent than Mojo2, particularly at this price point.

This is the cleanest and clearest I’ve heard Jewel. The dynamics are strong, the detailing pronounced, the attack as fast as Jewel is capable of. It’s lighter, more nimble, and addictively engaging. No hiss and no regrets. This might be my favorite pairing.

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iBasso DX300 with AMP14:

Lately, I’ve been running the DX300 with the fully balanced NuTube module, AMP14. This is an ultra smooth, rich, holographic presentation. It’s kind of laidback and relaxed. Which is already how Jewel presents. This pairing takes that philosophy to the extreme.

That might sound like a bad thing, but it works. It’s not the best pairing of the bunch, but you’ll be hard pressed not to love it. The soundstage is very wide, the resolution adequate, and the timbre is lush and natural.

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Cayin N6ii with E02 Module:

This configuration is punchy, robust, and savagely dynamic. The highly detailed, full-bodied, energetic setup does wonders for the Jewel’s almost lethargic nature. It peps her up like a good cup of coffee.

If you don’t love the idea of stacking with a Mojo 2, fear not, the N6ii-E02 gets you most of the way there. While not as dynamic or transparent, it’s close.

Conclusions:​

I wish I could understand the price. I’d love to say they sound like my HiFiMAN HE1000 Stealth, but in a smaller package, therefore OF COURSE they cost over $5k. But they don’t sound like full-size headphones. They sound like IEMs. So the price is very difficult to swallow. Aroma is not the only one selling at these sorts of prices, either. It’s an industry-wide trend, and a baffling one. You’re simply not getting that level of performance.

If the market hasn’t balked yet, then we have not seen the ceiling.

For those not balking, I can only recommend Jewel all too eagerly. They are amazing in-ears. They cover all the bases, and deliver just enough on all fronts so that the sum of Jewel’s parts are extraordinary. In a sobering, mature move, Aroma Audio sacrificed the wow factor for naturalness. The result is a signature you can only grow into, not out of, and an IEM to which you’ll never want to say goodbye.

-~::Pinky_Powers::~-

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F208Frank

Headphoneus Supremus
Aroma Jewel, Reviewed by a Degenerate from the Heart
Pros: Great for many genres of music, true all rounder

DD Bass

Lightweight

Stock cable enables user to not feel bad about having spent money on a cable that likely won't be used anyways
Cons: Warranty work or reshell services needing to be sent over seas

Price

2 Pin Not Recessed
I have always aimed for a reference/neutral type of sound as that was my preference from the very start. The a18t from 64 audio has been with me for a while and though many new IEMs came out, nothing really amazed me enough to buy a new set.

I have finally found something that I felt was worthy of consideration. The Jewel from Hong Kong, the land I am extremely familiar with. I used to go to HK to buy modded playstation 1, 2, and 3s as a child so I had great memories there, and of course how can you go to HK and not eat streetside fishballs on a stick. MmMm good stuff.

To be upfront, the Jewel gave me bad impressions when it came out. The stock cable almost seemed like a slap in the face for that kind of price tag but as mentioned at the same time the buyer does not have to feel that too much money was wasted on a stock cable that would rarely be used. Of course on the other hand one can argue for a 5K retail IEM they are chopping our nuts off for not giving a higher end cable. I like to be positive so I will go with the former thoughts...

I noticed when people buying the baw ka japanese bird for example when wanting to use a different cable they had the stresses of either needing to sell the stock bird cable (which already is good) or they have to keep it feeling like they paid for an extra cable they'd never use.

I have demoed the jewel a few times before and my main pairings preferred with it were the PW 1950s shielding and the PW orphy.

The orphy with the Jewel provides some of the nicest mids I have ever heard with thunderous barbaric whirlwind punch you in the face bass. The treble is presented without any harshness and most to all the info is still fully there and present. Some may feel that the treble is a bit too rolled off with the orphy but the trade offs of the wonderful mids make up for it x3 fold from my point of view, depends where your priorities are. The middle class is slowing dwindling so I got to represent the mids.

The 1950s with the Jewel provides a much more linear experience throughout top to bottom, with the bass punching/slamming a bit harder. For my own ears sometimes the slam is actually too much on super bassy songs so for my case I opted to use the orphy with the Jewel long term.

I did not try the Jewel with the stock cable for too long as the cable looked like an afterthought and I saved my time due to seeing not many Jewel users using stock. I should have trialed and errored myself but as you know time is money.

What I liked about the Jewel most was how it is able to play well with ALL genres. Everything I threw at it was amazing and like the Abyss TC in the headphone world, Jewel continues to scale higher with better and better gear.

There are many flavors of IEMs popping out often, but if you want an all rounder, give the Jewel a listen. It is in my books the best all rounder currently out right now fo sho.

I got mine at Musictek off Andrew. Tokpakorlo also influenced me a bit in the direction I took as he always had good insights and was always honest about his findings. In my eyes he is a specialist consumer in the IEM realms as he really REALLY cares. You can tell by his writing.

I did opt to get the CIEM custom version of the Aroma Jewel and know that I can not sell this down the line for much, I put my money where my mouth was and that's respeck with a K to the Jewel.

Bird man brr brr.

Who this IEM is not made for:
Soft blueberry muffin boys, wizards with coodies

Who this IEM is made for:
Big strong men, barbarians, people with great taste
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M4lw4re
M4lw4re
I just received mine and I'm a big fan, great review, thank you!

nihalsharma

500+ Head-Fier
Aroma Jewel: Koh-i-Noor of IEMs
Pros: * Awesome resolution and incredible details
* Massive soundstage which is incredibly layered
* Super clarity in the sound
* Good and comfortable fit
* Probably the best iem in the market
Cons: - Price (not if you compare to other pricey IEMs)
- Stock cable can be just bit better
Kohinoor: It is one of the largest-cut diamonds and one of the most beautiful diamonds in the world.


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Aroma Audio Jewel:

Aroma Audio Jewel is currently among the best IEMs on the market, and it does not need an introduction. People have gone crazy listening to them, and I too was hit very hard. The moment I put them in my ears, I was so unbelievably absorbed, it really took me by surprise. This IEM is at a totally different level; I'm not sure if anything at all compares to the Jewel. I know it costs a lot, so I was expecting something good but not this good. It is a freaking all-rounder. It is not a beast of any particular frequency range - you will not say that it’s a bass monster or an iem with the most impressive treble, the most beautiful mids, or the one with the best soundstage; it is not something that has any of these particular characteristics. So, how in the world does it sound so crazy and amazing? I think it’s a freaking all-rounder. A versatile iem, which Jewel is, is something that touches everything that produces great sound for an iem and stitches these characteristics so beautifully that the whole world becomes musical. I am not joking when I say all this. This IEM will ask you to close your eyes and live in the moment because nothing has been so musical to your ears and brain. Is it an IEM with a perfect 10/10 score , I am not sure, but yes, it may be the most musical of all. Forget the technicalities and the pin-pointing analysis; it will not let you do any of that. It just draws your attention to music and asks you to enjoy it.

Sound:

Jewel is quite easy to drive. It does not demand a lot of power, and it sounds beautiful with every source, be it an iPhone, a dongle (Ru6), some very old basic DAP (Fiio M11), or a very high-end set-up. Of course, if you hook it up with a better source, it sounds better and shines a lot. When I had Jewel with me, along with many other sources, I also tried it through: Sony WM1ZM2 + A&K PA10 amp + PWAudio First Times Shielding Cable. Imagine the delivery - unimaginable, right? Goosebumps and Musical Nirvana! Believe me, your chain does not need to be so efficient. I think Jewel just needs a good resolving chain - some good DAP with enough power and resolution - DX320 should be good enough.

Some details down here:

Highs:

Jewel has an outstanding treble extension. It's just a bit on the brighter side for me, but nothing to complain about at all. It has super excellent highs - it’s sharp and precise - with no sibilance, harshness, or shrillness. Jewel has amazing details, accuracy, and clarity on the higher end. There is a great sense of airiness. There is this song I found that challenges the treble handling capability of IEMS. I try it on all the new IEMs that I come across and believe me, the Jewel handled it really well, though I never listen to whole of this song (the highs are too sharp on this song; please skip if you really have issues with hot treble).


Mids:

Mids on Jewel are very natural. As resolving and sweet as it can get. You will enjoy every bit of the delivery of sweet mids from Jewel. The fact that frequency ranges are so beautifully and distinguishably produced that the transition to/separation of mids from other frequencies is amazing - as if the mids take a front seat when it is required. Mids can not sound more beautiful than this, even if it is not tuned to be a mid-centric iem. Vocals are forward (with enough emphasis), with enough weight and texture. The emotions from the vocals come out as intended. Vocals have life, as simple as that.

Lows :

Jewel has a perfect amalgamation (balance) of great quality bass and enough quantity of it. There is enough punch and slam, and Jewel's bass is not at all boomy - quality of bass. Bass is clean, controlled, and has fast decay, and all of this does not eat away or eclipse the other higher frequencies and details. Jewel delivers bass when it is demanded - in perfect quantity. You won’t be left wanting for more bass with Jewel, that’s for sure. If you are looking for a bass monster, better look for the Radon 6; my goodness, what haunting and deep bass there, probably the best bass on an iem!

Staging:

A great strength of Jewel is its imaging and separation of how instruments sound. It is beyond stunning. In a song, I can sense where people are standing and playing instruments. It creates a layout of the arrangement of all the instruments in your head. Instruments play quite separately from each other (yet not very far away). For example, the sound from the acoustic guitar in the left ear, which starts at 0:26 in the song Hotel California is so incredibly detailed and pronounced - it's just unbelievable - seems like the sound etches and tickles your brain and senses. Goosebumps! I know Jewel has an amazing resolution, best of the best resolutions. The things that are sort of faded, muted, or shadowed and not very pronounced on other IEMs just come to life on Jewel, and you can imagine how beautiful such things can be. But is it not too detailed?

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Conclusion:

To sum it up, Jewel is a real gem of an IEM. For obvious reasons, a lot of people find it to be the best-sounding pair. The best part is the delivery across all the frequencies and the coherency in how all the frequency ranges are handled. Everything out of Jewel sounds magical, irrespective of genre. Every frequency is given enough weight as if the IEM knows what is the best delivery at that point in time, and as humans, we always look for this. This creates a great sense of musicality. What could sound better than Jewel? I wonder, and then I say I do not want to know. For this reason, I did not even mention any comparisons because I have not heard a better-sounding IEM - FiR Audio XE6, Noble Ragnar, or Empire Ears Odin - they all sound good, but they are behind the Jewel. Aroma Jewel is a jewel in real literal terms - a refined and polished precious iem. A Kohinoor among all the gems.
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Gaurav Tyagi
Excellent review, loved the Kohinoor analogy but the build quality is far far from it unfortunately.
gadgetgod
gadgetgod
Very well-written review. Having auditioned the set, I can relate to your review. It's a beautiful sounding set. absolutely amazing, just pricey hehe.
M4lw4re
M4lw4re
Excellent review, thank you !

Comments

Tom75

100+ Head-Fier
Question: So,if you pair a Mest Indigo (bass) with a VE Phönix (mids/highs), is it then a Jewel?
 

tawmizzzz

1000+ Head-Fier
Nope. Jewel has better bass than Indigo (more extension and speed), and more detailed mids and highs than Phonix. This is from memory as I never A/B’d directly. It performs summit-fi across the board. It’s more so if the tuning and synergy will play into personal preferences
 

Xinlisupreme

Headphoneus Supremus
Never heard indigo but Jewel mids are totally different from Mest Mk2 mids.
Phönix mids are similar to Thunder mids.
Ace mids are between Jewel and Thunder.
IMHO Ace and Jewel are far better than Phönix and I prefer thunder over phonix
 
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gaara996

New Head-Fier
Does anybody know if they are hard to drive?
Currently have my old-trusty QP1R and Brise Tsuranagi. Can QP1R power them enough without external amp?
 
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