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SMABAT ST-10S

SMABAT ST-10S

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Only valuable thing in those earbuds is shell
Pros: -comparable to previous version is much lighter (aluminum shell?)
-quite nice bass, not that it became better than first model
-convenient fit
Cons: -shallow medium and high frequencies
-bad assembly quality
-cheap dynamic driver
-hugely overpriced
Everything being said is concerning gold 150 Ohm version of st10s. I happened to obtain cheaply gold version of Smabat st10s. at first glance i was confused because gold color was almost transparent, and thought that seller messed up and sent me silver version, but after checking resistance with multi-meter it showed honest 150 Ohm.
First impression that they are almost weightless, in my memory first version felt was quite hefty in ear, but in my opinion less weight - better. Another thing - earbuds had unpleasant sound of wobbling inside, maybe long loose wire?
Secondly, they just have no scene, trying to find at least something interesting in high and mids but they were just too descended. it felt like earbud are a bit deaf. Even low frequency not saving the day. I remember how deep were lows in previous version of st10, here they are just good, nothing more.
Being quite disappointed by sound i decided to see what kind of driver smabat decided to insert in those earbud, and well.. it is saddening. Inside is cheap dual material membrane driver (plastics/metal), wires are already frayed near the driver (nice quality from manufacture) and in my opinion for this build quality and driver choice eabuds are just overpriced, totally a letdown. But it might be a good shell for some decent driver if you had them dirt cheap and like diy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Admor
and one question, please. are you earphones driver producer? do you have experience and knowledge regarding production cost of the earbud drivers? because you called these "cheap". I do not posses such knowledge, so I cannot say if that is true. do you, my friend? I would be pleased to meet somebody with actual knowledge of this magic :L3000:
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biocomplex
Since you had enough cheek to demand deleting my review I can only suppose that you will afterwards immediately delete your account from this forum.

Magic of "burn in" can be found in magic continent of unicorns, as far as I'm informed we live in galaxy where it still wasn't discovered.

My subjective review is based on my experience in diy field and listening to many other earbuds.

The fact that you have used them for two ears doesn't means anything except that you haven't listened to anything better in that period of time and thus trying impose your subjective opinion.
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biocomplex
Hearing all the disturbance about those earphones i decided to look at them one more time and to experiment a little.
First of all my opinion about nice bass and thin mids are the same, highs after all i believe are more shouty after all.
Second attempt was with removed faceplate since by sound signature it looked like drivers don't have enough air to normally articulate. And it definitely was worth doing it since all unpleasant sharpness just disappeared. It started to sound like more or less balanced earbud, well if considering a bit raised bass and laid back mids and highs. But still resolution is quite simple in upper range, so signature became more warm. So after all it is not about unit driver being bad but ability of Smabat to tune correctly driver in their shells. ALL of this is my personal SUBJECTIVE opinion of Smabat st10s 150 Ohm version.
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