Personally I've been a supporter for See Audio, since their entry level Yume, I've liked it's pop tuning with nice face plate design & great earshell ergonomics. Bravery is a warm & natural full BA which I still use regularly , and now I just cannot resist the carbon fibre embedded in a darkish transparent faceplate, so here it is, the Midnight.

Of course I've heard of Crinacle, I've read his vast IEM ranking chart before I made past purchases, even watched some of this youtube videos. But frankly his name did not play a big part when I decided to go for midnight, as I always believe geography will make a taste difference, the kinds of music we listen to, the aspects we rank importances in considering whether an IEM is good or bad, and the models of IEM's we've auditioned before which effects how we comment future models, all these might cause how we comment on an IEM. So, I made this purchase blindly I'd say in believe of See Audio taste. btw I live in HK.

I am not a technical person that would refer to frequently graph , and write in comments like "some dips in the 5-7k range" or "mid-treble missing on certain instrument", so I'll just lay out my sharing on midnight in consumer layman terms:

As the brand has mentioned this is an improved & fined tuned version over Yume, one could certainly feel more bass presence & longer extension which I think contributes to the overall more warmer tonal feel. Though imo Bravery still gives warmer listening experience(which is amazing for full BA combination), the bass texture cannot be better replicated like dynamic driver with a larger vibrating surface. Besides a more substantial bass existence, the instruments on Midnight tends to come more forward, while vocal parts leaning just tiny bit after instruments, which i think is quite different to many IEMs placing vocals close to your ear drum. One may argue intimate vocals on most IEMs gives highest enjoyment, but in the case of midnight , I think this instrument/vocal placement makes an even better soundstage in my head.

Usually the most important point in making me decide whether I like that IEM or not, is whether I can feel the sweetness from my favourite female singer's voice, and is there enough texture & thickness on male voices, Midnight could certainly pass these 2 personal criteria, but I would not exaggerate it being amongst the best in my drawer, the price tag is standing there indeed. However does it mean that we could find a better one at 200? Well a friend has discussed with me would Timeless be a more worthy purchase. I'm listening to Timeless now while typing this paragraph, these 2 are going in two directions, I know many many people have purchased Timeless, there are tons of 9/10 reviews , technically Timeless is an amazing planar driver, it provides wonderful listening experience under proper driving, soundstage is wide & deep, quick & powerful bass etc etc, but , comparatively it comes with colder & leaner tonality, its a quick IEM for technical enjoyment whether people would agree with me or not, but that's my opinion.

See Audio is trying to deliver a warmer & more natural experience to their users, you could tell from their 3 models Yume, Bravery & Midnight. The Chifi market is flooding with airy, quick & piercing trebles to emphasize technicalities (many brands are doing so indeed) & selling at low price tag, which gradually creates a norm that brands have to follow for a certain success sales volume. However in my own taste chart, a warmer & rounder sound can last for longer enjoyment.

To supplement my comments above, resolution on Midnight is above average, instrument details and brightness at a satisfactory level, at certain higher pitched instruments and vocals, it could sometimes go just a tiny little over the edge, but not a big deal, I've continuously listened for 2 hours last night without fatigue.

There's no point to compare this listening experience to other 400 to 1000 dollar IEMs , the quality of drivers used & efforts in tuning is certainly different(so don't expect the great volumes of sub $50 IEM sold every month to give the same experience as to $200 or above ones, brands that manufacture those know why they are priced this way) so my above sharing are all based on my expectations below the 300 price tag, now that I wanna mention listening to it is even more comfortable to the FD5 which was sold months ago.

Since there are already quite a number of reviews here, I shall go straight to the sound impression part:

Usually I will plug in new IEMs to the desktop amp to burn-in for around 30-50 hours before listening to it seriously, it's quite interesting to listen to it for a few times during this process to find the sound changing and maturing, of course not all IEMs will change dramatically. According to my recent experiences, there are 2 IEMs that improve quite significantly after the burn-in: the first one is Kinera Skuld, which totally evolve into a very mature & mellow sound from initially muffed & dull sound in the first hour, yes I know this is an all BA IEM, but never reject other people's opinion before testing it out yourself. The other one is this one- the Yuan Li, there was already a smile across my face during first plug in, and now the sound has really grown into very satisfactory experience.

I've been searching for a really good pure DD IEM since one year ago until recently, the ones I've auditioned include Final A8000, Dunu Luna, Dunu Zen, Simphonio VR1, Fiio FD5(purchased), Faudio Major, Faudio Dark Sky, Simphonio RX10(purchased)， Senn IE300, Senn IE800, Senn IE800s, Sony Z1R and on and on, and I have to say, this Yuan Li if taken into consideration the ratio of it's performance vs price, beats nearly all of the above models. It's the first time today I hear the very low sub bass rumble in the background of a certain song on Yuan Li(maybe I haven't paid attention in the past, but today I really felt surprised I can hear this part in a song)

Of course it's not giving you extreme details and the top to both ends like the A8000/Luna , nor the big enhancement in emotions like the RX10 do, but it's delivering everything in the song exactly the way it intends to: when you need punchy bass it gives you punchy bass to vibe together, if I want sweet Chlara voices, it can keep me from skipping tracks in the album, it can handle complicated symphonies without turning it into a mess, I wouldn't say soundstage visualizing is very good, but it certainly does a good job already. One thing it lacks is it cannot compare to the emotion that can drive me to nearly tears like the RX10 does, but what more could I ask for an IEM at 1/5 of the price?

In last weeks dinner gathering with some IEM hobbyists friends , I've asked them to try on my Yuan Li, and it turns out that none of them could guess the price, everyone of them have positive comments on this one. The whole sharing might seem a little too enthusiastic about it, but bear it mind, this is a 100 dollar range product, I am not using the standard like the ones in the last pic in my review here

General Information​

Introduction: See Audio has several IEM models from the entry Yume to flagship Kaguya which are marketed across different markets. Since I am a user of the Yume, this time I've also got my hands on the most recent Bravery which imo is quite another successful product. As I've seen there are also other reviewers sharing it's technical specifications, it's not gonna repeat into detail here, I shall go straight into my personal thinking & experience with the Bravery.

Aesthetics:
This is what intrigued me into the product at the first place, Black is the colour of my hair... not Nina Simone, but black on black is a universally attractive combination, the bravery gold logo with a little hint of zen, smoky shell which is very light & fits well in my ear, plus a fabric cable which usually only sold at higher prices(it's very soft), to the blackish 2pin connectors, splitter and plug, I didn't even think of trying on my own other cables during these few days of use. this is quite a handsome package in my eyes.

Sound:
Better use point form first

• Warm & full bodied signature
• Punchy bass which is not flat nor thin at all, but in fact lacks the further faint extension as a good quality DD does
• Bass imaging already better than many BA units
• relatively U shaped tuning, vocals not sticking deep into your ears, allows more comfortable prolonged listening
• pure BA combination but no peaking nor spiky trebles, its rather polished and extends comfortably on the high end
• vocal thickness sound like dynamic drivers & even better than some
• it may sound just a little too much on the lower end, depends on the kinds of music you're listening

Conclusion:
There's one thing about the trend in IEM tuning especially in recent 2 years: Clarity, resolution(2 things actually), many many companies especially Chifi brands will emphasize on the technicality race, and emphasizes on brightness, ultra high resolution, micro detail. In order to achieve this, many IEMs in return will sound very clean, very penetrating and bright, whether they are pure BA, hybrid or even pure DD. (While respectful people like you are reading this , you may recall your listening experience these 2 years to see whether my decription is correct or not. )

At the same time, musical atmosphere & emotion might not always be able to deliver in such bright & clean listening environment, for example when I want to listen on John Coltrane or Jazz trumpets. For me personally, I own around 10 pairs of IEM from Chifi to USA brands, to switch up my mood & listening experience. The Bravery is like a step up from the Yume , which supplements the comparatively short in treble extension and vocal thickness, but somehow maintains the brand's signature tune(as I know from these models). I think its fair to well worth the price tag now, the next step up for higher budget will be the UM MEST mini imho.