I have gone through a lot of different IEMs. So when I say this is absolutely the best I've ever had for me, I truly mean it. Crinacle's tuning and changes to this IEM is next world. If I were too lose all I have in tech and could only have two things it would be my Samsung Flip 2 and my Moondrop Blessing 2. Now all the rumors are true. The tips are a little larger than most. But it's not some huge thing that destroys all ears sizes out there. No, it's just long enough to bother small ears. Medium or normal size will work just fine. And as long as you are good with this...this IEM has no flaws and is easily the best piece of sound tech I have ever gotten myself. You can take all my tech items and the first thing I would buy first is the Blessing 2 dusk again. It's the first IEM that mimics real life and in many ways is better.

Sometimes you just know right? Look the whole IEM world under the main world of Audiophiles is so vast and so subjectiive that even those facts are debateable by some. You can do a pole on what is the best of anything and you will never find a 100% agreed upon product. So I'm not going to sit here and believe that what I'm about to say will be accepted by all people either, cause it won't. But I'm going to do the stupid thing and try anyways.

So right away, a disclaimer...I haven't had a true audiophile IEM since 1999 when I had Westones, Ultimate ears, and Shure's. I have used Headphones after that and even those were Bluetooth. So this year was my first dive into the Audiophile hobby. Once I got all my headphone game up to date allow with my balance set up with amp and dac, I decided it was time to look into IEM's. My first purchase was a very nice one. The Final a4000 IEM's with the highly respectable soundstage party trick it has. I don't believe there is any other IEM that has a wider Soundstage anywhere near the cost of the IEM. But the overall look, package, fit, and material didn't live up to my standard for a endgame IEM. And I know most people don't look for a endgame product on first go but I did. I just don't like wasting my time on products I know aren't going to keep me with them.

So enter the Moondrop Kato. Everyone on forums all told me to get the Kato. Everyone praised it for being one of the very best in quality of sound and feel. So i got this IEM to test against what I already had. However, from the moment I removed it from the box I knew I was in trouble. The artwork was beautiful for its box. And when you entered the box ...the sure delight of all that you saw made it even worse for the A4000. The case, cables, tips, and basically everything in the box including the freaking postcard screamed quality. It was like I had just paid for $500 customized IEM compared to what I had with the A4000.

But the real Superman punch came from the sound qauilty. Yes the A4000 had bigger soundstaging but it just didn't have the matching imaging and separation needed to accompany it. The Kato did! It gave a very nice soundstage still but it also matched that soundstage up with Bass control, imaging, vocal timber, and separtation of insturments. On top of that the feel of them in your ears felt more premium to me than the lighter weight a4000. So the overall boxes checked off against each other really landed in favor of the Kato. And to be honest, even if they were the exact same sound quality ...the Kato would have won because I just prefer the look, weight, and presentation more.

At the end of the day you have to do what is right for you. I don't pretend to think my choices should be yours or visa versa. But what I do know is that these IEM's are staying with me . Why? Because they are my endgame even amongst higher cost IEMs that might cost more or Sound better. Do what you will with that.