MOONDROP X Crinacle Blessing2:Dusk

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.

First of all, why did i buy the Moondrop Blesing 2 Dusk? Because it was hyped and i looked at the graph. I've seen that is its frequency response is very close to other IEMs i love like the IER-Z1R (compare the graphs of those two, very similar. Not the same, but very close).

I did not expect the Dusk to sound like the IER-Z1R and of course not that i'd be able to beat it. But i did expect some similarities.

Now how to begin, why is the Dusk so complicated (according to me).

If i would do a blind test with you and give you the IER-M9 (5BA) and the Dusk. You would say the IER-M9 is an Hybrid and the Dusk is an all BA Setup. That is where the issue begins. There are all-BA IEM that sound more like a hybrid than the Dusk which is an actual hybrid.

The Bass is there, but very thin, soft and cold. It never hits hard, you don't really feel it unless its loud. And this is one of the biggest issues i had with the Dusk. The Bass is less controlled and detailed than an BA bass, but it sounds like an BA bass.

It combines the disadvantages of an BA with the disadvantages of an DD but is lacking the advantages of any of them. Most likely this is due to the Sound Pipe but i don't know what exactly went wrong here. I tried several earpieces including foam but non of them fixed the issue for me.

The mids are totally boring. They are nowhere close to the FiiO FA9 and of course not IER-M9. They also sound very cold, thin and lifeless.

The highs are way to lively. They are razor sharp, i never heard such sharp highs in any IEM ever before. You thought the IER-Z1R sounds cold and does have hot treble? Well, try the Dusk, it will cut your eardrum in pieces.

I first thought its just me but i then passed the IEM to my girlfriend (who is not an audiophile) and to my cousin (also not an audipihile) and they all agreed, the treble hurts. My cousin said after 5 songs that he literally is feeling pain in his ear and he does have to stop listening to it.

But depending on what listening you’re using to or what DAP you’re using, it might not be bad for you. It was for me because… now the biggest issue: Expectations.

Because this is an Hybrid with an DD Bass, i had the expectation that it will have warm, thick and slammy bass because that is what BA (mostly, not all, there are exceptions like the IER-M9) normally can’t do.

Because it used the Knowles SWFK (i know from the FiiO FA9), i thought i knew what to expect from the treble, but i was profen wrong.

Even though the frequency response is very similar to the IER-Z1R (again, I did not expect the Dusk to sound close to the Z1R, just similar to a certain extend), it sounds totally different. Its a night and day difference. The IER-Z1R and the Dusk have absolutely nothing in common.

And yes I do know that frequency response graphs are only there in addition to listening to earphones and that they don’t tell the whole story. But in the case of the Dusk, they tell nothing.

And due to the weird tuning, layering and soundstage is all over the place. When you listen to a drumkit, the Hi-Hat plays right next to your ear with pretty much no distance. The Bass Drum plays in like 1m distance and the rest of the drumkit plays in 5m distance to you. It just gets ripped apart.

The clapping of people is separated from their screams and so on. Everything is just all over the place. Its like this IEM was tuned using graphs and computers and math but nobody ever really listened to a piece of music with it. It is completely incapable of carrying any emotion. Nothing ever sounds nice or beautiful. If you listen to three acoustic guitars from different brands, all you really hear is the sound of metal strings. The character and the body of the guitar gets totally lost. And if you use different strings on the same guitar, they’ll all sound the same.

I listened to Tastuya Maruyama and the nail attack (an technique where you hit the strings with your nails, but don’t play it. It just makes an snaredrum like sound if you know what I mean) was just louder than everything else. In some songs he uses that a bit extensive and its impossible to listen to these songs. Absolutely unpleasing experience.

WATER AND SUMMER from Tatsuya Maruyama is another example. With the XBA-Z5, IER-M9, IER-Z1R and the FiiO FA9, I can just listen to this song normally. But with the Dusk, oh my god it just hurts. Such an beautiful song destroyed by the IEM. The sharp tiks hurt all the time, the bass totally gets lost and is playing uncontrolled in the nowhere.

The Song 21 from SAPPORO & TOKYO… just outch. Again, Soundstage and Layering is all over the place. The volume peaks are just insane. Everytime he hits the strings its like double the volume and the guitar again, has no body whatsoever. The Warm body of the guitar is somewhere 20m away from you in the nothing, all you hear is the sound when his nails are picking the strings (but not a warm, impactfull plucking, just a cold scratching of nails on metal strings) and when he hits the strings with the flat hand.

Pretty much the whole album (which is recorded rather cold) is unlistenable with the Dusk.

And don’t get me started on music with more than one instrument. I tried listening to ReoNa, but I stopped trying. The more instruments you add to the mix, you multiply the above mentioned issues.

The disappointment got bigger because the fit is remarkable. It fit me so well, It almost disappeared. The design was amazing (I even got the engraved version). I would have never sent it back if the sound would have been different. Thats the only issue I had with this IEM.

At this price point I think there are much better In-Ear on the market. They may not reveal the same amount of detail or provide the same level of analytics, but they make your music sound good. You have to decide for yourself whats more important to you.
The support from Moondrop was, by the way, exceptional. They did an awesome job in helping me to get the IEM fast and they also supported me when sending it back. Im so sad that im not into its sound signature, otherweise it would have been an 10/10 overall experience easily.

So many solid reviews already on this, but to summarize the sound quality and tuning is fantastic.

Very neutral but yet not fatiguing, smooth but not quite as smooth as the Aria's.

Detail monsters, insane value. The IEMs are so close to perfection for me personally, from the anime waifu aesthetic, to the solid build, to the tuning and overall SQ.

Instrument separation is fantastic, Battle 1 by Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger OST on Apple Music lossless) sounds incredible. It really sounds like the instruments are 360 degrees. Incredible separation and pinpoint imaging for a IEM, it's truly impressive.

The one thing that Moondrop seems to screw up, is the cable.

Blessing 2: Dusk has a worse cable than even the cheaper Moondrop Aria. It gets tangled far more easily, has even worse microphonics, and frankly is uglier.

I don't understand how Moondrop keeps getting that wrong, but hey if they have to cut corners on the cable to keep the price low so be it but why not offer a premium cable option for say $50-$100 extra? I would pay it.

Summary: Moondrop keep the anime waifus on the box and I'll keep buying them like the cultured person I am. But damn please improve the cable on the next IEM you release, I'm begging here.

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Moondrop Blessing 2 Dusk is a result of a cooperation with Crinnacle. It includes a single dynamic driver as well as 4 balanced armature drivers all of that tuned to give you the closest response to IEF Neutral Target. It costs $329.99

Introduction​

Moondrop is a company that is very well known to IEM world as well as to me personally. In the past I’ve been testing their products such as Kanas Pro, KXXS, SSP, SSR and mostly I really liked the performance as well as tuning of all these. This time we have something slightly different. It’s Moondrop Blessing 2 but tuned differently, by no other than a popular IEM reviewer and measurement provider – Crinnacle. Did he make the Dusk a price to performance killer with that modification? Let’s find out!

Packaging & Build quality​

My favorite IEM packaging so far.

Let’s start with the box and that is my very first infatuation with Moondrop products. Since KXXS Moondrop started to put anime girls on their boxes and that is something that I personally approve. Not only because I’m a fan but also because they differentiate themselves from all these black simplified boxes. If you’re wondering that anime girl is no other than the female image of Crinnacle himself.

Let’s talk about accessories now. With Dusk you’re not getting ton of stuff but all of it is very high quality. I’m talking about 6 pairs of silicone tips, very well made hard case, airplane adapter, cable for IEMs and a big colored Crinnacle waifu sticker. Not going to lie they went full on with this edition.

3.5mm Jack on other end, also in a transparent case.

The cable is nothing else than your standard 2-pin 0.78mm which gives you tons of compatible third-party cables which you can pair with Dusk. Speaking about stock cable though, overall it’s okay, it’s pretty, includes angled 3.5mm jack and a very nice looking Moondrop splitter. The only thing I really dislike about it (and that is of course my personal preference) there’s no slider on that cable. This means if you’re wearing your IEMs just like stage musicians do (cable on the back) then these IEMs will be pulled out of your ear all the time. I had to wrap it with a thin wire to make it stop doing that, although I noticed that most IEM owners use them with cable on the front so this issue does not exist in this case. It’s all about preference.
Last but not least, build quality. Not going to lie in this case Blessing 2 Dusk is simply stellar. Brushed metal faceplates (and you can order them with engraved Crinnacle Waifu!)
but the star of the show is that transparent shell. You can see everything and I mean EVERYTHING that’s inside of them. One of the best builds I’ve ever seen in IEM world.


The case is very nice! Can’t say the same thing about cable though.

Comfort & Isolation​

Blessing 2 Dusk shells are rather large and also they reach pretty far into your ear canal. They provide very good isolation but since they are so big, comfort can be a matter of a specific person. In my case, it was pretty good for about 2-4 hours. After that time I started to notice some minor pain at the bottom of my ear canal. 30-minute break and I was good to go.

Sound​

Faceplates are beautiful. You can even put Waifu Crinnacle on it if that floats your boat.

Onto the sound then. How does retuned version stack up? First up we have to mention that Blessing 2 is overall a neutral bright pair with significant boost in the upper midrange. That’s exactly why people were praising them for overall technicalities but frequency response was always a case of a dispute. In short, while retuning them to IEF neutral target we gained a significant amount of lower frequencies and personally, I like that idea.

The bass is what I would call an example of a properly tuned Dynamic Driver. When you’re used to listening to DD especially the ones that are designed to take on low frequencies exclusively you’ll always notice that is a Dynamic Driver and not anything else. You’re getting that very characteristic punch and rumble. The problem is obvious, you’ll make it too weak and every song sounds like not having enough energy, make it little more powerful and immediately you’ll notice bloat going into mid frequencies, which will make your vocals warmer and thicker. Dusk, have a really special type of bass. Mostly because it is actually very powerful yet it does not bleed into mids at all which is kinda amazing. Very controlled, boosted only in sub-bass parts. Very unique experience which I recommend to everyone.

The mids I think are the strongest point of this pair. I feel that it’s just the most engaging part of the whole experience because there’s detail and I mean A LOT of detail. You can easily pick the smallest nuances even between the lowest and highest parts of midrange. Some small characteristics exclusive to the vocalist’s performance or instrument that has been through a lot of events so it starts to make tiny squeaks and creaks. Dusk is a pair that will reveal even more in your music you listen to every day. For its price, I don’t think I’ve ever heard such energy in this particular part tonality.

Look at this MASSIVE driver!

Because of unique experience with lows as well as a stellar performance with mids, treble has a lot to prove here. Unfortunately in my opinion this is one of the weakest points of this IEM. The main characteristic is that peak around 6 KHz which can really bother if we’re listening to some percussion. Spikes, as well as overall shoutiness, can occur and that is not something particularly pleasing. I’ll only defend here that we are talking about IEM for $329 that already proved to punch above $500 level of performance so even while treble being slightly behind the rest of amazing tonality… you’re still getting a lot of performance for that kind of money.

The soundstage is fairly limited but very well controlled. Imaging is stellar. Mostly because of mids where you can experience a lot of contrast between specific parts are adding a lot of points to overall rating. We cannot forget about detail as well. There’s a lot of it, you can easily pinpoint specific parts of the track and maybe discover your favorite music from a completely different side. That is something I really do like about audio overall. Trying to find something new in a piece you’ve already heard thousands of times.

They simply look very clean.

Pairing​

I’m not going to say that Moondrop Blessing 2 Dusk is particularly hard to drive but honestly, I would skip pairing them with a headphone out from a phone. I noticed that Dusk when plugged into a proper DAP gets a touch more microdetails and overall harmony. Out of a generic phone, they sound OK but on the other hand, you get that feeling of your music being too close and too thick to listen to. Plugging them to Sony ZX300 which does not have a ton of power really and everything simply just clears out. Like that tiny speck on your glass that does not really makes your perception worse, but it annoys you so you want to clean it as fast as possible.

Summary​

Also, they are rather large in size.

What can I say. Moondrop Blessing 2 Dusk definitely hits above its weight. For just $329 we’re getting the performance closer to $500+. Great build quality, very universal frequency response, tons of detail as well as performance and that very unique look that will definitely turn more than a single person’s head.
Recommended. Truly and highly.

MOONDROP BLESSING 2 DUSK WAS SENT TO US AS A PART OF MOONDROP BLESSING 2 DUSK REVIEW TOUR.

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Gear used during this review for the sake of comparison and as an accompanying equipment:

• Headphones – Beyerdynamic DT1990 Pro, DT770 Pro 80 Ohm, Hidizs MS2, Tripowin TC-01, Etymotic ER4XR, Campfire Solaris 2020 LE, Anthem Five E2
• Sources – Sony ZX300, Pocophone X3, Earmen TR-Amp, Cayin C9

This is just a quick summary of the B2 Dusk, as I have it on-hand again from MRS. See his Youtube channel here. Yeah, I enjoyed it enough to steal it for another listen - something that doesn't happen often. You can also read my original, full-review here.

If you're not familiar with the original Moondrop Blessing 2, then suffice it to say it's by and large without peer in its price bracket thanks to its stellar, balanced tuning and surprisingly good technical chops. It is the undisputed $300 benchmark. But make no mistake: Equally so, it is not an IEM without flaw, and I myself became one of its detractors as I put more time onto my unit. The Dusk aims to rectify some of these issues and serves as medium with which to bring Crinacle's expert tuning to the masses.


So, the Dusk. As the name Dusk might imply, the Dusk is a warmer, darker IEM - only by comparison, of course. Independently, I’d probably classify the Dusk as something along the lines of “neutral with bass boost." This is one of the most well-tuned IEMs that I've heard.

Bass is boosted almost exclusively in the sub-bass regions, curving out by 200hZ. This is important because you can “push” sub-bass a good deal. It’s mostly when you start curving an IEM’s bass shelf with more of a mid-bass emphasis, or past 200hZ, that you run the risk of delving into bloat; this is what Crinacle has aptly avoided with the Dusk’s tuning. Stellar bass tuning aside, I find the Dusk's bass lacking on a more intangible level. It has a distinct dryness, lack of texture to it, despite the largely clean transient attack it exhibits.

The midrange of the Dusk exhibits, to my ears, an unparalleled level of tonal accuracy. And those are not words I sling lightly. While there are midrange tunings I might prefer more - such as the venerable 64 Audio U12t's - I'll be the first to admit they do not hit my perceived neutrality as closely. Macro-detail is quite good thanks to the contrast between the leaner lower-midrange and tilt to the upper-midrange. I imagine some might find note-weight a tad lean; however, I struggle to see someone taking fault with the Dusk's midrange devoid of tonal preference. It's really just that good. This is what I wanted the Hidition Viento's midrange to be, but it just wasn't.

Now, I'm not going to shower you with hyperboles of excellent extension, articulate treble, or sparkle regarding the Dusk's treble. It's the Dusk's weak point, plain and simple. Treble on the Dusk is characterized mostly by lower treble with a peak at around 6kHz which lends to a slight tinny-ness to the way hi-hats are articulated. Mid-treble sounds fairly linear, followed by a rapid slope off of 10kHz, shaving off a good deal upper-air. Mind you, these issues are expected for a $300 IEM, and I've heard much, much worse.

The Dusk is a competent technical performer; that is to say, excellent within the scope of its price bracket. Imaging appears to have taken a slight hit - at least on a psychoacoustic level - relative to the original B2. This is likely a product of more bass and less treble; on the whole, the Dusk's imaging remains above average with slight image diffusion. The much-maligned BA timbre of the original B2 has been mitigated some, particularly in the treble, likely the result of less sheer treble quantity. Something I will highlight is the Dusk's macrodynamic ability. Here, I'm most closely talking about the way an IEM scales the decibel peaks and valleys in a given recording. The Dusk sets a strong precedent - at least in the $300 bracket - for its dynamic contrast.

In conclusion? The Dusk irrefutably demonstrates the merits of tuning with calculated, deliberate precision. If the B2 set a precedent for the $300 bracket, then the Dusk is one of the extremely rare IEMs - the few and far between - that I dare say is almost unfairly good. This is one of the most tonally pleasing IEMs on the market and my undisputed $300 pick.

First of all, many thanks to Shenzen audio, @crinacle and @skedra for helping to organise this review tour.


Intro
For those following the IEM market over recent years, you'll have no doubt noticed the emergence of the Moondrop brand. It's a brand that have developed a reputation for having a consistently well implemented house sound; a tuning that tends to err toward being on the more neutral side. Add to that reputation a build quality held in equally high regard, it's easy to see how the brand has gone from strength to strength. Finally, factor in a pricing strategy that is more 'winning' than merely competitive and, well.....you get the picture; Moondrop are doing well!!

This model, the Blessing 2: Dusk, is a collaboration with everyone's favourite measurer and reviewer of IEMs, a certain Mr Crinnacle. Come on, who hasn't added the IEMs at the top of those rakings to a wish/audition list?! This is the second of Crinnacle's collaborations, the first having been at the kilobuck end of the market with the Fearless Crinnacle Dawn.

Back to the Blessing 2 Dusk and the rough idea has been to take the original Blessing 2 as a platform and tweak it's sound to have something that‘s perceptibly neutral, in the sense that no region seems overly boosted nor dipped in normal music listening.

In Crin's own words, ".... most would know my thoughts on neutrality: it‘s boring. At any case, according to my own experiences it takes quite a bit more bass boost in an IEM relative to headphones and speakers to get the same perceived bass response, so obviously the Dusk will get some extra oomph in the low-end.

And when it comes to bass, you all know I preach the word of “sub“. No dirty 1kHz bass shelf for the Dusk here, only the highest quality boost concentrated from 150-200Hz down. The placement of the bass shelf is a fine balance in itself; too high and you get muddiness and warm colouration, but too low and you lose the sense of weight behind the bass".

And on the aspects of the original B2 that he was keen on addressing with the Dusk:

“… I‘d love more sub-bass and rumble, but the B2 already has more than adequate slam and texturing to the bass notes so this is more a preferential complaint than a critique.

The midrange is almost where I‘d be perfectly content with it. If I had the choice I‘d probably kill the 3kHz response by just 2, maybe 3dB (that whole “a little too shouty“ thing that I‘ve mentioned before)…“

So, ignoring the review title (I jut liked the rhyme!), and instead taking the above commetns as a 'to do' list, lets crack on and see if it's 'mission accomplished'.


All images from Shenzen Audio's Website

Accessories wise you're presented with pretty standard fair; decent case, selection of silicone tips and a copper 2pin cable.


Build quality is as solid as Moondrop have developed a reputation for; the generic custom style shells I found to be as comfortable as similar units I've tried. Peering into the shells themselves, the neatness of the internals is worthy of appreciation. The nozzles are long and unusually wide, so much so that the only tips I had to hand (other than stock), that actually proved an easy fit were Spiral Dot++. Worth noting here is that also included are a set of stick on wax filters. After you've experimented with (or at least tried to), different tips, you'll understand why. I think you'd need the touch of a surgeon to execute a tip replacement without at least disturbing those filters!

As regards the cable, it does the job. It's a bit stiff and prone to tangling but at this price point it's OK. Could be better but I've experienced poorer cables on much more expensive IEMs.

Moving onto sound, do these hit the brief set out by Crinnacle? I think they do in terms of target signature; they certainly measure that way. Whether they hit the mark in achieving the changes over the original B2, I can only assume so.

In terms of the sound, if I'm being critical, I still find the upper mids too much for my personal tastes; I can still find them a little shouty (which suggests the original B2 probably wouldn't have been to my taste). Now, it's probably because my preferences seem to have a settled on warmer signatures, I find these a little bright. Just a little. Also, worthy of note is that I had these for review over Christmas. A little less of a hectic time and I'd liked to have been able to spend a bit more time experimenting with tips etc to try and tweak them just a little more to my preference.

These are just personal preferences though and what I will say is that the tonality definitely hits the target of being pretty reference without being boring.

The DD bass is probably the star of the show here, providing decent texture & rumble, well integrated and with a level of cohesiveness that many hybrids fail to achieve.

To my ears, if your preferences lean toward a more reference but still 'fun' tuning, you will be more than pleased with these.

What I would say is that, for me, the technicalities that the B2 Dusk demonstrate are excellent. Detail retrieval is super high & imaging and staging top notch too. Maybe a limitation of driver count but on some busier tracks I found things could sound a bit congested/crowded.

To conclude, these are a top quality IEM full stop. Factor in the cost and they're exceptional. A solid recommend & mission accomplished!

Overview
For those following the IEM scene the names, Moondrop and Crinacle are probably quite known. On one side Moondrop know for making IEMs and earbuds in various budgets on the other Crinacle know for his huge database of measurements and reviews of various audio gear. Those two decided to collaborate on an IEM based on the Blessing 2. The Dusk is the fruit of this collaboration, tuned to Crinacle, using the same driver configuration as the original blessing2 (1 dynamic driver and 4 balanced armatures). Those types of collaborations are still quite a rare thing in the audio world which made me quite excited to hear the final product especially considering the fairly affordable pricing.

Big thank you to Shenzen audio and @crinacle for helping to organise this review tour.


In the box

Build quality and accessories


The IEMs are made very well, unlike a lot of other pseudo custom models, the Dusk shell is full rather than shallow. This gives it a bit more weight but also feels like it won’t just crack or break from a random drop. The faceplates are smooth and nicely finished in a brushed finish with minimal branding (there’s an option to get a special version with the same girl graphic engraving like the one on the packaging).

My main gripe with the build of the IEMs themselves is the really thick stem which makes using aftermarket tips harder than it could be. The fact the grill is glued on and can be replaced is both a pro and a con in my book, it sits in front of the stem rather than slightly recessed which makes it prone to be removed by accident when changing tips.

The cable is where Moondrop should’ve spent more time, it’s thin, quite prone to tangling and the splitter is unnaturally large and weird shaped which makes it even more prone to getting stuck or tangled when taken out of the case. I’d definitely recommend replacing the cable.

Finally the case, nothing to really complain about here. Quite roomy, well-made case with minimal branding. It feels like it will protect the IEMs when carrying them around in a backpack or just storing them in general.
Otherwise, the accessories are kind of standard for this price range product.


Fit and comfort
The Dusk fit is very good, shells are pseudo custom but not extremely so, which makes them comfortable for hours. The only gripe here is the stem is quite thick so even when using the smallest size tips it may cause issues for those with small ear canals. The isolation is about average, they are vented so wind noise can sometimes be picked up.

Sound
Fairly neutral with a subbass boost and slight upper midrange emphasis (albeit it is really slight in terms of general balance).

Bass
Very dynamic and punchy, mainly focused on the subbass presence and much less so midbass. The texture and extension are both very good, albeit the resolution is not as good as flagship IEMs but the tuning makes up for it with a fun but not overblown presence. This is one of the best-tuned bass shelves I’ve heard, completely avoiding the possible muddiness of the lower midrange coming from the midbass bleed while providing enough of bass weight and “fun” quality to the music. Listening to “Bonefield – Window” or “Infected Mushroom – Flamingo” really shows the punchiness and extension of the Dusk.

Midrange
Fairly linear with slight upper midrange emphasis, albeit less so than the original Blessing 2 which to me is a good thing. Listening to “Fleetwood Mac – The Chain” the female vocals tend to have a bit more presence than male ones but never to the point of being overpowering or shouty. The texture is good, I wouldn’t call it much above that but considering the price, it’s way more than adequate. The resolution is very good, which is helped by the bass tuning not getting in the way.

Treble
Here’s where the Dusk shows a bit of weakness, the extension is only what I would consider “good” or “adequate”, the treble rolls off too early and leaves you wanting more, especially if you’ve heard IEMs with a better extension before. That’s not to say the treble is bad, it really isn’t, the resolution is decent, it’s practically never harsh and sibilance is based on the track rather than the IEMs emphasizing anything. Listening to “Pink Floyd – Time” shows both the limitations of the Dusk but also it’s coherence. The “air” is decent considering the extension, it’s plenty enough to provide a good sense of separation.

Imaging and Soundstage
The soundstage is about average, it never really surprises but it also doesn’t disappoint. The imaging is very good, with very good lateral positioning and fairly good depth positioning.


Conclusion
Even though it may seem I’m quite critical of the Dusk it’s actually nitpicking. At the price of 329$, it becomes my default sub 500$ recommendation. The tuning and the technical performance are both great, and even though it isn’t a “giant-killer” to me, it is still an extremely good IEM which I think is worth trying out and I can easily see it being end game for a lot of people.

Some of you may ask, is it better than the original Blessing2? Technically – it isn’t, however, the tuning of the Dusk is definitely more to my preference, so I recommend reading some reviews from people who you know have similar taste to you and picking the variant you feel will work better for you that way.

Finally congratulations to both Moondrop and Crinacle for this release. Good job.