Tipsy Blue Aurora

Introduction
Blue Aurora is the entry level IEM from Tipsy, a Chinese company created in 2016. Blue Aurora is Tipsy's least expensive IEM. At a first glance, Blue Aurora looks like a beautiful IEM with charismatic looks, feel and immaculate design. The faceplate is of sparkling bluish-black color with resin coating that gives it a silky appearance. It has the brand name Tipsy written over it in silver. The curvature and shape are smooth and provide a comfortable fit. It has a 2-pin connector with 4-Core SPC stock cable that's standard for an IEM of this range now a days. It also comes with a nice old-school faux leather pouch.



Disclaimer:
I have received Tipsy Blue Aurora as part of review circle sent from the brand itself in exchange of honest reviews. All impressions of sound are subjective to my own listening and my sources and is based on my experience with IEMs of similar hardware configurations and price range.

Sources:
For this review the unit has been paired to Cayin N5ii and LG V30+



Highs:
The treble response is purely relaxing in Tipsy blue aurora. The resolution of highs is good as per price. The high although lack sparkle and those who do not prefer listening to ultra-high frequencies this is the best pair of earpieces. It’s more of a non-fatiguing earpiece. The highs never get sibilant irrespective of which kind of music is played on it.

Mids:
Mids are the range where one can feel the true potential of Tipsy Blue Aurora. It has beautiful vocals. Warm and Smooth midrange gives an enjoyable listening experience. Bit more clarity would help but overall, in mid-range this gives a very stress-free listening. I enjoyed listening to Binaural sessions of Amber Rubarth on this during one fine night.

Lows:
Tipsy Blue Aurora as a mellow bass which is more detail oriented than thumpy grooving. It has a punchy Mid-bass but a rolled off sub-base. It forms a nice foundation for Mids and Highs without invading in mid-range.



Detailing/Imaging/Soundstage:
This has good detailing for an IEM this price. Soundstage and imaging are decent. Soundstage is more in depth than in height and width. All the aspects are so much in coherence that it feels a liquidly smooth IEM to listen to after a hectic day of work.



Final Verdict:
Tipsy Blue Aurora is definitely an IEM for a beginner audiophile who wants to enjoy the magic of a single BA driver. But even if one is not a beginner audiophile and after a busy day just wants to relax then as per me this is the perfect IEM; all you need is to plug in this and have a nice Binaural recordings and just enjoy the sweet mid-range with decent imaging and depth. So, in a nutshell If you are looking for sound signature that sooth your mind instead of exciting it, this would be the way to go.

Disclaimer:

The unit has been sent to me by Tipsy as a part of a review circle. I am not working or affiliated to Tipsy and I am not being paid or influenced otherwise to say anything positive or negative about this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Specifications:

• Sensitivity: 105dB@1kHz.
• Impedance: 16 ohm @1kHz.
• Driver: 1 balanced armature.
• Frequency Response: 20Hz-20000Hz.
• Plug Type: 3.5mm Gold Plated Jack.
• Interface: 0.78mm 2pin.
• Cable Length: 1.2m
• Price: $75

Sound:
Blue Aurora has an even more inoffensive sound than its brother, Dunmer. But that not necessarily mean that it is a better sound signature. To my ear, the Blue Arora has a warm and smooth signature with rolled off subbass and calm highs. Not very exciting, it did not scratch my itch.

Bass:
It's mostly midbass punch. Subbass is very rolled off hence the physical presence - rumble and thump are absent. But the midbass has good body and punch, and does not feel hollow. fast decay, hence does not invade into the midrange. Acceptable amount of details represented - not very good, but not mushy also.
In Battlestar Galactica Season 2 OST - Prelude To War the drums punch with a good body, then disappears quickly, decluttering the overall sound.
In Steven Wilson - pariah (To The Bone) and Muse - Showbiz the underlying bassline can be noticed, but lacks body and present at the same level or sometimes behind the other elements of the track.



Mids:
This is where it really shines. It has got a forward, warm and smooth midrange that guarantees a pleasing experience. Lower midrange is enhanced because of this, and male vocals sounds very good. However, the warmth extends to upper midrange also, and the female vocals take a hit because of that. The added warmth holds back the female vocals from showing their brilliance. Details are ok at best, should not expect a lot at this price range, though. Instrument crispness is not much present, slightly on the duller side,TBH.
The lack of crispness is quite evident in the Battlestar Galactica Season 2 OST - Prelude To War track, where the snare drums, although in forefront, sound a bit washed out, even more than Dunmer.
As in case of Dunmer, you will not have to worry about any kind of sibilance or sharpness.



Treble:
Not up to the mark. The life is not there in the highs. They are present, but just that. Not crisp, and not much extended. On all the tracks I have tested them, I failed to get impressed by the highs. On the tracks that got very piercing high notes, Blue Arora manages to render them in a much more comfortable manner, but the feeling of restraint is always there.

Soundstage:
Stage has good depth, but not much height and width - the music is mostly in your head only. Separation is ok, nothing spectacular.

Comparison:
Vs. Macaw GT600S: GT600S has a slightly colder presentation, with a similarly forward mids, more energetic highs, crispier notes, and more voluminous bass. GT600S puts out more details in Mids and Highs due to leaner and edgier notes. GT600S has a wider and taller soundstage, while the depth on Blue Aurora is slightly more, but that is mostly due to the distant highs.

Conclusion:
Tipsy Blue Aurora is a nice iem for relaxed listening, and for listening to high energy tracks in a comfortable way. It is not meant for active listening where you will be looking for the details, nope. When you don't need a ton bass, and just wants to block out the outside world in a passive manner with some background score,it may suit your purpose.

Introduction :

Tipsy is definitely not a new player in the audiophiliac market and their Dunmer Pro was very well received by many reviewers. Tipsy first started out in 2016 out of China and they have seemingly great build quality and sound quality for a new brand. Their TWS TM1 proved that good sounding TWS do not need to be very expensive and we have Blue Aurora from Tipsy which is focused towards a more budget oriented segment.

Disclaimer :

The review was tested at 75$ and all the judgement was made keeping the exact same price in mind. We're not responsible for any price change that might alter this review.

This item was graciously provided by Tipsy for review in exchange for a honest and unbiased review. The review was written by the team in our own accord and no thoughts or judgements were altered in any way.

Purchasable Link :

Linsoul (Global Store)

Specification :



Unboxing and Accessories :



Unboxing is pretty straightforward and the included accessories set is sufficient for the price that they come for. The box has Tipsy branding on it and under the box you’ll find Blue Aurora sitting nicely in foam. Box accessory set includes:

• IEMS
• Cable
• Eartips
• Magnetic pouch
• Usermanual

Cable :



Cable that comes with the box is a 3.5mm unbalanced cable. The cable is very thin and drapey, the connector does feel good and robust but overall it’s just a badly behaving cable. The connector has an aluminium cladding on which “Tipsy” is etched. There were a few microphonics with the provided cable.

Pouch :

Blue Aurora comes with a default leather like pouch which feels very good to hold in hands. The pouch closes securely and tightly with magnetic lips and it’s a very well made overall pouch.

IEM quality and fit :

Blue Aurora are built very well and they have really strong acrylic housing. The faceplate has a design that resembles Blue Aurora at first glance and they can please almost anyone. The top of the faceplate has tipsy branding with golden accents and it’s covered inside resin. The nozzle is pretty long which helps almost all tips to stay in place without falling off.

The IEM is fairly small and fits the ear of all sizes and shapes, they are very comfortable for long usage and neither did they create any sort of pressure.

Sound Isolation :

The Blue Aurora are built from acrylic resin and do an amazing job decent outside noise. Since they are pretty small they don’t block out noise like we have seen on other pairs of IEMs. Volume compensation can provide good sound isolation other than that there's not much to say here.

The Driveability and sources used :



Tipsy Blue Aurora are fairly easy to drive, with only 16 Ohms of impedance and sensitivity of 105dB they are easily driven off by any source. While using phone as source, they were generally played at a higher volume even though the specs suggest something else, a good Dongle DAC would help Blue Aurora here.

Sources used are :

• DDHiFi 3.5mm to lightning
• Shanling M0
• FiiO BTR5

Sound (3/5) :

Bass (3/5) :

The bass is not the strong point here depicted by the score, the bass is practically the aspect which gives energy to the music, not only that it provides the body to the music and the instruments that are played in the music so that they don't sound incomplete hence a very big factor. Tipsy falls short in this department as the bass roll off is very steep and very early due to which the IEM sounds incomplete and the energy is missing. Low end is not there and is completely lacking, mid bass on the other hand is very good and does the job pretty good. Talking about the texture the bass feels very undefined and texture is missing due to which it bleeds into mids, due to this sound is very notchy.

Mids (4/5) :

The mid region is where these shine and saves the day for Tipsy, the vocals sound very natural and smooth in representation, the lower mids seem to be boosted due to which the male vocals sound very life like and hefty which is non fatiguing and one can listen to any amount of hours, but this not tuned very well in higher mid which powers the female vocals due to which the female vocals sounds very heavy and not natural. As the bass is not tuned well the bass bleeds into mids and instruments sound not real also the vocals do not play in front heard in some songs.

Treble (3/5) :

Another hiccup felt in the performance is in high note reflection, lower treble is not present as per expectation as highlighted above, the female vocals needs definition which is lacking and sounds very mushy, the treble helps bring sparkle and excitement in the song, but lack of same makes this IEM sound very boring and unenthusiastic. Same as bass the treble roll off is very steep resulting in muddy and average resolution.

Soundstage (3/5) :

The score above depicts that the soundstage is very small and it literally plays in listeners head not over. The sense of grandeur is missing at great extent, there is no height and width perceivance. To sum up - below average.

Imaging (3/5) :

When talking about imaging one needs to understand that a well treble goes hand in hand with exciting imaging, not the case here as there is a very early roll off in treble with this IEM due to separation and imaging is below average.




Conclusion :

Blue Aurora is a very well made pair when it comes to aesthetics. When it comes to sound, it lacks extension on both the ends but vocals is what makes this pair unique, they are portrayed beautifully. The sound signature is very relaxed without any offensive tuning, a good pair when it's a busy day and you just want to relax with your music library. With somewhat average technicalities, decent accessories it can be a good buy under 75$ if you’re someone who loves lush midrange.



Rated :


All grades are given keeping price to performance ratio in mind, better grade doesn't mean it's the best.