ryanmatic
500+ Head-Fier
(I have both the first generation and the second generation wireless sets, bought from Beyer, to be clear. I also only have driver flex in the left IEM of the second generation set, which irritates me but alas.)
Thats true. The Tesla driver has a very thin membrane and more powerful magnets than a more traditional DD drivers. This causes driver flex but on the other hand this type of driver is able to reproduce a faster and more detailed sound when compared to a DD driver taken out of a shelf. Its like marrying DD driver timbre with a speed of planar.I think out of all the things one could say “define” the Xelento, both 1st and 2nd gen, driver flex has to be the definitive answer.
Hi mate, got some alternative eartips recommendations for Xelento OG?I still have X OG (10000% original as i bought them directly from Beyerdynamic) and have had the 2nd gen 2 times and 2 times they went back.
I would say that the 2nd is more refined and even smoother but its just too smoothed out and lacks energy and proper bite. It also have too much mid bass bloat and its hard sometimes to clearly hear vocalists and instruments as everything swims in this syrupy sound.
The OG version is more incisive and clear, can be even slightly too analytical for some. But i rather take this version and change tips to these: https://www.thomann.de/de/sennheiser_ie_40_pro_l.htm
They calm down these slight 5k and 8k treble peaks and everything sounds definitely more correct and smooth. You cant extract more energy from the 2nd version, no matter what you do.
So overall i think that the 1st version is more correct sounding and more versatile.
As an alternative i also recommend trying Ziigaat Doscinco. They are like a blend of two Xelento versions. They are smoother and more neutral sounding than the OG but more lively than the 2nd. These are bass heads dream, with an amazing deep, punchy but very clean and detailed bass and the rest is perfectly neutral- no strange peaks, very correct pinna gain but absolutely ZERO shoutiness. They dont even show peak at 8k which is very common in iems.
I've already told youHi mate, got some alternative eartips recommendations for Xelento OG?
I can't find said eartips in my area.
Need to reduce the peak a bit for some song.
You can use AutoEq to replicate the 1st gen's sound on the 2nd gen. Not an exact replication but a very close one.I had the first gen., sold it and then bought the 2nd gen. last year to try and replicate the 1st gen.'s magic... but it wasn't there. And it's super hard to get a 1st gen. one now, since fakes are everywhere.
You have the OG or 2nd?RIP my Xelento, left earbud distorts at higher volumes(this is very apparent on piano pieces). What would be a good replacement iem with similar or better sound quality?
They are going in the bin so it doesn’t matter anymore.What cable were you using with the Xelento? The stock veils it. A high quality silver cable upgrade will do wonders for the Xelentos sound. Plussounds silver+gold x with eletech baroque eartips is hard too match price wise and comfort wise.