I, for one, want it to sound different than the BL-03. See post #2,717 above.
I spoke to an Aliexpress seller, BLON BL-05 should be releasing in April 2020.
Price TBC. Supposedly 7-layers ceramic piezoelectric + 10mm CNT unibody dynamic driver.
This is just my conjecture, but I think those that are expecting a direct successor to the BLON BL-03 might need to be mentally prepared the tuning may be pretty different from the single DD BL-03. Of the piezos I've heard, they tend to give better details in the treble, but most piezos require amping to fufill their true potential. And the piezos tend to sound more "brittle" and harsh, with not as good timbre as a pure DD setup.
But let's see how it turns out, the BL-03 already skewed our perception of what a sub $30 set can do, so the BL-05 is in an uneviable position in that it carries the same "BLON" goodwill and anticipation, but is a so called successor that techically should be better than the BL-03. Hard to live up to, I do wish them the best though. LET MUSIC BURN!!!
Hey, let's stick a piezo in there and hope for the best! Before you know it, we'll be tweeting to beat the best birds at dawn!
Tough arena now. These are gonna have to best the KC2 at $40 and the T3 at $55--my under-$60 champs-- for me to even look at them. BLON, SCHBLON...
The unease about their driver combo has me feeling a bit more confident about picking up the BL-03 and **** **** instead.
Feel free to talk me out of it though!
Unless they suddenly get some hype and price starts going up, like the Urbanfun ISS014
Yup, exactly my thinking, just worried they might actually nail how they blend the two driver types together.
The lz a6 mini has the same configuration with a piezo and dd. That sounds amazing, so im not that worried for the sound if they can tune it right.
Is there anywhere to look for detailed instructions?I wanted to share a cheap sound upgrade for the Blon BL-03.
The stock nozzle mesh is a hybrid ‘sandwich’ of stainless steel mesh stacked on top of a black nylon fabric mesh. If you remove the stock piece and replace it with a normal 4.0mm stainless nozzle mesh, the sound improves.
The first thing you notice after replacing the mesh is how smooth the stock sound was, and was slightly veiled. Replacing the mesh increases the clarity and makes the sound less smeared. Bass becomes clearer and more crisp. Lower treble becomes much less recessed and more balanced in the overall mix. Vocals are improved, and are brought more forward.
I’m not saying the stock Blon sounds bad; quite the contrary. I quite enjoy the stock Blon. But this turns up the clarity a few notches and everything is cleaner sounding, like the difference between cassette vs CD/flac.
You can save the stock mesh on a piece of waxed baking paper or even an unused and clean wax candle. In this way, the mod is totally reversible.
The 4.0mm mesh can be found on Aliexpress by searching for the term “earphone dust network”, and runs about $1 for 20pcs (ie 10 pairs). That’s $0.10 to upgrade a set of Blons.
This upgrade is nothing new, and many modders use this same cheap upgrade on other earphones that come stock with nylon mesh or stainless/nylon sandwich nozzle screens. I just didn’t realize that the Blons use a hybrid stainless/nylon sandwich nozzle screen. Otherwise, I would have tried the mod a long time ago.
Anyways, enjoy and let me know how you like it if you choose to do this cheap and simple mod.
Neophyte here. I'd like to ask again if I may how one sets about extracting the mesh? With what sort of tool other than fingers and how to do it without damaging anything? Things are damn small in there! Also, any reason other than defense against dirt etc to replace the mesh once removed, at all?I wanted to share a cheap sound upgrade for the Blon BL-03.
The stock nozzle mesh is a hybrid ‘sandwich’ of stainless steel mesh stacked on top of a black nylon fabric mesh. If you remove the stock piece and replace it with a normal 4.0mm stainless nozzle mesh, the sound improves.
The first thing you notice after replacing the mesh is how smooth the stock sound was, and was slightly veiled. Replacing the mesh increases the clarity and makes the sound less smeared. Bass becomes clearer and more crisp. Lower treble becomes much less recessed and more balanced in the overall mix. Vocals are improved, and are brought more forward.
I’m not saying the stock Blon sounds bad; quite the contrary. I quite enjoy the stock Blon. But this turns up the clarity a few notches and everything is cleaner sounding, like the difference between cassette vs CD/flac.
You can save the stock mesh on a piece of waxed baking paper or even an unused and clean wax candle. In this way, the mod is totally reversible.
The 4.0mm mesh can be found on Aliexpress by searching for the term “earphone dust network”, and runs about $1 for 20pcs (ie 10 pairs). That’s $0.10 to upgrade a set of Blons.
This upgrade is nothing new, and many modders use this same cheap upgrade on other earphones that come stock with nylon mesh or stainless/nylon sandwich nozzle screens. I just didn’t realize that the Blons use a hybrid stainless/nylon sandwich nozzle screen. Otherwise, I would have tried the mod a long time ago. In fact, if I had tried this mod earlier, I probably would not have bought the Urbanfun ISS014. I actually think that the modded Blon sounds slightly better than the ISS014.
Anyways, enjoy and let me know how you like it if you choose to do this cheap and simple mod.
