[Sebulr]

I'm in, as soon as they hit amazon. I'm almost tempted to sign up to a lie press just order a bl-05

 

[Slater]

I thought most Westerners with bigger ears had fit problems due to the original BLON BL-03's too short nozzles.

I have a feeling that’s still going to be an issue for those people that complained of the BL03 nozzle fit.

The BL05 nozzle look as short if not even shorter than the BL03...

BL03:


BL05:

 

[IEMusic]

I have a feeling that’s still going to be an issue for those people that complained of the BL03 nozzle fit.

The BL05 nozzle look as short if not even shorter than the BL03...

BL03:


BL05:

Hopefully the angle of the nozzle and the size/shape of the IEM will help the fit, despite the nozzle length, similar to Shure’s IEM design.

 

[Cevisi]

I have a feeling that’s still going to be an issue for those people that complained of the BL03 nozzle fit.

The BL05 nozzle look as short if not even shorter than the BL03...

BL03:


BL05:

Look like a shure shell and i think they fit good thru the angle and that the shell goes deeper in the concha

 

[chellity]

Look like a shure shell and i think they fit good thru the angle and that the shell goes deeper in the concha

Even though i'm more than happy with my bl-03 with azla tips and my er2xr that manages to get just a bit more detail, consider me hyped

I'm glad they ditched the piezo, i'd rather have that analog purity of sound with no crossovers or gimmicks to ruin the tonality. Just seems too much to ask for, to get a piezo with proper tonality at this price. For every person that wanted a piezo, i'm sure there's another that just wanted a revised single DD with IEMs like the JVC showing all you need is one good DD for a good sound. Looks like my mother gets to enjoy my bl-03s soon, since she loves the audio stuff I show her too I actually prefer the lower isolation of the bl-03 a lot of times. Since school is all online now, my er2xr is just too isolating to hear my voice as I participate in online classes...so I end up using my bl-03 more often than my er2xr really, even if my er2xr saves me from noisy neighbors all the time Hope the bl-05 is another lower isolating IEM too.

 

[baskingshark]

According to KopiOKaya, they decided to ditch the piezoelectric driver after negative opinions from various folks.

An update on FB from KopiOKaya (one of the BLON tuners) on the difference between BL-03 and BL-05 dynamic drivers.

Personally, I think it is a blessing in disguise to drop the piezos in the final BL-05 release, as the piezos may have affected the great timbre/tonality that the BL-03 was famous for, plus adding some treble spikes to the FR (as per the beta's FR). Though this is subjective, as each individual has their own sound signature preference, preferred music genres and even hearing health.

But as the different transducer types have their own strengths and weaknesses, I concede without the piezos, we may lose out in details, airiness, some spatiality in the final release. Though I would say at the sub $100 price range, it is very easy to find CHIFI IEMs that have good technical performance and details, but much rarer to find something with good timbre/tonality, that's why the BL-03 was such a hit when it came out a few months back.

The good news is that there are other piezo type CHIFI that have good reviews like the ****, LZ A6 mini, LZ A6, BQEYZ Spring 1, so if we wanted a piezo set, there's other options on the market. I'm very interested to see how BLON can up their game from the BL-03 in a dynamic driver setup!

 

[MrDelicious]

Now I'm not fluent in italian, but I do believe piezo can be roughly translated to "**** your ears lol".

 

[ErkH]

Sony hybrid tips improves the fit of bl03 for me, also the bass seems to be tighter but it could be a placebo because it doesnt change the measurement.

 

[IEMusic]

Sony hybrid tips improves the fit of bl03 for me, also the bass seems to be tighter but it could be a placebo because it doesnt change the measurement.

I doubt it’s placebo b/c that’s exactly one of the things that the measurements don’t show. Things like attack, decay, and “tightness”.

 

[PhonoPhi]

According to KopiOKaya, they decided to ditch the piezoelectric driver after negative opinions from various folks.

Oh, this comes from a tuner of the famous TRN X6, right ? ;(

And then "the influencers" with all the delicate subtleties of tuning coming down how to do a few dB on ~3 kHz on top of the rich bass, which should be just right, of course, and then different tantrums and rants about different totals

Sorry for venting out, I will just quetly roll cables on my AS16 reaching audio nirvana, since I am a " superbeliever" in the power of differently coloured cables

 

[k3lt]

I got an even easier mod for you guys. It’s more precise, more consistent, and cleaner than just stuffing the nozzle with cotton.

The downsides to cotton are 1. it’s inconsistent to get a proper density and fill. And 2. small cotton dust and fibers become detached and fall onto the driver diaphragm. These downsides are not desirable at all.

This mod is made especially for the Blon owners that tried the nozzle mesh mod and feel the treble is a little too much. Or those that were afraid to try the nozzle mesh mod for fear that the treble might be too much.

There’s a guy on another popular audio board (which I cannot link to or specifically mention on HeadFi because that site is banned from discussion here). Anyways, this guy modded his JVC HA-FD01 (a carbon nanotube dynamic earphone) by rolling up an alcohol pad and inserting it into the JVC nozzle. This allowed the treble peaks to be tamed while not causing loss of detail. It’s like the best of both worlds; like having your cake and eating it too.

The resulting mod was extremely effective. So effective that a modded pair was sent to engineers at JVC in Japan for evaluation. JVC was so impressed with the mod that they actually created a whole new version of the HA-FD01 based around the modded filter. It was sold through Massdrop as the HA-FDX1.

I tried the same mod to the Blon, and all I can say is it’s basically Blon perfection.

To do the mod, you still need to remove the stock hybrid ‘sandwich’ nozzle screens, and obtain the $0.10 replacement plain stainless nozzle screens.

That is outlined here:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/blo...ressions-thread.916702/page-182#post-15531900

And yes, the proper size of nozzle mesh is listed at that link, as well as where/how to buy them.

Next you need to obtain a 2-ply alcohol wipe. The kind that you rub on your skin before an injection is given. You cannot use the 1-ply type, as they are way too thick. The 2-ply pads are basically a 3”X1.5” rectangle that is folded in half to make a 1.5”X1.5” square from the factory.

Hey, regarding this mod.. could it be possible to use compressed cotton? I have some and it looks like it should work, dont have micropore or the alcohol wipes mentioned unfortunately.
It's MUJI Cotton to be exact. (i'm using it for vaping purposes )

 

[Slater]

Hey, regarding this mod.. could it be possible to use compressed cotton? I have some and it looks like it should work, dont have micropore or the alcohol wipes mentioned unfortunately.
It's MUJI Cotton to be exact. (i'm using it for vaping purposes )

I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Give it a try and definitely let us know how it turns out.

I also tried the foam plug method @DynamicEars shared, and it also produces very good results. You just have to make sure you get the foam pieces cut precisely.

 

[CoiL]

I doubt it’s placebo b/c that’s exactly one of the things that the measurements don’t show. Things like attack, decay, and “tightness”.

Depends on what kind of measurements you look at. But unfortunately we rarely see more complex measurements data other than FR.
Even "waterfall" FR is quite rarely seen but it gives idea how fast driver is (decays/reverbs for example) and what FR "lingers" too much (ringing).
If we talk about simple FR (sine sweep & pink noise response), then I agree.

 

[Slater]

FYI, I took a careful look at my Blon Cardinals and the Cardinal driver appears to be the same one that was posted as the BL05 driver.



That probably explains why the Cardinal does sound slightly different than the BL03. Especially the sub bass extension. Obviously, the shell difference affects that also, but it was always assumed that the BL03 and Cardinal share the same driver because they were both listed as 10mm carbon nanotube. But now that seems to not be the case, with the Cardinal‘s driver being a 2nd generation design.

 

[rggz]

FYI, I took a careful look at my Blon Cardinals and the Cardinal driver appears to be the same one that was posted as the BL05 driver.



That probably explains why the Cardinal does sound slightly different than the BL03. Especially the sub bass extension. Obviously, the shell difference affects that also, but it was always assumed that the BL03 and Cardinal share the same driver because they were both listed as 10mm carbon nanotube. But now that seems to not be the case, with the Cardinal‘s driver being a 2nd generation design.

Shot in the dark here. Unless you can spot the diaphragm material there's no way to know about it. When I was changing the filter of my BL-03 I'm pretty sure I could spot the holes around the plate. Weird.