Although initial listen and my usual test tracks did not immediately wow me as evidenced in my review, I’m increasing reaching for the Andromeda Gold and listening to them more and more.
I find them very musically enjoyable despite not having the initial wow factor of the OG and its sparkly treble. The Andro Gold is actually very detailed but requires a little adaptation listening to its sound (brain burn in?). The details are there, you just have to focus a little more (the bass covers the other frequencies more). This makes them actually great from an enjoyment point of view as you can focus more on appreciating the music instead critically evaluating a track which some IEMs are great at but it becomes very fatiguing over long listens. The Andro Gold do not have this problem.
After spending a good amount of time with these, I’d like to revise my review as follows:
Pros
Cons
- very wide soundstage and excellent placement of instruments and sounds
- Amazing bass detail and layers
- Very nicely and accurately placed vocals
- Non-fatiguing treble
- Some of the best comfort, fit and isolation I’ve worn
- Stellar coherency between the L/R, no phasing, flawless channel matching
It’s probably closer to a 8.75/10 than 8/10 for me actually (OG being 9/10).
- missing the sparkly treble of OG
- Can get a little overwhelmed on extremely fast and congested tracks (must be the lack of crossovers)
- Imaging is not the sharpest or most vivid, but still up there
These are keepers!
Thanks for the impressions and updates. I actually approached them from a very different perspective but have kind of ended up feeling similarly to you. For me, I come from mostly DD iems as I normally prefer the bass presentation and how you get much more sense of physicality from bass with them. I was also coming from the Atlas as my main IEM which in addition to having the physicality just has a massive amount of bass anyways. So for me the golds actually felt quite a bit sparkly, but lacking in the low end (even with the 4 bass drivers). I have never heard the OG andromeda so I cant relaly compare the treble, but the treble on the golds has lots of detail and air for me. And in the end, I find myself reaching for them more and more as its just a very very enjoyable listen.
We all hear differently and everyone has their own preferences, but both of you present very valid points and I found both posts very helpful. It does show that there is no substitute for hearing with your own ears.