I've thrown a Tin T2 cable on mine to replace the broken one. They now sound the same every time I put them in my ears rather than leaving me to wonder where the sound went. No rotating connector getting in the way when I'm inserting makes them easier to fit although my right tragus is still an inconvenience. If you've got a set kicking around changing the MMCx cable might solve your issues. Your stock cable might fall apart when you remove it though.
It fits my ears very well, i had to use sandpaper my KZ ZS5. I can use it for a long time, without discomfort. My KZ and TRN cables does not fit the mmcx very well, but with both NICEHCK 8 Core Silver Plated Cable and NICEHCK 8 Core High Purity Copper Cable its great, im still trying to find out which one i prefer.
I just got the Tin T2 out of curiosity. Nice clarity, imaging and soundstage for the price, though I had to go scavenging for eartips because none of the included ones fitted well. I am using the silicone tips that came with the Final E3000.
Well this is the time for a sound comparison between some of the low cost "champions" that are **** **** and Tin Audio t2. All tips and cables are stock.
Overally both are great iems for their prices. But IMO t2 is for laid back music while **** is for general purpose. And I felt t2 is sounding digital compared to ****.
But overally speaking none of them are fantastic if you don't count the price in They just share more or less same characters. My ultra-mini-review was written under critical listening conditions and Macbooks slightly warm sound.
Ps: Got each them for 30 usd. Both they are equal to my wallet
Ps2: You can hear the slurp his lips&tongue make just before Gilmour starts singing! Its slightly heared with t2.
BTW, I have an E1DA 9038S USB DAC and another bunch of balanced cables incoming. Can't wait to check that bad boy out, the specs and graphs look almost to good to be true.
First impressions are very positive. Bass is great, both in terms of amount and extension. I'm not sure if these would be basshead material, as I'm not sure if I'm a basshead. I see myself as a bass-aficionado but not full basshead (maybe basshead lite?), and I consider the CNT1 basshead-friendly. Mids are somewhat forward so on certain tracks the sound can be a bit too much in-your-face. The treble is indeed rolled off, but I suppose this is the price we pay for the bass.
I tried both the black and gold filter. Not sure how noticeable the difference is in reality (even though it seems to be measurable) but I think I prefer the gold filter. Perhaps my expectation bias is playing its part here but it seems to calm the mids a bit.
Using silicone tips with just a tad wider bore (different than the ones that came with the CNT1), and I'm happy so far. They are decently comfortable. Not ZS3 comfortable of course, but those KZ's are in a league of their own in terms of comfort, at least among the IEMs I have.
The CNT1 are thus in my Top3, alongside the DC1 and the modded T2. Sadly have to move the MEMT X5 to 4th position.
EDIT: So all in all, apart from slightly shouty mids on some tracks, these are pretty awesome. Will have to use them more in my daily commutes.
EDIT 2: can anyone tell me what the difference between the orange and red tips is? To my eyes both pairs are identical.
The treble is the reason why I did not like them. They are fast, so therefore details are not lost due to temporal masking. Also relatively flat, but damn that treble is hot as fickk. It sounds like some cheap full range speakers from 60s or 70s. A treble harsh full range paper cone speaker is what I can relate them to. I have spinfits, u can still hear that cheap speaker sound through them. But I am not sure if there is anything as detailed as them at its price. It does lot of things right but lack a class in sound. I personally find, the cheaper urbanfun to be better than this, in terms of scaling vocals and bass and treble softness. There is nothing harsh about it,but its not as clean sounding as the t2. But again, I can feel the heft of the Male vocals against the lightness of the female vocals on that better than t2 . Also drums have more body, treble reminds me of higher priced earphones or headphones too. But it's not as detailed .....
Tin T2 is fine with a pair of decent foam tips IMO. In the price range, the Blon BL-03 is a good shout, as is the CNT-1 apart from possible dodgy cable issues.
because I've heard the stock cables may fall apart.
I selected it because it is reputed to be a 'balanced' cable, and 'balanced' copper/silver apparently does well with the CNT-1. Or should I get something else?
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They just share more or less same characters. My ultra-mini-review was written under critical listening conditions and Macbooks slightly warm sound.
