Viajero
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I agree, I'm really loving the TRN V90. They sound great. Detailed but smooth. Great for electronic music.I agree with that. I am really enjoying the V90 especially for electronic and classical music.
It's funny how subjective and individualized this hobby ultimately is though. Out of all my recent purchases I thought I would love the BLON BL-03 the most based on the hype and what I read about its sound, but it turns out that, while I do think it sounds very good for the most part, it's not my favorite. I think the V90 sounds better overall. And, surprisingly, I think the TFZ T2 Galaxy sounds better than both of them. That's really not what I expected at all. The TFZ T2 Galaxy sounds reeeaaally good. Shockingly good. It's probably now my favorite IEM at around $60 and under.
I truly thought it would be BLON BL-03 > TRN V90 > TFZ T2 Galaxy but it actually ended up being TFZ T2 Galaxy > TRN V90 > BLON BL-03 for me. Exactly opposite of what I expected. The BLON BL-03 just feels very aggressive to my ears. The nature of the bass is a bit too much and there's something in the upper mids or lower treble that's a little grating or shouty to me. It gets a little fatiguing for me after a while.
I'm honestly not trying to rain on anyone's parade or diminish their hype or excitement. I do think the BLON BL-03 are great and I can see how people with a little different ear anatomy and music preferences could absolutely love them.
But it reinforced in a very strong way a lesson I had already learned but started to forget, which is that no matter how much research you do you can never really know how an IEM (or any sound-producing device, for that matter) will sound to you until you try it yourself. So, out of that batch of new IEMs I was very pleasantly surprised how good the TFZ T2 Galaxy sounds, but all three are winners. I have some more IEMs coming on Monday so we'll see how those stack up.