PMV A01 MK2 mini review of an underated analytical beast:
Why didnt we hear alot about this PMV iem on headfi is unknown to me, perhaps some guru tell the crownd that it can destroy your eardrum very fast if badly use, wich it's true like we must of earphone, this very one should be use with care cause like with vivid HD big screen that can make you blind if you look at them to much, the PMV is so intensely ''HD'' in it's rendering that for loud music listener like me it can be traumatising and very dangerous, but beauty is in danger with the A01, and as we say devils in hide in details, it's a hell of a fun to be dangerously musical!
LOW: Low are punchy and hard hitting, no extremely deep but very well rendered, listening to IDM with these can be a revelation for some cause of all the bass layers we got, they never mix togheter, and have great texture, if we got sub rumble its rendered in a cerebral way, not in a vibrating full of air way. The bass can feel asocial, cause mid and high perform in there own soundspace, more than ever, with the PMV, I feel 3 drivers is used in a very autoritative way and tweaked by a perfectionist that really know what he do.
MID: Yes, PMV are kind-of-bright, using memory foam tips really help to tame the brightness quite a lot, in fact, I was using slim silicone tips in the begining to have the drivers nearer to my ears and I don't think it was meant to be listen this way, now I do not heard the hissing of extended treble, and sound is rounder, still, the signature is very balanced, U shaped with extra clear vocal but not mid-centric at all, all the details of all frequencies range give a extremly complex layerings that surrender the vocal and can distract listener from there favorite signer, anyway, here, I talk of complex tracks, if it's intimate signing it will sound wonderfull. However, the mid isn't cold sounding, they are less textured and peaky than the high and are never hard to concentrate on when you give the effort (comparatively to iem that just can't render clearly the mid in the middle of a too warm sound).
HIGHS: Here the Love or hate story, i'm in the loving team here, and was very critical about it, as said, memory foam is a must for 2 reason, less unatural brightness and better comfort and fit (tips are promp to pop up of ears cause of housing strawberry form). Treble extension is just out of this world and this iem are the more revealing one with the better layering and instruments separation I own, you can crave for microdetails and even if you got pair of iem that you think they give you new details, this PMV is from another league here cause it not 1 driver with the treble pushed to the max, but 1 dynamic and 2 balanced armature that are very well tweaked, wow effect is ultimate.
Comfort and construction: Hum, that's the drawback I think, housing have a strange form for my ears and with the silicone tips it always go out of there (only way to keep them there would be to glue them in there). Cablle is over ear but have no memory wire and it's the weight of you DAP that will keep them well placed, quality of one part is good but second part, the one connect to earphone, is at risk...so this iem should be use carefully (wich I do not do).
My note is a big enthusiast 8.5 out of 10, sound is a 9, near perfection cause it's too much fun to listen at!!!
