IKKO OH1 Impressions OOTB.
Typical asian signature with very impressive refinement for the price.
Bass is the star of the show, fast and revealing, good punch and depths yet incredibly controled.
Much less pronounced than regular Kanas and therefore more revealing in the overall balance. It is closer in volume to my tehnz p4 pro. It is just a little north of neutral with sub bass focus. The classic: not neutral yet natural.
Mids have a good presence and above average detail retrieval as mid bass are perfectly balanced. No obvious peaks or valleys found here.
Mid-treble transition is pronounced, just as harman curve, graphs show that they are a small hint above kanas pro. This gives the thinner feeling of the sound, the asian signature. The graphs show nothing bizarre like a giant peak or valley suddenly and my ear also don't hear it.
In the terrible expression often used to describe mids, this would be "female vocals focused"
Treble has good extension, noticed nothing to talk about it except it is correct. The BA doesn't seem to be stressed as i don't notice any shrilness.
The good sense of airyness together with the controled bass gives me a feeling of this sounding more natural than regular kanas.
Kanas has better timbre in mids and mids-treble and it is astonishing when you can benefit from it.
All in all is a impressively correct earphone, more balanced than what i expected. It has a exciting feeling.
Fit and tip is a bit picky, as you guys can see, the nozzle is very short.
Cable isn't bad as i thought, it looks good with the earphone and feel nice. I will keep it by now.
The shell is drop dead GORGEOUS.
Just occurred to me: this sounds like the BQEYZ KB1 on steroids.
On a serious note, they most definitely share the same DNA but the T3 is a step up. I would suggest you wait a few days and see what other people who have both are saying.
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