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Nov 14, 2018 at 4:11 AM Post #1,262 of 3,338
Nov 18, 2018 at 12:36 PM Post #1,263 of 3,338
Hey all, I’m back in Singapore. Content should start ramping up now.

As another reminder, I’ll be updating frequently on my subreddit /r/InEarFidelity with unprocessed graphs and quick-fire impressions of the IEMs I’ve tried. Of course, I’ll be making a consolidated post over here as per usual but that’ll be after the New Year’s when I’m done with everything.

For anyone interested, feel free to PM me if you want me to test out/measure any unique stuff. I’ll be hanging out with friends at the usual shops often.
 
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Nov 18, 2018 at 1:41 PM Post #1,264 of 3,338
Small update.

ModelOld rankNew rank
Ultimate Ears LiveB-B
AZLA HorizonN/AC
AZLA 01R Mk2N/AC
I'll be writing a more dedicated post on the AZLAs once I get more free time.
I feel like the only decent thing to come out of AZLA are the Sedna eartips. Using them with DUNU Titan 1, really liking them this way.
 
Nov 18, 2018 at 11:54 PM Post #1,266 of 3,338
Hey all, I’m back in Singapore. Content should start ramping up now.

As another reminder, I’ll be updating frequently on my subreddit /r/InEarFidelity with unprocessed graphs and quick-fire impressions of the IEMs I’ve tried. Of course, I’ll be making a consolidated post over here as per usual but that’ll be after the New Year’s when I’m done with everything.

For anyone interested, feel free to PM me if you want me to test out/measure any unique stuff. I’ll be hanging out with friends at the usual shops often.
Any chance of measuring the Zeus XR and graphed in accordance with your new style?
 
Nov 19, 2018 at 12:55 AM Post #1,267 of 3,338
Any chance of measuring the Zeus XR and graphed in accordance with your new style?

Maybe that will also help. I've only recently purchased Zeus XR and was very anxious about it's neutrality.

Mine was measured on G1 ADEL, however I like to listen to all of the ADELs, it's a matter of making slight changes all the time which make you happy :wink:

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Fairly neutral, slightly mid forward! I would not treat the dips at 2-4 kHz super seriously. We don't even know if they are really there, please look below... That's how the harman-like diffuse field compensation looks and it's subtracted from the measurement. It could as well look a bit different and not subtract as much of 2-4 kHz. It's measured on miniDSP EARS measurement rig, so I still have some way to go to measure according to standards, but it may give you at least an idea.
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this is the RAW measurement, only with mic calibration:
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Also impulse response first, it's envelope next:
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I believe this is really good. Comparing measurements between phones I find it very fast and clean. We see that maybe some drivers are not perfectly time aligned, but still they did a good job considering they had to time-align several driver packs.
Here's a comparison with some other super fast and clean flagships; LCD-i4 (signal only) first and KSE1500 on oval tips is the latter one (envelope+signal since it's clearly visible on this one). I could paste quite a few phones that don't look as good as these guys :wink:
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Nov 19, 2018 at 11:08 AM Post #1,268 of 3,338
E1 have the Solaris in yet? I'd like to hear your impressions.

They should have it at the end of the month hopefully. I'll get a listen in then.

Any chance of measuring the Zeus XR and graphed in accordance with your new style?

I'll be looking around for anyone with one that I can test out. No guarantees.
 
Nov 19, 2018 at 8:35 PM Post #1,270 of 3,338
They should have it at the end of the month hopefully. I'll get a listen in then.



I'll be looking around for anyone with one that I can test out. No guarantees.

I’ve got the MS demo Zeus XRA if you’re interested in measuring that. I’m also in Singapore :D
 

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