[AlwaysForward]

Pretty interested to see where the Nguyen Custom Monitor IEM's land since it sounded like they were being submitted for ranking by the owner.

 

[nggary]

I really want to know what would you rate sony n3ap, please do one @crinacle

 

[snip3r77]

Go buy 5$ monk earbud. End of inquiry.
On a serious note, it's pretty good for its price.

Vido might be a better choice

 

[chinmie]

Vido might be a better choice

+1. Vido is cheaper and better overall. another choice is RY4S and Sharp MD

 

[Colors]

@crinacle seeing as the MD+ as the cheapest cost ($300) by a wide margin at A-, can you comment more on what you liked about it?

A new drop recently happened and I made a purchase for it solely based on your rankings which I've confirmed to be pretty accurate with my hearing.

Thanks.

 

[cfc7]

I really want to know what would you rate sony n3ap, please do one @crinacle

+1

 

[SeeSax]

Pretty interested to see where the Nguyen Custom Monitor IEM's land since it sounded like they were being submitted for ranking by the owner.

I was curious too. Looks like the "Bella" from them has been placed in the "A" category. It's on the front page. A great showing!

-Collin-

 

[Merkurio]

@crinacle seeing as the MD+ as the cheapest cost ($300) by a wide margin at A-, can you comment more on what you liked about it?

A new drop recently happened and I made a purchase for it solely based on your rankings which I've confirmed to be pretty accurate with my hearing.

Thanks.

I'm interesed in this too.

 

[crinacle]

@crinacle seeing as the MD+ as the cheapest cost ($300) by a wide margin at A-, can you comment more on what you liked about it?

A new drop recently happened and I made a purchase for it solely based on your rankings which I've confirmed to be pretty accurate with my hearing.

Thanks.

The MD+ is actually an IEM don't I don't personally like but it really has a lot of technical chops that can't be glossed over. It's well tuned, good bass response (for a BA setup) and has excellent detail retrieval. Unfortunately, the BA timbre comes off rather strong and doesn't sound particularly natural on vocals for instance, especially when compared to the higher end DDs and hybrids out there.

Again, the rankings are based (somewhat) on technical ability, which are but not limited to detail retrieval, clarity, frequency balance, tuning, coherency, staging and positioning precision. The Massdrop Plus is a very good IEM, but it may not be an IEM that fits your personal preference. If you like a diffuse-field tuning with extra bass then go right ahead.

 

[Colors]

The MD+ is actually an IEM don't I don't personally like but it really has a lot of technical chops that can't be glossed over. It's well tuned, good bass response (for a BA setup) and has excellent detail retrieval. Unfortunately, the BA timbre comes off rather strong and doesn't sound particularly natural on vocals for instance, especially when compared to the higher end DDs and hybrids out there.

Again, the rankings are based (somewhat) on technical ability, which are but not limited to detail retrieval, clarity, frequency balance, tuning, coherency, staging and positioning precision. The Massdrop Plus is a very good IEM, but it may not be an IEM that fits your personal preference. If you like a diffuse-field tuning with extra bass then go right ahead.

Thanks for the great analysis!

 

[BrianLHR]

would like to add on, md+ was actually sibilant at times for me even with deep fit. but thats just me being somewhat sensitive to sibilant. would be good if you can ask around to demo one if u r sibilant prone!

 

[snip3r77]

would like to add on, md+ was actually sibilant at times for me even with deep fit. but thats just me being somewhat sensitive to sibilant. would be good if you can ask around to demo one if u r sibilant prone!

Is kz zs5 sibilant to you?

 

[BrianLHR]

havent tried that, only tried zst which wasnt sibilant for me

 

[twocentsear]

Would you consider the Campfire Audio Atlas S Tier?

 

[424358]

Interesting the TFZ 5s is in same bracket as pinnacle p1, it01, and se535.

I have the 5s and i don’t think they are as good as my pinnacle PX.

I mean in terms of bass quality, yes it’s very clean bass. The rest is lacking.