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Custom Art Harmony 8.2 (Tour Loaner mini review)
Thanks to both Piotrus-g and Barra for allowing this Tour to take place.
Build Quality:
Excellent. Wonderfully compact and light weight as well as extremely comfortable to wear. My choice of included tips from the tour were the black double flanged silicone ones which yielded a great fit for me. I was also partial to the included cable which again was compact, lightweight, and of good quality.
Sound Impressions:
The first thing I was immediately struck by was the wonderful clarity, resolution, and fullness of the Harmony 8.2’s presentation. The effect is to immediately draw one into their musical performance of choice. The tuning of this IEM is stellar. Never fatiguing, yet all is present. Cymbals retain their inherent sizzle and airiness while bass drum thumps have the ability to punch you when it’s necessary. Bass frequencies are full, articulate, and never muddy in nature. On tracks that contain sub-bass info you’ll easily detect their presence. Mids are precise, yielding a very natural and upfront presentation. Acoustic guitars retain their realism with just the right amount of overtones. Vocals both male and female sound very intimate, with all their inflections and nuances captured. The music never sounds congested, rather each instrument can be easily distinguished, extracted, and focused upon at will. My compliments to Piotr for an outstanding job on the Harmony 8.2! Highly recommended!
I honestly don't look forward to having to return them! 
All tracks used for this mini review are FLAC based. Playback via my standalone Pono Player or Pono Player/O2 Headphone Amp combo.
1) Dire Straits (Love Over Gold - 44.1kHz, 24bit) - Private Investigations
2) Daft Punk (Random Access Memory - 44.1kHz,16 bit) - Giorgio By Moroder
3) Soundgarden (Superunknown - Super Deluxe - 192kHz, 24 bit) - Like Suicide
4) The Glitch Mob (Love Death Immortal- 44.1kHz, 24bit)- Can’t Kill Us
5) Tool (Lateralus - 96kHz, 24 bit) - Schism
6) Lady Antebellum (Heartbreak - 48kHz, 24 bit) - Famous
7) Moody Blues (Days Of Future Passed - 96kHz, 24 bit) - The Day Begins
8) Audioslave (Audioslave - 44.1kHz, 16 bit) - Like A Stone
9) Allison Krauss (Windy City Deluxe - 96kHz, 24bit) - River In The Rain
10) Mark Knopfler (Tracker Deluxe Edition - 192kHz, 24bit) - Silver Eagle
Thanks to both Piotrus-g and Barra for allowing this Tour to take place.
Build Quality:
Excellent. Wonderfully compact and light weight as well as extremely comfortable to wear. My choice of included tips from the tour were the black double flanged silicone ones which yielded a great fit for me. I was also partial to the included cable which again was compact, lightweight, and of good quality.
Sound Impressions:
The first thing I was immediately struck by was the wonderful clarity, resolution, and fullness of the Harmony 8.2’s presentation. The effect is to immediately draw one into their musical performance of choice. The tuning of this IEM is stellar. Never fatiguing, yet all is present. Cymbals retain their inherent sizzle and airiness while bass drum thumps have the ability to punch you when it’s necessary. Bass frequencies are full, articulate, and never muddy in nature. On tracks that contain sub-bass info you’ll easily detect their presence. Mids are precise, yielding a very natural and upfront presentation. Acoustic guitars retain their realism with just the right amount of overtones. Vocals both male and female sound very intimate, with all their inflections and nuances captured. The music never sounds congested, rather each instrument can be easily distinguished, extracted, and focused upon at will. My compliments to Piotr for an outstanding job on the Harmony 8.2! Highly recommended!
I honestly don't look forward to having to return them! All tracks used for this mini review are FLAC based. Playback via my standalone Pono Player or Pono Player/O2 Headphone Amp combo.
1) Dire Straits (Love Over Gold - 44.1kHz, 24bit) - Private Investigations
2) Daft Punk (Random Access Memory - 44.1kHz,16 bit) - Giorgio By Moroder
3) Soundgarden (Superunknown - Super Deluxe - 192kHz, 24 bit) - Like Suicide
4) The Glitch Mob (Love Death Immortal- 44.1kHz, 24bit)- Can’t Kill Us
5) Tool (Lateralus - 96kHz, 24 bit) - Schism
6) Lady Antebellum (Heartbreak - 48kHz, 24 bit) - Famous
7) Moody Blues (Days Of Future Passed - 96kHz, 24 bit) - The Day Begins
8) Audioslave (Audioslave - 44.1kHz, 16 bit) - Like A Stone
9) Allison Krauss (Windy City Deluxe - 96kHz, 24bit) - River In The Rain
10) Mark Knopfler (Tracker Deluxe Edition - 192kHz, 24bit) - Silver Eagle
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