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Could you get a good fit on the Ambie? I tried to try it in the store but it was too hard to slip on right.
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Could you get a good fit on the Ambie? I tried to try it in the store but it was too hard to slip on right.
Ambie is hard to get a good fit (if you can call that a 'fit' at all), painful to wear for any extended period of time (as it clamps down on your outer ears) and sounds like a very cheap $1 thrill shop no-brand earbud. My advice? Avoid at all cost.
Smabat ST-10 on the other hand is excellent. I reckon it has probably somewhere between flagship and 2nd tier level of SQ. Very neutral sounding overall - while not exactly the same frequency response, I think the best I can describe ST-10 is that it is almost like a pair of Etymotic ER-4S in earbud's shell. Imaging and layering are some of the best I have heard.
Marcos Fontana
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Is it a new version of Svara-L? I bought the Svara-L with the following description:
2017 100% Newest Svara L Flat Head Earphone Double Dynamic Earbud HIFI Monitor Earbud Earphone With MMCX Interface.
When I click in the product, inside the order, I'm redirected to ST-10 product page. I can see my feedback of my purchase of Svara-L in the ST-10 list of feedbacks...
The real question, is it different? Is it an upgrade?
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Yincrow X6 sounds like Vido.
I bought Yincrow X6 from Amazon, but Yincrow X6 sounded same as my Vido...
So I returned Yincrow X6 with reason that I bought wrong earbuds.
A friend called me as a super claimer, but I didn't care.
Thanks for providing substansive information in your post. I have Vidos and bought and kept the X6 with no regrets. I don't like that J cable.
BTW, I have (now TWO - blue and red) Yincrow RW-9's and will do an AB test vs. X6 with a splitter. I *think* there's a huge difference.
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ST-10 is from the same maker of Svara series, but it is not a reversion of Svara-L. As far as I can tell (as I own a older version of Svara-L), the tuning is completely different. It is more of a revolution than an evolution. Hence why it is not called a Svara anymore but instead the maker started a new company and a new name. The new ST-10, at least for me, is much better than the Svara-L.
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Was your older version the 32ohm version? I ask because apparently the 32ohm version is tuned quite a bit differently than the previous non-32ohm version.
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When I go to my aliexpress orders page, and click on my Svara L order, it also takes me to the smabat SB10 page. Weird.
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You are making me want this ST-10. I wonder if it will sell for less during a sale. Have the March sales started yet?
Meanwhile... loving my less expensive buds and the ones that my husband makes for me like this one :
HungryPanda Siren... sounds amazing. He can describe it better but is busy at work.
It has black foams on it now but I wanted a photo that showed the front part.
Actually I never measured my Svara-L. But it is the very first version without a doubt. I also have a prototype Svara-L as well as the later Svara Pro.
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Thanks. In that case, until someone listens to the Svara L 32ohm and the Smabat ST10 side by side and tells me otherwise, I am going to choose to believe that the Svara L sounds much better
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DBaldock9
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I've got both Svara-L Earbuds - 115Ω [$54.00], and 32Ω [$49.68].
The 115Ω version is rather dark sounding, with a recessed Midrange, while the 32Ω model is more balanced, without the broad hole where the Midrange should be.
I'm listening to my Svara-L 32Ω at work today, connected to my DP-X1 DAP -> iBasso PB2 Amp (w/Burson V6 Classic op-amps).
This new ST-10 does sound interesting, if it's that much better than all of your Svara-L models.
It's just what I don't need - another set of earbuds...
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This new ST-10 does sound interesting, if it's that much better than all of your Svara-L models.
It's just what I don't need - another set of earbuds...
What does NEED have to do with it?
What about DESIRE?
Marcos Fontana
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Lol, I wanted to have less DESIRE...
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Yes, desire. My desire is for Dbaldock9 to snag the ST10's so that he can compare them with the Svara's and tell me that I don't need the ST10's. That's not too much to ask, is it?
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Yes, desire. My desire is for Dbaldock9 to snag the ST10's so that he can compare them with the Svara's and tell me that I don't need the ST10's. That's not too much to ask, is it?
I want someone to tell me that I need it... lol. That there is a hole in my list....
