Hangyu Xu
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Anybody who has both the Athena and andromeda or listen to them, does anybody think they have almost the same sound signature or is my ears bad?
Also alo deals has a copper 22 cable for $100, will that be a good buy for the Athena Adel?
I find the Athena and the Andromeda to have pretty significantly different signatures. The Andromeda has a sparklier, more energetic, and prominent treble, a less forward midrange, and a less bodied bass, though with more rumble. The Andro is more neutral (resembling the Zeus-R in signature more than anything), while the Athena is thicker, more organic, and more vocal-oriented.
If you want to improve the vocals and bass of the Athena, I'd suggest the Effect Audio Ares II+. It provides more weight and richness to the vocals as well as a more rumble-y and textured bass.
Though, IMO, my favourite cable I've tried with the Athena is the Double Helix Cables Symbiote SP Ver 3 OCC Silver Type 4 (Basically, DHC's latest silver cable; I always simply call it: "the new one"). It adds tons of air (smooth and textured air in the treble; neither bright nor sibilant whatsoever) and retains the Athena's mid-forward signature whilst drastically improving transparency, coherency, and dynamics. Though, it is rather intimate-sounding, and it doesn't have the largest bass body. Plus, it's quite costly and takes three months for DHC to build, but patience is a virtue.
Totally agree with your view about Andromeda's signature and i'm using effect audio Eros 2+. The bass and midrange is rumble but treble is really spark and soundstage is wide. I like the all features of this IEM except the sensitivity really annoys me especially when you're listening to voice focused music or solo instrument classical music. Background should be really clear if there is no Z noise. And by the way , how do you say about Athena? Is that also too sensitive or it is much better than Andromeda? Thicker , organic and vocal-oriented are my taste. Empire ears has 15% untill end of April. I'm really thinking about get one. But my Eros 2 + will be useless because of mmcx and 4.4mm.