Fir Audio Thread - Discussion and Impressions
Feb 22, 2022 at 11:12 AM Post #2,268 of 6,236
I'll hopefully hear the Neon 4 this coming weekend at CanJam NYC. I will *try* to post some impressions after, with the preface that I'm pretty audio illiterate when it comes to sharing what I hear on a technical level. Also knowing that CanJam will be a rather quick listen in a noisy atmosphere. Excited to hear them along with the Krypton 5 and Xenon 6 regardless, though!
 
Feb 22, 2022 at 12:54 PM Post #2,269 of 6,236
Not sure, barely seen any impressions on it. Maybe twister?

I captured it using my old setup that wasn't accurate, so don't want to share it to mislead people. And I don't have NE4 with me anymore. Sorry.
 
Feb 22, 2022 at 12:57 PM Post #2,270 of 6,236
I captured it using my old setup that wasn't accurate, so don't want to share it to mislead people. And I don't have NE4 with me anymore. Sorry.

No worries! If you used the same rig to measure all three iems, perhaps you could provide a quick discussion of how your measured graphs differed between bass, low-mid, upper-mid, and treble? It should give us an idea if the Xe6, Kr5, and Ne4 were all measured with the old rig. Just a thought.
 
Feb 22, 2022 at 2:10 PM Post #2,271 of 6,236
No worries! If you used the same rig to measure all three iems, perhaps you could provide a quick discussion of how your measured graphs differed between bass, low-mid, upper-mid, and treble? It should give us an idea if the Xe6, Kr5, and Ne4 were all measured with the old rig. Just a thought.

my original Veritas 2 coupler with ARTA software wasn't as reliable when taking measurements, but you are right - good for a relative comparison if you take error offset into consideration. I switched to IEC60318 compliant coupler and REW software now.

So, take these peaks with a grain of salt (bass is more elevated in Veritas coupler). But in a relative comparison this is how it looked:

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Feb 22, 2022 at 6:00 PM Post #2,276 of 6,236
Refreshing this is worse than tracking info!! 😂

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Team matte black for this one as well or did you get a bit more flashy?

The IEM designer is such a time suck haha. I swear I’ve ran through damn near every shell + faceplate combo available and still don’t know what I’d order if I were to go forward with a custom.
 
Feb 22, 2022 at 6:01 PM Post #2,277 of 6,236
Team matte black for this one as well or did you get a bit more flashy?

The IEM designer is such a time suck haha. I swear I’ve ran through damn near every shell + faceplate combo available and still don’t know what I’d order if I were to go forward with a custom.

I got matte white! Should look like this for the Kr5.

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Feb 23, 2022 at 2:51 AM Post #2,280 of 6,236
Refreshing this is worse than tracking info!! 😂

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It's been two weeks since I placed my order and sent them 3D scans of the impressions. They haven't started building my Kr5s yet... but hopefully soon. (Just to give you an update on how long you can expect to wait.) They state a build time of 3 weeks on their web page.
 

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