ST10 arrived!
Basic Info: 10BA(combination of Sonion and Knowles)
Sub-woofer: Sonion 38 AcuPass (2BA)
Bass-Mid: Sonion 37 (2BA)
Mid-Treble: Sonion 2389D (2BA)
Super Tweeter: Knowles SWFK (4BA)
Best match: DUNU SA6 cable & Xelastec M (could use CP360-M or L to tame bass)
Still assessing initial impression.
With M11Pro, it sound very warm, non harsh, and non-V
But the treble extension is certainly noticeable right out of the box, I hear very dark upper registers above 9khz.
Trying some tip /cable/ dap rolls.
-stock ear tips pretty nice!! Very very wide bore, shallow nozzle length, pretty nice quality (soft ) silicone.
-stock cable reminds me of KBEAR Limpid Pro, 8 core.
Beautiful
(faceplate and shell are not default ones)
Updates:
-fit to my ear is one of the best, pars with Blessing2/Dusk/Variations. Nicely shaped shell!
-I feel I’m in need more treble and lower bass floor, right now the balance reminds me of more darker tuned KZ AST.
-right now trying some treble boost cables with bass-tame ear tips(CP360-M size or smaller), with smaller output impedance source L&P W2, ST10 starts to show a solid and rich potentials.
-The instrumental separations with properly matched setting, is hitting very very high standards, S-grade!
-Mid range is rich too, the only problem with ST10 is bass-floor management, it’s too high with original tuning, which provides a dark sound reproduction and that does not working well in revealing the solid technical capability ST10 is capable of.
-ST10 for the most of people may need after market retuning, a solid, very very solid technicalities, just need to lower bass floor by either EQ or cables/tips/l, I found lower output impedance source 0.12Ω OI with L&P W2) matches to ST10 better, high OI device (like M11Pro (1.1Ω with SE, 2.5Ω with balanced), skews the bass to even higher floor.
update2:
Good match ear tips:
#1: Azla Xelastec M
#2: SpinFit CP360 M
#3: JVC Spiral Dot++ M
Good match cables:
#0: Dunu SA6 stock cable
#1: KBEAR Limpid Pro (8core, pure silver), TRI Starsea stock cable (4core, SPC), the very very primitive look stock cable that came with $46 GeekWold GK10
(4core, SPC?)
#2: Linsoul EST cable(4 core, SPC): the stock cable for Monarch/Clairvoyance
#3: XINHS Gold/Silver Mix (4core)