Hyla Audio TE-5B & TE-5T Impressions Thread

The third (fourth?) switch option will make the mids sound like the Oriolus

 

That's it? Only one frequency?

 

Hi SeeSax,

Could you please provide some more comparisons between the TE-5B and the IER-Z1R? I understand you have them both? I have heard the IER-Z1R at the TSAV in LA and liked it. But curious about the Hylas..

 

Spent some time reviewing Hyla's TE5B. Brilliant IEM. Very impressed by both the bass & treble regions.

 

I liked the Sony ZR1 quite a bit, just the size and form factor sort of got in the way. T5EB was my favorite. I'd like to buy if I can ever find.

 

It’s older, but I picked up one of these! Personally prefer these to the TE-5B, though I do have a soft spot for the TE-5T (which is even more of a specialist).

 

How's your mileage on the Linum cables? I used to have them years ago, died 3 times within a month.

 

Really? I have two. The first one’s been used since March/April and the other’s basically new. No issues at all so far, and they’ve been my favorite cables to date re: ergonomics.

 

Maybe mine's a bad batch, or it's something else. Mine's was... Something a lot older. Probably 2014 era. I did prefer it to the Silver Dragon too

 

Just placed an order to audition the T5BEs against my A&K T8iE IIs on my A&K SE100. Looking forward to it.

Steve

 

Sorry, I didn't see this until now! Well, where to start, I guess first I should mention that I sold my Z1R if that tells you anything

Comfort (for me anyway) is easily better on the TE-5B. The shape of the shell and the lack of huge weight of the Z1R makes it a more enjoyable listen simply based on that comfort factor. Sound signature is more v-shaped on the TE-5B where the bass hits particularly harder. The Z1R sounds more open with a larger soundstage and overall more neutral in tuning, but the TE-5B was more fun for me. Treble sounds somewhat similar in level of sparkle and I never really got into testing extension against one another. By memory, I'd say they were somewhat roughly equal on the treble side of things. For mids/vocals, I think I prefer the TE-5B very slightly. I don't think the Z1R has "thin" mids like everyone likes to say on the Z1R thread, but TE-5B was just overall warmer and more musical to me. Technically speaking, I think the Z1R may have the TE-5B beat in detail retrieval and overall clarity, but only just by a hair. These are just my thoughts and could be way off from everyone else's. The Z1R tends to draw a lot of disagreement on how it sounds, how it performs and whether or not it was the best IEM of all times. I loved it, but couldn't get used to the weight and I'm way too deep into the 2-pin ecosystem to poison myself with MMCX anyhow

Cheers,

-Collin-

 

I am selling my TE 5T.
Plz check signature(link).
Let me know if anyone interested.
Getting a new amplifier for my main system. So i need the money.

Thanks

 

That's two different signatures. Have fun with your TE5B!

 

Thank you SeeSax, very helpful

 

Hello everyone. How is te5b compared to fiio fh7 ? Can anyone compare? Its the only iem i have and want something bassier than fh7 when i listen to hip hop and rnb. Thanks everyone