So, I got the Opus Mia, and tried several filters...but honestly, nothing satisfied me. Purple nozzle with Purple/Blue/Gold/Green filters - too much bass, too smooth mids and highs. Silver/Gold combination with closed back filter tamed down the bass much but still retained the punch somewhat, but the smoothness of the midrange was too much. Polished off to flat almost. Same with the highs - notes were ok, not unnatural, but too smooth again - almost getting lost sometimes.
Orb was my first relatively smoother sounding iem, and even that sounded crispier compared to Opus Mia. Mia also had an upper bass emphasis (gathered the term from theheadphonelist review) that created a veil over the sound, Orb sounded much more cleaner compared to it. Yeah Mia had a marginally better soundstage compared to Orb, but the other compromises were too much.
In Mia's defense, it only had about 70 hours of burn in, and truly everything was sounding quite muddy, as @ChrisPBacon pointed out. I would have given it time, had it not have the loose connectors issue. I tried 3 different cables: the stock cable, Penon orb spc cable, TRN 2 pin cable (0.78mm)...but each time the left earpiece got loose from the cable connectors after about 2-3 songs. Can't risk this. Had to send back. The seller was understanding, will get something else from him, probably Shozy Pola, let's see.
Orb was my first relatively smoother sounding iem, and even that sounded crispier compared to Opus Mia. Mia also had an upper bass emphasis (gathered the term from theheadphonelist review) that created a veil over the sound, Orb sounded much more cleaner compared to it. Yeah Mia had a marginally better soundstage compared to Orb, but the other compromises were too much.
In Mia's defense, it only had about 70 hours of burn in, and truly everything was sounding quite muddy, as @ChrisPBacon pointed out. I would have given it time, had it not have the loose connectors issue. I tried 3 different cables: the stock cable, Penon orb spc cable, TRN 2 pin cable (0.78mm)...but each time the left earpiece got loose from the cable connectors after about 2-3 songs. Can't risk this. Had to send back. The seller was understanding, will get something else from him, probably Shozy Pola, let's see.