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So this was my impression of the Shozy & ISN SCB2
https://penonaudio.com/shozy-scb2.html
It is like adam and eve. Peanut butter and jelly. Yin for the Yang. I was able to evaluate this paring for the past week and yes indeed this is a marvelous match up in sound and form. The ISN SC4 cable shown here is one of their all time best sellers and is imo one of the absolute best bang for buck cables in the market. Mostly pure silver with some copper elements. This cable is very close in sonic ability to the famed 175 cable that was introduced a while ago in the cable threads.
As for the host earphone.
SCB2 is imo their best sounding earphone I have heard from the group. I am gonna be honest and say I have never really been impressed by Shozy sound in the past. But these little gems are different.
It is an all metal construction that oozes style and yes they fit flat on your ears making them ideal for relaxing around or walking around as they have decent isolation due to the all metal build. Dual magnetic dynamic rich in timbre and musicality.
The SCB2 is a mild L shaped tuning with a moderate stage but what makes them sound unique is they have a supreme height and depth to the sound. These are the complete opposite of the recent Tin Hifi T2 Evo I did a review on. A bold full on forwardness to the sonics with more lower mids emphasis than upper mids. Male vocals sound superb on these as a result. Has a mild upper mid pinna gain. Their cohesion and timbre is outstanding. Their rich tonal character reminds me a bit of the old JVC woodies for timbre which was unexpected. Sound is clean and has a headphone like fullness to the sonics that was also unexpected. Shells are actually smaller side of medium in size a cheez wedge shaped design that has a great fit and will fit anyone with comfort. It does have a relative shorter nozzle but not a big deal when using longer stemmed tips like Azla Senda fits.
The Shozy & ISN SCB2 has a rich tonal character that can sound a bit dark especially with the copper nozzle. Hence the match up with a more pure silver cable matches up extremely well to enhance its techicalities, stage, separation,details and imaging for this tuning. The three nozzles change the treble characteristics with the titanium nozzle being my preference. Its slightly enhances the treble and balances out the bold bass end. Treble has excellent extension and is fairly even balanced for the sound tuning. Not too much in presence but just right for the musical presentation.
Their copper nozzle enhancing wamth thickness and bass. Steel nozzle somewhere in between. Here is a bit of a crazy coincidence. I had Fiios FD5 earphones on my desk when I was hearing the SCB2 and the nozzles from the FD5 and the FD7 both fit on the SCB2. Which also gives a slight different sound characteristics and makes the nozzle stems longer. Sounded really good with the treble large nozzle from the FD7.
Bass end of the SCB2 also has a rich tonal character and has a good amount of mid bass with a slight roll off toward sub bass. It has a healthy amount of bass for bass infused music and has good rangy tonal ability and fullness for the low notes. If I was a guessing man based on levels of bass. I would guess to be somewhere in the 10 db plus range in bass emphasis. The SCB2 reminds me a bit of the sound balancing of the recent ISN EST50 in tuning and sound profile. Of course in the form of a very capable dynamic. Excllent dynamic earphones and uniquely musical, superb timbre and very good technicalities round up the Shozy & ISN SCB2.
https://penonaudio.com/shozy-scb2.html
It is like adam and eve. Peanut butter and jelly. Yin for the Yang. I was able to evaluate this paring for the past week and yes indeed this is a marvelous match up in sound and form. The ISN SC4 cable shown here is one of their all time best sellers and is imo one of the absolute best bang for buck cables in the market. Mostly pure silver with some copper elements. This cable is very close in sonic ability to the famed 175 cable that was introduced a while ago in the cable threads.
As for the host earphone.
SCB2 is imo their best sounding earphone I have heard from the group. I am gonna be honest and say I have never really been impressed by Shozy sound in the past. But these little gems are different.
It is an all metal construction that oozes style and yes they fit flat on your ears making them ideal for relaxing around or walking around as they have decent isolation due to the all metal build. Dual magnetic dynamic rich in timbre and musicality.
The SCB2 is a mild L shaped tuning with a moderate stage but what makes them sound unique is they have a supreme height and depth to the sound. These are the complete opposite of the recent Tin Hifi T2 Evo I did a review on. A bold full on forwardness to the sonics with more lower mids emphasis than upper mids. Male vocals sound superb on these as a result. Has a mild upper mid pinna gain. Their cohesion and timbre is outstanding. Their rich tonal character reminds me a bit of the old JVC woodies for timbre which was unexpected. Sound is clean and has a headphone like fullness to the sonics that was also unexpected. Shells are actually smaller side of medium in size a cheez wedge shaped design that has a great fit and will fit anyone with comfort. It does have a relative shorter nozzle but not a big deal when using longer stemmed tips like Azla Senda fits.
The Shozy & ISN SCB2 has a rich tonal character that can sound a bit dark especially with the copper nozzle. Hence the match up with a more pure silver cable matches up extremely well to enhance its techicalities, stage, separation,details and imaging for this tuning. The three nozzles change the treble characteristics with the titanium nozzle being my preference. Its slightly enhances the treble and balances out the bold bass end. Treble has excellent extension and is fairly even balanced for the sound tuning. Not too much in presence but just right for the musical presentation.
Their copper nozzle enhancing wamth thickness and bass. Steel nozzle somewhere in between. Here is a bit of a crazy coincidence. I had Fiios FD5 earphones on my desk when I was hearing the SCB2 and the nozzles from the FD5 and the FD7 both fit on the SCB2. Which also gives a slight different sound characteristics and makes the nozzle stems longer. Sounded really good with the treble large nozzle from the FD7.
Bass end of the SCB2 also has a rich tonal character and has a good amount of mid bass with a slight roll off toward sub bass. It has a healthy amount of bass for bass infused music and has good rangy tonal ability and fullness for the low notes. If I was a guessing man based on levels of bass. I would guess to be somewhere in the 10 db plus range in bass emphasis. The SCB2 reminds me a bit of the sound balancing of the recent ISN EST50 in tuning and sound profile. Of course in the form of a very capable dynamic. Excllent dynamic earphones and uniquely musical, superb timbre and very good technicalities round up the Shozy & ISN SCB2.
