ISN Earphones impression thread. New ISN NEO 3!
Feb 6, 2020 at 12:01 PM Post #512 of 5,044
Feb 6, 2020 at 5:10 PM Post #513 of 5,044
Of my 28 iems, And after 3 weeks, I am sure now that these are my favorite. More than my ones, my Sonys, ie800, noble k10u (meh), campfire atlas (although I love these). I loved the ikkooh10 until these. I will be the ultra new imr when it comes out but otherwise the bees knees
 
Feb 6, 2020 at 5:15 PM Post #514 of 5,044
With all the love for the H40, I think enough of us have the T800 where it makes good audio sense to ask: how do these IEMs compare?
 
Feb 6, 2020 at 5:25 PM Post #515 of 5,044
Of my 28 iems, And after 3 weeks, I am sure now that these are my favorite. More than my ones, my Sonys, ie800, noble k10u (meh), campfire atlas (although I love these). I loved the ikkooh10 until these. I will be the ultra new imr when it comes out but otherwise the bees knees

Thinking of trying these and am a big Sony fan (heard\owned just about all of their iems). I'm curious which Sony's do you have?
 
Feb 7, 2020 at 9:08 AM Post #518 of 5,044
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I don't have them but this is a graph of the DK3001 pro. Similar balancing.
 
Feb 7, 2020 at 9:56 AM Post #520 of 5,044
With all the love for the H40, I think enough of us have the T800 where it makes good audio sense to ask: how do these IEMs compare?
To sum it up, the H40 is more punchy and musical with bigger soundstage. I find it to be way better.
I kept my h40s for about 2 months already, and I sold the T800s after 3 days of owning.
The H40 is definitely a gem of an IEM.
 
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Feb 7, 2020 at 10:08 AM Post #521 of 5,044
Thanks. Graphs are good start point to comparison.
IT04 and 3001 Pro also have similar graphs, but they sound different. Different SQ etc.

There are some similarities to the IT04 balancing too but IT04 being more neutral reference tuned vs the more musical H40 full bodied signature. Truth is no 2 earphones sound exactly alike. There can be some similarities in signatures. Graphs can only show the sound balancing of an earphone and that is really about it. H40 has one of the better balancing in terms of sound signatures goes. It is the very reason why people buy hybrids. Want that detail from the BAs and bass of dynamics. You get that from the H40. Sounds even better with higher end cables to boot.

I hope once this whole corona virus settles and there is a vaccine. We will get some news of an updated H40 in a new H50. One suggestion I had was to add an extra BA for the mids to get even better imaging. We will see. Fingers crossed the Chinese will rebound from this crazy virus happening in China.
 
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Feb 7, 2020 at 12:59 PM Post #522 of 5,044
Given the serious state of the Chinese virus epidemic and its economy being ground to a halt, is there a seller outside of China from whom to buy the H40 and have it shipped in normal time?
 
Feb 7, 2020 at 2:41 PM Post #524 of 5,044
Given the serious state of the Chinese virus epidemic and its economy being ground to a halt, is there a seller outside of China from whom to buy the H40 and have it shipped in normal time?

As far as I know ISN is a Chinese company. I haven't seen it being sold on any other site than Penonaudio actually. They have their site up so you can order them. Shipping is a different matter. I am sure they will let you know how the state of shipping is once you put in the order. They are good people so you can expect an honest answer from them. Even before you put in an order I would message them and see.

I seen that vendors on Aliexpress are shipping items out from their areas. So it will be worth checking.
 
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Feb 7, 2020 at 4:20 PM Post #525 of 5,044

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