KB EAR Audio impressions thread
Nov 30, 2020 at 2:46 AM Post #586 of 2,441
Yes please, btw just bought KB balance cable 2.5mm for Believe so I can take advantage of my DAC balanced port
To be fair to kbear, some of the info could be company confidential. But I do hope they can release the impedance plot; it could go some ways to help users select suitable source hardware.
 
Nov 30, 2020 at 4:02 AM Post #587 of 2,441
Wow, wasn't expecting my Believes to arrive today, I didn't realize they've been sitting in my mail box for 9 hours! Here are some quick and rough photos I took, was way too excited to open them! Have them in my ears, with stock cable and some Radius deep mount tips, running off my Qudelix-5k. They sound amazing so far!

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Nov 30, 2020 at 7:53 AM Post #590 of 2,441
Ok so far so good, it has surpassed NM2+ tone in every aspects. I'm only on 5K. Good job, Larry👍😄. As a single DD it has no treble etched, liquid smooth on violin.
 
Nov 30, 2020 at 9:27 AM Post #591 of 2,441
Ok so far so good, it has surpassed NM2+ tone in every aspects. I'm only on 5K. Good job, Larry👍😄. As a single DD it has no treble etched, liquid smooth on violin.

nice... qudelix 5k and BTR5 has comparable output... It's nice to know... lol...
 
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Nov 30, 2020 at 9:35 AM Post #592 of 2,441
I'm on my M5S now, how I wish BElieve came out before A7😄😄😄
nice... qudelix 5k has 170mW output if not mistaken
You need extra power to shine on those low frequency music genre in-line with the rest. It scales on power.
 
Nov 30, 2020 at 9:38 AM Post #593 of 2,441
I'm on my M5S now, how I wish BElieve came out before A7😄😄😄

You need extra power to shine on those low frequency music genre in-line with the rest. It scales on power.

wow... yeah... don't have $500 to burn.. Shanling has the best output out there 240mw unbalanced and up to 500mw for the balanced channel. hopefully Believe is not that hard to drive...
 
Nov 30, 2020 at 9:43 AM Post #594 of 2,441
wow... yeah... don't have $500 to burn.. Shanling has the best output out there 240mw unbalanced and up to 500mw for the balanced channel. hopefully Believe is not that hard to drive...
I got them used below US$200 when MQA was just implemented on it. I now progress to new M6 Pro for thier splendid amp circuit implementation.
 
Nov 30, 2020 at 10:07 AM Post #595 of 2,441
Ok so far so good, it has surpassed NM2+ tone in every aspects. I'm only on 5K. Good job, Larry👍😄. As a single DD it has no treble etched, liquid smooth on violin.

Do you mean you’re “only on 5K” as in you’re only using the Qudelix 5K, or you’ve only tested frequencies all the way up to 5kHz (and you’re currently on 5kHz)?
 
Nov 30, 2020 at 10:32 AM Post #596 of 2,441
Do you mean you’re “only on 5K” as in you’re only using the Qudelix 5K, or you’ve only tested frequencies all the way up to 5kHz (and you’re currently on 5kHz)?
Ok, it's Quedelix 5K My bad☺️
 
Nov 30, 2020 at 10:38 AM Post #597 of 2,441
Ok, it's Quedelix 5K My bad☺

gotcha. That’s what I originally thought, but you were talking about violin treble frequencies blah blah, so I was having second thoughts about what exact 5K you meant.

Thanks for clarifying :)
 
Nov 30, 2020 at 4:55 PM Post #598 of 2,441
The Lark had landed! First impressions: surprisingly refined packaging and, more importantly, a very mature and well-executed tuning which is quite rare at the price point!

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Nov 30, 2020 at 5:10 PM Post #599 of 2,441
The Lark had landed! First impressions: surprisingly refined packaging and, more importantly, a very mature and well-executed tuning which is quite rare at the price point!


Hopefully mine comes tomorrow with the KBear Believe. I'll be listening to both for sure and I guess I'll mentally compare. I've got a good feeling about the KBear Lark....people seem to like it.
 
Nov 30, 2020 at 6:41 PM Post #600 of 2,441
wow... yeah... don't have $500 to burn.. Shanling has the best output out there 240mw unbalanced and up to 500mw for the balanced channel. hopefully Believe is not that hard to drive...
The Lark had landed! First impressions: surprisingly refined packaging and, more importantly, a very mature and well-executed tuning which is quite rare at the price point!

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Oh man, why do you have to say "a very mature and well-executed tuning which is quite rare at the price point!" now you made me get 2 from Amazon for $24
 

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