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LZ Big Dipper impressions and discussions thread
Jul 6, 2017 at 6:16 AM Post #76 of 173
Asspirin said:
That 1khz dip turns me off so much
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I'm the opposite. In fact have a look at most IEM measurements - its more normal to see a dip in this area than have it flat. If you didn't have a slight mid-bass hump, you get bass that sounds pretty flat and unnatural. Having the mid-bass hump naturally gives a recession at 1 kHz. if you don't get a rise from 1 to 2-3 kHz you often don't get a coherent mid-range. Most IEMs have it. Having it means that 1 kHz is relative recessed in comparison. Having both means there is a dip at 1kHz - and it sounds both natural and coherent.

I'll show you graphs of two of the best IEMs I've heard this year - DK-3001 and RE-2000. Note the frequency response. Now have a look at the Dipper. They did what they did for a reason.

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Jul 6, 2017 at 9:00 PM Post #78 of 173
Brooko said:
I'm the opposite. In fact have a look at most IEM measurements - its more normal to see a dip in this area than have it flat. If you didn't have a slight mid-bass hump, you get bass that sounds pretty flat and unnatural. Having the mid-bass hump naturally gives a recession at 1 kHz. if you don't get a rise from 1 to 2-3 kHz you often don't get a coherent mid-range. Most IEMs have it. Having it means that 1 kHz is relative recessed in comparison. Having both means there is a dip at 1kHz - and it sounds both natural and coherent.

I'll show you graphs of two of the best IEMs I've heard this year - DK-3001 and RE-2000. Note the frequency response. Now have a look at the Dipper. They did what they did for a reason.

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Hmhm yes I get your point and I'm aware that a 1khz "dip" is normal because of how our hearing works. But a 10 decibel difference between 1 and 2 khz is surprising to me in this price class. I'm used to more "conservative" frequency responses (I think 5-6db difference is thr sweet spot). But yeah, maybe I'll have to listen to it before judging. Canjam maybe.
 
Jul 13, 2017 at 6:18 AM Post #81 of 173
Virtu Fortuna said:
Finally I received the sample !

Headfonia review will be up in the near future.

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Nice! I'm really looking forward to hear your impressions on them.
 
Jul 14, 2017 at 4:49 AM Post #83 of 173
So based on the requests about sharing some inital impressions, here are my very early thoughts:

Wonderful fit. Semi-custom shell makes it great and it reminds me the StageDiver series. If you've used one of those you're gonna understand what I mean. And because of that you get a nice isolation with the right tips. Build quality is like a nice crafted CIEM.

Sound-wise, this is definitely a promising IEM. The one that I received has 3 switches for bass-mid-treble adjustment. When switches are left as it comes, the sound is a little thin with a nice treble response, good mids but bass is behind. When you flick the Number 1 switch you get more bass kick with an additional midbass presence. I also flicked Number 2, and I got better and a little more upfront mids. It also results to have better upper mids and lower trebles. Number 3 switch adds more treble and it gets very very energetic but I didn't like it. Too bright. But of course people can use these switches depending on their DAPs/sources to get a better synergy.

So to me the best setup is; Number 1-2 switches on, 3 closed.

Btw, there's no kit to play with the switches. I used a tip of a pencil to move them.
 
Jul 20, 2017 at 7:55 AM Post #85 of 173
gunwale said:
how does it perform compares to other iem in the same price range or which iem do you think it sounded most alike?
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The problem with trying to answer that is that the IEM is tunable. So trying to say what it sounds like depends on the configuration used.
 
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