AmericanSpirit
Member of the Trade: Night Oblivion
Lol yea reminds me of dentist appointment...
Moondrop in-ear monitors Impressions Thread
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voicemaster
Headphoneus Supremus
So, just received my Aria in the mail today. First listening is pretty good, I am liking the tuning as well. But what I noticed is that the Aria seems harder to drive than my CCA CKX. I usually use my ckx at 9 hour mark, but the aria needs around 10-11 hour mark on my P1. Even then, the vocal is a little bit subdued than the ckx. I heard no sibilance at all, actually I feel the aria is pretty tamed so far. Cymbals has nice decay, but never sibilance to my ears. The bass is pretty tight, very different than ckx. For me, the bass sounds like a 10 inch speaker vs a 15 inch speaker (aria vs ckx).
Tried tip rolling (azla xelastec, symbio, kz starline, etc) and ended up with unknown silicone tips that I have lying around lol.
I will using/burn in it at the same like my other IEMs, but so far, I am pretty satisfied with it. Great build quality, feels solid and hefty, comfortable fit and studio monitor like sound.
Tried tip rolling (azla xelastec, symbio, kz starline, etc) and ended up with unknown silicone tips that I have lying around lol.
I will using/burn in it at the same like my other IEMs, but so far, I am pretty satisfied with it. Great build quality, feels solid and hefty, comfortable fit and studio monitor like sound.
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AmericanSpirit
Member of the Trade: Night Oblivion
Yea..that uh-oh I totally don’t remember where these tips came from sometime gives a perfect match to certain IEMsSo, just received my Aria in the mail today. First listening is pretty good, I am liking the tuning as well. But what I noticed is that the Aria seems harder to drive than my CCA CKX. I usually use my ckx at 9 hour mark, but the aria needs around 10-11 hour mark on my P1. Even then, the vocal is a little bit subdued than the ckx. I heard no sibilance at all, actually I feel the aria is pretty tamed so far. Cymbals has nice decay, but never sibilance to my ears. The bass is pretty tight, very different than ckx. For me, the bass sounds like a 10 inch speaker vs a 15 inch speaker (aria vs ckx).
Tried tip rolling (azla xelastec, symbio, kz starline, etc) and ended up with unknown silicone tips that I have lying around lol.
I will using/burn in it at the same like my other IEMs, but so far, I am pretty satisfied with it. Great build quality, feels solid and hefty, comfortable fit and studio monitor like sound.
Good luck with Aria! Feel free to take of dumper filter for “raw” transient anytime
r31ya
Headphoneus Supremus
Oh hey, Aria (1 DD) and CKX (1 DD+ 6 BA). which some how CKX seems smaller?
Could you give us A-B impression between Aria and CKX? and which one do you prefer?
Covid have basically make me unable to do store audition on A-B stuff.
voicemaster
Headphoneus Supremus
What does removing the filter do?Yea..that uh-oh I totally don’t remember where these tips came from sometime gives a perfect match to certain IEMs
AmericanSpirit
Member of the Trade: Night Oblivion
@voicemaster you may refer this old post,
bass response will be immediate and you will have bass range coherence that not many IEMs could offer except very few pure-beryllium driver ones.
Ah I forgot to add one note, after removing hex filter (&recabling to someone else other than stock cable), you can experience the harmony of reverberations, which most of multi-BAs will have difficulty to do such a demanding complex harmony, and regular dynamic driver is too stiff to reproduce the harmony of reverberations.
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voicemaster
Headphoneus Supremus
One thing for sure is that the aria is smoother than the CKX. The ckx has more bass overall and I can feel guitar bass better in the ckx. The aria, you can hear the bass but there is a lot less body to the sound (less thumpy?) -> this also helps to make cleaner sounds especially vocal. If you are a bassist or drummer, you probably like the CKX more than the aria, but for vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist, aria sounds cleaner overall.
And yes CKX is smaller and pack 6 drivers inside is indeed amazing.
AmericanSpirit
Member of the Trade: Night Oblivion
@MOONDROP any expected release date of Variants(the blessing EST)?
I think the drivability is cable dependent to a certain extent. I do remember the stock cables requiring a higher volume knob position than when I was using the TRI cable. Using the TRI cable, the Aria is on the easy side in terms of drivability for me, moderate for IEMs. It is easier to drive than the Philips Fidelio S2 and Tanchjim Cora and all my headphones but harder to drive than the Whizzer HE01 (examples from recent use)So, just received my Aria in the mail today. First listening is pretty good, I am liking the tuning as well. But what I noticed is that the Aria seems harder to drive than my CCA CKX. I usually use my ckx at 9 hour mark, but the aria needs around 10-11 hour mark on my P1. Even then, the vocal is a little bit subdued than the ckx. I heard no sibilance at all, actually I feel the aria is pretty tamed so far. Cymbals has nice decay, but never sibilance to my ears. The bass is pretty tight, very different than ckx. For me, the bass sounds like a 10 inch speaker vs a 15 inch speaker (aria vs ckx).
Tried tip rolling (azla xelastec, symbio, kz starline, etc) and ended up with unknown silicone tips that I have lying around lol.
I will using/burn in it at the same like my other IEMs, but so far, I am pretty satisfied with it. Great build quality, feels solid and hefty, comfortable fit and studio monitor like sound.
Also, can you take clearer pictures of the unknown tips please? Would like to see their bore dimensions and overall structure even if I am unable to recognise them
voicemaster
Headphoneus Supremus
I think the drivability is cable dependent to a certain extent. I do remember the stock cables requiring a higher volume knob position than when I was using the TRI cable. Using the TRI cable, the Aria is on the easy side in terms of drivability for me, moderate for IEMs. It is easier to drive than the Philips Fidelio S2 and Tanchjim Cora and all my headphones but harder to drive than the Whizzer HE01 (examples from recent use)
Also, can you take clearer pictures of the unknown tips please? Would like to see their bore dimensions and overall structure even if I am unable to recognise them
I am using kbear cable. Haven't even open the stock cable yet.
It looks quite similar in shape to the stock tips!
I am using kbear cable. Haven't even open the stock cable yet.
Is the bore stiffer than those of the stock tips? If so it should have a greater low end presence, which in theory should pair well with the brighter pure silver cable
voicemaster
Headphoneus Supremus
It is kinda similar to sony tips (the green one I think).
I've been listening to the Aria for 4 hours and I am really liking its sound.
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I see! I did try the Sony tips with my Aria, but found the sound a little too warm/rolled off in the treble using the SPC cable. The Aria does deliver very good quality sound for the asking price, glad you're enjoying it
simon740
500+ Head-Fier
Burn in start
For now I have all stock (stock cable, stock tips...)
And LG V40 :-/
regards,
Simon
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