Noble Audio - Introducing KAISER ENCORE and SAGE

[Watagump]

Are there any reviews for the Kaiser Encore?! I am really hopeing to hear some feedback about these things!

i went ahead and took advantage of the black friday promo Noble was having, but i habe to wait 3-4 weeks...

Booooo... Lol

 
Some of us have given impressions of them in the Noble thread. Cliff notes, they are an improved K10 with a larger sound stage and better clarity.

 

[Hisoundfi]

This is as close to "end game" as I've come in my audio journey. I'm feeling inspired to share:

 

[saintintn]

What is that?

 

[darinf]

  What is that?

 

This is as close to "end game" as I've come in my audio journey. I'm feeling inspired to share:

That's a pair of K10 Encore's with an iFi iEMatch and I am pretty sure it's all connected to an AK 120 DAP.
Sweet setup!
 
Probably not the right thread, but does the iEMatch help with the Encore's out of the AK120? I have an AK120 and haven't really noticed any impedance issues or hissing. How does it change the sound?

 

[saintintn]

So, I sold my SE846's after getting and listening to my new Sage's.  
 
I was always a huge fan of the Savant, but was missing the bass so I sold them and got the SE846's and yes, great sound, incredible subwoofer level bass, but not customizable (i.e., universal) and they are BIG.  Problem was, I have small ears and the SE's are just so dang uncomfortable.  
 
So, when the Sage becomes available with a custom Wizard design, I was sold.  And they don't disappoint.  Still have the great extension and airiness of the Savant, but now Geddy's bass on the Anarchist jumps alive.  By the way, the Rush R40 album is terrific.  If you're a fan, you've got to listen to Losing It with Ben Mink.  Amazing.  Anyway, I realize the Sage is not the K10 or Encore but it's a nice improvement over the Savant and for the money there really is nothing in it's class.  Equipment is an iPhone 7 plus with Dragonfly Red.  Easy peezy, japanezy setup.

 

[FullCircle]

So, I sold my SE846's after getting and listening to my new Sage's.  

I was always a huge fan of the Savant, but was missing the bass so I sold them and got the SE846's and yes, great sound, incredible subwoofer level bass, but not customizable (i.e., universal) and they are BIG.  Problem was, I have small ears and the SE's are just so dang uncomfortable.  

So, when the Sage becomes available with a custom Wizard design, I was sold.  And they don't disappoint.  Still have the great extension and airiness of the Savant, but now Geddy's bass on the Anarchist jumps alive.  By the way, the Rush R40 album is terrific.  If you're a fan, you've got to listen to Losing It with Ben Mink.  Amazing.  Anyway, I realize the Sage is not the K10 or Encore but it's a nice improvement over the Savant and for the money there really isn't nothing in it's class.  Equipment is an iPhone 7 plus with Dragonfly Red.  Easy peezy, japanezy setup.

I too am very fond of the sage. Ive been using them for the past few days, as an edc univereal.... amazing sound at this price point

 

[leaky74]

I too am very fond of the sage. Ive been using them for the past few days, as an edc univereal.... amazing sound at this price point

Just ordered the Sage; arrive Monday - can't wait!!

 

[leaky74]

Picked up my Sage today; early impressions - v. impressed!

 

[leaky74]

Stupid question though; the foam tips they ship with - are they available to buy separately? If so, is the larger of the two bundled pairs a 'large' or a 'medium' and would they equate to the same size in something like a Comply T-500?

 

[LoneRanger]

Stupid question though; the foam tips they ship with - are they available to buy separately? If so, is the larger of the two bundled pairs a 'large' or a 'medium' and would they equate to the same size in something like a Comply T-500?

 
I've got the Encore Universal and I've had big issues with getting a good fit / seal with any of the stock tips.  I have loads of the usual Comply tips that work great on all my other iem's (T400 and T500 etc) but these did not fit the Encore properly in my experience and I ended up almost destroying them to get them on.
 
As I like the Comply fit / seal I tried some of the Comply 'Jaybird' tips, which you need to order direct from Comply website (Amazon and others don't stock these) and they fit much better as the hole / core in the middle is slightly bigger then the T400/T500.
 
If interested, you may want to give these a try.
 
Cheers
 

 

 

 

[leaky74]

Thanks for the tip!

 

[Hisoundfi]

   
That's a pair of K10 Encore's with an iFi iEMatch and I am pretty sure it's all connected to an AK 120 DAP.
Sweet setup!
 
Probably not the right thread, but does the iEMatch help with the Encore's out of the AK120? I have an AK120 and haven't really noticed any impedance issues or hissing. How does it change the sound?

The set up is:
 
Fiio X7 with AM3 amplifier module
iFi ieMatch
Noble Encore
 
To be honest, the ieMatch brightens up the sound a little bit. Not sure if I like the change in sound. A better play might be to use the Encore with a less powerful source. 

 

[Hisoundfi]

The Encore is going to currently make the top of my list in terms of favorite sounding earphones. There's nothing about these earphones that I can fault. 
 
At this moment, it's the closest thing to "perfect" sound I've experienced from an IEM. 

 

[Whazzzup]

For those of us on the encore black friday train, how is shipping going? New year? Plus do you get an assortment of tips, whats in the box?

 

[Watagump]

For those of us on the encore black friday train, how is shipping going? New year? Plus do you get an assortment of tips, whats in the box?

 
The box has an assortment of tips, reds, blues, foamies, double flanged. I dont know if this is a spoiler or suppose to be kept quiet, but once they run out of the tip holders you see in the picture, they are going to include the round Noble travel case with the tips in that. Just not sure when that will happen or already is happening, John or Brannan can confirm.
 
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