[4Fan]

Is anyone able to provide a comparison between the 8sh and the Gemini?

8SH is a little leaner and brighter compared to the slightly warmer and a tad bassier Gemini (with bass switch off). Differences is very minimal IMO.

That's my impression after spending a short time with them.

 

[Zhanming057]

Is anyone able to provide a comparison between the 8sh and the Gemini?

I mostly agree with what 4Fan said. The difference is very slight to almost negligible. I think you get slightly more rounded highs with Gemini but it's obvious that the Gemini's low bass mode is designed to sound very similar to 8 Hifi.

Gemini basically adds a punchy, low-mid emphasizing, stage monitoring type of sound with the bass switch. I'm not a big fan of that mode so I went with the 8CH.

 

[Bina]

Is anyone able to provide a comparison between the 8sh and the Gemini?

Over multiple auditions, I still believe that Gemini is just combination of Hifi and Live model.

 

[Zhanming057]

QDC 8 Hifi with custom wood faceplates The build quality is absolutely impeccable!

 

[elizz]

Hi all, I've go through all pages in this post but can't see much review about the qdc4. Based on my budget, I'm considering between qdc4 and 5. Could anyone write a little impression or review about these two? Thanks!

 

[Zhanming057]

Hi all, I've go through all pages in this post but can't see much review about the qdc4. Based on my budget, I'm considering between qdc4 and 5. Could anyone write a little impression or review about these two? Thanks!

The QDC 4 is very clean and lean and rather neutral. Tight bass and uncolored highs. Very roughly it's the 8 studio with a smaller soundstage and less resolution. The QDC 5 is more musical, a tiny bit less detailed, highs are rounded off, mids lean slightly forward, and bass is more punchy. IMO you can't go wrong with either, but I would probably pick the 5 for vocals.

 

[elizz]

The QDC 4 is very clean and lean and rather neutral. Tight bass and uncolored highs. Very roughly it's the 8 studio with a smaller soundstage and less resolution. The QDC 5 is more musical, a tiny bit less detailed, highs are rounded off, mids lean slightly forward, and bass is more punchy. IMO you can't go wrong with either, but I would probably pick the 5 for vocals.

I mainly listen to pop, then some rock and edm. Is the 5 hifi the best fit for these genre than the 4 studio and 5 live?

 

[Zhanming057]

I mainly listen to pop, then some rock and edm. Is the 5 hifi the best fit for these genre than the 4 studio and 5 live?

Hmmm...it's difficult to say. I have good things to say about both the 5 HiFi and live. The Live is very vocal forward but also more stage-monitor-ish not unsimilar to the old Westone ES customs.

The 5 HiFi is again more musical with rounded highs. My take is that Live will sound more punchy and mid-foward with more bass presence, but you'll get cleaner highs with smoother vocal tonality with the 5 Hifi. Hard decision to make.

After a lot of demo'ing with the 8 live and HiFi I went with the HiFi, but I did also enjoy the 8 Live and would still love to own one in the future.

 

[elizz]

Hmmm...it's difficult to say. I have good things to say about both the 5 HiFi and live. The Live is very vocal forward but also more stage-monitor-ish not unsimilar to the old Westone ES customs.

The 5 HiFi is again more musical with rounded highs. My take is that Live will sound more punchy and mid-foward with more bass presence, but you'll get cleaner highs with smoother vocal tonality with the 5 Hifi. Hard decision to make.

After a lot of demo'ing with the 8 live and HiFi I went with the HiFi, but I did also enjoy the 8 Live and would still love to own one in the future.

Thanks for the summary, so I think I have to try it out myself to decide! Also try out the 4.

 

[AllenWalker]

Thanks for the summary, so I think I have to try it out myself to decide! Also try out the 4.

You should also try the line-up from Jomo Audio. Build quality for both Jomo and QDC is very good. Sound-wise depends on you. Tried the Gemini and Flamenco before.

 

[elizz]

You should also try the line-up from Jomo Audio. Build quality for both Jomo and QDC is very good. Sound-wise depends on you. Tried the Gemini and Flamenco before.

Did you try qdc5 and jomo5?

 

[4Fan]

The QDC 4 is very clean and lean and rather neutral. Tight bass and uncolored highs. Very roughly it's the 8 studio with a smaller soundstage and less resolution. The QDC 5 is more musical, a tiny bit less detailed, highs are rounded off, mids lean slightly forward, and bass is more punchy. IMO you can't go wrong with either, but I would probably pick the 5 for vocals.

How small is the soundstage of the 4S though? Is it as small as the 3SH?

 

[AllenWalker]

Did you try qdc5 and jomo5?

Couldn't remember exactly as it was a while ago. Tried the Jomo 6v2 recently.

 

[Ron_f]

Has anyone tried the anole v6?
6 BA drivers w/ 4 sound signatures

 

[Zhanming057]

Has anyone tried the anole v6?
6 BA drivers w/ 4 sound signatures

I spent less time with those than the other qdc universal molds. My quick impression is that the non boosted mode (neither low or high boost) was nice, clean and balanced, and I really enjoyed the high boost for female vocals and strings. But the low boost was a bit too strong for me. I had same issue with the Gemini's low boost mode so this may just be me being sensitive to bass.