[Cinder]

  There is no bass switch on the Capp MKII, it affects higher frequencies only. It has excellent bass though.
 
Is there a 7 driver Rose I didn't know about? 
 

Nah, that's the Rose No. 7, also known as the 3D7. It is a dual-driver hybrid. Very good bass, scooped mids, decent highs:
 
https://medium.com/resonance-reviews/rose-technologys-price-to-performance-staple-the-3d-7-is-worth-your-attention-c9c032e45bed#.fvm24fouw

 

[Podster]

THX Cinder, fell asleep before I could address Vap! That is a good review and prett much spot on, I did change out to a silver plated copper and it did bring the upper freqs out a tad more and to my liking. They are a great iem for the price and a decent silver plated cable for just a little more ups their game even more

 

[m0b1liz3]

I have had my Rose Auroras for a few days now.  I am not as experienced at reviews but I will post what I found.
 
Sound:
Bass is present but a little too boomy for my tastes.
Mids and lower treble seem to be where the detail is.  Overall warm signature with some treble roll off.  Good for me since I am sensitive to treble and hate sibilance.  Ironically these seem a little fatiguing due to the boomy bass as opposed to harsh treble.  I am hopeful that with some EQ experimenting, these will work well.  Right now the sound signature is not quite what I want.  I like ample bass but not when it is boomy. 
 
vs EPH100s.
Overall these are slower in bass (and more boomy) and lack some of the soundstage and clarity I had with my older Yamaha EPH100s.  They probably deliver more bass in terms of volume but not as nice in quality. 
 
Comfort:
I haven't had prior over ear style earbuds and was worried I wouldn't like these but so far, so good.  The cable is relatively light and doesn't seem to bother me.  The other advantage is that it seems to not get tangled up in a mess of knots like many others.  I didn't notice much cable noise when walking the dog.  I haven't gone cycling yet since I am back in Canada after living in Australia and subzero cycling is not appealing.  Overall comfort is quite good. 
 
Literally a few days after I ordered mine, they changed the product description at Pennon.  You can now customize colours.  I would have chosen red and blue or something to make it easy to differentiate left/right. 

 

[vapman]

  I have had my Rose Auroras for a few days now.  I am not as experienced at reviews but I will post what I found.
 
Sound:
Bass is present but a little too boomy for my tastes.
Mids and lower treble seem to be where the detail is.  Overall warm signature with some treble roll off.  Good for me since I am sensitive to treble and hate sibilance.  Ironically these seem a little fatiguing due to the boomy bass as opposed to harsh treble.  I am hopeful that with some EQ experimenting, these will work well.  Right now the sound signature is not quite what I want.  I like ample bass but not when it is boomy. 
 
vs EPH100s.
Overall these are slower in bass (and more boomy) and lack some of the soundstage and clarity I had with my older Yamaha EPH100s.  They probably deliver more bass in terms of volume but not as nice in quality. 
 
Comfort:
I haven't had prior over ear style earbuds and was worried I wouldn't like these but so far, so good.  The cable is relatively light and doesn't seem to bother me.  The other advantage is that it seems to not get tangled up in a mess of knots like many others.  I didn't notice much cable noise when walking the dog.  I haven't gone cycling yet since I am back in Canada after living in Australia and subzero cycling is not appealing.  Overall comfort is quite good. 
 
Literally a few days after I ordered mine, they changed the product description at Pennon.  You can now customize colours.  I would have chosen red and blue or something to make it easy to differentiate left/right. 

I think a silver plated cable helps magnitudes over the stock cable to clean it up. I wish it was the stock cable though. It makes it less boomy and a little tighter.
 
(or pure silver but that might make treble hot)
 
I was also kinda pissed when Penon offered the new color choices for that and the Capp after I've had mine for a few weeks.

 

[Cinder]

  I think a silver plated cable helps magnitudes over the stock cable to clean it up. I wish it was the stock cable though. It makes it less boomy and a little tighter.
 
(or pure silver but that might make treble hot)
 
I was also kinda pissed when Penon offered the new color choices for that and the Capp after I've had mine for a few weeks.

Yeah, me too. I'm salty as hell. You can even ask to customize the options further! Damn.

 

[vapman]

  Yeah, me too. I'm salty as hell. You can even ask to customize the options further! Damn.

I was actually thinking about hitting them up being like, are you serious guys? Let me send em back and get some new colors. I might just to see what they say at least.

 

[m0b1liz3]

Where can I get a silver plated cable without spending too much?
 
Exchange rate and shipping kills it for small items.  I just got new pads for my Denon D2000s.  Will end up close to $80 Canadian despite the massdrop discount and I still need to sort out a headband.

 

[vapman]

  Where can I get a silver plated cable without spending too much?
 
Exchange rate and shipping kills it for small items.  I just got new pads for my Denon D2000s.  Will end up close to $80 Canadian despite the massdrop discount and I still need to sort out a headband.

10-12 anywhere on aliexpress

 

[m0b1liz3]

  10-12 anywhere on aliexpress

Ah, Aliexpress, where shipping is free but takes up to 4 months.  Will order anyways cause I am a cheap ass.

 

[danniao]

Ah, Aliexpress, where shipping is free but takes up to 4 months.  Will order anyways cause I am a cheap ass.

The few things I've ordered from various AliExpress all arrived within 10 days. Choosing ePacket for shipping has worked well for me. I ordered the cappuccino mk2 from Penon through AliExpress and penon shipped with FedEx which only took 3 days from HK to California

 

[Share2Care]

  I was actually thinking about hitting them up being like, are you serious guys? Let me send em back and get some new colors. I might just to see what they say at least.

Hey vapman. 
 
Just looking at the website I can see why you are pissed off. That is not on at all from Penon and think you are within your rights to send them an email explaining your dissapointment. As someone else has mentioned and not to rub salt into a wound, but they are even offering custom Capp MKII with colours etc. You can easily argue you would of gone for X option.
 
I am desperate to get a pair, but it is not just the cost but the customs. What do you guys and girls get charged for import? I get spanked here in the UK so would be looking at around an extra $80 just to get them into the country....

 

[vapman]

  Hey vapman. 
 
Just looking at the website I can see why you are pissed off. That is not on at all from Penon and think you are within your rights to send them an email explaining your dissapointment. As someone else has mentioned and not to rub salt into a wound, but they are even offering custom Capp MKII with colours etc. You can easily argue you would of gone for X option.
 
I am desperate to get a pair, but it is not just the cost but the customs. What do you guys and girls get charged for import? I get spanked here in the UK so would be looking at around an extra $80 just to get them into the country....

Can't help on the customs front, since I'm in the USA, however, most sellers should be willing to lower the customs value for you...
 
Will report back once I do get around to emailing them about it.

 

[Share2Care]

  Can't help on the customs front, since I'm in the USA, however, most sellers should be willing to lower the customs value for you...
 
Will report back once I do get around to emailing them about it.

Well fingers crossed and would be good to hear if they do the right thing....
 
Also, thanks for the idea of slightly adjusting for customs. Most helpful.
 
Cheers

 

[vapman]

  Well fingers crossed and would be good to hear if they do the right thing....
 
Also, thanks for the idea of slightly adjusting for customs. Most helpful.
 
Cheers

Got an out of the office auto reply until the 20th. Will check back in then.

 

[T.R.A.N.C.E.]

Well the Rose guy failed at making my custom BR5, he stopped replying to my messages, only said "sorry" after a my several attempts at contacting him, so I got a refund from Taobao. I would guess he had trouble creating it and gave up or something. He isn't very professional. Least he could do is tell me what was going on rather than ignore my messages. He originally said would take 5 days to make the iem, I gave him 4 weeks. I will not be buying any Rose iem's in the future.