Hello everyone,
So I grabbed a used one and took a try on the this ex-flagship. My source is ZX300. So here is what I felt:
I felt it as little
flat, especially on the lows. But later after some brain burn, I started enjoying the solid metallic hits
The treble is really appreciative, detailed and crispy sparkle. Bright, but not fatiguing. But for bright mixes it is still little harsh. Micro detail retrievals are very good. but some background notes not much closer. So sometimes need to extra attention.
Depth is deep, instruments positioning, space and separation is very good. But not much scaled close by engagement. But it wins for it's price I think.
This is awkward, the only negative side I felt is on the mids. I tried Dream Theater albums which I always play at first to test smoothness of any IEMs as they are perfect balanced on all frequencies and sad to say it feels some cracky and distorted. I also tried some soft melodic female and male vocal emotional songs - they shined pretty good, but less emotional and touchy.
Volume needs really high even on balanced port. Normal listening between 60 - 90 high gain, depending on the record. Not discomfort fit issues or from stock tips. Otherwise liked this IEM.
What I am thinking if the previous owner has dropped it anyhow. Are DD based IEMs are drop sensitive like BA based IEMs ? Or the negativity I felt on mids are actually it's original tuning ?