[ehjie]

Nice pics!
Please share more impressions when you have time to do it..
Classical is my most listened genre and your comment got me even more interested in the X

Thank you
It will certainly help if you could share some classical albums that you listen to most of the time...

 

[ehjie]

Recorded live in 1932, a young Yehudi Menhuin, conducted by Elgar himself, playing the Andante from Elgar's Violin Concerto



This will be the first thing I will listen to with the TM 10th X

DS was spot on when he discerned the strengths between the Tansio and the Penon.
The venue of the performance was a big give away, as well as how the strings were rendered. They're absolutely marvelous - for air, decay, extension, nuance. Best of all violins sound violins in the most hifi sense. Only coming from much more expensive sets the X can be equaled (yeah - equaled)...

On disc or digital - the Columbia Sony Edition is THE Best. lovely Piano timbre, brass, percussion - oh yes SUPERB percussion! and overall quality of performance - effortless, natural.
Said album effectively establishes the studio walls as the extent of the sound field - easy task for the X...

 

[ehjie]

A question. 7 drivers per side 2 x DD, 2 x Knowles mids BA, 2 x Sonion tweeter BA, 1 x custom film retarding driver. Why are Tansio Mirai calling the venting system a driver....is it a driver?

Yes, it genuinely looks like a driver, with sound tube...

 

[ehjie]

They look great.

Looking forward to your impressions.

Any possibility you can graph them?

Thanks, my portable imm is not with me at the moment...

 

[Penon]

Hello everyone,

Please check below to see how does the TSMR X Film Retarding Driver work:

Slow pressure driver diaphragm can produce passive repeated vibration, relieving the pressure in the ear canal. Compared with the traditional turning air vent, the coaxial structure can enhance the vibration amplitude directly and maximize the performance effect.

① Active driver sound hole
② Passive driver sound hole
③ Silicone eartips
④ Eardrum
⑤ Slow pressure driver diaphragm (closed state, no air leakage)
⑥ Air vent

 

[KarmaPhala]

I received my set in this setting.


...always wanted that Tansio packaging. Never dreamt it would be this - a 10th Anniversary Edition



- the Acoustic version (the entire album) is phenomenal on the TSMR X, just the same



As DS commented recently, to discern tunings in the Penon Ecosystem -Tansio sounds best with classical music. I find the above tracks play and sing on the TSMR X - justifiably great, too.



But then again, some things do play and sound better than others. Indeed, TSMR in general is a Classics specialist, the X - included...

Sounds just like TSMR Land, a classics specialist

 

[PeacockObscura]

Looking like a very premium build, excited to get mine.

 

[dharmasteve]

Looking like a very premium build, excited to get mine.

I've never heard a Tansio Mirai before. From @Dsnuts and @ehjie there seems to be a particular Tansio Mirai house sound. I'm a great lover of both the Penon and ISN house sounds.....and even from the past, the IMR house sound. I'm expecting great detail, airiness and clarity from the Tansio Mirai. I was intending to get the ISN Neo 3, but I know that beautiful ISN house sound....the TM X will hopefully take me into new waters.

 

[Dsnuts]

I've never heard a Tansio Mirai before. From @Dsnuts and @ehjie there seems to be a particular Tansio Mirai house sound. I'm a great lover of both the Penon and ISN house sounds.....and even from the past, the IMR house sound. I'm expecting great detail, airiness and clarity from the Tansio Mirai. I was intending to get the ISN Neo 3, but I know that beautiful ISN house sound....the TM X will hopefully take me into new waters.

Completely different type tunings. NEO3 is very much ISN warm and dynamic sound signatures. Tansio Mirai has always been about catering to audiophiles in the traditional sense. Folks that gravitate to the Sennheiser HD800 for example.

TSMR-X is tuned more reference meaning it is a detail oritented IEM and is very much about realism of the scope of the recording. I have plenty of IEMs that does reference level tunings but what the TSMR-X does so well is that it does not skimp on the bass end like a lot of so called reference tuned headphones and IEMs has a tendency to do.

The tuning on these are imo better than both the Lands and Sands. I think Tansio has definitely learned a few things and applied them to this particular IEM. Looking foward to folks getting their TSMR-X.

 

[Singaravelan]

I've never heard a Tansio Mirai before. From @Dsnuts and @ehjie there seems to be a particular Tansio Mirai house sound. I'm a great lover of both the Penon and ISN house sounds.....and even from the past, the IMR house sound. I'm expecting great detail, airiness and clarity from the Tansio Mirai. I was intending to get the ISN Neo 3, but I know that beautiful ISN house sound....the TM X will hopefully take me into new waters.

Hope you would be sharing your impressions. By any chance, you heard the aful P8? The tone, timbre of a piano or a tabla caress is superbly captured. If this Mirai x beats it, then I might capitulate!

Even if you haven't heard the P8s, looking forward to your impressions.

 

[Dsnuts]

Been messing around with the switches a bit tonight. You know I do believe TSMR-X has 3 legit sound signatures. This mid switch up is the reference tuning or the U shaped balancing. It has the cleanest mids out of the configurations but also the most broad sounding mids profile. Excellent for orchestral scores. The 1 switch with the 2 switch down is the fun version and initially I didnt like it as much as the reference balancing but it turns out to be excellent for more modern genres like pop rock EDM and even vocal stuff. The bass on this mode is the brawniest and from what I am hearing sounds like a solid 10-11dbs of bass from the dual 8mm dynamics. Whats interesting is that it also boost a bit of the lower mids to be more forward vs the reference tuning. Stage is by far the best in the reference tuning but this 1 switch in the on position. You are getting a new sound. Once you let your brain settle in with this new signature. It sounds fantastic. The third is the 3 switch up with the 1 up which gives a more V shaped tuning with a slight increse of added sparkle. It has plenty of treble emphasis in stock form so this will be up to you but you are getting a U-- shaped tuning reference, L shaped tuning bass and a V shaped tuning.. You guys thought your getting one signature. Your getting 3..And I havent even gone into the added combo switches for more variations and how better cables affect the sound. You can tweak it even more so with aftermarket cable pairings.

 

[BrokenHill]

Low frequency control switch settings

Default standard tuning mode is 020, recommended to use this mode as a reference.
20 x frequency division elements on both sides make the accurate and scientific tuning.
Bass enhancement (100 Mode), control factor: 0.51
Standard tuning (020 Mode), control factor: 1.0
Low frequency attenuation (003 Mode), control factor: 1.47

The third is the 3 switch up with the 1 up which gives a more V shaped tuning with a slight increse of added sparkle. It has plenty of treble emphasis in stock form so this will be up to you but you are getting a U-- shaped tuning reference, L shaped tuning bass and a V shaped tuning.. You guys thought your getting one signature. Your getting 3..And I havent even gone into the added combo switches for more variations and how better cables affect the sound. You can tweak it even more so with aftermarket cable pairings.

From what I had understood from the TSMR announcement and your own previous post, I thought that the switches only acted on the bass, and that only one of them could be active at a time. Can you play with all the possible combinations then?

 

[PeacockObscura]

My X have shipped now the nervous wait begins. 10-11 db's sounds tantalizing

 

[dharmasteve]

Friday, Friday, Friday is the Mantra. Mine arrive for delivery on Friday. Should have been Thursday but this Old Buddhist has to visit.... il medico. We'll see how I interpret the sound. Also, there is, on many HiBy DAP's a little plug-in called HiBy DRX10K. It's a little Joe Bloggs add on and increases dynamics. Where as equalisation does this in narrow segments, the HiBy DRX10K does this in bass, mids, highs, gain....with sliders. It's system wide so you have infinite new DAPs as you tailor the base sound. Amazing! A good reason to get on the HiBy trail. I use it on the HiBy R6III. With a good IEM, with good drivers the results are ............

 

[Dsnuts]

From what I had understood from the TSMR announcement and your own previous post, I thought that the switches only acted on the bass, and that only one of them could be active at a time. Can you play with all the possible combinations then?

I think the sound signatures are the cleanest and more focused for that design with a single switch up. Having the mid switch and the bass switch up sounds a bit off to me like the mids and bass end is fighting for attention. Could be more intentional for the design with single switch up. The good news is I would rather take several solid designed signatures vs one that is a bit middle ground that is not as good. I am continuing to learn about their configurations but it has way more variability than most IEMs with switches including Tansio Mirais previous models.

My X have shipped now the nervous wait begins. 10-11 db's sounds tantalizing

Dont know if you have ever had dual dynamic stacked on top of each other in a push pull configuration or aka coaxial bass but the bass end for the TSMR-X is no joke. I hope Tansio Mirai explores this bass configurations even more so for future models. I am most definitely looking forward to what you guys have to say about these.