Juzear Defiant - First Impressions
As I already expressed the Objective impressions let's talk about how is it as <$100 IEM ? (In my opinion)
To start things off - Huge bass-shelf with very defined midrange (almost to a point where I though it could've used some 1khz recession). On the first listen, this combination felt very unlike a regular V Shaped/U Shaped IEM. Every enveloping and physical bass can be noticed here. Hip-Hop just shines with this IEM. The treble though is not as pronounced as the bass or the mids, they are a bit safely tuned in the lower half, and there might be reasons for that as this is a Zeos Collab. The safeness of the treble also will cost a bit of up-front nature of the details (micro-contrasts). But on the other hand it feels smooth and fatigue free even after 3/4 hours of loud listening sessions. And as far as I can remember, these are meant for "No Slouch Fun Sound", and it never failed to deliver that.
To set a benchmark, it can comfortably compete with ZiiGaat Arcadia, which is a $200 IEM. This will give you an idea of how competitive it is. Now, this is not fair (for other companies). Juzear just almost killed the competition with this move (I haven't reviewed the AFUL EXPLORER so I can't say anything about that IEM & it seems they are quite competetive).
The $99 price-tag is ridiculous, even after that the IEM Box and Cable quality is not compromised even a bit ( like HOWWWWWWW?) . As I am writing this review, I already shot the Review for ZiiGaat Arcadia & FatFreq Deuce , which is funnily enough collaborations of a fellow reviewer who also likes bass. And both of them don't even stand a chance infront of this IEM if we talk about value-proposition. Offcourse, tech is a bit better in Arcadia but it costs 2X and it is not as refined as the Defiant as a Basshead set. And let's not talk about Deuce.
IDK how Zeos did it, but at this price Defiant is a blind buy & nothing else. ( The green colour looks diabolical )
As I already expressed the Objective impressions let's talk about how is it as <$100 IEM ? (In my opinion)
To start things off - Huge bass-shelf with very defined midrange (almost to a point where I though it could've used some 1khz recession). On the first listen, this combination felt very unlike a regular V Shaped/U Shaped IEM. Every enveloping and physical bass can be noticed here. Hip-Hop just shines with this IEM. The treble though is not as pronounced as the bass or the mids, they are a bit safely tuned in the lower half, and there might be reasons for that as this is a Zeos Collab. The safeness of the treble also will cost a bit of up-front nature of the details (micro-contrasts). But on the other hand it feels smooth and fatigue free even after 3/4 hours of loud listening sessions. And as far as I can remember, these are meant for "No Slouch Fun Sound", and it never failed to deliver that.
To set a benchmark, it can comfortably compete with ZiiGaat Arcadia, which is a $200 IEM. This will give you an idea of how competitive it is. Now, this is not fair (for other companies). Juzear just almost killed the competition with this move (I haven't reviewed the AFUL EXPLORER so I can't say anything about that IEM & it seems they are quite competetive).
The $99 price-tag is ridiculous, even after that the IEM Box and Cable quality is not compromised even a bit ( like HOWWWWWWW?) . As I am writing this review, I already shot the Review for ZiiGaat Arcadia & FatFreq Deuce , which is funnily enough collaborations of a fellow reviewer who also likes bass. And both of them don't even stand a chance infront of this IEM if we talk about value-proposition. Offcourse, tech is a bit better in Arcadia but it costs 2X and it is not as refined as the Defiant as a Basshead set. And let's not talk about Deuce.
IDK how Zeos did it, but at this price Defiant is a blind buy & nothing else. ( The green colour looks diabolical )
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