[jant71]

Next Ch-fi driver candidate: vibranium ceramic coated nano-Particle adamantium moving coils with triple cavity 1.95 flux rating.

Shouer Tape advertised to have low voltage electrostatic driver when in fact it was off the shelf magnetostatic driver by Earbridge.

So basically Liquid (Silicone Kevlar) Driver means Liquid (Crystal Polymer) Driver worded differently to stand out from the rest.

Well the Shuoer thing was something different with the name. Magnetostat driver is quite good and no reason not to use the name as low volt electrostat is not more impressive and not even accurate. We know it does not meet the definition of an electrostat. Noble calls it an "active balanced magnetic" driver so again I think they can't use the term magnetostat instead of trying making things sound better.

The new Shouer could indeed be something never used before so they are more honest in this case. Of course trying to make it sound good but only yet another slight variation. Tons of slight carbon coating and even Be applications and in this case perhaps a slightly different LCP so not exactly the same as in Sony or others.

On Head-fi though we should all be above that and know that the whole driver construction design and tuning is the most important. The diaphragm material only contributes somewhat to the sound character but is far from the whole driver. A driver can sound good regardless of coating or diaphram material but a diaphragm alone can't make a bad driver sound good. Nice to know what is in there as we might have preferences. I have a titanium preference over the years with Koss, my Sony CD's with evaporated titanium coated, Cresyn, Goldring, and now my most recent Simgot TW and Elecom(which is already on my top 5 all time favorite in-ear dynamic driver list). So, I think that trying to stand out marketing is more for the masses. Many Head-fiers love the new toy syndrome or suffer from grass is always greener syndrome and also can't resist the curiosity and feed the need of hobby so they don't even need that marketing. They just want to try a new Shuoer or a new DUNU or whatever. Not stopping people from buying the ISN D10 which is only touted as "9mm dynamic driver"

 

[Dsnuts]

Did the case also come from Musicteck?

Bought at the same time. Got confirmation the older M6 case fits as well. So I do notice one aspect I appreciate. Shanling M6 pro don't get hot if at all when playing. My M15 gets nice n toasty when playing. Again another reason why the M6 pro is more portable.

 

[DBaldock9]

Bought at the same time. Got confirmation the older M6 case fits as well. So I do notice one aspect I appreciate. Shanling M6 pro don't get hot if at all when playing. My M15 gets nice n toasty when playing. Again another reason why the M6 pro is more portable.

I've seen several styles of M6 cases (at different prices) - so it's good to know that they will fit the M6 Pro.

 

[Dsnuts]

So we finally see something new on the NiceHCK page.

Not so much in the budget realm but interesting. These modules supposedly changes up the tuning. The graph I was looking at seems to change up the treble end more similar to the LZ tuning nozzles more than actually drastically change the entire sound profile. In any case this seems to be a new company. Sold on NiceHCK web site.

It is good to see our friends at aliexpress starting to slowly get back to new designs and here we have a new hybrid. Will let you all know how this one is once I get em.

 

[Dsnuts]

When it rains it pours. So for your discerning eyes only. Penon is announcing a new IEM.

Penon ORB

Balanced Armature+ Dynamic Driver Hybrid 2Pin 0.78mm Detachable Audiophile IEMS


10mm dynamic driver Graphite fiber wire paper dome soft grainless vibrating membrane


Exclusive customization, brass is processed by precision lathe, the size is accurate to 0.1㎜, and the surface is specially treated to prevent oxidation. Compared with stamping parts, the cost is higher.


Brand: Penon


Model: ORB


Driver: Balanced Armature full frequency


Dynamic driver: 10mm


Impedance: 10 Ω @1khz


Sensitivity: 112 ± 3dB @1khz


Frequency response: 20hz-20Khz


Connector: 2Pin 0.78mm


Plug: 3.5mm Audio


Cable length: 1.2M

Looks like RP will be $259. Keeping the hybrid design simple one great full range BA and one high end 10mm dynamic. This is the next step up from Penon's own brand. This one is a good one to keep tabs on. If the Sphere is any indicator of how well these guys can tune. This one is going to be interesting. Stout sub bass with good balancing.

 

[SciOC]

And another.

TRI starlight. 4estat, 2 ba 1 DD.

 

[moondowner]

And another.

TRI starlight. 4estat, 2 ba 1 DD.

Was just about to mention the TRI Starlight as well. Probably coming from the same OEM that produces the ST7 and the Shuoer EJ07.

 

[RikudouGoku]

https://penonaudio.com/ikko-oh7.html

Single dd for 950 usd....

 

[Coyro]

https://penonaudio.com/ikko-oh7.html

Single dd for 950 usd....

They trying to live up to the model's name: Oh...

 

[RikudouGoku]

They trying to live up to the model's name: Oh...

sad that they spiked up the price so much after the Oh10.

 

[RikudouGoku]

https://twitter.com/tttaudio/status/1256943448764137472

looks like Tin hifi confirmed their electrostatic iem. Wonder why there are so many electrostats right now. We got the JQ hua jiang, the Tri starlight and now the Tin electrostat.

 

[Dsnuts]

All the pent up qurantine time seems to have opened the flood gates. Lol.

 

[jant71]

They trying to live up to the model's name: Oh...

sad that they spiked up the price so much after the Oh10.

The ikko OH(my wallet!)7. Interested if this will sell much esp. with the flowers which may be the biggest deterrent. Penon's latest listings with a $5,800 L&P and a $950 ikko. For a lot of people there is a "new normal" economically and it isn't a $6,750 player/earphone combo. It is kinda sad as so many want Chi-Fi to be the bang for buck stuff forcing the "western" brands into a new normal not becoming them with $1000 earphones and giving less than they could at more modest price levels,

 

[audio123]

ISN D10 Review. Enjoy & Happy Listening, as always. Take care and stay safe everyone!

 

[cqtek]

So we finally see something new on the NiceHCK page.


Not so much in the budget realm but interesting. These modules supposedly changes up the tuning. The graph I was looking at seems to change up the treble end more similar to the LZ tuning nozzles more than actually drastically change the entire sound profile. In any case this seems to be a new company. Sold on NiceHCK web site.

It is good to see our friends at aliexpress starting to slowly get back to new designs and here we have a new hybrid. Will let you all know how this one is once I get em.

Anew is not a new company. I analyzed their previous model over a year ago right here:

https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/anew-u1.23347/reviews#review-21517

I was betting on single dynamic drivers and I'm surprised that I'm now launching a hybrid... But, welcome to it.

It's very curious the tuning change system, I hope it's robust and the changes are more substantial...

It seems to be cheaper here...

https://penonaudio.com/anew-x-one.html