The discovery thread!

[baskingshark]

The infamous Dee tee 6 is back with new attachment "MAX" (why?) priced at 50$
12.5mm DLC DD + 31736 BA + 6 layer piezo

The original was a bullet shape metal design meant to be worn cable down.

Maybe the "MAX" moniker applies, as for this new one, the shell for this one looks totally different in material, shape and size, probably the sound will be quite different from the original.

The original had pretty good soundstage for $14 USD (I bought 2), technical performance was decent but the timbral accuracy was quite bad for acoustic instruments. Sold them away as such. And the QC was also a bit dodgy, both my sets sounded different LOL.

 

[SomeEntityThing]

Yes and they come with this fancy box

Wait hold on, the driver configuration is "Planar Magnetic+AB" in the packaging? The AB is probably supposed to be BA (same mistake for my three hundred box), but the Planar Magnetic is probably supposed to be for their MT500 instead hahaha.

 

[W0lrince]

All of their iem have the same box tho
This is SF MT600

... Also their "Flagship" MT500 having a big discount right now 79$

 

[SomeEntityThing]

All of their iem have the same box tho
This is SF MT600


... Also their "Flagship" MT500 having a big discount right now 79$

There's an MT600??? This keeps getting juicier and juicier!!! And the MT500 being $79 is a huge sale! Still very obscure though as far as I can tell - no reviews... but this sale is on Taobao I'm guessing?

 

[W0lrince]

There's an MT600??? This keeps getting juicier and juicer!!! And the MT500 being $79 is a huge sale! Still very obscure though as far as I can tell - no reviews... but this sale is on Taobao I'm guessing?

It's Taobao Lunar New Year sale, end in 15. Their latter MT series don't receive highly praise like MT300

 

[SomeEntityThing]

It's Taobao Lunar New Year sale, end in 15. Their latter MT series don't receive highly praise like MT300

Ohhhh nice, thank you! Shame about the less favourable feedback, from what you can tell based off it if possible, is the MT500/MT600 supposed to have a similar sound signature to the MT300 or do they veer off in a very different direction? I've don't own planar magnetic gear but I'm guessing for the MT500 the driver configuration means they're quite a power-hungry pair too?

 

[unifutomaki]

Another swing and a miss then

 

[baskingshark]

Another swing and a miss then

That has been the case for every BLON since BL-03 (maybe the only other "good" BLON was the BL-05s but it had a dealbreaking hospital green shell).

Most of their recent releases are not talked about much, and have been meh at best eg BLON BL-01, Max, Mini, A8 Prometheus. They release stuff every few weeks and hope something finally sticks on the wall, but they are still trying to recapture lightning in a bottle from the legendary BL-03 after all this time.

 

[Jmop]

For me, what killed the BL-03 was the mid treble peak, sure the bass needs work but it's pretty controlled for the quantity. And yeah, the new iterations don't seem to be doing much better. I'm very interested to see more graphs on upcoming single driver IEMs.

 

[Nimweth]

That has been the case for every BLON since BL-03 (maybe the only other "good" BLON was the BL-05s but it had a dealbreaking hospital green shell).

Most of their recent releases are not talked about much, and have been meh at best eg BLON BL-01, Max, Mini, A8 Prometheus. They release stuff every few weeks and hope something finally sticks on the wall, but they are still trying to recapture lightning in a bottle from the legendary BL-03 after all this time.

I never really warmed to the BL-03 myself. I found the bass woolly, the treble lacking detail and the fit...appalling. Could never get them to stay in my ears. The BL-05S is far better. Tighter bass, decent treble and superb staging. Very stable and comfortable fit. Stick a pair of Spiral Dots on and voila! I like the 50s retro colour as well!

 

[Nimweth]

It's Taobao Lunar New Year sale, end in 15. Their latter MT series don't receive highly praise like MT300

There is also a new MT300 Pro. It looks different from the original with a honeycomb pattern and the unique locking MMCX cable has been replaced with a standard one. It has the same drivers though.

 

[Poganin]

The MT300 was one of my best hi-fi purchases, especially seeing as I got it at half the usual price. It hits way, WAY above what I paid for it.
The detail and the clarity are outstanding. And the "size" of the sound sometimes rivals full-sized headphones.

 

[baskingshark]

New Tin HIFI product coming:

https://www.facebook.com/TINhifiOfficial/posts/428998555591278

At least it is 2 pin. Their MMCX QC was horrendous with the T2 and T4 series!

They kinda redeemed themselves with the Tin T3 Plus in a way, after a few recent Tin HIFI products were underwhelming (P2, T5, T2 Evo). Hope this will be more of the former than the latter.

 

[superuser1]

Let's all agree to call it Snafu ... I have some DT Sixs' which I still use .. amazing bang for the buck!

 

[Banbeucmas]

Shuoer for sure have one of the most tidy PO packaging up to date for me lol

Anyway, that's the S12, I have a brief listen to it and also measure it.

First impression is pretty good so far. Really well tuned for a planar, though it has a lot of trait of being an IEM planar though. Most say the bass which I agree somewhat, but I am more intrigued by the treble timbre: Sharp attack, somewhat peaky...
But it's probably on the more decent side, at least comparing to... *cough* the Tin Hifi Planar line up which I really dislike.

Should have a review this month T_T

For the meantime, you can try to compare it at my graph tool: https://banbeu.com/graph/tool
(Yes, I don't have a Timeless... yet)