Despite the ads for better bass, its the treble that change the most. more linear treble response...
At $20 its now slightly pricier than CCA CRA, brave pricing.
Despite the ads for better bass, its the treble that change the most. more linear treble response...
At $20 its now slightly pricier than CCA CRA, brave pricing.
I disagree with his assessment of the bass end. To my ear it’s very rich and more aggressive than the S12. The Muse mids are good too. Where we agree is when he (tries to) describe the high end. The treble is tuned weirdly. It’s very bright and detailed but it also has a couple dead spots. As he concludes, this is probably someone’s ideal tuning, but it isn’t for the average listener. It doesn’t really sound natural.
The Power isn’t a bad set. I like mine a lot, but it does need the right albums/tracks to soar. Personally, I think it’s tuned more for orchestral and female vocal than it is for rock. That’s probably why I’ve had trouble bonding with it but instantly loved the S12.
I got a pair of the Whizzer BS1 open back IEMs which have been mentioned here earlier. I’m rather disappointed though I can’t complain about the price as I paid £20.00. They come nicely presented with spare tips and a draw string bag and are good looking and well made. I wasn’t surprised that none of the tips was big enough for me to achieve a good fit as I always have that problem so I used larger tips I already had. Once I’d done that they sat very comfortably in my ears with no danger of becoming dislodged.
My first impression was a lack of deep bass and a harsh treble sound. Orchestral material lacked weight and the treble was thin. The midrange is the BS1’s strength which sounded fine. Stereo spread is excellent with good placement of individual instruments, sometimes taking me by surprise as details emerged.
However, soprano and tenor voices became distorted and “rang” on high notes with a unpleasant overtone though sibilance wasn’t a problem. I really couldn’t listen to such material with any pleasure. I compared with other IEMs I have and the same tracks played perfectly “clean” on them that distorted with the BS1s. The same problem occurred with some woodwind instruments when they entered the soprano range.
They are very easy to drive and that strong midrange performance might suit some material but for full orchestral and operatic voices they are not for me.
New Tin HIFI IEM. Called the Space Station apparently. Glad to see they woke up their idea and have shifted to 2-pin instead of their MMCX which has a high failure rate (for their budget Tin series).
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