The discovery thread!
Apr 4, 2024 at 9:35 AM Post #98,476 of 106,650
Well here's a link to my zombie blog that has risen from the dead if you're interested 😉
Read and even left a comment from one if my older handles when I was a blogger too 🙃
 
Apr 4, 2024 at 10:32 AM Post #98,477 of 106,650
Chipping + Rusting after 3 months use of my Aria II. As a victim of the Aria One, I am speechless, and the volume of the left unit is diminishing too ! How on earth this company still survive !?

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Apr 4, 2024 at 10:47 AM Post #98,478 of 106,650
Layout and stuff looks p neat. But hey where is the Aful Magicone review. Thought you were its evangelist!

Or you yet to upload all your stuff there?
Ya I haven't uploaded everything yet just the newest stuff I need to get everything on there lol
 
Apr 4, 2024 at 10:47 AM Post #98,479 of 106,650
Chipping + Rusting after 3 months use of my Aria II. As a victim of the Aria One, I am speechless, and the volume of the left unit is diminishing too ! What on earth this company still survive !



I experience the chipping and paint bubbling, but that rusting... i only heard about it, but seeing it here. Wow.
Moondrop always know how to screw-up cosmetic durability.

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Anyhow, finally got mine.

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I just recieved it i haven't done anything to it yet other than trying out some songs.
i put Dunu S&S that is on my current daily KZ-PR2v2 and my go to Hibiscus balanced.

First impression are cleaner bass. Noice. One thing that irks me in Castor Bass are fixed in this thing.
It feels like better quality bass too. I guess that dedicated sub-bass DD does make difference.
Notes have decent weight to it and the stage+imaging are nice with some proper depth to it which elevate the sq even more.
I can see why it got hyped.

I've read several suggestion on the switches, but how about the eartips? any suggestion?
 
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Apr 4, 2024 at 10:53 AM Post #98,480 of 106,650
I experience the chipping and paint bubbling, but that rusting... i only heard about it, but seeing it here. Wow.
Moondrop always know how to screw-up cosmetic durability.

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Anyhow, finally got mine.

1712241801103.jpeg

I just recieved it i haven't done anything to it yet other then trying out some songs.
i put Dunu S&S that is on my current daily KZ-PR2v2 and my go to Hibiscus balanced.

First impression are cleaner bass. Noice. One thing that irks me in Castor Bass are fixed in this thing.
It feels like better quality bass too. I guess that dedicated sub-bass DD does make difference.
Notes have decent weight to it and the stage+imaging are nice with some proper depth to it which elevate the sq even more.
I can see why it got hyped.

I've read several suggestion on the switches, but how about the eartips? any suggestion?

Rusting is new to me too ! Never experience rusting from any other brands.
 
Apr 4, 2024 at 10:59 AM Post #98,481 of 106,650
Is this why I can't Google and find my blog?
It is one of the reasons but appearing in Google search results is a lot more complicated than you might think.

If you search for a review and you appear after the prompt "we have excluded some search results do you want to repeat the search including them?" , then publishing the same content at Headfi is the main reason for getting excluded.
 
Apr 4, 2024 at 11:17 AM Post #98,482 of 106,650
Looks like the Supernova is going to have a younger, more expensive sibling soon.

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Apr 4, 2024 at 11:18 AM Post #98,483 of 106,650
I have a couple of kilobuck iems and while they are terrific I don't feel the %improvement is worth it for me. I enjoy the midfi game and love collecting. Quite a few have come so close to the Kilobuck level for me ESPECIALLY as I prefer musicality over details. My signature of choice is warm, bassy and lush timbre which is serviced by the midfi sector rather well.
Thanks for presenting your view. I fully understand now. Enjoy!

The nimble and detailed bass is present in the Wu Zetian, but was extremely pronounced in the EA1000, and can be in the IE800 and N5005, but the EA1000 was a specialist in that type of bass delivery. It's the opposite of the insanely punchy OD200, which I was listening to last night, and is so heavy handed and punch punch punch, but lacks finesse. Aure's are right smack dab in between the EA1000 and OD200.
My EA1000 is still travelling somewhere, hopefully it's having a cracking time, but I sure hope it reaches me soon ... Very excited, actually. And even more now to see how I feel about it's passive-radiator-enhanced bass.

SONGMICS
Watch Box, with 12 Slots, Watch Case, Solid Wood Watch Box Organiser with Glass Lid
$21.75 (pre tax), Amazon

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Seconded! I got the version with extra storage tho, I think it was like 35.
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Mine cost a bit more but I like the wood and soft insides. Latch and hinges feel decent too.

Sure! LOAK2CL has a bigger sound all around, and more enhanced everything. The bass is deeper, and midbass has a stronger punch, may come off as tad bit to strong sometimes. But it ison the faster side so it does not overstay. Midrange is a bit recessed, mostly the lower midrange, but still pretty clean and clear. Upper midrange has slightly extra energy that takes some time to get accustomed to. Details are considerably more pronounced. The treble is more energetic and more detailed, with more extension. The soundstage is more enveloping - more width, height and depth all around.

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Thank you, sir, oh I did not realise it was so energetic in high mids/low treble. Not sure I need this much energy from my single DDs.

So this is how we're gonna play? Really attempting to make me regret having my Butastur up for sale, huh? At a very reasonable price too 😉

Chipping + Rusting after 3 months use of my Aria II. As a victim of the Aria One, I am speechless, and the volume of the left unit is diminishing too ! How on earth this company still survive !?

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PXL_20240404_141129024.jpg
Disgusting. I wouldn't want this anywhere near my ears.
 
Apr 4, 2024 at 11:24 AM Post #98,484 of 106,650
Thanks for presenting your view. I fully understand now. Enjoy!


My EA1000 is still travelling somewhere, hopefully it's having a cracking time, but I sure hope it reaches me soon ... Very excited, actually. And even more now to see how I feel about it's passive-radiator-enhanced bass.



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Mine cost a bit more but I like the wood and soft insides. Latch and hinges feel decent too.


Thank you, sir, oh I did not realise it was so energetic in high mids/low treble. Not sure I need this much energy from my single DDs.


So this is how we're gonna play? Really attempting to make me regret having my Butastur up for sale, huh? At a very reasonable price too 😉


Disgusting. I wouldn't want this anywhere near my ears.
Why are you selling it?
 
Apr 4, 2024 at 11:34 AM Post #98,485 of 106,650
Apr 4, 2024 at 11:37 AM Post #98,486 of 106,650
I have a couple of kilobuck iems and while they are terrific I don't feel the %improvement is worth it for me. I enjoy the midfi game and love collecting. Quite a few have come so close to the Kilobuck level for me ESPECIALLY as I prefer musicality over details. My signature of choice is warm, bassy and lush timbre which is serviced by the midfi sector rather well.

I have a couple of kilobuck iems and while they are terrific I don't feel the %improvement is worth it for me. I enjoy the midfi game and love collecting. Quite a few have come so close to the Kilobuck level for me ESPECIALLY as I prefer musicality over details. My signature of choice is warm, bassy and lush timbre which is serviced by the midfi sector rather well.
I am with you, Peacock. I ike the MidFi IEMs. Have several hi end IEMs, but buying only midFi IEMs this year . Can you tell me your dollar range for purely mid fi IEMs?
 
Apr 4, 2024 at 12:11 PM Post #98,488 of 106,650
If Slaya is the MagicOne evangelist, then I am his deacon or altar boy. My favorite IEM!
Let us pray unto Aful so that they may bestow upon us their newest flagship iem. Amen 🙏
 
Apr 4, 2024 at 12:18 PM Post #98,489 of 106,650
Let us pray unto Aful so that they may bestow upon us their newest flagship iem. Amen 🙏
I'm almost more excited for the new 2BA +1 BA from Aful. Might be stellar. The blue has me slightly disappointed.
 
Apr 4, 2024 at 12:19 PM Post #98,490 of 106,650
I'm almost more excited for the new 2BA +1 BA from Aful. Might be stellar. The blue has me slightly disappointed.
MagicOne has been the only aesthetically pleasing Aful imo. The prototype Cantor looked way cleaner.

I am extremely over blue IEMs. Minus the sza shhh bby I didn’t mean it
 

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