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[Nimweth]

I think that's kinda what the BL-05s' supposed to be. Although it's... Turquoise?

Yes, there was supposed to be a mint green one but I don't think it was produced. I do prefer the sound and fit of the 05 to the 03, but that purple 03 looks great!

 

[hmscott]

I think that's kinda what the BL-05s' supposed to be. Although it's... Turquoise?

Yeah, I was wondering if the new color Blon BL-05 would be a different sound, as the description seems to indicate here:

BLON BL-05s BL05s 3rd Generation 10mm Upgraded Carbon Diaphragm In Ear Earphone
>3rd Generation 10mm Carbon Diaphragm Dynamic Driver Unit.
https://hifigo.com/products/blon-bl-05s-bl05s

And they call it the BL-05s - that added 's' suggests the difference is not only the 'g' green change...

It has it's own new product page too, here's the original BL-05 page:
https://hifigo.com/products/blon-bl-05-bl05

Hifigo usually adds a new 'color' option to an existing product page like for the purple BL-03:
https://hifigo.com/products/blon-bl-03-hifi-10mm-carbon-diaphragm-dynamic-driver-in-ear-earphone-iem

I'm gonna order one of the BL-03 purple and BL-05s green.

 

[JEHL]

Yeah, I was wondering if the new color Blon BL-05 would be a different sound, as the description seems to indicate here:

BLON BL-05s BL05s 3rd Generation 10mm Upgraded Carbon Diaphragm In Ear Earphone
>3rd Generation 10mm Carbon Diaphragm Dynamic Driver Unit.
https://hifigo.com/products/blon-bl-05s-bl05s

And they call it the BL-05s - that added s suggests it's not just for the 'g' green change...

It has it's own new product page too, here's the original BL-05 page:
https://hifigo.com/products/blon-bl-05-bl05

Hifigo usually adds a new 'color' option to an existing product page like for the purple BL-03:
https://hifigo.com/products/blon-bl-03-hifi-10mm-carbon-diaphragm-dynamic-driver-in-ear-earphone-iem

I'm gonna order one of the BL-03 purple and BL-05"s" gren

Oh it's actually listed as a standalone product on hifigo... The only way to buy one on Linsoul is by choosing the BL-05 and selecting the turquoise colored one... Then the name CHANGES to BL-05s

It's even worse on Amazon as all 3 are thrown together so you have to CAREFULLY! pick the right color: brown, purple, silver, BL05-Black, BL05-Silver, BL05S-Green. How on earth are you supposed to prevent someone from buying a different product thinking it was just a different color!? Doesn't help that aside from color the BL-05 and BL-05s look identical otherwise.

 

[activatorfly]

Well, after that 4 EST treble, I don't think I'll ever be able to go back to single DD (RIP FD1). As for all BA, sub-bass impact makes them very genre limited, except for se846, T800 and possibly Thie Voyager14.
In fact, probably no more BA either, unless I can find something as well fitting and isolating as iBasso AM05 but with better sub-bass. No rush with that though, since Trio is mostly satisfactory for commute.
Could you give some example of a track to test for "quick & punchy bass"? I don't have much experience with that.
Effortlessness and separation appears to be there, I need to do more comparisons to figure out if that intoxicating property is unique, and is it due to my preferences. Note that our preferences might differ a lot. I don't even ever listen to speed tracks, nothing heavier than classic metal and even that very selectively.
Interestingly, some of my best IEM purchases were "educated guess" blind buys. Roland was on its way to me when BGGAR hyped it. Fealess house is less safe to blind buy, because they experiment with tuning a lot. Sony Z5,A3 and N3 also had no reviews at the time. Though, I'm still mad at iBasso for defying the famous house sound with anemic AM05 failure of a bass. Well, at least fit and isolation were consistent...

My goto pairings are Trio / R6 Pro....& mobile: KS2 / N3.

 

[dharmasteve]

I've started a thread "My guilty pleasure IEMs/BUDs". Anyone brave enough to confess and go through the shame...... come and tell us. IEMs/BUDs under $40. No critiques, purely pleasure. You are in a confession booth.

I am not a fan of Hybrid 1DD x 1BA IEMs. In the cheaper ones there is only one that I have that sounds correct, coherent and rhythmical to me. I have some DD and Multi-BA IEMs too and, purely to me, they are not impressive. In general I like good DD IEMs. So recently I decided to get a rarely talked about, single BA, IEM. Where to get....I decided NiceHCK? They often have success with well thought out Buds and IEMs. So I received the NiceHCK DX100. Bought it cable free and put on a KBEAR Copper 8 core, 4.4mm, MMCX. Well ***k. Bloody hell. How do they do it? Rumble on a BA. Maybe I'm hallucinating, but what a big sound. For under £30 these are sensational. How do they move air. It must be a magic trick, a three card trick, pulling a pigeon out of a hat. There must be few of you on this thread that have the DT100. What do you think?

 

[RikudouGoku]

I am not a fan of Hybrid 1DD x 1BA IEMs. In the cheaper ones there is only one that I have that sounds correct, coherent and rhythmical to me. I have some DD and Multi-BA IEMs too and, purely to me, they are not impressive. In general I like good DD IEMs. So recently I decided to get a rarely talked about, single BA, IEM. Where to get....I decided NiceHCK? They often have success with well thought out Buds and IEMs. So I received the NiceHCK DX100. Bought it cable free and put on a KBEAR Copper 8 core, 4.4mm, MMCX. Well ***k. Bloody hell. How do they do it? Rumble on a BA. Maybe I'm hallucinating, but what a big sound. For under £30 these are sensational. How do they move air. It must be a magic trick, a three card trick, pulling a pigeon out of a hat. There must be few of you on this thread that have the DX100. What do you think?

Dx100? Cant find it, did you mean the X49?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001095619214.html

 

[dharmasteve]

Dx100? Cant find it, did you mean the X49?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001095619214.html

I just corrected. Thank you.........DT100. Single BA.

 

[jant71]

Well, after that 4 EST treble, I don't think I'll ever be able to go back to single DD (RIP FD1). As for all BA, sub-bass impact makes them very genre limited, except for se846, T800 and possibly Thie Voyager14.
In fact, probably no more BA either, unless I can find something as well fitting and isolating as iBasso AM05 but with better sub-bass. No rush with that though, since Trio is mostly satisfactory for commute.

Could you give some example of a track to test for "quick & punchy bass"? I don't have much experience with that.
Effortlessness and separation appears to be there, I need to do more comparisons to figure out if that intoxicating property is unique, and is it due to my preferences. Note that our preferences might differ a lot. I don't even ever listen to speed tracks, nothing heavier than classic metal and even that very selectively.

I always like some old school Useless ID for bass speed and articulation testing... Hard to find videos of this old stuff:

Say between 3:25 - 4:00 and 7:05 - 7:45 are good examples of quick, punchy bass.

I think the best thing I've ever tried is the KSC-75... and the only thing that stands out is probably how stupidly roomy it sounds for $20. I'd imagine it fails miserably with the rest of your criteria.

... I wonder if the KPH30i in your signature is roomy too. Can't imagine the KSC-75 lasting more than a year with how terribly designed the cable is.

Wonder if I should regret not auditioning the Sennheiser HD650 when I was able to. I was like 15 years old back when I saw it and the store just doesn't exists anymore.

KPH30i doesn't have the right pads on it to be that. Too dense a foam. Had all the Koss more than once but a couple of my favorite earphones for stage will make the KSC75 sound small. Huge stage is achievable in earphone but hard to find. Really has to be vented well if not semi-open.

 

[dharmasteve]

If you feel like confessing to the IEM/BUD priest then

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/my-guilty-pleasure-iems-buds.941633/

By far the most amazing single BA I have, the NiceHck DT100:

Never forgotten. Our dear friend was always one step ahead of us. I've only just found these, way down the line. They are good. Thank you friend.

 

[DBaldock9]

I am not a fan of Hybrid 1DD x 1BA IEMs. In the cheaper ones there is only one that I have that sounds correct, coherent and rhythmical to me. I have some DD and Multi-BA IEMs too and, purely to me, they are not impressive. In general I like good DD IEMs. So recently I decided to get a rarely talked about, single BA, IEM. Where to get....I decided NiceHCK? They often have success with well thought out Buds and IEMs. So I received the NiceHCK DX100. Bought it cable free and put on a KBEAR Copper 8 core, 4.4mm, MMCX. Well ***k. Bloody hell. How do they do it? Rumble on a BA. Maybe I'm hallucinating, but what a big sound. For under £30 these are sensational. How do they move air. It must be a magic trick, a three card trick, pulling a pigeon out of a hat. There must be few of you on this thread that have the DT100. What do you think?

When I bought my NiceHCK DT100, they were $88 (On Sale), but now they're $45 [ https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32849259889.html ].
In my collection, I've got 4 sets of Single BA earphones (listed in descending price order) -
1.) NiceHCK DT100
2.) Audio Sense T180 (I have the original, which doesn't have the Knowles Tuning Filter, that's now in the Pro)
3.) KB Ear F1
4.) Remax RM-600M

Interestingly, the one I prefer (for overall sound, including Sound Stage), is the Remax RM-600M - but it doesn't have a removable cable.
Out of the other three, I prefer the sound of Audio Sense T180.

 

[RikudouGoku]

When I bought my NiceHCK DT100, they were $88 (On Sale), but now they're $45 [ https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32849259889.html ].
In my collection, I've got 4 sets of Single BA earphones (listed in descending price order) -
1.) NiceHCK DT100
2.) Audio Sense T180 (I have the original, which doesn't have the Knowles Tuning Filter, that's now in the Pro)
3.) KB Ear F1
4.) Remax RM-600M

Interestingly, the one I prefer (for overall sound, including Sound Stage), is the Remax RM-600M - but it doesn't have a removable cable.
Out of the other three, I prefer the sound of Audio Sense T180.

Whats the difference between the T180 and the DT100? They are around the same price. But have a different shape and I assume that their tunings different too?

 

[dharmasteve]

When I bought my NiceHCK DT100, they were $88 (On Sale), but now they're $45 [ https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32849259889.html ].
In my collection, I've got 4 sets of Single BA earphones (listed in descending price order) -
1.) NiceHCK DT100
2.) Audio Sense T180 (I have the original, which doesn't have the Knowles Tuning Filter, that's now in the Pro)
3.) KB Ear F1
4.) Remax RM-600M

Interestingly, the one I prefer (for overall sound, including Sound Stage), is the Remax RM-600M, but it doesn't have a removable cable.
Out of the other three, I prefer the sound of Audio Sense T180.

I was quite taken aback by the sound of the DT100, possible because of an instinctive prejudice, thinking 'what can a single BA be like'. I have the KBEAR F1 too and it cannot stand up to the DT100. The Remax 600M must be pretty good. I was surprised at the fact that the DT100 has sub bass. It doesn't move air so I have no idea how they do it???

 

[DBaldock9]

Whats the difference between the T180 and the DT100? They are around the same price. But have a different shape and I assume that their tunings different too?

The T180 has a more comfortable & secure fit in my ears, with slightly better isolation - than the DT100.
It also seems to have better Bass, and a more open Sound Stage - since the Midrange is more forward in the DT100.

I was quite taken aback by the sound of the DT100, possible because of an instinctive prejudice, thinking 'what can a single BA be like'. I have the KBEAR F1 too and it cannot stand up to the DT100. The Remax 600M must be pretty good. I was surprised at the fact that the DT100 has sub bass. It doesn't move air so I have no idea how they do it???

When I bought my Remax RM-600M on AliExpress, they were $25 - but they're no longer available there.
They are available for $40, directly from Remax [ https://www.iremaxusa.com/products/rm-600m-earphone ].

 

[Dsnuts]

You're required weekend reading. My take on the new ISN D02

https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/isn-d02.24614/reviews#item-review-24273

 

[ScrofulousBinturong]

I've started a thread "My guilty pleasure IEMs/BUDs". Anyone brave enough to confess and go through the shame...... come and tell us. IEMs/BUDs under $40. No critiques, purely pleasure. You are in a confession booth.

Why should one feel guilt? If it sounds good, it is good. Those devices have one job.