[unifutomaki]

The initial feedback (from the AudioReviews' Facebook page) on the TRN-TA1 appears to be: mid-centric, with a sizeable dip between 4.5 khz - 9 khz.

As a fan of budget mid-centric/neutral bright IEMs, my interest is definitely piqued. Now they just need to show up on AliExpress..

 

[aviusmc]

For those of you that got the Tanchjim Oxygen, here is the PEQ preset I made for it to simulate the Dunu Zen:

low-shelf: 40hz, Q:0.6, Gain: 2.5db
low-shelf: 150hz, Q: 1.2, Gain: 2.5db
peak: 2400hz, Q: 2.8, Gain: 1db
peak: 9000hz, Q: 3, Gain: 3db
high-shelf: 11 000hz, Q:0.71, Gain: -6db
preamp: -5db

This is really cool, thanks! I can't wait to give this a try.

 

[Strifeff7]

You guys know any iem at any price range that has a dip in upped mids/lower treble
Looking for thr smoothest thing out there.
Beyond 1k to 10k I'd like as large of a dip as possible

stay away from any chi-fi stuff,
there are some good option from sony, akg, sennheiser, westone

 

[zenki]

Some chi-fi's good though n doesn't cost an arm + leg

 

[unifutomaki]

Chi-Fi was what got me interested in this hobby in the first place, so I wouldn't knock it randomly

 

[cappuchino]

These just arrived. Currently listening to them, and will burn-in them by evening. Didn't expect them to be so small at around 4 cm diameter

SHINI S-520

Update: L and R is switched. Easy to fix.

Initial Impressions: Bright-sounding. Mids are forward, sometimes shouty but is very nice. Bass rolls-off starting 70 hz but is tight. Treble a bit peaky but is crisp. These are hard to drive, maxing out my iPhone 5s (1 Vrms) and it is still isn't "deafiningly" loud, barely reaching my normal listening volume.

Build is all-plastic and cable is atrocious.

 

[JEHL]

stay away from any chi-fi stuff,
there are some good option from sony, akg, sennheiser, westone

No offense but, without more context, this just comes across as: Let's reject something based on country of origin alone.

 

[baskingshark]

No offense but, without more context, this just comes across as: Let's reject something based on country of origin alone.

Ironically other than some summitFI IEMs, majority of those western brand IEMs may actually be made or assembled in China. I bought a few shures (SE215), Westones (westone 3, westone W30) and sennheiser IEMs (sennheiser Ie80s), they honestly have much worse price to performance ratio than some CHIFI IEMs that are 10 times cheaper. CHIFI may be a crapshoot in QC, but surprisingly QC is also not the best for these western sets, my westones both died at the cable after a few months and for the non detachable Westone 3 I had to do a MMCX mod to salvage it.

 

[JEHL]

Ironically other than some summitFI IEMs, majority of those western brand IEMs may actually be made or assembled in China. I bought a few shures (SE215), Westones (westone 3, westone W30) and sennheiser IEMs (sennheiser Ie80s), they honestly have much worse price to performance ratio than some CHIFI IEMs that are 10 times cheaper. CHIFI may be a crapshoot in QC, but surprisingly QC is also not the best for these western sets, my westones both died at the cable after a few months and for the non detachable Westone 3 I had to do a MMCX mod to salvage it.

From what I heard probably in another thread dedicated to Etymotic. Only the ER4 is made in house by Etymotic. ER3 and ER2 are outsourced to China, presumably this is what makes both much cheaper than ER4.

... Anyway I wonder what people here consider smooth. Crinacle seems to call the Sony XBA-N3 a little oversmoothed in definition but I'm not sure what are examples of this.

Given that the most common complaints about the Koss KPH-30i is lack of details and/or treble, I wonder if that fits the definition of smooth.

... And then there's Kinera YH623. A TWS with no upper mid nor treble boost to counter the ASTRONOMICAL +20dB bass boost!

 

[courierdriver]

9 months waiting for 1.1K$ product? Insane.

Yes...I agree. Drop is kinda known for that though. Even stuff that comes from China; you can get faster and for less from Aliexpress. I've seen iems on Drop that I've seen on Aliexpress for weeks/months that cost less on Aliexpress. And...I don't have to pay in US $ and extra customs fees. Drop might be viable option for those who live in the US, but anyone living in another country pays through the nose. As interesting as the H8XX looks, I'm gonna take a hard pass. As far as any other products that come in my daily Drop email, I always search them out on Amazon or Aliexpress to check prices and shipping costs/times.

 

[courierdriver]

Chi-Fi was what got me interested in this hobby in the first place, so I wouldn't knock it randomly

Much agreed! I'll go you one further. I actually gave up on hifi altogether for 18 years until I discovered Chi-fi. It was Chi-fi that actually got me back into the audio hobby.

 

[unifutomaki]

Anyway I wonder what people here consider smooth

I would consider the Koss Porta Pro to be smooth. The Fail Poppy is also smooth. Come to think of it, maybe I just don't like smooth

 

[FreeWheelinAudioLuv2]

From what I heard probably in another thread dedicated to Etymotic. Only the ER4 is made in house by Etymotic. ER3 and ER2 are outsourced to China, presumably this is what makes both much cheaper than ER4.

... Anyway I wonder what people here consider smooth. Crinacle seems to call the Sony XBA-N3 a little oversmoothed in definition but I'm not sure what are examples of this.

Given that the most common complaints about the Koss KPH-30i is lack of details and/or treble, I wonder if that fits the definition of smooth.

... And then there's Kinera YH623. A TWS with no upper mid nor treble boost to counter the ASTRONOMICAL +20dB bass boost!

Examples of smooth? Mofasest Trio. Sony Z5. Moondrop KXXS.

 

[JEHL]

These just arrived. Currently listening to them, and will burn-in them by evening. Didn't expect them to be so small at around 4 cm diameter

SHINI S-520

Update: L and R is switched. Easy to fix.

Apparently Koss KSC75 and porta pro's drivers have a 45mm diameter. Does this mean this whole thing is smaller than the Koss' driver?

 

[cappuchino]

Apparently Koss KSC75 and porta pro's drivers have a 45mm diameter. Does this mean this whole thing is smaller than the Koss' driver?

Here's a closer pic.

Driver:

I updated my earlier post with a very short initial impression.