WhiteFox01
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Curious to see how the new BLON sounds.
Its not sold yet in my place but i always want to try Knowles BA
Dropped my detailed impressions of the TRN TA1 over at the TRN thread. You'll want to mosey over for the details, but the TL;DR of it is:
The Good:
The Bad:
- Smooth, balanced, non-fatiguing tuning
- Warm and rich tonality
- Engaging and musical (subjective)
- No harshness or metallic timbre
- Actually decent imaging
- Price-performance winner
The Ugly:
- Not enough bass for bassheads
- Not enough treble for trebleheads
- Included eartips are useless
- Not great for laying on one's side with (shells are heavy enough that they may fall out on their own)
Let me know if you have any questions! I may also offer some more formal listening comparisons with other IEMs in my collection at a later date, and eventually combine everything together into a proper showcase review.
- MMCX longevity to be confirmed
Today we review the Kinera BD005 Pro IEM on HFN. @nanotechnos finds it's Ch-Fi at its best. His impressions are here: https://www.headfonia.com/kinera-bd005-pro-review/
ZAX: substantially greater treble extension, wider soundstage, more air, generally brighter and more detailedIts not sold yet in my place but i always want to try Knowles BA
Currently saving for KZ ZAX or CCA CKX, how to sound of TRN TA1 compared to those
I'm pretty satisfied with my collection as well. My next IEM will be EST or bust.Maybe famous last words but...
I was looking over my collection last night and realised that I'm pretty much all good on sub-$100 IEMs at this point, and have no need of buying any more.
Time to settle down for a bit, maybe sell some stuff, move up the price bracket... we'll see.
- Faaeal Poppy - budget rubbish
- Sony MH750 - budget baseline
- KZ ZSN Pro - budget harshness
- TD06 - budget isolation
- TRN TA1 - budget engagement
- Moondrop SSR - budget neutral
- Moondrop SSP - budget DD technicalities
- Smabat X1 - budget specialist
- KZ ZAX - budget open soundstage
We might not ask the right question, we need to see their engineer ears structure firstBLON, bless their heart, can't seem to do fit and comfort even if their lives depend on it...
The BL05 is now my flavor of the month once I swap the filter with a (fake?) moondrop one.. But the comfort is the weakest spot and boy is it weak.
You should try to buy some in $100~$200.Maybe famous last words but...
I was looking over my collection last night and realised that I'm pretty much all good on sub-$100 IEMs at this point, and have no need of buying any more.
Time to settle down for a bit, maybe sell some stuff, move up the price bracket... we'll see.
- Faaeal Poppy - budget rubbish
- Sony MH750 - budget baseline
- KZ ZSN Pro - budget harshness
- TD06 - budget isolation
- TRN TA1 - budget engagement
- Moondrop SSR - budget neutral
- Moondrop SSP - budget DD technicalities
- Smabat X1 - budget specialist
- KZ ZAX - budget open soundstage
You should try to buy some in $100~$200.
I have one in that price bracket which is and ol TFZ King Pro and its pretty damn awesome.
I often buy sub $50 iem for my family or friend (which i tried first), i often pretty impressed by them (KZ DQ6 and CCA CST is the most recent one).
but after i return to my King Pro, i got new appreciation on how good King Pro is.
And it seems there are plenty greater one in the price bracket, Moondrop Starfield, Bqeyz Spring 2, Thieaudio legacy 3
Don't you mean "next" lolI'm gonna get the Dunu EST as my last purchase.
I'm gonna get the Dunu EST as my last purchase.