r31ya
Headphoneus Supremus
SeeAudio Yume 2022 with S- in tonality, B in technicality, and in the same price bracket?..Some fantastic opinions I agree with wholeheartedly here.
@baskingshark, I definitely agree that low technical performance is unacceptable in the mid-range price bracket. Most reviewers are quite critical of the Yume's technical performance, and very rightly so.
I have to note however that the Yume's technical performance is not bad at all, a cramped stage and mushy transient impact perhaps and generally just not as much clarity as something like my Audiosense DT300 at the same price but not bad, especially with it's decently holographic imaging, and a presentation actually strays from the usual pill-shape stage.
Another thing that I have to say is that I slightly modded my Yume as soon as I got it, because my experience with the nozzle filter told me that it would cramp the stage. (see BQEYZ Summer, and nymphomaniac/Erik Ikomori/NBBA on that iirc). I didin't bother to compare it to stock but I believe that combined with non-stock wide bore tips helped my technical impressions of it. (do note my rating scale is relative to price as well, though somewhat arbitrarily).
I think that this was maybe something glossed over by reviewers because most of the Yume's reviewers got to do so via a reviewer tour, and of course modding wouldn't be permissible, though that is assuming my mod made a difference.
I would love to see SeeAudio release a retuned version of the Yume with improved bass performance (not quantity, IMHO) and better technicalities. A crinacle ~B technical score Yume would be something I'd be willing to pay more for, for sure.
Either way, like I noted in my review, I think the midrange tuning quality, and the relatively inoffensive performance everywhere else gives this its own niche, even if I would recommend another IEM above it. (Again, see Audiosense DT300/600 )
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